If you use your printing, coping and fax machine, just to mention a few, very often, then you will need to replace the toner cartridge very often, if you do not use them much, then logic will dictate that you will not need to replace them as often. It all depends on your business needs.

One Xerox cartridge can print as little as 5,000 pages to about 20,000 pages. This will depend on the type of laser machine that you are using of course. So if you are processing hundreds of papers per day, then obviously your toner will finish sooner that a business that only process one hundred paper per day. In either cases though, it is a good practice to keep a stock of the Xerox toner that your machine uses.

There are a several suppliers who can supply you with genuine Xerox toners, compatible toner cartridges and remanufactured cartridges. So after you have purchased your model of Xerox toner to keep in storage, there are a few things that you can do to help in keeping them safe.

Some of the “ingredients” that are within the Xerox toner is sensitive to humidity as well as to the light. So exposing them directly to the sunlight is not a good idea. Store them in a place that is always dry.

It is also best to leave the cartridge in the package that it comes with.

A wonderful thing about storing Xerox toners is that they can last as long as 2 years in storage. Provided of course that the above is followed.

It will be a good idea to keep the packaging of the Xerox toner that you opened to place in the machine. The reason why is that if for one reason or the other you had to take the toner out of the machine for a while, you can replace it into the same packaging that it came in.

On the other hand if you have already discard the original package, you can cover the exposed section with a piece of paper and store it away from the sun light and in a area that is completely dry all of the times.

Toner cartridges that are opened can last as long as 6 months.

A good example of a quality and affordable provider is World Class Ink (http://www.worldclassink.com/). Good Xerox toner providers will like the one mentioned will certainly have what you’re looking for at reasonable prices.

Some quality providers as part of their good services send you newsletters –after you signed up for them– every now and then with useful information. They may also send you coupons that you can use for purchasing Xerox toner cartridges. They should also lower the price of your cartridge as you increase the number of items to buy.