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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Recently we have found that some of our customers are ordering the incorrect cartridges for their printers. Following these tips ensures that you order the correct cartridges for your printer model number.
- Have your printer model number to hand you can find this on the front of your printer or in your instructions
- Or have the cartridges to hand that you have ordered previously. You can also find what cartridges are compatible with your printer from your printer manual.
- You can search on our website in a few different ways. You can either select the tabs and in three steps you can get your printer model number. Start with your printer manufacturer and then your printer series and then your model number.
- If you cannot find your printer series, when you put in the manufacturer all of the printers are listed underneath for the manufacturer selected. You can also search in the box which says Enter cartridge or printer model number. To search just input the manufacturers name a space and then the printer model number you will get a list on the left in blue when you click on your printer model number at this stage make sure it is the correct one.
- Some printer model numbers have letters after them and when you look on the list and it does not show this when this happens in this instance click on the printer model number and when the cartridge list is showing, confirm that these are the cartridges you require.
- You can also search by just the cartridge number for example you have an HP 27 cartridge input in the search box to do this make sure there is a space in-between the manufacturers name and the cartridge number the cartridge should be listed
If in any way you are not sure which cartridges you need you can always Email us at info@cartridgediscount.co.uk or fill in our contact form or call us on 08456439782 we are always happy to help.
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Every now and again you get a customer ordering the incorrect cartridge and sometimes this is easy to do but now with updated websites and better search engines it is getting easier to order the correct cartridges and harder to order incorrectly.
The best way to find the cartridges for your printer is to know the full make and model of your printer and use the search box on a website to find your specific printer and most websites have the printer linked up to the correct cartridges for you, they’ll have a range of listing from remanufactured/compatible to the originals, different prices for different quantities etc. If you do not know your printer model number then it is advised to stick with the cartridges you have already installed in your printer and they usually have a sticker on top or the side with the number that cartridge is, for example a Canon CL-511 may have 511 on the top or CL511 and some colour dots. It will always have some indication as to which cartridge it is, if it does not we will always advise customers to consult their printer manual as it will state in there exactly which cartridges are compatible with their printer.
In the HP world of printers there are specific models which take HP364 and HP364XL. We find a high amount of customers order incorrectly when it comes to these cartridges as they don’t understand what XL means, they think this is a large size cartridge where as in fact it is the standard HP 364 but filled with a higher capacity of ink. Then there is the big BUT! Some of the printers take 4 of the HP 364 cartridges but others take 5 and it becomes confusing as altogether there is a black, magenta, cyan, yellow and photo black, so when customers simply search 364/ HP 364/ HP 364XL it brings up all 5 cartridges but what do customers do that only have 4? They order the 5 and cause more inconvenience for themselves. This then becomes a bigger issue as they wonder why they are receiving an error message stating the cartridge is missing or it is not fitting in correctly when placing the photo black in their printer which is NOT compatible.
Altogether the best way to search is to have some knowledge of your printer make and model and the number of the cartridges it takes.
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Daily you will get customers asking what it means where there are cartridges listed with chip or without chip. They’ll ask if it will work with a chip on there, what does the chip look like, what does the chip do and so on, well here you will find an answer.
The chip is a little gold memory which contains the ink levels, allows it to recognise it is created for a certain printer type and can also read when there is an error with the cartridge. The cartridges are simply ink tanks which are filled with the ink but without the chip they won’t work as the printer is not going to realise that a cartridge has been installed and therefore you won’t be able to proceed on with printing, and an error message will appear stating ‘missing cartridge’.
We supply cartridges with and without chips as some customers find without chip easier to work with as we do provide a description of what without chip means and instructions on how to transfer the chip from an old/previous cartridge, and by doing this it saves money and it is more efficient as you are simply recycling and helping the environment. We do often find that customers prefer with chip as they are not very confident in transferring the chip from one cartridge to another or taking the time to do so.
If the instructions are not followed clearly the chip can become damaged and will not work from the onwards and this is where people can make a mistake and realise it is not for them transferring a chip.
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Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The process of printing is continuously changing; all these different models of printers with different functions, the printers which are better are photos, for quicker printing, for better quality and so on, but the latest seems to be ePrint for Hewlett Packard. The ePrint function allows you to print no matter where you go, whether you’re sitting downstairs and your printers upstairs, if you’re on your way to work and you forgot to print your work out from the night before, it allows you to do this from anywhere and everywhere.
HP ePrint is a free mobile printing feature that uses an exclusive email address which is only assigned to you HP ePrint enabled printer, letting you email the documents you would like printed, directly to your printer. You can use a smartphone, laptop, iPhone or any other device without having to install any software. It can be any document from images, text files to PDF documents, it is really anything you need to print, all you simply need to do is attach the document you need to print to an email and send it to the email address which is specific to your printer and when you next go to the printer it will be sitting waited and printed for you.
How efficient is ePrint?
- Save time: Are you running late and need to print a presentation? An important document for work? Simply attach it to an email and click send and it will be waiting on your arrival.
- Save Resources: HP ePrint uses mobile devices in which you already have, which means you can avoid the hassle of downloading any software or having to install any.
- Work from anywhere: If you are a business you can print and share documents from wherever you are – directions, meeting plans and more, all from a mobile device.
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
We at Cartridge Discount although we sell ink we like to pass savings so customers can print more successfully
One of the main concerns brought up from a survey done by PC advisor and noticed by us was that customers were concerned about the rising cost of Ink cartridges and the ink not lasting long enough. This is no surprise because of the changing economics and household budgets being tightened.
Customers are now more aware of the Total cost of ownership of a printer. Companies like Kodak, Canon, HP and Epson have to become more focused on reducing the cost of the cartridges and making printers and cartridges more cost efficient without losing quality. So we at Cartridge Discount would like to give you some of our ink savings advice.
Top 10 Ink savings advice
1) Buying Compatible or recycled cartridges are a great way of saving money the quality is just as good as original cartridges without the high price tag. Manufactures claim that generic cartridges damage your printer or invalidate your printer warranty but this is not true.
2) Some companies have special offers each week so it is best to sign up to their newsletter so you get these offers sent to you.
3) When you are printing Website pages try to copy only the part that you want not the adverts.
4) Reduce the size of the page you are about to print before you print or if you can put more pages on one page e.g. If you are printing a power point presentation you can print more pages on one page. In turn this will save paper.
5) Try Adobe Lean Print. This is new software only printing solution a trial is available to from Adobe for free for 30 days if for an individual or 90 days if you are an organisation this software can monitor the amount of ink you are using and the cost. To find out more check the Adobe website http://www.adobe.com/products/lean-print.html
6) Print in draft mode if your printer has setting, you could print in this mode unless you are printing a photograph or a business letter.
7) Clean the ink cartridge heads you can find this through your printer software under head clean/ nozzle clean. If you do this now and again to make sure the cartridges are flowing correctly or when you have not printed in a while.
8) When your printer is not in use switch it off the heat from the printer can make the cartridge dry out.
9) Storing the cartridges at room temperature and only buying when you need the cartridges means that the cartridges that you buy are at their best possible condition. Keeping in mind that cartridge’s can deteriorate over time.
10) Last but not least if you do not use the cartridges regularly, at least once a week the cartridges can also dry out so when you are thinking you are saving on ink it is costing you not to use your ink, as the ink can evaporate and can dry out. So to your benefit use your printer weekly to keep your cartridge ink flowing.
Happy Printing!
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
How to Find Your Printer Model
Trying to find the model number of your printer shouldn’t be difficult. What is considered a model number might be more confusing. Fortunately, if you are trying to contact the printer manufacturer you will likely only need the model name and series of your HP, Canon, Epson or Brother Printer.
Where to look
Usually, the model number of your printer is right under your nose. This is often true for finding a printer model or series number. Given the way that most computer engineers think you might believe that taking the printer apart is necessary to find the printer model or printer series. This is not true. In most cases, the model name and series number the customer service representative will need is actually right there on the front of the printer. After all, if it is easy for you to find it will be easier for them to help you troubleshoot the unit when you are in crisis mode.
Finding the serial number
When it comes to finding the serial number of your HP, Canon, Epson or Brother Printer you will need to look a little closer. On the back of most of these printers you will see a white rectangular sticker. It s likely it will have the printer company logo shown in a big way. The “UL” logo for Underwriters Laboratories will also be found on the sticker.
What you are looking for, however, is the always present barcode symbols that everything has on them these days. Numbers will be above the barcodes. There will likely be two barcodes here. One is a product code, which is not important, and the other is the serial number which identifies that particular printer. If there is no sticker on the back of the printer check under the lid or open the printer up and it should be there. In any case, these stickers are usually about 3×5 inches in size and have all sorts of other symbols on them that you don’t need to worry about.
If you have looked all around the printer for the printer model, serial number sticker and/or series and make of the printer with no luck try going to the printer test page option on the computer. Print out a test page and everything will usually be there. All this may sound like it is involved but it really will only take a few minutes.
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
How Green is your Printer Company?
Canon
Canon has a program called ‘Generation Green’ which began back in 2008; the main aim of this program is to ensure that as many of their products are as green as possible throughout their lifecycle. This includes all of their printers, copiers, scanner and the toner they use. Canon also wants to use the program as a way to educate companies and consumers about how to be more energy efficient.
Epson
Epson has been concerned with sustainability for almost 60 years now. Work began back in the 1950’s and continues to this day with work in four major areas: “Energy Savings and Efficiency”, “Preservation of Resources”, “Elimination of Harmful Substances” and “Recyclability”. To maintain and advances these four practices, Epson set forth each year to create increasingly more energy efficient products which are easy to recycle. Epson also practises what they preach by maintaining the same standards for themselves in their own offices and manufacturing facilities. They work hard to eliminate hazardous materials from their own wastewater and also hold their vendors and suppliers to the same level of accountability through their “Environmental Vision 2050” project.
HP
HP is one of the greenest companies in the world, independent of their industries; HP also has long standing concern for the environment. They also started way back in the 1950’s; HP began its efforts with their “Global Citizenship Objective”. HP ranked number 1 as the greenest company back in 2009 and as recently as March 2010, they were recognised by the “Cooperate Responsibility Magazine” as the top ranking company amongst their top “Cooperate Citizens” list. In addition to their own manufacturing practises HP has also created programs such as “Design for the Environment” and “HP planet partners”, as means to recycle as close as possible to the loop.
Lexmark
On of Lexmark’s top environmental concerns is reducing their own carbon footprint along with the help of their customers. Lexmark attests that if each customer will send back their empty ink cartridge, the carbon footprint can be reduced up to 60%. In support of this claim, Lexmark released a ‘Life Cycle Assessment’ that is reported to prove the number.
Lexmark also have their own cartridge collection program which is totally free to Lexmark customers. They take it a step further and provide a discount to people using Lexmark’s return program cartridges. In addition, Lexmark practices what they preach internally, allowing employees to do community service and get paid for it.
Xerox
Xerox, relies on consumer education for its green contribution. The initiative is called the “Xerox Green World Alliance” and it works to create public awareness of their low-melt toner, their energy star devices and their free recycling program as part of a partnership with UPS. Xerox is the only manufacturer of their ‘solid ink’ which resembles a thick giant crayon and requires no plastic casing. Xerox says that “Every day is Earth day”.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Ink Cartridge Recycling Methods
You may be wondering what to do with your empty ink cartridges?
There are two main methods of recycling ink cartridges and they are direct recycling and remanufacturing/refilling the cartridge.
Direct recycling is where the cartridge is broken down and reconstructed into a brand new cartridge as efficiently as possible.
You will need to do your research though to make sure you don’t end up doing more damage than good when you send off a cartridge for recycling.
Direct Recycling
The major printer manufacturers have all been undertaking environmentally friendly schemes and activities for years now. HP began their first recycling scheme back in 1991 and has since recycled over 265 million ink cartridges. Canon began their toner recycling scheme in 1990 which was a world first. Lexmark also has a well documented cartridge return programme doing both recycling and refilling, Brother also runs very similar operations … the list is endless!
The main intention of printer manufacturers appears to be limiting the amount of cartridges that end up in landfill. But direct recycling consumes a massive amount of energy and some people think it could be doing more damage in the long run.
Canon says that they reuse 75% of every toner cartridge returned to them, and of the remaining 25% all of it is recycled to other products such as roof tiles! HP aims to be able to reuse all of the plastic in its cartridges, but how much energy does this use? If you have ever seen a HP 78 or HP 17 cartridge, you will notice they are very sturdy and contain a lot of plastic, the energy needed to break down this cartridge must be huge. These cartridges can fit into over 50 different models of HP printers, that is over 50 consumer demands for 1 cartridge. Would it not be better to refill these cartridges, as the cleaning and refilling process is energy efficient, rather then break up the entire cartridge and rebuild it from scratch?
Companies like HP claim that this process affects quality to such an extent that they won’t consider it. Whilst they do have a point, I’m sure not all HP users will be aiming for Van Gogh clarity; they just want something cheap that does the job. It is here that remanufactured cartridges come into their all. When you take a look at an Epson compatible TO711 black ink cartridge, you realise how simple a cartridge is, it is essentially just a tank full of ink.
Epson Ink Cartridges
Epson have all the important technology such as the print heads, permanently fitted inside the printer, therefore the cartridges have no value. Essentially they are just a plastic housing for the ink you are using to print. Due to this, there really is nothing to recycle. Epson have said they incinerate all the returned ink cartridges in the most environmentally friendly process. It is much better to take your empty Epson cartridges to your local plastic recycling centre!
What is the future for cartridge recycling?
The majority of major printer manufacturers have seen their shortcomings and are trying to improve the situation in their new printer models. Although HP still design uneconomical printers, as soon as one colour runs out in the colour cartridge then the printer will refuse the print. Their solution is that as soon as one colour runs out all the remaining inks will blend together to produce the empty ink colour until the cartridge runs out. But you would think this would use more ink and drain the cartridge faster!? But it is advertised as a ‘green scheme’.
Carbon Footprint
You need to be careful of some major printer manufacturer recycling schemes, as some of them will transport the cartridge literally around the world. See an example below:
1. Cartridges for recycling arrive in the South Coast of America
2. Plastic is then shipped to North America
3. Refined cartridges are sent to China for packaging
4. The cartridges are then returned to America for sale
The best way to recycle your empty ink cartridges is through UK cartridge recycling envelopes, who donate a small amount of money to charity for each cartridge received. This way the cartridge is sent direct to an ink cartridge remanufacturing company, fully tested and cleaned out and then refilled with ink and sent straight on to another customer, whilst helping a charitable cause in the process. So think twice before you send off your empty cartridges for recycling … you may be doing more harm then good!!
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
How to Print From Your iPad?
After months of anticipation the new Apple iPad has finally been unleashed. There is no doubt that this new piece of kit from Apple is fantastic, however there is one major issue, which is the inability to print from it. Apple has released a statement saying the easiest way to print from their new iPad is to sync the files back to your PC or Mac and print from there! This is not the answer that many early buyers wanted to hear. According to an external source there have been some workarounds designed by third parties, but few of these actually work. What they really need to design is a third party application which allows printing to a variety of Wi-Fi printers. So far there has only been one app which has been moderately successful and that was “Air Sharing HD” which is capable of printing to Macs “on the same Wi-Fi network as your iPad”, however this app is far from perfect and has its fair share of quirks.
Currently, there are three types of apps available to enable you to print from the iPad. The first kind reported prints directly to Wi-Fi enabled printers. The second type keeps an eye out for Macs sharing printers in the same Wi-Fi network, this of course only works if you are somewhere with Macs and printers! The final type of app is the least desirable and requires a server running in the background of your PC or Mac. With the last kind it would definitely be easier to just sync your iPad.
Printing to shared printers
The previously mentioned ‘Air Share HD’, which costs approx £8 has had the most success. Unfortunately it only works by finding Macs on your Wi-Fi network, leaving PC users out in the cold. It cannot, however, access your iPad’s local files for printing. According to PC Mag “it attaches to a range of servers’ including MobileMe and email accounts, and then prints to any printer connected to a Mac on the same network. So in theory, if you email yourself a document, then you can print it, but PC Magazine only found success with their Lexmark and Epson printers. It would not work with their HP printer.
Direct Printing Apps
PC Magazine looked at three different apps for direct printing; these are Canon’s Easy Photo-Print for the iPhone, HP’s iPrint Photo and ePrint. The first application they tried was Canon’s easy photo print, this app did work, but it was far from easy as the name implies and it is only designed to print photos. You can only print screenshots saved to your gallery and nothing else. It also does not display well because it was designed to work on the phone’s much smaller screen.
HP’s iPrint Photo, which has supposedly worked on the iPhone before, would not print directly to their HP printer. It did however, find a Mac on the network and print to a shared LaserJet.
The final tried and tested app was e-Print, which costs around £2 and reportedly prints ‘contacts, photos, web pages, notes and your clipboard’ crashed whilst attempting to print to either a HP or Epson printer. It did not fare any better with a Canon printer either where it stalled out. Its only success was it managed to print to a shared Lexmark laser printer tied to a Mac on their network.
In conclusion, it is clear that in order for the iPad to find even more success and praise, a printing app that works 100% of the time is needed.
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
What’s the difference between compatible and original ink cartridges?
You will notice when you begin your quest for a new ink cartridge that there are a few different options available. With most types of cartridge you will be able to choose from an Original OEM branded cartridge or a much cheaper ‘compatible’ version. You may be wondering what the differences are and how the compatible cartridges are almost half the price! Despite the large number of compatible ink cartridge options available and the massive price difference, there is actually very little information out there fully explaining the differences. The main points you need to consider when choosing between the two are below:
1. What do you print?
2. Mainly text or mainly images?
3. How often do you use your printer?
The big question is … Are compatibles as good as the originals?
Manufacturers OEM cartridges used in the printers they have been designed for and using the manufacturer branded paper are unbeatable, the output you will get from this set-up will produce fantastic, sharp, vibrant and crisp images. But you get nothing for nothing in this world and OEM cartridges are anything but cheap!
The choice often boils down to money. A cheap compatible ink cartridge can be very tempting when you regularly print large amounts. You need to be aware as not all compatibles are equal; the cheapest option is often cheap for a good reason. These could be low quality inks in cheap plastic casing (leaking or affecting ink in storage) and the cheapest compatible inks can dry out which quickly leads to clogged print heads. You can buy cleaning cartridges to ‘wash out’ print heads or use the cleaning program on your printer, but the first costs money and the second wastes a lot of ink. Print heads can be replaced or repaired, depending on your printer model, but if you are outside of warranty then this will cost you. Although if you save enough money using very cheap compatibles this may not worry you.
For the average home user compatible cartridges are adequate. Independent tests have shown that black compatible ink cartridges give comparable results against OEM (original equipment manufacturer) cartridges.
If you require absolutely top notch photo prints, then it may be best to invest in an original OEM cartridge with matching paper. The big brands perform rigorous tests to ensure their own inks and paper together to get optimum results together.
An independent review site ran an extensive test comparing compatible ink print outs against OEMs, the compatible prints were preferred by their audience. Results were cross referenced on various OEM and 3rd party papers on a number of different printers.
What is the difference between an OEM cartridge and a compatible?
When you replace the cartridge in an Epson, Canon or Brother Printer model which has the print head built into the printer, all you are doing is changing an ink tank. These printers all use individual ink tanks for each different colour, so you could end up with up to 10 different cartridges in some models. This is the best idea as when one colour runs out you can easily replace the empty cartridge without having to replace all of them.
Lexmark, HP, Canon and Dell all produce a cartridge which as the print head integrated into the cartridge, so every time you install a new cartridge you are installing a new print head. These cartridges are a lot more expensive as they have all the technology of the print head built into them. This type of cartridge is the one that is worth recycling the most because the print heads can be used several times over without the degradation of quality.
Compatible ink cartridges are brand new cartridges that have been manufactured by third party brands, which are totally unrelated to the OEM manufacturers. You can buy compatible ink tanks for Epson, Canon and Brother Printers, but you can only buy refilled or remanufactured cartridges with an attached print head for HP, Lexmark and Dell printers.
Take one look at a HP cartridge and you can see that it is not going to degrade and decay in our landfill sites very quickly, in fact it has been estimated it would take 10,000 years for an ink cartridge to decay.
In conclusion, compatible ink cartridges are generally fit for purpose. If you are printing general office/home documents then save your money and use the compatibles. You can always run a set of originals through your printer occasionally to keep your print heads in good condition and you should have a cheap and good quality printing experience!
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