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June 29, 2010

Smart Toner Cartridges: The Product of Smart Engineering

June 29, 2010 0

When the factory installed OEM starter toner cartridges that come with a new laser printer dries out, users will always want a perfect replacement. But how do we define a perfect toner cartridge replacement? Well, the best gauge is likely print quality, which could be rated to either match or exceed the print performance of the OEM cartridge. Second on the list is print yield coverage where cartridge is expected to deliver the same volume of prints as the OEM cartridge is rated; based on the industry mandated page coverage of 5%. Furthermore, the replacement cartridge should not succumb to toner leaks or else it would put in too much strain on printer components. Nonetheless, the most important consideration is the pricing of the cartridge which ought to be affordable to a wide range of laser printer users with differing budgets and buying preferences. All of these cartridge features can only come from products of fine technology because smart engineering will naturally produce smart, if not perfect toner cartridges.

June 28, 2010

HP CP2025 Compatible Toner Cartridges: Satisfies Cartridge Reliability Quotient

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If the laser printer is used for business, toner cartridge reliability problems take up a substantial amount of employee and technical support work hours that could affect workplace productivity and raise operating costs as well. 

June 24, 2010

Material Properties of a Laser Printer's Fuser Roller

June 24, 2010 0

It is for a fact that good laser prints follows a fully operational fuser assembly that is in good condition as well. Well, that is if the conventional fuser unit can deliver heat ranges from between 180 to 210 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature at which toner can successfully melt and bond to paper fibers. But what substances make up the fuser that allows it to withstand immense heat while being durable enough to contain the abrasive properties of paper or media? 

June 22, 2010

Fastest Laser Printer: Can Compatible Toner keep up with its speed?

June 22, 2010 0
From its particle size, formulation and fusing temperature, compatible toner has been expertly engineered and laboratory tested to replicate the physical properties of the OEM toner. Moreover, compatible toners undergo the same manufacturing processes guaranteed to deliver basically the same print quality and yield expected from the OEM toner. So how does the third party invention fare with the fastest laser printer in the market today? Can toner refill kits also be used on the cartridges of the IBM Infoprint 4100?

June 21, 2010

First Page Out: There is More than Meets the Eye

June 21, 2010 0
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Most users hardly consider the laser printer's First Page Out feature. Instead, users take full notice of a printer unit's speed in pages per minute of PPM as a primary consideration to purchase. The truth of the matter is that preference should rest on the First Page Out feature because this reflects the laser printer's quick response performance. More should be expected from the initial page turnout if the printer is used in a networked office environment.

How to Save on Printing Costs? Cheaper Consumables NOT Reduced Print Jobs!

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Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) call for a more consolidated approach to printing by embedding print management solutions to its laser printer units by password protecting access to units; to networking a printer across a workgroup and to more sophisticated applications such as the “Follow Me” document technology.

This establishes leaner printing operations for most organizations which not only reduces hardware costs but more importantly toner and paper usage; as printing has become more restrictive given authorization to access, increased accountability per department and intensive tracking of print jobs. After all, according to Samsung in an article by Peter Judge, the cost of printing eats up at least 1/5 of the IT budget of most organizations.

June 16, 2010

Dissecting the Laser Printer’s OPC Drum

June 16, 2010 0
The OPC or Organic Photo Conductor Drum is the heart and soul of a laser printer. This is one component that makes laser printing really possible. The process of electro-photographic (EP) printing requires the OPC Drum to play host to the negatively charged raster graphic image routed by the laser scanning assembly. How the OPC Drum accepts and retains the electro-static charge can be determined by inspecting the materials and substances applied to the Drum's surface.

June 15, 2010

Radiant Fusing: The Latest Upgrade to Laser Printing Technology

June 15, 2010 0

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The conventional fuser assembly of the laser printer utilizes both the heat and pressure rollers to complete the bonding of image to paper or media. Contact with rollers increases the likelihood of image distortion in media; particularly if uneven lateral tension is applied. More often, image distortion is caused by dirty or worn out rollers that are evident with ageing printers.

June 10, 2010

LED Printer Versus the Laser Printer

June 10, 2010 0

Laser light pulses travel really fast at the rate of nanoseconds but the pulse-flashes emitted by the Light Emitting Diode (LED) bar surpasses its speed. Consequently, LED printers can produce printed pages much faster than laser printers. So what then is behind the speed advantage of LED over laser technology in the context of printing? The design of the LED printer's scanner accounts for the variance in speed.A single laser device is employed to scan laser printer images while over a thousand diodes emitted by the LED printer performs the scanning function. It is now a case of 1 versus several thousands and by sheer numbers alone, LED will outmaneuver laser printers in any given instance.

June 8, 2010

Unraveling the Printers Unique Laser Scanning Unit

June 8, 2010 0
Photo by comx

Laser Printers use light beams to scan the latent image formed on the rotating OPC Drum or the photo conductor drum. Scanning is possible because the document stream coming from the computer or the server is first transformed into a raster graphic image composed of dots. Each dot is relayed to the OPC Drum through the laser beam delivered by the scanning unit. The process of scanning actually replicates the action of electron beams employed with Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) television sets of the past; where electron beams pass through a series of filters to form the images on the TV screen that is discernable to the naked eye.

June 7, 2010

Dots Per Inch (DPI) Resolution: The True Measure of Print Quality

June 7, 2010 0
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DPI resolution. Imagine a laser print on paper that is one square inch in size. Under a resolution size of 1200 DPI x 1200 DPI , the printer’s scanner can accurately pack 1200 dots on a single horizontal row that is 1 inch wide. Depending on how fast paper or media moves, 1200 dots in a single column file (also1 inch in length) can be generated vertically as well. The finished print is sharp, smooth and no longer grainy because of the 1,440,000 (1,200 multiplied by 1,200) dots that comprise the 1 square inch image. Images set with high Dot Per Inch (DPI) resolution differ from a 300 x 300 DPI or a 600 x 600 DPI (lower resolution sizes) image because dots generated are far in between that reduces print intensity, resulting to images that are dull and absurdly grainy. The process of converting images into a raster graphics image composed of dots forms part of the electro-photographic (EP) printing process.

June 3, 2010

SAMSUNG CLP610: Budget Laser Printer Meets Compatible Toner Refill Kit

June 3, 2010 0

Color laser printers have ceased to be an equipment for offices and the affluent few. For as little as $300, a unit can already be purchased in the market. Being budget-priced however does not mean low-end because some models priced at this category deliver printouts at fast speeds, lower cost per page (CPP) and even higher duty cycle. This is the void Samsung CLP610nd color laser printer has endeavored to fill. A single pass color laser printer relatively intended for users with modest budgets, the printer promises to be both a performance wizard and cost miser that would help minimize color- printing expenses while delivering unequalled print quality.

June 1, 2010

Does your Printer rate well with the BUZZ METER?

June 1, 2010 0
Photo by exian
When it comes to color laser printing, the buzz meter always provides users timely information and feedback on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), the latest development in print speed based on output pages per minute (PPM), cost per page (CPP), and updates on state of the art printing technology such as the single pass array. The list goes on and on.
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