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HP is set to increase the prices of many of its toner and ink supplies products from 3 November 2025 as part of its routine portfolio management in line with current marketing conditions. Price increases will be between 5% to 20% on select HP ink and toner cartridges, services, and potentially other products starting at the beginning of next month.  On average, the price of HP ink cartridges will increase by 8% and HP toner cartridges by 15%. CartridgesDirect customers are urged to buy HP s …

Here’s something you probably didn’t expect to hear today: label printers are fun! Yes, we’re talking about that unassuming label printing machine you may have tucked away in your broom closet or stuffed into your desk or that your mother lent you all those years ago. Label printers may seem like meagre devices, but they truly can be one of the most exciting tools in your home or office. Label printers present near endless opportunities because the devices themselves are super …

With the rise of the digital age, more professionals every year are taking the opportunity to work from home. For many, this presents an exciting opportunity to set up a home office that truly caters to their unique wants and needs as a professional. Home offices can also save people money by eliminating long commutes to work and even allow for a healthier work-life balance. There are a lot of things to take into consideration when setting up your new home office. Nearly every supply and piece o …

From buying paper to topping up your ink cartridges, maintaining home or office printers can come with some hefty operating expenses. These have to be taken into account when evaluating the cost-efficiency and sustainability of your printing habits. But alongside just buying your office supplies, there are other less obvious, less overtly measurable cost factors for home and office printing that are all too easy to overlook. We’re talking about energy consumption rates related to unit watt …

Do you know how many recycled ink cartridges it takes to save a turtle? Well, it’s not the easiest question to answer, but the boffins at CartridgesDirect have dived deep into understanding turtle deaths in Australia alongside our collective efforts in cartridge recycling. As the company reached a milestone celebrating 50,000 recycled ink cartridges, we asked, ‘what does this actually mean for the environment?’ Let’s break it down, as we uncover one real world example exp …