...posable head philosophy uses a print head which is part of the replaceable ink cartridge which means that every time the printer runs out of ink, the entire cartridge is replaced with a new one. Of course this does add to the cost of the replacement cartridges and also has the added disadvantage that the manufacture would find it difficult to produce a high-precision head within reasonable a cost limit. The advantage is that a damaged print head m...
Category Archive: Printers
This category contains information on a variety of different printers.
What is a Laser Printer?
...aper. When compared with inkjet printing laser printers offer no smearing, lower cost per page and faster print speed. There is an inherent disadvantage that laser printers produce raster images, and except in the highest-quality versions they are less able to reproduce continuous tone images such as photographs. The cost of using a laser printer can be weighed up in looking at the cost of replacement toner, drum units and if necessary the replace...
Things to Consider When Buying a New Printer
...t cartridge you are only really buying a plastic container that is full of ink and the expensive technology controlling the distribution of ink remains inside the printer and is reused when you replace the cartridge. As there is nothing particularly unique about a plastic vessel with ink in it these cartridges are easy to replicate without breaking any copyright laws. These cartridges can be produced brand new in the Far East to the same specifica...
What is a Page Yield?
A page yield is an figure provided by an ink/toner cartridge manufacturer to give the consumer a rough idea how many pages they can expect from the cartridge. This allows consumers to check the running costs of their printers and also estimate how long a cartridge will last. A New Standard in Page Yields I heard news today regarding a new standard allowing consumers to compare the potential ongoing running costs of printers was being pushed throu...
Glossary of Terms Commonly Used on Our Website
...mages quickly and cheaply usually by the Xerography printing method. Piezo Inkjet Inkjet printing process that uses electric pulses from piezoelectric crystals to stimulate and force ink through inkjet nozzles onto substrates. Pigment Colorant that cannot be dissolved in a liquid. In inks, produces sharper, darker images on a wider range of plain papers. Pixel A tiny picture element that contains red, green and blue information for color rendering...
Ink Cartridge Symbols for HP 300 Range: Identifying which cartridge is a problem.
When using ink cartridges in you Hewlett Packard printer, occasionally the original or remanufactured HP 300/300XL ink cartridge will cause an error. The most common error being “Ink Cartridges Problem: Remove and reinstall the indicated ink cartridge”. Whilst this can normally be resolved with some simple troubleshooting (like that found here), it can be difficult to determine which cartridge your printer has a problem with. What does each symb...