...run. Many will simply purchase a new machine they have seen so many £15-£20 printers on “offer” at larger chain stores. The danger with buying such a machine is that you will normally regret it as soon as you come to buy your first set of ink cartridges. The reason being many of these printers take just two individual cartridges that can cost over £70 to replace the pair. Even if an alternative is available as these cartridges normally have the p...
Category Archive: Printers
This category contains information on a variety of different printers.
Calculating Page Coverage with AP Fill
...industry standard way of measuring page yield is at a 5% coverage on an A4 page. The estimation of page coverage for a regular consumer can be rather difficult. So today I would like to point you in the direction of a wonderful free download named “AP Fill”. The download itself is available from a variety of places including the AVP Soft website. After a quick installation AP Fill will sit quietly in your system tray taking up precious little syst...
The Infamous Canon Resume/Stop/Reset Button
...printer? This advice is applicable to the following printers Canon Fax JX200, MultiPass 450, MP150, MP160, MP170, Pixma iP1200, iP1300, iP1600, iP1700, iP1800, iP1900, iP2200, iP2400, iP2500, iP2600, MP140, MP150, MP160, MP170, MP180, MP190, MP210, MP220, MP450, MP460, MP470, MX300, MX310, iP2700, iP2702, MP230, MP240, MP250, MP252, MP260, MP270, MP272, MP280, MP282, MP330, MP480, MP490, MP492, MP495, MP499, MX320, MX330, MX340, MX350, MX410, MX4...
Interactive Inkjet Troubleshooting Video
...video that lets you troubleshoot problems with literally ever inkjet cartridge currently available. You simple click the relevant parts of the screen untill our expert advice is eventually offered. This advice applies to both original and remanufactured cartridges. Take a quick look below… Whilst we hope you will never have any problems with anything we supply on the rare occasion when an issue occurs we would like to offer support in whatev...
Lexmark Firmware Update Warning
...pdate early reports indicate the problem can be solved in many cases by following the steps below: 1. Uninstall the printer drivers/software for the machine in question. 2. Re-install the printer driver/software with disconnected internet connection and ignore the prompt when the upgrade is offered again. This method is far from 100% proven to work and we are sceptical as to whether this would uninstall the firmware as in similar cases it is the i...
Parts inside the printer have reached the end of their service life
...is important to realise that resetting the counter won’t remove any ink from the ink absorber. From here you have a couple of options.. Protect the surface under the printer and continue printing as normal until the ink inside eventually overflows. Use the search engine of your choice to locate instructions on how to replace/clean the pads yourself. With the reset and the clean/replacement done you should be able to carry on printing using...
“The Following Ink Cartridge must be replaced” HP 301 Symbols
...our (CH564EE) cartridges which are used in the printers below. HP Deskjet 1000 HP Deskjet 1010 HP Deskjet 1050 HP DeskJet 1050A HP Deskjet 1510 HP Deskjet 1512 HP Deskjet 1514 HP Deskjet 2050 HP DeskJet 2050A HP Deskjet 2050s HP Deskjet 2054A HP Deskjet 2510 HP Deskjet 2512 HP Deskjet 2540 HP Deskjet 2542 HP Deskjet 2544 HP Deskjet 2545 All-In-One HP Deskjet 2549 All-In-One HP DeskJet 3000 HP Deskjet 3050 HP DeskJet 3050A HP Deskjet 3055A HP Deskj...
Ink Cartridge Symbols for HP 901 Range: Identifying which cartridge is a problem.
...cartridges which are used in the printers below. HP Officejet J4524 HP Officejet J4535 HP Officejet J4540 HP Officejet J4550 HP Officejet J4580 HP Officejet J4585 HP Officejet J4624 HP Officejet J4660 HP Officejet J4680 HP Officejet J4680C HP Officejet Wireless 4500 All-in-One You can also follow the links above to these printers individual listings on our store and view everything we currently stock for your inkjet printer. We hope you have foun...
How Inkjet Printers Work
...can claim a substantial share of credit for the development of the modern inkjet printer. Ink jet printers use one of three main technologies: thermal, piezoelectric, and continuous which we’ll take a look at below: Thermal Ink Jet With Epson being a notable exception most consumer inkjet printers work by having a print cartridge with a number of tiny chambers which are electrically heated to induce a steam explosion in the chamber which forms a...
All About Inkjet Printers
...the humble inkjet printer. The Inkjet Business Model The reason that many inkjet printers are so cheap to buy is that a common business model involves selling the actual printer at or even below the production cost and then marking up the cost of the replacement inkjet cartridges. This is why replacement cartridges are often so expensive whereas compatible manufacturers (who don’t have the same original investment to recover) can offer their prod...