Deskjet Review

I am thinking to buy a printer (hp deskjet ink advantage k209g). When i see the printer specifications, i see that it supports hp tricolour cartridge. It has three colours. How do i print pages which are having colours other than that in the cartridge ? Please help me soon.

HP was known for good printers. Lately they’re know for expensive printers and even more expensive ink. HP is the only company which:
1) puts an expiration date in the chip of the cartridge. You can insert a new sealed cartridge and have the printer reject it because it is expired
2) changes the size of the cartridges to make them smaller but keeps the same model number. You buy a cartridge at the store which is the same model your printer came with only to discover the cartridge wont fit because it is the other version.
I won’t even go into details on their terrible tech support, run by Indians with thick accents who read off a script and can solve nothing.
There are a lot of HP fans who bought their printers years ago when they were still good. It will take a while before people realize how much worse the company has become.

As for having all three colors on one cartridge, this is also a bad idea. Assume the cartridge can hold 20 ml of ink. Now it has to hold 3 colors so you are lucky if you get 6 ml of each. Then if any one of them runs out, the whole cartridge has to be replaced. What a waste. With individual color cartridges you get 20 ml of each color and you only replace the one which is out.

Epson wins for best price/feature comparison, best warranty and lowest cost of ink. You can’t beat their warranty. If anything goes wrong, they will fedex a replacement and pick up the old one at their expense. You can get ink for under 50 cents a cartridge at www.ccs-digital.com. You pay under 2.50 for reusable cartridges and then get $2 back for the empties. Or you can buy refillables (which is what Im using now) and refill yourself for pennies. Take a look at the workforce 3520 and 3540. They have received rave reviews from people who bought them.

I have a HP Deskjet F2180 and recently replaced my ink cartridges (HP Tri-colour 22 and HP Black 21) but now It’s started printing my pictures bright purple. I’ve tried cleaning the cartridges and I’ve done a self-test/diagnostic page but nothing has showed up – the colours were fine. Any help with this would be brilliant.

Instead of wasting your ink, you can simply use a Q-tip with some water on it and wipe the head clean. That being said, you also have to locate the print head. Different manufacturers place the print head in different locations. Some like Epson put the head inside the printer and others the print head is part of the cartridge itself. There are some who would recommend alcohol, but that could damage your printer in the long run. A third option is to buy a print head cleaning kit, but again, that’s spending money directly.

I have a HP Deskjet F2180 and recently replaced my ink cartridges (HP Tri-colour 22 and HP Black 21) but now It’s started printing my pictures bright purple. I’ve tried cleaning the cartridges and I’ve done a self-test/diagnostic page but nothing has showed up – the colours were fine. Any help with this would be brilliant.

Instead of wasting your ink, you can simply use a Q-tip with some water on it and wipe the head clean. That being said, you also have to locate the print head. Different manufacturers place the print head in different locations. Some like Epson put the head inside the printer and others the print head is part of the cartridge itself. There are some who would recommend alcohol, but that could damage your printer in the long run. A third option is to buy a print head cleaning kit, but again, that’s spending money directly.

Did you know that some laser printer cartridges are worth over $20.00 each? Many people are throwing money down the drain. I’ll tell you how you can make money or even start a part or full time business. The cartridge remanufacturing business is growing by leaps and bounds. There are now Franchises setting up businesses across the US By the thousands. Empty ink and toner cartridges are in high demand and the demand is growing rapidly even some of the small ink cartridge empties are selling for $6.00. Some empty toner cartridges are worth over $20.00.

There are companies that specialize in buying empty toner cartridges. You can easily find them by doing a search on Goggle or any Search Engine. Just type in Cartridge recyclers and several will show up. Some of the companies will even give you a business plan and tell you the best methods for collecting the empties. Typically they will buy in small or large quantities. Sign up is free and they will have a price list that you can print out. This is one business that you can start with virtually no money.
Not all cartridges are suitable for recycling. Type one has the print head built into the cartridge this is the one to collect as they are the expensive ones suitable for recycling .You can tell these by the brass colored electronics on the back of the cartridge and the brass colored print head Type two is just a plastic container with a sponge in it. Ink is injected into the sponge these are very inexpensive to produce and several companies make compatible cartridges that is very inexpensive. Hewlett Packard and Lexmark are the main one that you will need to find. Lexmark makes many printers for other companies like Compaq and Xerox for example. So these are the good ones also The ones to ignore are Epsons, Brothers, most Canons and some Xerox cartridges. I have found one company that takes Epson’s.
So far we have been talking mostly about ink cartridges. There’s probably more money to be made in recycling the toner cartridges. These are the cartridges used in laser printers and many businesses use as well as some home printers almost all of these are recyclable. You can get a list from the company you sign up with. You can companioned with a recycling company to stockpile and recycle empty printer inkjet cartridges, and empty toner cartridges from laser printers and copiers. For every empty cartridge that is sent, you will receive you payment and usually All shipping supplies and fees are pre-paid by the recycling company so there is no cost to you.
Nearly a million “empties” are thrown away in the United States every day, so they shouldn’t be hard to find. Don’t hesitate to be creative! Here are a few examples of how some people have gotten involved. A member in Ohio ordered a tabletop baggie aerosol dispenser and printed several of them She made a small display in the waiting room of her dentist’s office promoting awareness and support . A family in New Jersey has been gathering empty toner cartridges and inkjets from the local school district. There are several buildings in the district and they all use printers and copiers. They collect the empties every week or so from the schools and send them in. To date, they have gathered and shipped ended 1,000 empties! Several people have taken collection boxes to their work place. Generally, people are very supportive of the recycling effort and are excited to participate.
Why recycle cartridges? Recycling unceasingly large amounts of plastics outof landfills. Every year over 300 million cartridges are thrown away. This means for year-end cartridge, about 2.5 pounds of plastic is thrown into a landfill. It will never go away! Recycling saves natural resources. To imagine a single new laser cartridge, over 3 quarts of oil are used. In contrast, a recycled cartridge only requires 1 quart of oil to be able to be reused. Recycling saves two quarts of oil per cartridge. This year alone, toner cartridge remanufacturing will save over eleven million (11,000,000) gallons of oil.

Richard Sherland
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I am using a 10 year old Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 950C printer. It seems to work fine on generic photo paper, or on brand name paper. My question is: Is there really a difference between papers used by InkJets, DeskJets, LaserJets, etc.? I want to know if matte photo paper, listed as InkJet, from Epson will give a decent picture, on an H.P. DeskJet printer?

any type of paper will print on any computer. its better to use the type the printer recommends to get good prints. if you are doing black only it makes no difference.

when Deskjet printer compare with laser printer – black & white print out very poor. if any one have ideas & tips Plz tell me….

If you have a HP deskjet then I am suprised that the B&W output is very poor.
The text quality of HPs in normally very good – much better than Canon or Epson for example.
Maybe you have the print setting on "draft" instead of "normal".
"Draft" uses only half the ink and prints very quickly/roughly – just for a draft copy – not for final output copy.

Another possiblilty is that you are using very soft/cheap paper. If the paper is too low quality then the ink soaks in too much – creating a blurred effect. Get some proper inkjet paper – it need not cost very much more than standard copier paper.

The best place to shop for a toner cartridge is online. This is especially true for people who do not have the time or patience to go to the various stores to find the printer supplies which best suits their needs. It really takes a lot of effort and energy to go through the various stores physically.

However, one should not get disheartened by the whole process of finding the right supplies for one’s printer as there are some very good online stores which offer great deals on best toner cartridges and at the same time give you the convenience of shopping from one’s home.

Purchase on-line
It is very easy to find a toner cartridge of your choice online and by ordering from an online office supply dealer, one can get the ordered cartridges at one’s door step. One can find the toner cartridges of all the major brands online. Also toner cartridges which are compatible with popular brands like Apple, HP, Sharp, Brother, IBM, Panasonic, Xerox, Canon, Lexmark, Epson and Samsung product lines.

One simply has to choose the model printer to locate the cartridges which are compatible with it, and the next step is to place an order for the selected cartridge. It is best to select a toner which is covered by the distributer’s warranty as it ensures that the product which reaches you is free from any damage and is in perfect condition.

While purchasing cartridges online, it is recommended to order a few days in advance as it will help you to save the shipping charges. Many of the online printer supplier stores only charge for shipping when the cartridges are to be delivered immediately. By ordering a cartridge well in advance, one can avoid additional shipping charges.

Some differentiators
Another very important benefit of buying toner cartridges online is that, the online printer supplier stores allows one to purchase refurbished and remanufactured toner cartridges. Though the remanufactured cartridges are relatively cheaper, there are some loopholes in the functioning of these remanufactured toner cartridges. The first and the foremost limitation of a remanufactured cartridge is that, the printer might not read the ink level properly. It might sometimes give you absolutely wrong readings like showing an empty cartridge when the ink is full. The second factor which should be considered is that the refurbished cartridges have a defect rate of almost 2 percent.

To sum up
There are a number of online printer suppliers, and some of them offer the supplies at very cheap rates, however price should not be the only factor affecting your purchase. One should always toner cartridges from reputed online stores and the ones which make the whole process of purchasing easier for you. Some online stores also give you the option of selling your old cartridge for remanufacturing purpose and hence indirectly provide you with additional savings which can be directed towards the purchase of a new toner cartridge.

Philip Griffiths
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