The Right Small Office/Home Office Printers by Michael Russell
Choosing an output device (notice I did not say "printer") is an arduous task indeed: inkjet, laser, LED, 3-in-1, 5-in-one, 7-in-one, photo printers, MFPs..... the choices are seemingly endless.. To make matters worse, the employee at the big retail/computer/electronics store has held the job... yield - and do not let the comparatively lower cartridge cost fool you (a $280 cartridge with a 5000 page yield is a lot better than a $120 cartridge with a 1000 page yield). ... Just be sure to get 3 or 4 quotes (just to keep them honest) and get an all-inclusive service contract; they include...

Disadvantages of a Laser Printer by Enid Edginton
There are very few disadvantages to owning a laser printer in general but one of them is definitely the cost. The money that you could spend on a very high-end inkjet printer will only buy you a very low-end color laser printer with limited capacities. ... Another way to make an expensive color laser toner cartridge last longer is to keep the printer in low quality mode unless you are printing out the final document. ... Sometimes the cartridges cost almost as much as the printer did which is why many people throw the entire printer out and buy a new one after the cartridge expires in year...

Advantages of A Laser Printer by Enid Edginton
Does a laser printer have enough advantages that it is worth a splurge or should you spend your hard earned money on a cheaper inkjet printer instead? Before you make your decision it might be worth your while to look at some of the advantages offered by laser printers. ... In general laser printers can often hold more ink and can go longer without needing any kind of toner cartridge change or paper filling. ... In terms of cost, the use of toner in a laser printer is much cheaper than the ink cartridges that are used in inkjet printers over the long run.

7 Steps to Cleaning the Laser Toner From Your Laser Printer by Rafael Nunez
Cleaning a laser printer, fax, or copier of laser toner can be easy, provided you know what you're doing and use the right tools. This article will share with you some simple tips to help you clean your laser printers of laser toner like a pro. A word to the wise: Before I begin, I'd like to... Open the printer and gently remove the laser toner cartridge or laser toner bottle. ... Remanufactured Laser Toner Cartridges Although many people buy OEM Name Brand laser toner cartridges, little do they know, they really are remanufactured!

Xerox - Its Journey with Ink by John Sollars
Chester Carlson inventor of xerography founded the Haloid Company on April 18, 1935. The company manufactured and sold photographic paper! It was based in Rochester New York. In the year 1942 Carlson received U.S. patent No. 2,297,691 on Oct. 6 for electrophotography, later called xerography,... Xerox pioneered work on the carbon-based organic toner during the 1950’s and today it boasts of developing a chemically grown toner – Emulsion Aggregation, in short Xerox has been and still is the market leader in copiers, toners and Inks!

How To Properly Recondition Your Xerox 13R546 Drum Cartridge In Less Than 60 Minutes by Joseph Mercado
The Xerox 13R546 laser drum cartridges are relatively easy to recondition. Similar in many ways to the 5318 style cartridges, which preceded them. It is a simple matter of disassembly, a thorough cleaning, inspection of the Drum and Cleaning Blade, and repair of the Connector. ... Step-by-Step “How-to-Recondition Your Xerox 13R546” Instructions: This drum cartridge is compatible with Xerox copier model numbers: •XC23 •XC23-A •XC23-AS •XC33-AS •XC33-D Specifications on the Xerox 13R546 Drum Cartridge •Model Number – 13R546 •Manufacturer – Xerox •Type – Brand New •Color – Black...

Why Are There Lines On My Copies? by Bill Tucker
(How to Get Rid of Them!) Have you ever made a copy and noticed that there are lines running down the length of the page? This article is about identifying image defects or lines that a Key-Operator (Person responsible for the equipment.) can fix on their own and lines that need a repair person... Copier and MFP’s Toner cartridge, Charge roller, paper or object stuck inside blocking the scanner, transfer roller, corona wire, and dirty optics. ... Possible Causes / Lines Laser Printers, Laser and LED Fax Machines Toner cartridge, Charge roller, paper or object stuck inside blocking...

How Does Your Printer Work? by John Sollars
Impact printers, as the very name implies means that the printing mechanism touches the paper for creating an image. Impact printers were used in early 70s and 80s. In Dot Matrix printers a series of small pins is used to strike on a ribbon coated with ink to transfer the image on the paper. ... Basic components of a laser printer are fuser, photoreceptor drum assembly, developer roller, laser scanning unit, toner hopper, corona wire and a discharge lamp. ... Toner is picked up by charged portion of the drum and gets transferred to the paper after passing through the fuser.

Printers - A Practical Buyers Guide by Iggy Quazi
Buying a printer can be a complicated business, there are more shapes, sizes and types of printers available to the home and small business user than ever before. Printers have also become specialised for their intended purpose. It is no longer a case of "a printer is a printer". ... The two cartridge system works fine though can be a bit wasteful on the colour ink, so go for a four-cartridge system where possible especially if you do colour printing. ... The six or more cartridge systems produce outstanding photos, but can be costly and a pain to keep changing cartridges (printer does not...

Guide to Buying a New printer by Andrew Gates
One of the more perplexing decisions when faced with choosing a new printer is which print technology is going to suit you best. At the moment there are two main printing systems: the laser technology, using toner cartridges and a transfer drum assembly; and ink jets using ink tank cartridges... Manufactures give some estimate of how many pages of a given size each toner cartridge will print, based on a predetermined proportion of coverage (say 10%). ... This toner is supplied in cartridges, usually one for each of a four-colour printing system (cyan, magenta, yellow and black).