Xerox Corporation (XRX) is also getting into the game, marketing a cheaper "HP-compatible" toner cartridge.

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Then he asks for the model number of your printer to facilitate the next, overdue shipment of the toner or cartridge that you use.

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The 'toner' used in the laser sintering process is rather more expensive than that found in a laser printer cartridge.

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