Archive for 2015
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 CF283A MICR Toner Cartridge – New