Canon Pixma Inside Out – the iP4200 Photo Printer by John Sollars
So you might have already heard about the new Canon Pixma iP4200 that’s doing the rounds in the computer hardware industry nowadays. Everybody is reviewing it, including us. Canon has been keeping mum over the longest-lasting-photo-prints debate for sometime now. ... The numbers of the Pixma iP4200 cartridges are: PGI-5BK - Black pigment ink CLI-8BK - Black dye based ink CLI-8C - Cyan dye based ink CLI-8M - Magenta dye based ink CLI-8Y - Yellow dye based ink These cartridges are also suitable for Pixma iP5200, iP5200r printers, MP500, MP800 and MP950 MFPs.

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". ... Solid Ink Printers Solid ink printers use solid wax ink sticks in a "phase-change" process, they work by liquefying wax ink sticks into reservoirs and then squirting the ink onto a transfer drum from where it is cold-fused onto the paper in a single pass.

How to Choose Printer Paper by John Sollars
Everybody wants to know about the correct inkjet cartridge for his or her printer, but what about printer paper? Inkjet and laser printers can print on a variety of surfaces, including photo paper, labels, business cards, stickers, and t-shirt transfers. ... Printing great photos from an inkjet printer is a tall order, requiring a perfect match between the ink, paper, and printer to work together; and the companies don’t make it easy on the consumer’s pocket. ... If you use third-party paper with your inkjet printer from a big-name manufacturer, the ink may spread too far into the paper...

Is A Consumer Printer Sufficient For Home Business? by Carla Weaffer
Most home business owners these days own a personal computer and use it for some aspect of the day to day operation of their business. While a computer can be a vital part of a home business, how important really is it for a business owner to also have a consumer printer? ... This does not have to be the case at all as a home business owner can purchase a consumer printer that they could use compatible printer ink cartridges and inkjet refill kits with. ... As compatible printer inks and refill kits are very often less expensive then replacement ink purchased from a manufacturer, business...

How To Properly Remanufacture Your Lexmark 10N0026 Inkjet Printer Cartridges In Just 11 Easy Steps by Joseph Mercado
How many people know that the cost of Lexmark's ink cartridges can put a dent in your pocket if you're the owner of one or more Lexmark printer inkjet machines. Here are you Step-by-Step “How-to-Remanufacture Your Lexmark 10N0026” Instructions: Let’s get straight to the point, no beating... First, you will need the necessary Tools & Supplies Required: Tools & Supplies Required: •Electrical Circuit Tester (tool) •Flush Cleaning Machine (tool) •Bin for soaking (tool) •Nozzle-Sealing machine •Centrifuge (tool) •Printer Tester or OEM Printer (tool) •Ultrasonic Welder or Hot Glue Gun...

Inkjet Printers in the Office - Print Quality Characteristics to Look For by Jimi St. Pierre
Although laser printing technology today offers printer speeds in exceeds of 50 pages per minute on general office printers, inkjet printers are now commonplace in small business and home user environments. With improvements in inkjet print speeds, the days are long gone when laser was... Colour Printing: Office Documents As well as variations in ink droplet size, the use of colour inks under-laying the black is a contributing factor to the sharpness of text and lines in colour printers, but a downside can be the presence of colour dots outside of the defined edges, which are a feature...

All About Dye-Sublimation Printers by John Sollars
Dedicated photo printers differ from all-purpose printers as they are designed to print photos only, as opposed to text or graphics documents in addition to photos. They are generally compact in size and lightweight, and some models even feature batteries that allow you to print without the need... The cartridges in such printers spray the ink, covering the page one strip at a time. ... This is the reason it is common for dye-sub printer compatible paper packs to contain a transfer film capable of producing the same number of prints.

How To Properly Remanufacture Your Own HP C6578D Color Printer Inkjet Cartridges Just 13 Easy Steps by Joseph Mercado
The Hewlett Packard 78 (C6578DN-450 pgs) (HP 78 C6654BN-970 pgs) Color Ink Cartridge, large and normal size tri-color inkjet print cartridge produces outstanding images. Especially on plain or photo paper, photo-quality images on special media, exceptional resolution, and the best print quality... First, you will need the necessary Tools & Supplies Required: Tools & Supplies Required: •Electrical Circuit Tester (tool) •Drill Press (tool) •Centrifuge (tool) •Atomization Machine •Filling Machine (tool) •Printer Tester or OEM Printer (tool) •Flush-Cleaning Machine (tool)...

How Do InkJet Printers Work by Simon Rogers
The printers utilizing inkjet technology were first introduced in the late 1980s and since then have gained much popularity while growing in performance and dropping in price. They are the most common type of computer printers for the general consumer due to their low cost, high quality of... Depending on the manufacturer and model of the printer, ink cartridges come in various combinations, such as separate black and color cartridges, color and black in a single cartridge or even a cartridge for each ink color.

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,... A solid ink printer consists of only three major components- the print head that applies ink to print drum, the print drum that transfers image to paper and the controller, which is the brain of the printer that converts data from the computer to information required to print the image on paper.