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Carbon Footprints

2007-09-17T12:28:00.000+01:00

Carbon Footprints

Everyone is talking about carbon footprints at the moment.

These are the traces we leave on the planet with the amount of energy we waste in our daily lives.

By using your local ink and laser cartridge shop for all your printer needs you can reduce your carbon footprint.

· By refilling your cartridges carbon emissions are reduced.

· By efficiently recycling old cartridges less are ending up in landfill sites.

· Using your local shops uses less fuel.

Contact Cartridge Wizard on 01454 777234 or buy directly from our site on wwwcartridgewizard.net

Choosing a new printer

2007-08-14T15:24:00.000+01:00

HOW SHOULD YOU CHOOSE YOUR NEW PRINTER?

Many of our customers ask us for advice when purchasing a new printer.

The mistake that a lot of people make when they buy a new printer, ink or laser, is that they make their choice based on the price of the printer.

Consumers should be very wary of this.

Large printer manufacturers sell their printers at a loss, a bit like the supermarkets used to sell bread, knowing that they will make their money back ten fold on the cost of the cartridges.

When considering buying a new printer check with your local cartridge shop whether or not the cartridges are re-fillable. This can save you between 40-60% of the original cost.

If you are thinking about buying a printer that takes compatible cartridges, ie. Epson, Brother or Canon, ask which are the most cost effective cartridges. Are they available in sets at reduced costs?

Does the printer you have in mind take individual ink cartridges? This might involve an initial high cost, but if your printer takes 4 or more cartridges you only have to replace the one colour that has run out.

If you are considering buying a laser printer ask the same questions.

Also remember with laser printers that some will take high yield cartridges that can be refilled, saving you money and the environment.

Does your intitial choice of printer need other expensive consumables replacing. Laser printers, especially colour, can need transfer belts, fuser units and image drums which take the running costs into several hundreds of pounds for a seemingly cheap printer.

Above all do some research – ask questions.

Pop into your local refilling centre and ask for their advice – its free and could save you money.

Problem with CLP510's?

2007-08-07T13:48:00.000+01:00

SAMSUNG CLP 510’S

Anyone out there having the same trouble as us when trying to refill the Samsung clp510 laser cartridge?

When we are stripping the cartridge down we are finding that they still contain approximately a quarter of a bottle of toner. Our suppliers tell us that this is down to the new technology in the printer.

Yet again these companies are wasting peoples money.

Anyone out there got any ideas how to overcome this problem??

An environmental plea...

2007-07-11T09:15:00.001+01:00

Yes it seems everyone is jumping on the environmental bandwagon from burning up the atmosphere flying around the world to New York asking its residents to consider drinking tap water to cut down on the number of plastic bottles being shipped in and then once empty just thrown away, wasting even more of the world's increasingly precious resources.

Here at Cartridge Wizard we'd love to just "magic" away cartridge waste without harm to the environment but lets face it we're living in the real world and without a sustained recycling effort just what kind of planet do we intend to hand over to the next generation..?

Heres some facts on producing new laser cartridges you might be interested to know about (it'll give you something to talk about by the water cooler at least!):

If you currently throw away laser cartridges into landfill, then you may be pleased to know many companies including Cartridge Wizard offer access to recycling facilities to help the environment.

Thousands of tonnes of toner cartridge are sent to landfill in the UK each year, which is huge waste when most printer cartridges can be reused many times.

It takes 20 times more energy to produce a new laser cartridge than to reuse one, and upto three litres of oil is needed to make a new toner cartridge. An amazing amount for something that seems so insignificant.

If we can reduce the amount of energy and oil that goes into making toner cartridges, then that's fantastic.

We all have a responsibility to recycle: the individual, the small business and the huge global giants - don't think that your input won't make a difference. Believe us when we say it will!

We can help. Send us your laser cartridges and we will ENSURE they do not end up in landfill. If you're not sure call us on 01454 777234 and we'll give you with impartial advice and information on recycling your empty laser cartridges for all major makes of printers.

Ignore those ink levels

2007-07-06T10:45:00.000+01:00

IGNORE THOSE INK LEVELS

Your printer could be telling you that your ink cartridges are empty when in reality there is up to a quarter of ink left.

This is because printers work out the ink levels by page counting. It averages out the amount of ink used on each page compared to how many mls of ink are in the cartridge. This can only ever be an estimated figure as all consumers are using their printers for different print jobs. Therefore when your ink levels come up as empty you will usually find that there is still ink left in your cartridge.

With the majority of printers you can ignore your ink levels and keep printing until the cartridge runs out, which over time will save you a considerable amount of money.

Try this tip next time and see how much more you can print – you might be surprised!

Ink Cartridges and chip technology

2007-07-04T13:16:00.000+01:00

Ink Cartridges and chip technology

It appears that the large printer manufacturers are researching chip technology to try and prevent ink cartridges being refilled.

This is even more bad news for consumers and the environment.

A vast majority of ink and laser cartridges can be refilled (remanufactured) using the appropriate ink or toner specified for those cartridges. This process is completely legal, saves the customer money and in no way “damages” the printer.

More importantly, to a growing number of people, though is the fact that by re-using these cartridges it means that they are not being dumped in land fill sites. Most recycling centres around the country have no facilities to recycle ink or laser cartridges, which means that empty cartridges are being thrown away with the rest of our rubbish. The educated guess is that they will take approximately 400 years to break down to waste. With it being estimated that 75% of all households now own at least one printer it doesn’t take a genius to work out that those figures do not look good for our planet.

If these large companies continue to try and block the remanufacturing market are they not working directly against government directive to promote recycling!!

Latest HP printers and new HP cartridges released

2007-07-03T15:31:00.000+01:00

Hewlett Packard recently released their latest inkjet printers to the UK market.

The HP printers that have been introduced are the following:

· Officejet J5780

· Officejet J5785

· Deskjet D4260

· Photosmart C4280

· Photosmart C5280

All of the printers listed above offer 2 choices of inkjet cartridge in both black and colour, especially exciting is a new High Capacity version for those who put their printers through heavy demand.

A “lite” version HP inkjet cartridge with a standard capacity also exists.

If you wish to order from an HP original inkjet cartridge retailer you’ll need to ask for the following:

· HP Black CB335E No: 350XL for the 25ml heavy user version

· HP Black CB336E No: 350 for the 4.5ml standard version

· HP Colour CB337E No: 351XL for the 14ml heavy user version

· HP Colour CB337E No: 351 for the 3.5ml standard version

Call us on 01454 777234 or check our Cartridge Wizard website for more details.

What makes a good laser printer??

2007-07-03T14:06:00.000+01:00

If you are in the market for a laser printer for your business or office then it could be a good opportunity for you to read up on what makes a good laser printer.

Firstly you'll want to think what you will be using your laser printer for.
Will it be for full colour presentations or just for standard letters?

Colour laser printers usually have 3 colour cartridges and 1 black. A simple mono printer will just use the one black toner cartridge.

Second the PPM speed will be another factor to consider. Will the printer will be in continuous demand? Or will it be for the odd letter with intense demand say once a week?

Thirdly how big is the laser printer you have in mind, will it need to sit on a seperate desk or will its footprint be small enough to allow it to sit next to your computer?

Fourthly do you need the printer to be installed over a network to allow multiple users print their documents and reports?

Historically, per copy, laser printers are cheaper to run than inkjet printers but this is based on usage.

So you will also need to consider other consumables that eventually need replacement - parts such as fuser units, transfer belts as well as your toner cartridges. If parts fail in your printer all at the same time - and based on usage type this can happen - the cost to replace these items can be prohibitively expensive. In some cases costs can be double the cost of the original laser printer so this is something you should consider when buying a laser printer.

Is the printer easy to use?

Is it environmentally friendly, if it is you'll need to look for the Energy Star badge on the machine.

If you're unsure about the best laser printer then feel free to call us on 01454 777234, our staff have years of experience in working with these types of printers!

E-waste mentioned on BBC News

2007-07-03T13:54:00.000+01:00

Are you doing your bit recycling your e-waste?

If you're not certain what to do with old computers, monitors and inkjet printers and cartridges

The latest addition to the portfolio of laws designed to cut the amount of
rubbish we bury in the ground has finally come into force in the UK.

This BBC item is highly informative - find out more here. If you have any questions on specifically printer e-waste then call us on 01454 777234 as we can help answer any of your enquiries that you may have.

Our first ever blog on Inkjet Cartridges

2007-07-03T12:26:00.000+01:00

Hi and welcome to our first ever blog from dedicated inkjet experts and specialists Cartridge Wizard.

We intend to blog about inkjet cartridges and toner cartidges and developments and news in our industry. Its likely we will find a niche with reviews of printers and technical information on compatible and original inkjets and toner cartridges too.

If there are any inket, toner or printer cartidge questions you wish to post please do,we're happy to answer them for you on this blog to benefit everyone.

Check out our main commercial website: www.cartidgewizard.net

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