History of Hewlett Packard and Ink by John Sollars
Hewlett Packard’s tryst with ink took off when it acquired a company named F.L Mosley based in California in 1958. Mosley was manufacturing recorders and plotters for industrial applications such as continuous process monitoring systems, data loggers and the like in the 1950’s. ... The Ink Cartridge The printer cartridge nowadays is not only an object that holds ink but also a highly technical one that has an integrated circuit to control the quality of printouts. ... Refilled Refilling your cartridge means cleaning the cartridge and refilling it with new ink.

10 Quick Buying Tips for Laser and Inkjet Printers by Christy Berger
Which one is right for you, an inkjet printer or a laser printer? Will you print frequently or occasionally? Is black and white printing sufficient for you or will you also print colors and possibly photos? What is the effect and costs of ink cartridges and toner cartridges? ... But toner cartridges last much longer which makes their cost per page less in the long term. ... Make sure the laser or inkjet printer is compatible with your computer. ... Before you buy your inkjet printer, you can check the prices and yields (number of pages ink cartridge prints) of the ink cartridges and find...

Your Common Questions and Answers On Your Inkjet Cartridges Are Now Ready For Your Review by Joseph Mercado
There are so many questions within the printer market which still haven’t been answered. No more mysteries. It’s usually the most common questions which are frequently asked where people have the most trouble. On that note, let’s get straight to the point and no cutting corners, shall we... ... What is the difference between a new toner cartridge and a remanufactured cartridge? ... The difference between a new toner cartridge and a remanufactured cartridge is the price, quality, and packaging.

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...

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!

Finding Cheap Toner by Jeff Lakie
Printer ink can be a real hassle both at home and in your office. This is especially true if the person in charge of your printers is not staying on top of restocking it. It can be time-consuming to pull of the old cartridges, take them to the office supply store, search through the endless... You can cash in on other people's reluctance at the amount of work and expense related with printer ink cartridge replacement. ... And as a free, bonuses service, once you have provided someone with printer ink and got them up and running again, you can offer a discount on their next service and...

Free Printers - Are They For Real? by Kwan Lo
Nothing is free? Or is it? Free stuff is often used as a marketing technique these days, so getting a free printer is not that hard to comprehend. In fact, there are many ways to obtain a free printer. For examples, you can get one from a friend who has just bought a new printer. ... These discount ink / toner cartridges are built according to the specifications of OEM cartridges but sold at half price of OEM cartridges. ... However, many vendors are offering remanufactured and compatible cartridges these days.

My Feelings For The Imaging Supplies Business For 2007 by Daniel Roberts
Where has 2006 gone? In some ways it has gone quickly; in other ways less so. For many it has not been an easy one. Looking at the imaging supplies business, the days of rapid growth were over. The stupidity of the price battle on compatible inkjet cartridges led to problems - financial losses... It would now appear that they could reduce ink and toner prices – on established products to lower the pricing umbrella. ... This would make compatible/remanufactured product less attractive to the distribution channels.

Important Things You Need to Know Before Buying Your Digital Photo Printer by Christy Berger
In this article we are going to talk about important terminology and aspects of buying a digital photo printer. When you are shopping you are exposed all these different numbers and features of photo printers, so hopefully this article can help you a little bit in your search. ... The ink cartridges or toner cartridges, the number of colors used, the paper and the method of printing (at which quality you are printing) are also great factors in print quality. ... Such photo printers have memory card slots and most are compatible with the PictBridge technology.

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).