Why Cartridge Failures Directly Relate to Your Toner & Ink Manufacturer
With over 10 years of experience in this industry I can think of quite a few reasons why both toner & ink cartridges fail. The most common type of failure and the highest percentage of malfunctions happen with improperly refilled toner & ink cartridges – especially refilled toner cartridges can fall prey to an over 40% failure rate. This can seriously damage your expensive printer. So I’d highly advice you to steer clear of refilled toner cartridges. One of the most common errors I’ve seen happen in the industry is when a remanufacturer actually puts the wrong toner & ink in the cartridge. An example of this is that instead of filling the cartridge with cyan toner they fill it with magenta and label it cyan. Or the wrong toner type gets filled into a cartridge so it is no longer compatible with your printer model although the label says it is. You’d be surprised how often this can happen. The lay eye might not immediately detect the difference and due to human error and lack of testing you can end up with the wrong color or a busted printer. To understand why you need to find a reputable toner [...]
Categories: Ink, Toner Tags: ink, ink and toner, ink cartridges, toner and ink
Is there any such thing as toner ink? Read on to find out!
Have you heard of the phrase “toner ink”? Did you find this post because you actually searched for toner ink? We’ve always found it amusing when our customers ask us for toner ink because in reality there is no such thing! Ink and toner are two totally different products and utilize different technologies. A lot of people search for “toner ink” online so some companies market themselves as selling toner ink, which is misleading. In this post we’ll aim to understand the core differences between ink and toner which will help you decide which kind of printer to buy (laser or inkjet) and therefore which type of cartridge to use. Let’s start with ink cartridges. In simple terms, a printer using ink cartridges contains actual ink in liquid form. It’s the same concept as using an ink pen and writing on paper. Different companies use different technologies in their ink cartridges. Either heat or vibration is used to apply pressure and shoot the ink onto the paper. Most ink is generally water-based although oil and solvent based inks are also used. Inkjet cartridges are compact and are easily replaceable. Inkjet printers that use ink cartridges are cost-effective to buy and [...]
Categories: Laser Toner Tags: ink, ink and toner, ink cartridges, laser toner, toner and ink
Calculate the Toner Use of Your Laser Printer and Copier in 5 Easy Steps
Let’s say you have a laser toner printer that you use for printing text and also as a digital copier in your small business. With all the paperwork your business demands, you do a lot of printing and copying and go through a lot of paper and not to mention a lot of toner. Have you ever wondered how much toner you’re using? Agreed, that all reputable toner manufacturers do their own testing to determine the expected page yield for each toner cartridge. Manufacturers use a standard measure of “XX pages at 5% coverage”, meaning that in the lab, the cartridge printed a page with 5% of the surface covered by ink XX times until the cartridge ran empty (more info here). Although your trusted supplier will give you an approximate number, you might just want to do some testing yourself to see which kind of toner cartridge works best for you. All laser printers and digital copiers are different and if you do roughly the same amount of printing and copying day in and day out then doing some calculating on your end can really help you save some moolah and help you decide what kind of toner cartridge [...]
Categories: Toner, Toner Cartridge Tags: laser toner, remanufactured toner cartridges, toner and ink, toner cartridge, Yield
Ink and Toner Facts – Save Money By Purchasing your Ink and Toner Products Online
Ink and Toner Facts – Save Money By Purchasing your Ink and Toner Products Online The Internet revolution has led to major changes in the way we live and work. Our lives are more organized and efficient thanks to social networking and digital devices that monitor our calendar and help us manage tasks, time and events. We no longer wait on snail mail, and entire communications between companies and people can take place via email in minutes. Intercontinental meetings are now conducted over the internet via VoIP or teleconferencing channels, saving huge traveling and lodging expenses. With all this technology working for us, a major paradigm shift has occurred in business processes, and we are constantly seeking to automate office tasks; this is the case with the former practice of using pen and paper to make hard copy documents – we now turn to networked printers to which we can remotely send documents created using electronic word processors. Because of the importance of these printers in business practice, it is critical to ensure that they are always in good working condition and that they are functioning efficiently. One of the best ways we can do this is by ensuring we [...]
Categories: Laser Toner, Toner, Toner Cartridge Tags: ink and toner, toner and ink, toner cartridge
