What is the average life of a laser jet printer cartridge?

I print about 10pages ( A4 size) everyday from my HP lazerjet 1020. How long will my printer cartridge last?


After the cartridge runs low on ink then is it better to refil the same cartridge .or. is it better to go for a new cartridge? And Why?What is the average life of a laser jet printer cartridge?
Every cartridge has a rating for a number of pages it can print - usually around 3000, but some are larger and some (';starter';) are smaller - the smallest one I've seen was 500 pages. This rating is for 5% page coverage, which is considered ';average';. I believe the LaserJet comes with a starter 1500 page cartridge, so it should last you about six months.


Whether you should buy a new or refill? Refill is cheaper, but messier, and not all inks are the same quality. Some cartridges actually have chips that the printer uses to make refill much harder, as you need to reset the chip.What is the average life of a laser jet printer cartridge?
The cartridge (HP Q2612A) yields 2,500 pagers at 5% coverage (the starter cartridge is 900) a more realistic estimate is around 2000 pages per cartridge at 10 per day you are looking at about 200 days per cartridges.





You are best to buy a new cartridges or a re-manufactured cartridge (they are only about $50) since toners have moving parts that do degrade. That particular cartridge also has a find ribbon protecting the roller. These parts are intended for one service life and if they break down they can damage your printer. It is best to go with new or manufactures as all those moving parts have been either inspected or replace, this will ensure the toner is performing properly
there are 2 parts of a laser printers can be replaceable by users: an ink cartridge and a photoconductor.





An average life of an ink cartridge is about 10,000 - 15,000 pages of mixed text and graphics, of course, the more graphics you print...the faster you'll be run out of ink.





For the photoconductor, it has about 30,000 on average, so about 2 - 3 times as much the ink cartridge.





On the whether to refill the cartridge or buying a new one, is up to your personal reference: do it yourself is cheaper, but messier, buying a refill one is still much cheaper than buying a new one, but cost more to do it yourself.





If you're not doing any special or graphics, buying a refill or refill yoruself is completely fine.
About 3000 pages