What We Do

We offer high quality compatible and remanufactured cartridges. All carry the OEM (Original Equipment of the Manufacturer) warranty or our warranty. Before you receive your remanufactured cartridge, please note that all cartridges have been:

Inspected: All cartridges are inspected before being processed. Cartridges with circuit failure, cracks, dents or scratches are rejected.

Rinsed and Flushed: Cartridges are rinsed and flushed out twice with a special solution to remove every drop of old ink.

Filled: We fill our cartridges with only the highest quality dye base and pigmented ink.

Tested: Every black and color cartridge is tested with the use of printer buffers (no self-testing). All cartridges must pass a full-page test sheet of solid 2-inch bars and different size characters to make sure that all jets are clear and properly working before it can proceed to packaging.

Steamed: After passing our strict testing, we use a steaming process to clean the print head. We found this method to be the best procedure to remove all ink residues to prepare for taping.

Cleaned & Taped: Cartridge surfaces are cleaned to ensure that customers never get their hands dirty. Like OEM (Original Equipment of the Manufacturer) companies, we also seal our cartridges at a taping station.

Packaged: We attach a protective shipping clip to all cartridges and then we heat-seal the cartridge in a static shield bag. The cartridge is packed in a four-color high gloss box designed to catch your eye.

Dell has tried to basically corner the market on their toner. Dell printers are Lexmark made with a Dell logo on them, however, they will not accept Lexmark cartridges. Now you can purchase compatible Dell cartridges at a discounted price for most models.

Dell printer supplies are not especially difficult to find, but it can be quite difficult to find a good deal on them. Many companies bank off of the fact that you need these supplies in a hurry and will pay almost anything just to get them in a timely manner. The key to finding Dell discount printer ink supply is to plan ahead. Don’t let yourself be fooled by these semi-rip off artists. Instead, stock up on Dell compatible printer supplies so that when the time comes, you’ll always have the product you need right on hand.

With the theme of shopping in advance in mind, there’s no place like the Internet for great deals on Dell replacement ink. By shopping ahead of time you can allow for shipping times and still save money!

You can begin to save money by doing a simple web search for “Dell compatible printer supplies” or if you know specifically what you need include the name of it in the search. You should come up with several results.

The next step in saving money on your Dell replacement ink is to be a good judge of the caliber of each website you intend to purchase from. While this article is intended to be about how to save money, it would not be complete without covering some ways to avoid getting scammed. First of all, never buy from a website that does not have encryption. Your personal information is very important—don’t risk it. Second, be wary of sites that don’t accept credit cards. And finally, keep a look out for signs that the site is legit such as a standing with the BBB or epubliceye. A good deal on your Dell compatible cartridge is great but not worth risking your credit or identity!

Another way to save money is to look for Dell compatible cartridges. These products are not manufactured by Dell but they are fully functional with Dell products. You can save a lot of money going this route.

Regardless of what you end up buying, Dell printer supplies can cost a lot of money when you’re desperate and in a rush. That’s why it’s so vitally important to plan ahead. Not only will you never find yourself without ink again, but you’ll also save a ton of money. You can help out the environment and get a really good bargain. Dell discount printer ink supply is the way to go.

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An HP laser printer with an estimated machine cost of $400, combined with a $115 toner cartridge, yields 8000 pages. Printing 40,000 pages costs you $400 plus $460 for the ink for a total of $860. A Brother 1440 laser printer works out at about $930 for the same number of pages. That comes to around two cents a page, or eight times less than an inkjet printer.

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SpencerLab, a digital-color laboratory in Melville, New York, tested the HP LaserJet 1320 and the Dell 1700 Laser Printers. According to Catherine Fiasconaro, director of SpencerLab, even when you calculate the cost of the toner and the drum (which has to be replaced about every 20,000 pages), HP high-yield monochrome cartridges cost about two cents per print, with Dell costing slightly more.

Adding to the allure of the laser, printer prices are continuing to fall and the range of available products is steadily mounting. According to Trina Wolfgram, a marketing manager for HP, the HP Color LaserJet 2600n prints eight pages-per-minute, at 600 x 600 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution. It has a recommended maximum monthly volume of 35,000 pages. Its estimated street price is $399.

If you don't require that much printing volume, the monochrome HP LaserJet 1020 — rated at a maximum monthly volume of 5,000 pages — prints up to 15 pages-per-minute and offers 600 x 600 dpi output. It has an estimated U.S. street price of $179.

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To bring the costs of laser printing down further, you can purchase inexpensive replacement or remanufactured ink cartridges.

"Replacement ink cartridges are cartridges that are manufactured by a company other than the original manufacturer," says Shulman. "A remanufactured ink cartridge is the original OEM cartridge that has been professionally cleaned, refilled with quality ink that is made in the USA and tested prior to leaving the factory."

With so much money being poured into ink cartridges, it's no surprise that hundreds of companies have sprung up offering refill kits for ink jets and replacement/remanufactured cartridges for ink jets and laser printers. They work for some people, but many find them too much trouble — most people have blackened their hands, injected the yellow ink into the red receptacle or ruined the carpet with refill kits.

Replacement cartridges, too, are catching on for ink jets and are widely available. But the success rate is sporadic to say the least. According to Recharger Magazine you simply cannot refill every inkjet cartridge. The actual numbers are more like 20 percent of black inkjet cartridges and 50 percent of colors can't be refilled or reused.

On the other hand, almost 99 percent of laser toner cartridges can be remanufactured to provide a product that meets or exceeds the OEM yield and quality. A handful of high-end companies produce "compatible" cartridges — products that equal of improve upon the quality of the big OEMs. At the low-end, a horde of remanufacturers offer refill kits and replacement toner cartridges at a fraction of the cost.

"HP own research revealed that 66 percent of people who try alternative cartridges never go back to the more expensive OEM models," said Gary Pendl, CEO of Pendel Companies, a Waukesha, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of high-quality compatible toner cartridges for HP, Apple, Panasonic, Tektronix, Epson, Lexmark, IBM and Canon printers.

Pendl guarantees its cartridges will perform equal to or better than OEM cartridges or it will either replace the cartridge or offer a full refund. The guarantee covers not only the cartridge but also the printer. The quality matches or exceeds OEM standards, with a defect rate of less than one percent on toner cartridges. The OEM defect rate is one percent.

Reink Shulman quotes similar figures for his company's products. In terms of cost, the HP cartridge for a LaserJet 1010 costs around $70 and has a yield of 2,000 pages. Reink remanufactures it with the same 2,000-page yield and sells it for $55. It also makes a longer-life version with a yield of 3,600 pages at $85.

Other suppliers offer less in terms of quality (and perhaps yield) but at a lower cost for toner. For a Brother 6800 MFP, for instance, we bought six toner cartridges from ABC for $48 and they worked out fine. A single cartridge purchased direct from Brother cost $33.99. We noticed no real difference in quality.

That said, you should realize that not all replacement and remanufactured products are created equal.

"Usually going with the cheapest is not the best idea," says Shulman. "Many companies don't even test their cartridges before they are sent out."

HP Wolfgram counters the replacement/remanufactured cartridge point of view saying that HP designs its laser printing supplies to provide maximum value by going beyond yield and estimated cost per page calculations.

"HP develops supplies that offer real value in total cost of ownership by focusing on yield and cost per page, as well as usability, quality and reliability," said Wolfgram. "By offering supplies that address all these concerns, small businesses are assured that can save time and money with HP supplies."

When you do the math on printing, inkjets may well cost you a whole lot more than you realize.

"What the manufacturers of these printers don't fully explain to consumers is the true cost of ownership of a low-cost color printer," says Jeremy Shulman, vice president of Reink Technology in Tempe, Arizona, a maker of remanufactured ink cartridges under the ABC brand name. "The general rule of thumb is that the cheaper the printer, the more expensive the disposable costs for refills and so on."

While the printers are almost given away, the refills bring in a fortune for the big-printer, original-equipment manufacturers (OEM). According to Lyra Research of Newton, Mass., the cartridge replacement market is now worth $21 billion annually. HP, for example, makes over $10 billion a year from ink cartridge sales, and Lexmark earns over $2 billion from ink supplies, more than half its total revenue.

Shulman gives the example of a Canon i320 Color Bubble Jet Printer. The cost for the hardware can be as little as $55, depending on discounts and where you buy it. The average cost of the ink from Canon is $19 but the yield from that, he says, is a measly 170 pages. Even if you print very little, the cost quickly adds up:

Seven pages a day times 300 days equals 2100 pages — an ink bill of $235.60 per year. If you own the printer for three years, the cost of cartridges comes to over $700 or about 13 times the original cost of the printer. For the Epson Stylus C62, Shulman concludes that the ink bill would be over $1000 for three year's worth of printing.

Of course, seven pages a day is a conservative estimate — some SMBs businesses print a lot more. Let's say your company prints 50 pages a day, 300 days a year. Using the above example, that equates to printing 15,000 pages annually. At that same rate, your annual ink cartridge bill would total $1,596.

And it isn't just cost that conspires against ink jets. They typically don't print pages as fast as laser printers. They can also be a major hassle. It is quite common to be inundated with cartridge-error messages when the cartridges are perfectly fine, or have the machine suddenly go crazy and spit out gobbledygook in an endless stream. The printers are also set up in a way that makes it difficult to minimize the amount of ink they use. It appears they're designed to make you use more ink than you need to with no way to default to "draft quality".

As a result of such factors, the market for laser printers is catching fire. According to Lyra Research, worldwide desktop monochrome (one-color) laser printer shipments grew 15 percent last year to 14.1 million units. More than half of those are what's known as Multi-Function Printers (MFP), which do print, fax, copy and scan. Lyra predicts that over 10 million MFPs will be in circulation by 2008.

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Many people often ask me this question: ‘Why is my printer producing such poor quality prints?’ The answer, of course, is that even the highest quality, most expensive printer will not perform at its best unless you invest in good quality printer ink.

Take this analogy, for example. A good artist will paint his pictures on high quality canvas. He does this because he knows that it offers the best surface for a beautiful painting. However, this is all for nothing if he uses bad paints - and if a painter wouldn’t use poor quality paint, why would you use poor quality printer ink?

In this article, we’ll discuss the different types of printers available, the reasons you should avoid buying poor quality ink, and how making the right choice of ink cartridges will allow you to get much higher quality prints – for the lowest price.

Modern printers employ extremely complex technology in producing prints. Gone are the days when we all used chunky old dot matrix printers at home. The average printer today produces extremely high quality prints through the use of laser and inkjet technology. Here are the two types of printing technology most popular for home use: -

Laser Printers

Laser Printers use precision lasers to cause toner to adhere to the paper. They are known for producing high-resolution prints at a high speed - along with a very low cost-per-copy. Laser printers work in much the same way as photocopying machines – using a laser to create an electrophotographic image on a photoreceptor surface, applying powdered toner to the photoreceptor and then pressing or rolling it over the paper, creating the print. As laser printers can produce high-resolution graphics and text quickly, they can print anything up to 200 monochrome prints a minute, or 100 color prints. Despite the low cost per print, the printers themselves can be very expensive when compared to inkjet printers. They are therefore most commonly used in offices, where speed and quality of prints are of vital importance.

Inkjet Printers

Inkjet printers are the most popular printing medium for home use. They use water-based inks that are forced by an electrical charge to form bubbles, which are then applied to the surface of your printer paper. Inkjet printers tend to be less expensive than laser printers, but they can be prone to lower quality prints – especially if you use poor quality ink. In addition to this they take much longer to print each page, and the cost per print can be much greater than laser printers.

The reason inkjet printers have such a high cost per page is because the user must replace the ink cartridges more frequently. It is a well-known fact that printer manufacturers often sell their printers at enormous discounts and then mark up the price of the cartridges. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) cartridges are often vastly overpriced.

The Problem

Several problems that may occur when using poor quality printer inks include streaked images, missing colors and ink bleeding. While these problems can be very frustrating to experience, they can usually be avoided simply by using good quality inks.

Unfortunately, since OEM cartridges can be prohibitively expensive many home users choose to opt for the cheapest cartridges available. While this option offers good savings, the customer may suffer from poor print quality.

The Solution

Fortunately, there is an ideal middle ground to be found between high-priced OEM cartridges and poor quality options. Many businesses now offer the option of extremely high quality remanufactured OEM cartridges - and new third party manufactured cartridges - at considerable discounts over the manufacturer’s own product – often up to half the manufacturer’s price!

Remanufactured Cartridges

These are simply spent OEM cartridges that have been cleaned, refilled and tested for quality. Due to the fact that they are rigorously tested before sale, this type of cartridge is essentially identical to the manufacturer’s variety, offering the same high quality prints - but with vastly better value.

OEM Compatible Cartridges

These are entirely new cartridges produced by a third party manufacturer. They are designed to be 100% compatible with their designated printer, so there is no requirement to make any modifications to allow their use.

While OEM compatible cartridges are manufactured by a third party there is no reduction in print quality. They are considerably cheaper simply because the customer is not paying for a brand name product.
So, you have three options:

1) Buy an OEM ink cartridge at the manufacturer’s inflated price;
2) Buy a recycled and refitted OEM cartridge at a much lower price, or
3) Buy a third party OEM-compatible cartridge, offering the same print quality as an OEM cartridge but without the brand name price tag.

With these options, there is simply no reason why any consumer should pay the artificially high prices for the manufacturer’s product. It makes infinitely greater sense to be smart – choose a high quality remanufactured cartridge or a third party product. You won’t be disappointed by the quality.

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