HP offers the most popular line of laser printers and ink officejet photo printers. However,  what which type is the top best printer for your business?

First and for most you need to know there are NO parts available beyond the encoder strip for any HP ink based machine. That include the photosmart, officejets and deskjet models.  However if  you have a HP Designjet plotters printer ink based machine then all parts are offered.  Any authorized HP laser printer repair service center can get parts for any laser based printer.

The other disadvantage to HP ink based printer when compared to HP laser printers is the cost of supplies.  The laser printer per page costs is usually less than 25% of the cost a hp photosmart or officejet printer.  The HP laser printers are much more durable than their ink based ones too.

Why by an ink based machine?  If you only plan to print a very few pages (10  or less a day) or you need to print photo graphs then the ink based printer has the advantage. Beyond and very low cost there are no advantages to the ink based printer when compared to hp laserjet printers.

You may want to consider refurbished or demo models of HP printers to keep your costs down. example: HP printer 4200n or HP laserjet 4250n printers where $1200 new a couple years ago and now refurbished laser printers start at $350 for these models.  You may say, “I can buy a new HP printer 2030 for $299 why should I get a refurbished 4250 printer? Simple low cost to operate and much more durable.

Always look a the printer cost per page, durability, cost of supplies and history. If you need additional information please contact Advanced Business Computers Inc.

What’s the real difference between HP printer toner cartridges and compatible cartridges?  First, you need to know that HP does not make laser printers or printer toner cartridges. HP laser printers are made by Canon for HP. Just like Dell’s are make by    Lexmark printers and some Samsung. There are many other examples of one company labeling another company’s laser printer their own. Also, Dell and Lexmark will modify the plastics of the toner cartridge to force you to buy from Dell instead of the lower cost Lexmark toner cartridge. Here come the compatible recycled toner cartridge companies who know the truth.

As a HP compatible recycled cartridge manufacturer we learn the tricks Lexmark, HP, Dell and other companies play to try to force you to only buy from them. The tricks involve placing micro chips on laser printer cartridges or plastic modification of the printer toner.

Once the trick is discovered, it just takes a bit of time and money by ISO:9000 certified toner cartridge facilities determine how to recycle or manufacture compatible cartridges to rival the OEM (Original equipment manufactures) quality at a lower cost.  HP is one of the few printer marketing companies who have embraced the compatible toner cartridge market.  HP states publicly that using a compatible toner cartridge does not void warranties unless the compatible directly caused the problem.

In the last 15 years in business, manufacturing and selling 10’s of thousands of HP toner cartridges recycled not once did a cartridge cause a printer failure.  Toner cartridges (new and recycled) do fail. However, we have never seen on of our compatible recycled toner cartridges a physical mechanical failure. The most they do is cause bad image quality or noise. Toner cartridges do not cause gears breakage, power supply failures, fuser failures or other related problems.

The main concern when selecting a toner cartridges compatible company is the quality of the supply. How was it made? What parts were replaced when recycling? If you buy just by price you will lose! Quality recycled HP toner cartridge or Lexmark cartridge will save you 27% to 45% from discount office store OEM pricing. If you try to squeeze a few more cents by buying the cheapest you will lose in the long end in quality of your laser printer or copier pages produced.

if you have questions concerning printer repair or how to reduce your cost by using quality toner cartridges please contact Advanced Business Computers Inc or respond to this blog.  Have a fantastic day and go green with compatible recycled Lexmark, Dell, Canon and HP toner cartridges (other brands too!).

Did you know that the HP laser printers are actually made by Canon? HP laser printer marketing has captured the majority of the printer copier market. However, their laser printer and all in one toner based machine are actually made by Canon Corporation. Of top major laser printer copier manufacturers Brother and Lexmark make their own printers, copiers sand all in one machines.  Dell laser printers are either Lexmark or Samsung printers.

Now you know who makes the popular laser printers.  Let’s see how the digital laser printer copier toner cartridges work in simple terms.

When the laser printer or digital copier receives the information from your computer is builds an image in the laser printer or copier scanners  memory.  Once the image is completely built in the in the copier printer memory, the laser printer starts to lay the magnetic image on the drum unit using a laser light. The laser light puts a charge on the toner cartridge drum where it wants to attract toner of the copier laser printer.

If you have a HP laser printer or Lexmark then the drum is part of the printer’s toner cartridge. Brother MFC, Okidata laser printers, Sharp copiers, Ricoh copier and Gestetner have separate toners and drum units.

In the laser printer and digital copier, as the drum rotates the toner it attracted to the magnetic image on the drum.   At the same time the paper is subject to a high voltage to produce a magnetic charge on the laser printer copiers’ paper.  The paper passes below the drum and attracts the toner on the drum thus “transferring the image” to the paper.

As the toner cartridge drum continues around the drum blade wipes off the excess toner. Now what the difference between compatible and OEM cartridges?

First, what’s OEM?  It means “Original equipment manufacturer”. In other words, HP printers are a Canon cartridges that are relabeled. All HP toner cartridges, whether compatible or one work the same way. The trick is to find a company who does a fantastic job in making compatible toner cartridges for laser printers copiers. The best way is to test drive a cartridge. Ask you local companies to test drive a compatible cartridge.

Many companies will even give you FREE printer maintenance just for trying their toner laser printer cartridge service.  Call or request a Free 21 toner cartridge day trial now!

If you want to save money on you supplies and insure that you always get quality toner cartridges and other printer supplies or copier supplies visit Advanced Business Computers Inc. or attached a comment to this post for a quick response.

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:

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Advanced Business Computers, Inc.

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