New Products Release: HP CF281A CF271X MICR Toner for HP M604, M605, M606

HP LaserJet M604dn Laser Printer

HP recently released the new HP LaserJet M604, M605 and M606 monochrome laser printers. We’ve just finished developing new MICR toner for the CF281A and CF281X that are used in these new laser printers. As with the CE390A and CE390X toner cartridges the CF281X High Yield toner cartridge will not fit in the slowest LaserJet in this series, the M604. These cartridges are new, not remanufactured. We start with a new HP cartridge, remove the original toner, replace the toner with MICR toner for check printing. All toner cartridges are tested to be sure they meet ANSI standards.

HP CF281A MICR Toner – New, Page Yield: 10,500, Cost: $269, Cost per page: 2.69 cents

HP CF281X MICR Toner – New,  Page Yield: 25,000, Cost: $446, Cost per page: 1.78 cents

We ran our first CF281X MICR Toner cartridge dry, printing at only 2% coverage. The printer printed 65,000 pages flawlessly. We were impressed that the other components of the toner cartridge didn’t wear out despite printing far beyond it’s 25,000 page rating.

LaserJet M605 & M606 Highly Recommended

The M604, M605 and M606 printers are really just the M601, M602 and M603 printers with a new look and a few new features. We feel that is a good thing as the previous series of these printers has proven them highly reliable. If you are a heavy user, this is a great printers and you can’t go wrong buying one.

Buy the M605 or M606, not the M604 printer

The downfall of the M604 printer is that it cannot use the higher yield CF281X toner cartridge. When you look at cost per page, the CF281A MICR Toner prints at 2.69 cents per page at 5% coverage, while the high yield CF281X prints at 1.78 cents per page. That’s almost one cent per page. At first it doesn’t sound like much but over the life of the printer, the savings is significant. Assuming you are printing checks with new MICR toner cartridges and over the life of the printer you print 500,000 pages at 5% coverage, you’ll use 20 81X cartridges or 50 81A cartridges. The savings would be $4,530 if you opt for the 81X high yield cartridge. Easily covering the extra $400 you plunk down to buy the M605 over the M604. Plus as a bonus the M605 and M606 printers print faster anyway.

Set paper type to Bond

If there is a downfall to these printers, it’s that they print almost too fast to fuse properly. In our tests, when printing check stock (24 lb) which is heavier than standard copy paper (20 lb), we had to set the paper type to bond to slow the printer down a bit. With the paper set to plain paper, we found with some effort we could use our thumbnail to remove some toner. With the paper set to bond mode the toner could not be dislodged. Setting the paper type to bond slows the printer down from 60ppm to 50ppm giving the printer time to properly fuse the toner to the paper.

Note: the CF281A and CF281X also fit the HP LaserJet Series M630 and M625 MFP printers as well.

New Printers From HP – LaserJet M604, M605, M606

HP has just released three new printers, the LaserJet M604, M605 and M606. These printers will replace the HP M601, M602 and M603. For the most part these printers are virtually unchanged. The printers did get a modest 3-7ppm speed increase. The M604 prints at 52ppm (M601 45ppm), M605 prints at 58ppm (M602 52ppm) and the M606 prints at 65ppm (M603 62ppm). The printers also got a 10 key pad for PIN printing and they’ve added a new option for wireless direct printing as well.

The varients of each model remain basically the same. M604 – M604n, M604dn. M605 – M605n, M605dn, M605x. M606 – M606dn, M606x.

As with the M601-M603 printers, the lowest model printer (M604) will only take the 10.5K CF281A standard yield toner cartridge. While the M605 and M606 will take both the CF281A and the high yield 25K CF281X toner cartridge. For that reason we don’t recommend the M604 series of printers if you are a volume user. If you do a lot of printing you’ll save money over the long run by using the high yield toner cartridges. If you are printing checks, you’ll save even more money as MICR toner cartridges are more costly.

MICR Toner – Currently we the CF281A and CF281X MICR Toner Cartridges are in product development. We hope to have MICR Toner for the M604, M605 and M606 laser printers by mid April 2015. Initially we will release NEW MICR toners, with the remanufactured versions to follow.

MICR Laser Printers – Once our stock of the M601, M602 and M603 run out, we will start selling M604, M605 and M606 MICR laser printers. Our MICR laser printers will come with a CF281A MICR toner cartridge.

To order Genuine HP Toner Cartridges online for the M604, M605 and M606 – links are below.

Genuine HP CF281A Toner Cartridge (10,500 page yield) For HP M604, M605 and M606

Genuine HP CF281X Toner Cartridge (25,000 page yield) For HP M605 and M606

New Product: HP M201DW MICR Laser Printer

HP LaserJet M201dw uses CF283A and CF283X

We’ve added the HP M201DW to our lineup HP MICR laser printers. The M201DW replaces the P1606dn MICR laser printer. The HP M201DW MICR laser printer includes a HP CF283A MICR toner cartridge. The M201DW costs less and delivers more features. For $225 you get a 26ppm laser printer with CF283A MICR toner cartridge, duplexing and USB, Ethernet and wireless connectivity. This printer is designed for single user light-medium business use with a suggested monthly print volume of 250 – 2,000 pages per month.

HP M201DW MICR Laser Printer

HP CF283A MICR Toner Cartridge – New

New Printers From HP – M630 and M201 Series

HP has two new additions to their printer line up, the M630 Series and the M201 Series.

HP LaserJet M201dw uses CF283A and CF283X

The M201 series currently only has the LaserJet Pro M201dw. This is a small printer for low volume. The M201dw prints up to 26ppm and has a montly duty cycle of 15,000 pages. The M201 comes with the HP CF283A toner cartridge rated for 1,500 pages. The high yield CF283X rated at 2,200 pages is also available. Curently we sell the CF283A New MICR Toner Cartridge. We assume the M201dw will likely replace the P1606dn printer. Expect a CF283X new MICR toner cartridge in December 2014.

The M630 series consists of three high end MFP printers, the M630h, M630z and M630f. These enterprise grade MFP’s range in price from $2,799 to $4,999 and include a 8″ touchscreen making them incredibly easy to use. The M630 series has a monthly duty cycle of 250,000 pages. The M630 series use the HP CF281A and CF281X toner cartridges rated at 10,000 and 25,000 pages respectively. Currently Advantage is not offering a CF281A MICR Toner Cartridge nor a CF281X MICR toner cartridge. We are currently evaluating the CF281A and CF281X MICR toner cartridges. There is no ETA for their release.

HP LaserJet M630 MFP Series

HP and Troy Price Increase Effective November 1, 2014

On October 1st, HP raised it’s prices on legacy toner cartridges. Our prices for new HP toner cartridges also went up on October 1st. We will be raising our prices on HP New MICR Toner Cartridges on November 1, 2014. If you have one of these older LaserJet printers, now is a good time to stock up before the prices go up. Luckily legacy toner cartridges are older toner cartridges that are used less and less as the printers near the end of life. That said there are still HP LaserJet 4 printers that have been in operation for 20 years now.

In addition to the HP price increase, our New Troy toner cartridges will also be going up as we start with a New HP toner cartridge to make a Troy New MICR Cartridge. Note Troy brand will remain the same until Troy updates their pricing.

Click Here for a list of the New MICR Toner Cartridges that are subject to the November 1st price increase.

New Product: CF325X New MICR Toner Cartridges

CF325X MICR Toner Cartridge NEW

You now have a choice for MICR toner for your HP LaserJet M806, M830 laser printer. We’ve released our own new CF325X MICR toner cartridge. This is made from a new CF325X MICR toner cartridge and is not remanufactured. Cost per page is 1.34 cents per page at 5% coverage with page yield of 35,000. In our own check printing operation we are getting upwards of 70,000 checks (1 check per page) with lower coverage.

We’ve offered the Troy CF325X MICR toner cartridge for several months with a cost per page of 1.68 cents per age. Our new MICR CF325X offers a better value for a NEW MICR toner cartridge.

The CF325X MICR toner cartridge fits the HP LaserJet M800 series of printers including the M806dn, M806X, M830, M830Z. The 800 series of printers is a direct replacement of the HP LaserJet 9000 series and prints at an impressive 55ppm with the first page out in 8.5 seconds. After the first page you are almost getting one page per second. The LaserJet 800 series of printers also has impressive paper handling capabilities with the optional 3500 sheet tray and 3000 sheet stacker.

http://www.advlaser.com/MICR-Toner-For-HP-M806-M830-CF325X-p/rccf325xnm.htm

Now Selling Genuine Source Technology Brand MICR Toner Cartridges

We’ve offered compatible MICR toner cartridges for a few Source Technologies printers for over 10 years. But the most recent Lexmark printers that Source Technologies uses have a chip that has made it difficult if not impossible to use a remanufactured toner cartridge. We are now carrying genuine Source Technologies MICR Toner cartridges, including the following series: ST9100, ST9300, ST9400, ST9500, ST9600 and ST9700.

http://www.advlaser.com/Genuine-Source-Technology-MICR-Toner-Cartridges-s/612.htm

If you have a Source Technologies printer you really don’t have much choice the MICR toner that will work in your printer.

Genuine Source Technologies MICR Toner Cartridges at advlaser.com

HP Price Increase for Legacy Toner Cartridges

Last week HP announced that they were increasing prices by 10% on select “legacy” toner cartridges effective October 1, 2014. The increase will affect 102 legacy toner cartridges. Legacy cartridges are cartridges for older machines in both monochrome and color. HP had a similar legacy price increase a couple of years ago. One more incentive to push you towards upgrading your aging machine.

HP New MICR Toner Cartridge Price Increase

If you use HP New MICR toner cartridges manufactured by Advantage, you can expect our prices to go up as well. We won’t raise our prices until November 1st as we’ll have a solid month of inventory purchased at the lower price. Some of the oldest legacy cartridges such as the 92298A MICR toner cartridge for the HP LaserJet 4 and 5, will not be subject to the increase we are planning to phase these and other elderly models out in the next year.

Prices going up, why not take advantage of a $40 HP Rebate

If you have an older HP LaserJet printer, now is a good time to stock up on supplies. In addition to the 10% you’ll save if you order before October 1st, HP also has a $40 off rebate between now and September 31st if you order $200 or more in HP LaserJet cartridges.

Download the $40 HP Rebate Form

Here is a list of the Legacy HP models that will be subject to the 10% price increase.