A lot of places can sell the toner and a replacement 'chip' for the cartridge. I refill my Dell 1320c for about $45 a go.
Ok - a look at this fellow http://www.inkman.com.au/search-results.asp Has cartridges for the C524 High Yield for about $164 inc Or this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1x-Lexmark-C522-C524-C532-C534-C532N-C534N-Toner-Refi ll-/180421790447 An you can fill your own for $59 per colour. This fellow is really good and I get my refills from him. You get the toner, chip, instructions.. and you cartridge is as good as new Hope this helps Dave ******************************************************************** David J. Boccabella Proprietor Anubis Systems Phone: 0433 808 525 Fax: 3200 0085 Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] This e-mail and it's contents is confidential to Anubis Systems. This e-mail, any attachments, or any part of can not be reproduced without the express written permission of Anubis Systems ******************************************************************** From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 14 May 2010 10:29 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: [OT] Toner hell Friday fun ... our Lexmark C524DN printer beeps this morning and tells us that the Magenta toner is low. These are colour "starter" cartridges in a 6 month old printer, so I expect the other two to go soon. Web searches show the average cost of high-yield colour cartridges to be about $260-$330. The bloke in my local printer shop has confirmed that he can't get much cheaper than that. He said his previous attempts to refill these brands were not successful and he's abandoned working on them. He thinks there might be other shops who have refilled them successfully and suggests I ring around. So, thanks to the evil international conspiracy of printer manufacturer cartels, the cost of replacing the colours will be more than the original price of the printer. Do I dump this 40kg monster in the bay and buy a new one, or is there are way of getting the colours refilled or replaced for a "reasonable" price? I'm in the Melbourne south east suburbs if anyone has suggestions about where to look, or perhaps where the best AU online bargains are. I continue to ring shops and web search... Greg Ps. Imagine buying a $40,000 car with half a tank of petrol. You have fun driving it for a few weeks before the fuel light flashes. Then you find a full tank of petrol costs $55,000. What do you do?
