KAREN THOMPSON'S BLOG
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Jun 29th, 2010
Have you ever been so frustrated with a paper jam in your printer that you just yank out the paper? And to add fuel to the fire, your printer won’t work anymore. Every week or so, we have customers bring their printer in for service due to a paper jam. So we thought we would publish some great tips and steps to follow when you have a paper jam.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Jun 15th, 2010
Currently both OEM’s (original equipment manufacturers, HP, Canon, etc) and remanufacturing companies co-exist globally and so do their respective recycling programs. But OEM’s and the remanufacturing industry will always remain on opposite sides of the fence. It is for society to arrive at a conclusion as to which one is a better recycling option. An option that is economical, environmentally friendly and benefits society at large without compromising on both quality and output has to be selected. The recycling option that the customers and society eventually choose will be determined more by an environmental need than simply an economic need.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on May 18th, 2010
If you are looking for a new printer the task can be daunting, with so many makes and models to chose from.
When it comes down to buying a printer, the real key is finding the best printer for your needs. And how do you find the best printer for you? Ask questions! Here are 6 great questions to ask yourself in order to find the absolute best printer for all of your printing needs.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Apr 1st, 2010
Some original equipment manufacturers have a cartridge send back program where you can put your cartridges in a prepaid envelope and then drive to the post office to send it back. Your package then goes to the central postal office via truck and then on to its final destination. I wonder how many miles a new cartridges travels to get to your local retailer and then how many to get back. Is this environmentally friendly? I think not.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Mar 23rd, 2010
With this increase of printers, comes an increase in printer cartridges, and the responsibility of disposing of them properly. Before we get into that, I wanted to give you some fast facts on printer cartridges and how they impact our environment.
Did you know that it takes about one gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge. In North America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in landfills and that number increases by about 12% annually. This is equivalent to throwing away 67,612 Ford Explorers a year.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Feb 9th, 2010
Snowbird Blues We often get customers coming in with their printers for various reasons; one of which being a print head printer which is not working properly or at all. This usually happens after a long period of non-usage. Whether you are a snowbird or spend most of the summer at the cottage, you might [...]
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Jan 26th, 2010
I’m sure everyone’s heard the old adage “ use it or lose it “. This holds true particularly for printer cartridges. For print head cartridges it is important to use your ink cartridge about once a week. This keeps the ink moving nicely through the print head and assures that the cartridge will perform when you really need it.
Posted in business, Eco-friendly, environment on Nov 10th, 2009
If you were to take a guess at what percentage of printer users still throw out their printer and toner cartridges, what would you say? 30%, 65%, 80%? Would you be shocked to find out that 80% of users still throw their cartridges in the garbage? Did you know that most printer cartridges can be [...]
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