To ensure your Samsung printer produces quality printouts for years to come, always purchase genuine Samsung toner cartridges. Use this simple guide to help you identify the real thing.
It can be difficult to tell the difference in packaging between counterfeit and genuine Samsung printing supplies. Genuine Samsung toner cartridges are always shipped with an intact, embossed security label with a 60-degree color-shifting feature. You can quickly check a genuine Security Label by using your finger to feel the embossed "Samsung" name on the label.
Genuine Samsung toner cartridges are never shipped in plain white, brown or unmarked/generic packaging. Genuine Samsung toner cartridges are always shipped in new, sealed packaging with an individual unit serial number and bar code.
Samsung only sells brand-new, full-performance replacement cartridges -- never cartridges that are re-manufactured, refurbished or refilled.
Avoid unfamiliar, unknown or "no-name" sellers and especially "cold-call" telemarketers -- always buy from an authorized Samsung retailer or established Samsung dealer to reduce the risk of buying counterfeits.
Avoid a "too-good-to-be-true" price. Be cautious of an exceptionally low price or "one-time only," offer on a Genuine Samsung toner cartridge.
2009 to Present: Security Label with 2D Security Bar Code: The security label also has special color-shifting features. It's easy to identify a fake: The base label color shifts with a 60-degree viewing angle (from white to blue/cyan).
Shift the label viewing angle 60 degrees and the label changes from white to blue/cyan, and the rolling "Samsung" text shifts from gray/cyan to gold. If color shift is not evident, item is counterfeit.
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