Going Green?
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Sep 7th, 2011
What if we told you that many HP laser cartridges are in fact remanufactured just like those that come in a Cartridge World box? It’s true!
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Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Sep 7th, 2011
What if we told you that many HP laser cartridges are in fact remanufactured just like those that come in a Cartridge World box? It’s true!
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment, marketing on Aug 23rd, 2011
The way many OEM’s design their cartridges discourages reuse and remanufacturing. It would benefit both the environment and consumers for the cartridges to be designed so that they can be reused more easily. Customers deserve the choice! No car manufacturers would be allowed to require consumers to buy its own brand of gasoline. Consumers deserve a choice and third-party suppliers and remanufacturers provide that option. Plus, many remanufacturers are small businesses employing workers from local communities, such as Cartridge World Newmarket does. Here are 3 great reasons to remanufacture print cartridges.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Aug 10th, 2011
Of course, many companies want to be environmentally sensitive, but the main reason companies use re-manufactured cartridges is to save money. Most re-manufactured cartridges cost considerably less than OEM cartridges and are comparable quality and reliability. In fact, many re-manufactured cartridges last longer, as they often have up to 20 percent more toner than OEM cartridges.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment, marketing on Jul 26th, 2011
The next time your IT or printer service person says “You will be charged for this service call because your using recycled ink/toner cartridges” or “Your warranty is void because you are not using OEM brand ink or toner” tell him/her that it is ILLEGAL to force any computer printer owner to use only OEM brands of ink or toner supplies!
Most of the problems arise in Epson printers. They have a tank style cartridge and the printhead is in the printer. Canon, new HP’s and Lexmark’s and Brother printers have printhead printers as well.
Failure to calibrate after cartridge installation, can result in light print or over saturated dark print caused by colours not properly matched. Dumping can be caused by over saturation or over development of toner.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment, marketing, Technical on May 26th, 2011
HP’s CE285A used in monochrome Laserjet Pro M1212 MFP and Laserjet Pro P1192W, are still in short supply, reports Actionable Intelligence.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment, marketing, Technical on May 5th, 2011
Recently, we have seen some very colourful and worn drums from the colour cartridges of HP 1215, 1515, CP2025 and other models that take the CB540 series or CC530 series of cartridges. This occurs from regularly printing black only documents.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment, marketing, Technical on Apr 21st, 2011
Here at Cartridge World, we try and stay on top of changing trends in the Printing world. Recently upon reviewing the newest Brother HL-2240 series, we were shocked to find out the following information.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment, Technical on Mar 31st, 2011
By accepting firmware upgrades for your printer, you could potentially lock out the use of refilled printer cartridges. This means you may only be able to use original cartridges supplied by your printer manufacturer, which will in turn increase the amount you spend on printer cartridges.