The Humble Printer Cartridge and How You Can Save Money Before technology became such an integral part of our lives, people used ink mostly for writing with pens. Today, the printer cartridge is far more important to ensure written business communication than ink from a pen on paper. Ink has an age-old history and was… Read More

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The Humble Printer Cartridge and How You Can Save Money

Before technology became such an integral part of our lives, people used ink mostly for writing with pens. Today, the printer cartridge is far more important to ensure written business communication than ink from a pen on paper.

Ink has an age-old history and was made from weird and wonderful things. The ancient Indians used pitch and burned animal bones to make ink. The Chinese of old made their ink from a type of glue obtained from fish. The octopus is known for its ability to chase off predators through ink release while ink from squid is seen as a gourmet addition to pasta in fine dining circles. However, modern ink found in the printer cartridge is made from non-organic matter.

Ink is perhaps not something you think about daily, but it is an essential component of the modern printer cartridge. It is also more expensive than blood if compared to it drop for drop. But there is a reason for it being on the expensive side. The research and development costs associated with the manufacturing of printer cartridges to render superb quality text or images to paper surfaces are high.

Years of research go into the development of high-performance printer cartridges. To this end, it makes sense, so buy from a trusted supplier who can provide you with the right toner or ink at affordable prices.

The black ink consists of just about every colour you can think of. The best way to see whether the statement is true is with a little experiment. Take a black marker, non-permanent type, and draw a line on a piece of coffee filter. If you put the filter at the bottom of a cup and cover it slightly and slowly with drops of water, you will see a plethora of colours appearing. To get the perfect black thus takes just the right combination of colours, and this forms part of the extensive research and development to ensure a particular model printer cartridge consistently delivers the right shade of black.

Apart from buying from a supplier that is focussed on quality at an affordable price, what else can you do to reduce your spending on printing?

Keep A Close Eye on Toner and Ink Levels

Do not print until the last drop is squeezed from the print nozzle. Once the stripes show, you can prime the cartridge to get a page or two extra, but beyond that, refrain from trying all kinds of tricks to get more ink or toner out. The software we provide with our print manage solutions and the printers that you can rent or buy from us help you to monitor ink and toner levels. In this way, you can schedule replacement at the right time, preventing damage to the nozzles and print heads because of such drying out. We help you to stock up on consumables at the right time and thereby minimise the risk of having to be creative in order to get a few more documents printed from the multifunctional copier in your office.

Choose the Right Cartridge for the Particular Model Printer

Avoid the temptation of buying no-name consumables for the sake of saving a few cents here and there. If you want the performance of a Formula One, then do not use a kit car that looks the same, but has another type of engine under the hood. The original manufacturer product is tailored for the particular printer model. With such, you get maximum performance, consistency, and good page yield. When you make use of our solutions, we take the guesswork out of toner and ink selection.

Understand Print Coverage

Coverage refers to the percentage of a page covered by ink. The international standard for measuring page yield is based on 5% page coverage. This means that a text document of one page, consisting of 500 words, has white space in between. It is not the same when you print a black and white image with large parts of the page covered in black or grey. If you thus print images, the page yield will be less than stated on the cartridge package. Understanding how image printing takes far more ink than text documents, you can also understand why some text fonts are more ink or toner intensive than others. Use ink-friendly fonts, such as Times New Roman and Calibri for print documents instead of Arial or fancy fonts. In this way, you can save page by page.

Finally, make use of our solutions to help you save on print costs with our range of ink-efficient printers and affordable cartridges.

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