E-Zink toner cartridge review: a decent alternative, with some caveats

E-Zink provides a cheaper alternative to your printer manufacturer's cartridges.

E-Zink cartridge on top of box
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Our Verdict

E-Zink offers a cheaper cartridge alternative than buying direct from the manufacturer. I did have some teething issues with the cartridge I was sent, which printed quite faintly, but this was resolved swiftly by E-Zink. Overall the E-Zink cartridge I tried was on a par with Brother's when it came to printing text, though was a little fainter than Brother when printing blocks of black. If you just want a cheaper cartridge for office work, then E-Zink is a decent option.

For

  • Two cartridges in a box
  • Decent for printing text
  • Good customer service

Against

  • Not so good for printing art
  • Issue with faintness at first

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It can feel a bit risky switching from your printer manufacturer's own brand cartridges to that of a third party. With that in mind, I decided to try E-Zink's offering to see if it could compete with the Brother cartridge that came with my Brother HL-L2350DW. This is a black-and-white printer, so I was testing the black-and-white cartridge. 

The cartridges come in packs of one to four; I tried a two pack of TN2420 out over a period of weeks, with a number of different printing projects – seeing how the cartridges fared with run of the mill office printing jobs to how they coped when printing black-and-white artwork, though of course my black-and-white printer is not up there with the best art printers

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The Verdict
6.5

out of 10

E-Zink Toner cartridge

E-Zink offers a cheaper cartridge alternative than buying direct from the manufacturer. I did have some teething issues with the cartridge I was sent, which printed quite faintly, but this was resolved swiftly by E-Zink. Overall the E-Zink cartridge I tried was on a par with Brother's when it came to printing text, though was a little fainter than Brother when printing blocks of black. If you just want a cheaper cartridge for office work, then E-Zink is a decent option.

Rosie Hilder

Rosie Hilder is Creative Bloq's Deputy Editor. After beginning her career in journalism in Argentina – where she worked as Deputy Editor of Time Out Buenos Aires – she moved back to the UK and joined Future Plc in 2016. Since then, she's worked as Operations Editor on magazines including Computer Arts, 3D World and Paint & Draw and Mac|Life. In 2018, she joined Creative Bloq, where she now assists with the daily management of the site, including growing the site's reach, getting involved in events, such as judging the Brand Impact Awards, and helping make sure our content serves the reader as best it can. 

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