Things to Keep In Mind When Choosing Ink Cartridges

Article Written By: Kathryn Dawson

No office nowadays can operate without a personal computer and, in fact, decently-equipped offices normally have one desktop PC or laptop assigned to every employee. With the variety of printer types from several manufacturers available (Brother and HP come to mind), it is not a wonder that choosing Brother or HP cartridges for your office can be a confusing process.

There are so many choices between original, remanufactured and refilled cartridges that choosing the best combination of price and quality is no easy task.

With the pace and quality of the competition nowadays, the printed letter or office form is a huge reflection on your company. It is imperative that your output be of the utmost quality. In actually printing your letters and forms, the reliability and contents is also very important, if one is to keep their costs manageable and downtime at a minimum.

In an office environment, it is highly possible that there will be at least two printers available to the workgroup. It would be logical to have a printer setup for draft outputs and one setup for final output, which will be the one clients will see.

It is important to initially keep track of how many pages a certain cartridge prints out compared to original cartridges. The company can then compute the actual costs per page for the original versus refilled cartridges. However, if this printer is set up to always print in draft mode, the cost will most likely be significantly lower for the refilled cartridge. It's important to note at this point that it is a bad idea to refill cartridges more than three or four times because the print heads on the cartridges will have worn down to the point that print quality is degraded.

In the case of print heads built into the printer carriage itself, continually using refill inks, which are of lower quality, could cause clogging in the print heads themselves. This can eventually destroy the printer, and buying a replacement would cost the company more in the long run.

The printer being used for final output would (or should!) have high quality ink cartridges. This means using original products. Although it is true that original ink cartridges cost more than remanufactured or refilled cartridges, what you get for the extra money is effectively a new print head (for printers with print heads in the cartridges, such as HP cartridges) and better quality inks. Superior ink formulations mean that your print heads will not clog (which will cause significant downtime and lost productivity at the very least) and the output will not fade over time, or be subject to moisture damage as easily as ink from refills.

Colour ink cartridges from the printer manufacturers also mean superior ink purity, vibrant colour, excellent fade resistance, uniform finish, and more natural tones. You can also be assured that the cartridges will be filled to capacity, ensuring that you will get more pages printed out as compared to refills.

Households too normally have a printer nowadays and printer for household use have different modes of use and performance considerations. In this type of environment, a lot of colour is normally used for printing family photos and making assignments. The volume of printing won't be as high as that of a printer assigned for office use, unless there is a home office setup where dad or mum works from.

The quality difference would not be enough to make one ante up for original ink cartridges. However, if the home printer is being used for SOHO or photo quality work, then it would make sense to have a multifunction printer from Brother or HP which uses original cartridges that will ensure the best presentation quality.

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