Culture and Society : The Single Most Annoying Thing On The Planet
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By: Shaun Parker
 
Date Submitted: 2009-01-21 01:37:07 - Article Views: 20100
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There you are, happily printing away, knowing that as soon as you are done you can go home and suddenly all systems grind to a halt. The printer declares itself to be out of ink. You can take it out, shake it, put it back in, do all of the above again but with more force but still it refuses to budge and you won't be carrying out any more printing until you replace the ink cartridge.
This is probably the most annoying thing on the planet to experience in your every day office life. When you shake the ink cartridge you find it still has a reasonable amount of ink inside yet it still refuses to print. Without a stash of spare cartridges, there isn't much more you can do. But why do they stop when there is still ink inside and you just need to eek two or three more pages out of it?
Ink cartridge manufacturers say that if a cartridge is allowed to run dry then damage to the printer is likely. Yet some cartridges can leave up to forty percent of ink inside and this, surely, is way more than necessary. Maybe this is what makes ink one of the most expensive liquids on earth given that we only get half of what we pay for?
Where this gets most expensive is with print head cartridges. To keep the quality of all printing as good as new, these ink cartridges effectively come with a whole new print head every time. This makes them more expensive than your average in k cartridge.
Buying a re-conditioned cartridge or re-manufactured one can cut costs dramatically even with some of the ink left in a cartridge. Ink residue is removed from the container and a steam jet is blasted through to make sure every last little drop of ink is removed.
The container is then refilled and sold at a reduced rate to the original. To avoid the presence of air pockets that would prevent the cartridge being filled to full capacity, the ink is forced in with a jet which forces air out at the same time.
This has absolutely no effect on the quality of the ink or the quality of the printing so is very cost effective for those who do a lot of printing. Printers that display low ink levels can work in various ways. Some will simply get to a certain level and stop working until the cartridge is replaced.
Some printers can be fooled by removing and replacing the same cartridge - this way you can squeeze a little more production from it. Some will flash up with one or more warnings of low ink levels before they cease working and others will simply stop. Re-conditioned cartridges make no difference to these actions - in fact, some have been found to flag up low ink levels long after an original cartridge would have done.
It is relatively easy to source ink cartridges these days, whether you are looking for a branded or re-manufactured one. You can then keep some in storage if you work in a busy office to prevent those frustrating events at the end of the day or for home printers, a re-conditioned cartridge is probably the most cost effective to replace used ones with. |
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Shaun Parker is a leading stationary expert with many years of experience in the printer industry. Find out more about ink cartridges at http://www.inksave.co.uk
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