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InknTonerUK Website Improvements

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Here at InknTonerUK we always strive to keep ink cartridge and toner cartridge prices to bare minimum and improve our overall customer service whenever possible. That is why, we have introduced new website improvements. The new feature gives our customers wider choice when buying toner cartridges. Previously Ink’n’TonerUK website offered 2 choices, Compatible Toner Cartridges and Original Toner Cartridges, but now our customers have to make a choice out of 3 options, as additional option has been added, called Budget Compatible and the “Compatible Cartridge” has been changed to “Premium Compatible”. This feature is more difficult to implement, than you might think and it is not feasible with every website. Fortunately, our website is designed in a way that, makes this change possible. Now InknTonerUK.co.uk is one of very few, if not the only site that offers Budget Compatible, Premium Compatible and Original Cartridge for the same printer.

For example, if you would select HP Laserjet P4515N printer and look for high capacity black HP 64 toner cartridge. This is what you would be presented with.

As you can see, the Budget Cartridge price is much cheaper. It can actually be even up to 4 or 5 times cheaper, than the Original.

The new feature gives you options, but how do you know which one is the right for you? Well, if you buy toner cartridges from us often, then you might already have noticed the following buttons on the website which explain Budget Refill Cartridge, Premium Compatible Cartridge and Original Compatible Cartridge.

However, to make sure every customer knows what’s best for them, they need to know as much information as possible about the budget, premium and original cartridges. Below, Budget Cartridges, Premium Cartridges and Original Cartridges are explained in more detail.

Budget Compatible

Choosing Budget compatible cartridges, means you will pay rock bottom price for the cartridges. It is advised to purchase budget compatible, when you print a tremendous amount of prints daily and the printing quality is not a priority. Disadvantage of budget compatibles is that it’s non-recyclable and uses cheaper ink, however print quality is still relatively high.

Premium Compatible

Premium compatible option is probably best value for money to choose. It’s cheaper than originals but quality is much better than the budgets. However, it’s still as good as the original.

Original Cartridge

Original cartridge is made by the same company as the printer and guarantees 100% satisfactory results. It is recommended, if you are a bit fussy about print quality and don’t mind spending a little extra.

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Dog fed by HP Printer

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I know what you are thinking. What? How? Well, read on to find out.

One morning, Nat Morris, an IT consultant woke up and said, while I’m working, I can’t feed my dog Toby. What should I do? I know what! I shall create a device, that does it for me! Mr Morris decided to use his IT skills and knowledge wisely to create and implement a dog feeding device, in addition, powered by HP printer motor.

How does HP printer feed Toby?

This is the amazing part of the whole device. The HP printer dog feeding device (or whatever you want to call it) is triggered by a social network application Twitter. Once Mr Morris decides to feed Toby, he sends a tweet, the sound alerts Toby that the goodies are about to be released. Then, the food goes down the pipe and is served into Toby’s bowl and vuala. To top the brilliant device off, there is also a CCTV camera attached to it allowing Mr Morris to witness his dog dining.

After successfully creating the device that most of the dog-owners can only dream about, this is what Nat Morris had to say:

“Toby absolutely loves it. At first, he didn’t know what was going on. Now he sits underneath, wagging his tail waiting for the treats to drop. People have been sending him food at all hours of the day, so I had to limit it to between nine in morning and nine in the evening.”

Ink‘N‘TonerUK can’t feed your dog. However, we can certainly feed you with unlimited amount of ink and toner cartridges. However, if you want to feed Toby, you can tweet to Toby @FeedToby on Twitter.

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Author: Donatas Ivaskevicius

Human Eye Inspires Inkjet Technology

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Human Eye Inkjet Technology

It seems that, the more we study about ourselves, the more advancement is made in technology. Certainly, this was the case when engineers from Columbia in University of Missouri invented clog preventing nozzles for inkjet printers by mimicking the human eye. It is well established fact that the most expensive aspect of printer maintenance is replacements of ink cartridges and the new technology potentially could save money for businesses and consumers alike.

The co-inventor of the technology Jae Wan Kwon commented: “The nozzle cover we invented was inspired by the human eye. The eye and inkjet nozzle have a common problem: they mustn’t be allowed to dry while, simultaneously, they must open. We used bio-mimicry the imitation of nature, to solve human problems. Other printing devices use similar mechanisms to inkjet printers. Adapting the clog-free nozzle to these machines could save businesses and researches thousands of dollars in wasted materials.” professor Kwon went on to say “For example, biological tissue printers, which may someday be capable of fabricating replacement of human organs, squirt living cells to form biological structures. These cells are so expensive that researchers often find it cheaper to replace the nozzles rather than waste the cells. Clog-free nozzles would eliminate the costly replacements”.

How does it work?

The problem is after we finish printing the ink dries out and the nozzle occasionally gets clogged. The new technology will apply a drop of silicone oil to cover the the nozzle when not in use. Similar to the way the eye operates when eyelids keep the eye moisturised but the inject technology will use an electric field to move droplet of oil in and out, keeping the nozzle moist and avoiding the clogs.

HP challenge

HP has challenged the human eye inkjet technology by claiming that they already have solutions to the nozzle drying out problem. Thom Brown supplies expert said that HP already implemented ways to stop ink drying out by “cartridges design, ink chemistry, careful selection of ingredients, printer design, and servicing algorithms.” he added ” Additionally, HP printers are equipped with a physical cap to prevent the ink at the print head from drying out while the printer is not in use. Under normal wear and use this design performs very well to prevent the ink drying at the nozzle.”

Conclusion

Current inkjet technology does a brilliant job preventing dry nozzles and doesn’t seem to be an issue. However, what was created by Professor Jae Wan Kwon and his co-workers cannot be underestimated. This could be the greatest invention towards ever advancing 3D printing technology. 3D Printing Technology is where even immortality has the potential to be achieved when creating human organs using human cells. One thing is certain – this invention will definitely speed up 3D printing developments.

Author: Donatas Ivaskevicius

Battle: Original vs Compatible

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Matrix of the Problem

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) such as Canon, HP, Brother and Epson etc – take years to design, develop new technology and manufacture their printers. Apparently, it takes up so much of their resources, that by the time the printers fully develop and are ready for selling to the consumers – the OEM companies are in a loss. The only way for the OEM to get their investment back and make profit, is to sell ink and toner cartridges at higher prices and try to prevent the public from buying the compatible ink and toner cartridges, although the latter is unnecessary. It’s a difficult battle for many companies, big or small. What does the competition look like today, and what tactics are used? Let’s get started and get into the details of every battle constantly fought by huge companies.

Dirty Tactics

One of the latest moves by HP in the battle of original vs compatible ink and toner cartridges, is to install new software drivers on to your computer after you bought HP inkjet printer. Once it is time for you to get your replacement inks, you decide to go for the cheaper compatible HP ink cartridges. Your cartridges arrive swiftly and It is all fine, but after you inserted the compatible ink cartridges into the printer, the software installed by the HP confronts you with the following messages:

“Counterfeit or Used Cartridges Installed”

Warning

  • Your printer warranty does not cover repairs or service due to use of non-original ink cartridges
  • Information about ink levels will not be available
  • This is not a genuine ink cartridge to continue click OK, to cancel the print job click Cancel (no OK button provided)

The false information displayed such as “counterfeit ink cartridge installed” can really put the consumer off and make them feel as if they are doing something wrong. The Remanufacture Industry invested time to develop compatible ink and toner cartridges and OEM such as HP bombard the consumers with unnecessary information, in some cases causing the consumers to send the 100% fine compatible ink cartridge back where they bought it from.

Original or Compatible Ink Cartridge for me?

When I first got into the printing industry, I was not aware of compatible/remanufactured/aftermarket ink and toner cartridges. The consumer awareness is a vital part that determines, what we purchase and who we sponsor. While multi-million companies base their success on profit, sometimes the consumer is lost in the middle of all the “palava” but facts remain facts regardless of the OEM companies trying to tell you otherwise. Advantages of purchasing the compatible ink cartridges instead of originals are huge and undeniable. By purchasing the compatible inks you save bundles of cash on your printing costs, while the effect on printing quality is only slight, you also contribute to a cleaner planet.

Mark Twain, American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer once said “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes”. I hope Ink’N’TonerUK helped you to put on your “wise printing shoes” to determine what ink and toner cartridges are best for you.

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Author: Donatas Ivaskevicius

Mars – Wide Format Printing

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Printing from where? The title doesn’t make sense surely! Oh yes – it does my friends. While we go about our day to day business, NASA is determined to investigate the Martian climate, geology, role of water and planetary habitability. Kris Capraro a computer systems engineer for the Image Processing Laboratory at the National Aeronautics has been working for 27 years to bring space images into spotlight and wide format printing is helping him to achieve that. Printing from Mars is possible (?).

Introducing the Curiosity Rover

Curiosity rover (pictured below) is about the size of an average car. It was launched aboard MSL spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air force station on 26 of November 2011 and it took 8 months to travel 350,000,000 miles (563,000,000 km) before it successfully landed on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars.

Capraro who took some pictures of the Curiosity Rover before it was launched said “When I took those pictures, I was astounded at how complicated the sky crane actually was,” he stated “Of course, the rover is also extremely complicated, but the lander just had bundles and bundles of wire harness. It was just unbelievable piece of machinery, but it worked.”

Wide Format Prints

Wide format imaging assisted the landing of Curiosity at Gale Crater as it is not easy to visualise something that is larger, than a computer screen. Capraro puts together left-to-right view large prints to produce big panoramas making it easier for people to visualise it. He uses HP DesignJet Z6100 to do his wide format prints from Mars.

Apart from HP, Epson and Canon also manufacture high quality large format printers. In January 2012 Canon Image PROGRAF 8300s has won the BERTL’s ‘Best’ 44inch Graphics Arts Large Format Printer award. While Canon iPF8300 and Canon Glacier were used to print an exhibition of Olympic gold medallists.

Wide format printers are usually used in the industry to print banners, posters and general signage, but the type of wide format printing Capraro is producing with HP DesignJet Z6100 has to be admired and should be appreciated by all of us.

At Ink’n’TonerUK we provide a large range of wide format ink cartridges and take care of all your printing needs. So, if you are looking for cartridges look no further. At Ink’nTonerUK we provide highest quality products for the lowest prices.

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written by Donatas Ivaskevicius

Best Value Ink Cartridges And Printers

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We seem to be getting more and more people asking us for advice these days on which cartridges and printers are good value for money. So we thought we’d put down some ideas for our loyal customers.

General pointers.

  • Avoid choosing a printer which takes cartridges which incorporate a printhead in the cartridges design. (inkjet cartridges)
  • Avoid choosing a printer with only takes one colour cartridge and choose printers which take individual cartridges for each colour. (Ink tank cartridges)
  • Try to steer away from the cheaper £30 -£50 printers because the cartridges are expensive. Replacing a set of cartridges can cost more than the cost of these cheap printers. The more you spend on a printer the better value for money your cartridges will be.
  • Avoid Lexmark and Dell. These printers and cartridges represent very poor value for money, with expensive cartridges and poor build quality on consumables such as printheads and ink formulations.
  • If your printing is for the home or small office use compatibles as they are much cheaper and produce good printing results.
  • Calculate your cost-per-print by diving the pages a cartridge produces by the cost. If it’s a colour printer add up all your inks and divide by the page yield of only one cartridge not them all.

Good Value For Money Ink Cartridges

Manufacturer

Cartridges

BrotherLC1280XL, LC1000, LC970, LC985, LC1220, LC1240, LC1100, LC980, LC900
CanonBCI-6, CLI-526, PGI-525, CLI-8
EpsonT0711 / 2 / 3 / 4   T1281 / 2 / 3 / 4     T1291 / 2 / 3/ 4
HP363, 364, 364XL

Good Value For Money InkJet Printers

  • Start off by finding the right cartridges first before you choose your printer and then see what printers the cartridges take.

Generally any printer which takes the cartridges mentioned above will give you good quality prints at the right price for home or small office printing. These cartridges are all available as compatible and give you good quality printing at a heavily discounted cost. 

Five Considerations before buying Home/Small Office Printers

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Today’s Blog Post contains five considerations for you to think about when buying a printer for your home use or for use at a small office. Even for the pros choosing the right printer can be difficult these days as the market is saturated with many printers that are very similar at every level of price point. One of the main pitfalls we see is customers who buy very cheap inkjet printers and later on are shocked at the high cost of their replacement ink cartridges. This is very common and easily done as it’s easy to lure in customers by the low cost of some printers.

To avoid this pitfall check the cost of replacement ink cartridges before you buy any printer. One good method of pointing in the right direction is to search for good value for money ink cartridges first and then see what printers they are compatible with.

We came up with this list of five pointers to help our customers make the right choice when buying a new printer and get the best value for money with their printing needs.

1) What are the minimal requirements and functions you require

The first of five considerations. With so many features and functions found on modern multifunction inkjet printers, these days choosing a printer can be tough. To help make your decision easier firstly decide on the minimum requirements you need for your new printer. On top of basic functions like copy, scan and print, determine if you need anything else like the ability to send documents via fax or email. We recommend these functions for any office printer. You’ll need a network compatible printer if you want to use your printer on other computers in your house / office and you should also determine if you need colour printing or not. Answering these questions will help narrow down your choices and help you find the right printer and ink cartridges for your needs.

2) The initial layout and running costs

Printing costs can run up over time and doing some quick math on ink cartridge page yields and cost of your ink cartridges will help you get a feel for your printers running costs. Once you do the maths you will probably find that the more expensive printers usually have much lower running costs than the cheap ones. You should look at your printer as an investment, this is probably something you are going to be using everyday in an office setting and it can incur expensive running costs if you don’t get it right.

3) Performance

One of the most important things to consider after cost is performance. You will be amazed at how quickly you can be frustrated by slow printing speeds and clumsy designs which will make you feel like you have waited an age for a single sheet to be printed. The same goes for scanning and copying speeds, and is especially relevant in office settings where you do not have the luxury of spare time. Print quality is normally very good on modern inkjet printers but we recommend HP, Brother and Epson ink cartridges for anyone who wants to get the best printing results.

4) Independent reviews and product information

To get the low down on the model you’re considering buying try looking at reviews published by testing agencies who perform independent and unbiased reviews on products tested. Be careful of some positive online reviews as some manufacturers actually commission them themselves to give a good impression of their product and make you want to buy it.

5) Warranties and service packages available

Last, but not least, number five. Consider how often you will be using your printer, how important it will be to your home or office and the amount of years you will require its services for. This should give you a good insight into the level of service required and additional running costs that may arise. Keeping any printer in tip top condition over the course of its lifespan is going to take more than ink cartridges or paper and you should look at manufactures warranties and additional service packages which may come with your printer before purchasing. Consumables like printheads and waste toners can also take time to order from the manufacturer so this should also come into consideration if they are available for your printer.

Five Considerations before buying Home/Small Office Printers

HP vs Lexmark

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Today, we will face off giants within the Printing Industry against each other – Lexmark vs HP. It’ll help determine which company is better for you.

HP vs Lexmark

Lexmark

Some OEM (original) cartridge manufactures don’t like the remanufacturing industry recycling their cartridges and reselling them to customers at a lower rate. The most obvious example would be Lexmark who make their cartridges very difficult to remanufacture. Lexmark don’t won’t the cartridge remanufacturing industry refurbishing their cartridges or you buying a compatible Lexmark cartridge whether it be an ink cartridge or toner cartridge. They have introduced their return program scheme to further eliminate their cartridges being recycled and put it under the guise of recycling. Lexmark return and non return program cartridges are exactly the same except the non-return program cartridge is significantly more expensive. Some retailers have stopped selling the non-return program Lexmark cartridges as there’s no point. It only serves to confuse and baffle the customer.

Lexmark also continue their onslaught by including many different page yields for some of their printer consumable ranges. With up to four different page yield cartridges – standard – high – extra high and extra extra high – combined with the option of having each cartridge as a return or non-return program cartridge the choice can be overwhelming and completely unnecessary. These Lexmark cartridges can all hold the same yield but are filled to different levels and sold at a premium. This is an incredible waste of materials and actually promotes plastics being sent to landfill which take hundreds of years to decompose. The actual cost of toner is minuscule yet Lexmark overcharge massively for something which costs them pennies to do.

HP

HP recognise the remanufacturing industry and take a much more pro-active approach to their cartridges being remanufactured. Their cartridges also offer more value to the customer while promoting the use of recycled materials and products at the same time. To put it in a nutshell HP additionally beat Lexmark every time in terms of quality, cost and remanufacturing.  Even HP’s packaging is more environmentally conscious with the use of cardboard much more prevalent than Lexmark’s. The author understands that this is a biased view point but has based this decision on the experience gained working within the printing consumables industry for four years.

To take a look at our HP ink cartridge and toner cartridge range please use these links:

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To view our Lexmark ink cartridge and toner cartridge range please use these links:

Lexmark Toner Cartridges

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3D Printing

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Imagine a world where a computer is connected a device which can print a 3d object. Need something new from Amazon? Download the schematic and make it yourself on your own 3D Printer. Need a new part for your car or home? Download the model and hit print! 3D Printing opens up a world of opportunities and possibilities. Such a world sounds like it’s been plucked straight from Star Trek’s replicator and twenty years ago most people would of laughed but not Charles Hull who invented the first commercial 3d printer in 1984 based on a technique called stereolithography. To put it bluntly 3d printers create, real solid objects from digital data.

Over the last decade costs have been falling and the range of materials these printers use has steadily risen. 3D Printing has evolved so far to the point that the printers can now print with metals and fabrics and can make things which would otherwise be very difficult to manufacture. The applications for 3d printing is wide as it is diverse, and with attractive cost and time savings, major companies, and organisations are now starting to explore their potential.

If you thought you were going to be buying HP ink cartridges forever think again. The way forward is HP 3d ink cartridges. If you don’t know what I’m talking about why not take a look at the video.

Have you watched star trek the next generation? If you thought the replicator was the work of science fiction, think again. There are predictions that in about 20 years every home will have a 3d printer, changing the world and consumerism as we know it.

Ink cartridges as we know it will change forever. In fact it raises the question what will you do when run out of ink cartridges to print with? Order some new ink cartridges or make your own ink cartridges with your 3d printer? How about when you need a new printer? Why not additionally design your own or download a schematic straight from HP with the designs for your ink cartridges? I could go on but I think you see where I’m going with this.

6% Increase In UK Printer Sales From Last Year

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What?

Context – a market research group have released figures which show printer sales within the UK are up 6% from the third quarter of last year. Growth increased mainly within the all-in-one inkjet market with an increase of 9.5% in sales standing out from the rest of the UK figures. Furthermore, this could partly be explained by the new line of inkjet printers designed to take on the role of laser printers with improved cost-efficiency. Released this year by manufacturers like HP and Epson, their marketing was targeted at educating customers about the improved cost-efficiency and performance of these machines when compared to that of their laser counterparts. The ink cartridges for these machines also feature toner like page yields and have a much lower unit cost.

European Sales Down

The increase in UK printer sales was in stark contrast to that of its European counterparts which mostly reported negative growth, most notably in Greece with a massive -35.1% and Spain at -6.1%. Only Germany reported an increase in sales which were a measly 1%.

Market Leaders

44% of all inkjet and laser printers sales in Europe were made by the market leader HP. The second largest figure came from Canon at 21.4% who were up an impressive 19.1% from the previous year. HP have flooded the market with low cost ink cartridges tailored for SOHO printing (small office home office). Canon have also introduced their new line of ink cartridges which give lab quality results.

Increased Sales Outside Of Europe

Central Asia saw huge increases in the amount of laser multifunction printers bought. So did the Middle East which saw an increase in demand for copier based multi-function devices. Africa also saw an increase of sales in both inkjet and laser printer sales. Users outside of Europe will be frustrated. Why? Cartridges bought within Europe won’t work on any printer outside of Europe. This is due to the five different coding zones which prohibit printer cartridges working in different continents.