Do you know that HP openly supports the use of compatible toner cartridges?  Using compatible and recycled cartridges does not void your warranty.

On the average a toner cartridge uses 1.5 pints of oil to produce. By using toner cartridges recycled in the US you help keep the money in the US, help reduce pollution in the US and lower your laser printer copier operating costs.

Here is the current law concerning warranties and the use of compatible and recycled toner cartridges:

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act
United States Code Annotated
Title 15 Commerce and Trade
Chapter 50 Consumer Product Warranties 15 Section 2302

“(c) No warrantor of a consumer product may condition his written or implied warranty of such product on a consumer’s using, in connection with such product, any article or service (other than article or service provided without charge under terms of the warranty) which is identified by brand, trade or corporate name; except that prohibition of this subsection may be waived by the commission if:

1) Warrantor satisfies Commission that warranted product will function properly only if the article or service so identified is used in connection with warranted product, and

2) Commission finds that such a waiver is in public’s interest.”

What this means to printer users!

This means that a manufacturer of a printer you are using cannot void your printer’s warranty because you use a compatible manufactured by some one other than the printer manufacturer. This prohibition includes use of remanufactured cartridges, compatible cartridges, refill kits, etc. For more information on this act, contact the Federal Trade Commission at (202) 326-3128.

Now the trick is finding a quality compatible toner cartridge company.  Just like the car repair business not all cartridge compatible recycling companies are the same. Some do great jobs and other very poor.  Send us a request and we will recommend a company in your area.

Many compatible companies will even provide free service on your printer copier or fax if you use their toner cartridge supply service. This take the printer copier fax breakdown issue out of your pocket – zero cost.  Right now you are buying fax, copier and printer toner cartridges. Why not do the same thing (buying compatible toner cartridges) and get free repair to boot?

Some companies even go a step further and give you the FREE use and all repairs of a printer copier or fax. This saves you capital expenditure just for doing what you are already doing – buying supplies.

Please feel free to comment about compatible toner cartridges. We are manufactures of compatible cartridge so just drop us a line and we will be glad to help you.

Thank you.

Sincerely

Staff of Advanced Business Computers Inc.

www.abctechsolutions.com

Do you know the difference in Hewlett Packard laser printer toner cartridge supply yields for your printers?  Knowing this will save you hundreds of dollars on your HP supply costs.

Many people are confused concerning HP’s LaserJet toner cartridges, part numbers and the yields. On some models of HP printers (this is true for Lexmark, Dell and Brother too) there are two sizes of toner cartridges.

Hewlett Packard uses the last letter of the part number to indicate the toner cartridge supply yield.   If the toner cartridge supply item ends in an “X” then it is a high yield cartridge.  If it ends in an “A” then it is a low yield cartridge.  What does this really mean to you?

You can save hundreds of dollars  in toner cartridge supply for your printers, fax machines and MFD (multi-function devices) by selecting the X.   Simply put the high yield Hewlett Packard LaserJet toner cartridges will last 60% to 100% longer than the standard ones. However, HP only charges 30% to 40% more for them. This means the cost per page is much lower when you use a high yield toner cartridge for your printer.

Here is an example:

Estimate pages at 5% coverage

Model                                                         A Yield      X Yield

HP toner LaserJet 4000                    6,000         10,0000

HP toner  LaserJet 1320                    2,500         6,000

HP toner LaserJet 4250                    10,000       20,000

HP toner LaserJet 2420                    6,000          12,000

You can see from the above example the high yield toner cartridges last much longer.  In many cases, the cost per page using the high yield LaserJet toner will give you a per page cost less than one (1) cent per page.  Compatible cartridges will even save you more.

Did you know that Hewlett Packard support the use of recycled/compatible cartridges?

Did you know that using a compatible or recycled cartridge does not void the warranty of your equipment?

Do you want a comparative quote?  Feel free to call us or request help through our blog or go ahead to our website for a quick response.

I hope this article was helpful. If you have questions please feel free to call us at (305) 477-2320 or visit us on the web.

Have a fantastic day:

Sincerely,

You’re Friends

Advanced Business Computers, Inc.

sales@acbtechsolutions.com

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Hewlett Packard, Sharp and Ricoh Page Count How to Print it Out!

We are asked this question all the time, “How do I get a current page count for my print copier?” If you have an HP printer, Sharp copier Printer Ricoh copier including Gestetner, Lanier and Savin brands and you want to know the current page count (how many pages the copier printer has printed over the life of the machine) then read on.

If you have other brands look for future posts or send us a message through the blog request how to get my page count form my laser printer, copier printer or multi-function digital copier.

Sharp copier printer scanner page counts:

1. On the keypad press Custom Settings button

2. On the screen press Total Count

3. On the screen read the count or press Print on the screen to get a print out of  total copies on the Sharp.

Ricoh brand copier printers scanners including Gestetner, Lanier and Savin:

1. On keypad press User Tools

2. On screen press Counter

3. Press print totals on screen for a page print of total pages on the Ricoh copy machine.

Now for he HP laser based printers fax machines and 3 in 1 laserjets:

HP use to keep all the printer menu functions similar on their machines. However, not all Hewlett Packard printers and fax machines have the LCD screen menu system. Some just have dummy light(usually the low end ones). In this article I’m going to cover the majority of the HP laser printers that have a LCD screen with a menu button.

The major it of HP multi-function laserjets will tell you the page count on the configuration page. The configuration page shows you the current options, serial number, IP address if networked and other useful information.  Here are the steps:

1. Press the menu button

2. Use the arrow keys or next button to go to the HP printer configuration or information page

3. This is where on various printers the menu functions of the HP laser jet may differ. You want to use the arrow key to go tothe configuration Print page.  On newer models it will actually say “print configuration page” and others you need to select the configuraion page and then select print.

4. Once you find the configuration page press “select”  or the green check mark to select the print option on the laser printer.

If you have other brands of printer such as Lexmark printers, Okidata, Xerox, Kyocera please let me know and I will post the method. The  same holds true for other brands of copier printer scanners Toshiba, Canon, Kyocera, Minolta. If  I am not sure I will ask one of our certified copier printer repair technicians or pull open the service manual for the printer and let you know.

Feel free to call us or request help through our blog or go ahead to our website for a quick response. I hope this article was helpful.   Yours friends at Advanced Business Computers Inc.

Colliding Machines: Copier verses Printer Verses MFD – Which one do you choose? (and save a bunch of money and hassles)

by Michael Klein Advanced Business Computers, Inc.

The major players in the copier business are attacking your printers. The copier leasing companies are trying to get you hooked into longer term contracts and many times it causes headaches and more expense!

Has your copier company approached you to take over your printers? Copier companies hole angle is to get you hooked into a 3 or 5 year printer copier agreement and then keep you going for even more years!  And then half-way through the copier leasing companies attached you again and get you for another 5 years in a never ending cycle.

Now they are attacking your printers and desktop MFD’s. Which way is better? It depends upon your work area. The copier maintenance cost per page use to be lower with the centralized copier printer machines. However, the wasted staff time usually counter any savings from central MDF copier printer.  It takes time to leave your desk, take to you co workers, sort through the jobs at the all in one printer copier scanner and then finally go back to your desk. It is estimated that each job produced on a central copier printer scanner costs $1.76 in labor hours. So you cost per page just skyrocketed. Printers cost per page were traditionally higher.

The printer and copier based multi-function devices,  if you get the correct one to fit your business, ha an average life span of 7 years. So what is the true cost difference? Very little! Which one should you choose? If there are areas very close to each other (a couple of steps) of high printing volume then a centralized copier printer MFD would work.

However, if your staff needs to get up, walk to the centralized copier printer fax scanner machine, visit other staff members on the way and have a coffee break then the centralized so called copier printer lease cost saving device will cost you a bunch more in staff productivity. In addition, most companies own their own printers. Whereas, in most cases copiers are leased. Leases are great when you do not have the capital to spend on equipment. However, if you already have good printers why replace them.

The best way to determine the best mix is through an audit process. The audit will determine your true copier lease paper usage (how many pages per device), true service cost and actual per page cost. Be careful of per page programs if you do not know your printing volume.   Low per page cost sounds great, however, the minimum monthly requirement of lease sometimes double and even triple your cost per page.

Email us or put a post on this blog to Get Your Free report   “WHAT COPIER COMPANIES DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW” Can Cost your Thousands Over the Lease of Your equipment. Learn the tricks copier companies play to get your money!

It tells you How to do a simple Self Audit to determine your true per page hard costs. It does not take into account your staff time, not including Soft Costs. Soft costs are explained on the site too.

If you have may questions please feel free to contact us. See our website for additional information.   Fell free to request help through our blog or go ahead to our website.

I hope this article was helpful.

Have a fantastic day.

Sincerely

You’re Friends Advanced Business Computers, Inc.