Saving on Ink and Avoiding the Horrors of Empty Ink Toner Cartridges

"Perhaps you've experienced that moment when the printer refuses to cooperate. To prevent the inconveniences brought about by empty ink toner cartridges, you might want to follow some tips on stretching the lifespan of your ink supply. Before you get started, keep in mind that manufacturers like Concord Supplies have different types of ink for different types of printers. Therefore, you should first make sure that your ink type matches your printer type. If you’re using a Xerox Phaser 8560 printer, for example, you will have to use Xerox Phaser 8560 ink to achieve the best printing results. Moving forward, one way to save on ink is by using the best paper. This doesn’t necessarily mean the most expensive; it means the compatibility of the copy paper with the printer and ink. Most of the time, there is a higher level of paper quality and compatibility with the manufacturer of your printer. Since manufacturers create the printer and ink, they obviously know which type of paper coating

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Draft Mode: An Ink Saver's Best Friend

Ever feel like you're always running out of ink, even when you’ve just put a fresh cartridge several days before? It may be a problem with the printer or with the way you print.

When you know your printer is the best ink-saving model out there, you may want to recheck how you print. Printing on high quality or large, colored photos, for instance, requires a lot of ink. If you want to make photos for your album, there's a photo studio for that. Otherwise, limit your printing to important documents or small images as much as possible.

Draft mode may go by many names, but the typical printer always has the lowest setting as a choice for draft mode. Draft mode prints the fastest, and is ideal for printing multiple, readable copies of any document at a short time. If you can, print only when you need to; upload documents as electronic files for easy sharing across the World Wide Web.

The benefits of printing in draft mode multiply when you choose an ink-saving printer and practice other ink-saving habits—like printing less. This doesn't imply that you need to spend the rest of your life printing in draft. There are printable materials that can only work in higher settings. Case in point: bar codes. Printing them on draft mode won't make them readable in the scanner.

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Printing with Heat or Crystals?

You can generally categorize inkjet printing systems into two: Epson and everybody else. It's because the printer market, for the most part, adopts the thermal bubble system that uses heat to print and produce documents and images. On the other hand, out of the Big Three printers (Canon, Hewlett-Packard, and Epson), Epson is the only brand that widely used piezoelectric printing. The brands are becoming more diverse in the systems they choose, with some offering both systems.

In a thermal bubble system, heat produced by a set of resistors vaporizes the ink, forcing it to form a bubble. The moment the bubble pops, the resulting action will draw more ink out of the cartridge and to the printing surface. The system is capable of firing up to 600 droplets of ink at a time via nozzles, one droplet per nozzle.

On the other hand, a piezoelectric system harnesses the vibration properties of piezo crystals. While experts say you can make some at home using Rochelle salt, the ones used in printers and various applications use ceramic materials that require special processes. The crystals vibrate in response to an electric current, pushing the ink out of the nozzle and drawing more ink from the reservoir.

For true versatility, consumers can go for the Xerox Phaser 8560, which can print, scan, copy, and fax with ease. 

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Demand for Third-Party Ink and Toner Cartridges Present Environmental Waste Issues

Customers looking for a more affordable alternative to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) cartridges are buying third-party ink and toner cartridges, which have already gained popularity not only in the US. IDC discovered that “in 2012 the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) market for all third-party toner cartridges — those marketed by a different vendor than the OEM — was worth around $3 billion, excluding counterfeit products.” IDC has attributed this growth mostly to the latest economic downturn; NBC cartridges have been a practical solution because of their costs and compatibility with certain printers. However, the firm warns against the harmful effect of these cartridges when they are not returned to the manufacturers. Printer manufacturers have been encouraging their patrons to return their used cartridges in an effort to help minimize waste, particularly the ink receptacles which cannot be practically recycled at home.

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No-Nos When Buying Ink for Photocopiers

There are people who get depressed after finding out that the ink they bought for their photocopiers doesn't work. In such a situation, there's no one to blame other than the shopper, who probably had a lot on his mind while surveying stores for ink. If you don't want to lose sleep over a wrong decision, then you have to be aware of the following ink-buying mistakes:

Disregarding Manuals

Manuals may seem like any other boring document filled with words, but the amount of information about inks found inside its pages are invaluable. Getting a firm grasp of what ink your photocopier needs would save you from the hassle of asking salespersons about every little thing, when it's you who should know best about what your photocopier requires.

Wrong Photocopier Model

Sometimes, the need to get the photocopier up and running again takes over its owner's awareness. That's why some forget to confirm information such as the photocopier model, which is vital to get hold of the appropriate ink. Some go back to their offices and take a good look at the machine, but the lazy ones resort to guessing and often make poor choices.

Falling for Overpriced Goods

Not all ink sellers are honest and play fair, some are in the business for the money alone, so consumers should watch out. So as not to fall prey to malicious retailers, research and compare ink prices to guarantee that you'll get the best deal for your hard-earned money.

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Inkjet: Nozzles Spraying Microscopic Dots of Ink

Since their invention in the 80's, inkjet printers remain as one of the most popular kinds of printers available to consumers. This is due to the fact that these printers and their ink are relatively inexpensive and their printed outputs can range from decent quality to high resolution.

As the name suggests, inkjet printers use nozzles to spray jets of (or rather dots) of ink onto paper. The ink is heated up and creates a thermal bubble. This bubble is able to push more ink out of a nozzle onto the paper. Moreover, when the bubble “pops”, a vacuum is created, thereby pulling more ink to the print head from the cartridge.

Inkjet printers are a type of non-impact printers, which means that the print head inside doesn't directly touch the paper and instead sprays the ink bit by bit as a belt moves it back and forth.

Usually attached on the print head are the cartridges that hold the liquid ink. As the ink flows out of the cartridge, it is then mixed inside the print head into different colors, depending on what you are printing. Then the ink is sprayed through the many nozzles (sometimes reaching up to 600 nozzles in one print head) as dots on the paper, with each dot as small as 50 to 60 microns in diameter. Although the ink is kept in liquid form inside the printer, it quickly dries up as the paper is rolled out to the tray.

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Guide to Troubleshooting the Xerox Phaser 8560

Every printer needs to be cleaned and maintained every so often (especially after a hectic print day) so that it can keep functioning efficiently and last a long time. The trusty Xerox Phaser 8560 printer is no exception to this rule. Here are some tips on troubleshooting this model for maximum efficiency and print success.

You will need to print out a configuration report from the printer itself; using the control panel, search for the “Information” section in the display screen. Press OK, go to “Information Pages”, select “Configuration Page”, then confirm to print. This will identify and isolate any problem with your printer; if the issue isn't displayed on the page, the problem might be related to the computer, not the printer's hardware.

Pull the handle of the first multipurpose tray down on the front of your printer, find the large, gray roller in the center, and clean it using a piece of lint-free cloth and a dash of lubricant. Open up tray two and lift it off the machine, look for the white roller, and clean it accordingly. Underneath the printer, where the paper tray sits, should be another roller; clean it up like the others and snap it back into place.

Do these maintenance tasks at least once a week. If you encounter frequent printer jams, be sure to call up a technician for the job.

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