Deskjet Review

So now you’ve got your business and domain name registered what’s next?

1. What are you going to sell ? – There are suppliers in Australia you can buy ink cartridges, toner cartridges, fax rolls, speciality papers, stationery etc from. Some of these suppliers sell original, some sell non original and some sell both so the first thing you need to decide on is ‘am I going to sell both original and non original products ?’. Then get in touch with your prospective suppliers and if possible go out and see their premises so you see for yourself their quality control processes etc.

To give you an idea of what one person can handle in terms of choosing your product range, I currently have approx 3000 products in total and that’s about maxed out for me time wise. This figure includes both original and non original items. Keep in mind that every time you add more products from a new supplier or from an existing supplier that means another pricelist you have to update monthly or however often they send their updates.

I would suggest you start with one or two suppliers and fairly small product range until you get the feel for your new business and are able to see whether you can handle more suppliers and the larger product range they will bring. There’s another good reason for this, you’re going to need to spend a LOT of your time promoting your business online so bottom line is you’re better off spending 80% of your time working ON your business with a modest number of products than spending 80% of your time working IN your business because you have thousands of items on your site.

2. Direct shipping & Tracking orders – This is pretty important so pay attention :), all my suppliers have a facility available to directly ship goods to my customers for me meaning I don’t actually hold any stock whatsoever. Running my business this way means I hold no stock and therefore don’t have to employ anyone to run a warehouse.
There is a downside though, the big one is that if you do direct shipment this means your supplier immediately has access to your customers details so be careful which suppliers you pick as some of them also retail as well as wholesale so if you need to decide whether you trust them to not try and steal your customers from you. To be honest I haven’t found any suppliers yet who do wholesale and retail that I’ve had any cause to be concerned about but you do need to be aware of this.

When it comes to tracking orders you need to make sure that your supplier has an efficient system in place for tracking the inevitable orders that go missing in action from time to time. Id also suggest that you actually find out which courier companies they use as you will find ,as I have, that they are very definitely not all the same. Some suppliers use more than one and will allow you to choose the one you’d prefer if you don’t like the others they have on their books.

3. Supplier pricelists – You will need to ask them to send you their regular pricelist so you can keep your database up to date, if their pricelist isn’t in a spreadsheet its going to be much harder for you to do your updates so push them a little and they may just arrange to send you as a spreadsheet so that you can manipulate the data more easily.
If you can you want to use suppliers who send out their pricelist with the items that have changed since the last update somehow marked so that you can quickly see what has changed without having to go through the whole list. If you are starting out chances are you’re a one man band like me or perhaps two man band and this saves a lot of time.

4. Supplier Codes & OEM Codes – I’m going to discuss this more fully at a later stage in this series but I will briefly discuss something you should be aware of now. Basically every cartridge, fax roll etc you sell whether its an original or non-original will have two codes associated to it being an OEM code and a supplier code and usually they wont be the same. The OEM code is the original manufacturers code recognised and used in the industry by everyone. So for example if you’re selling a Canon BCI-24 ink cartridge the OEM code ‘BCI-24′ will be used by all everyone so we have a universal standard. Usually a supplier will have a different code (the supplier code) they use to track the item in their warehouse.

Now that you know basically how the codes work I’ve got some bad news for you. You will find that many of the non original suppliers don’t have very good compatibility lists of which OEM codes are compatible with the thousands of different printers out there so be careful ! Of course they have to abide by what their pricelist tells you but I prefer to get it right in the first place so I don’t have returns from my customer when they find that their cartridge doesn’t fit into their printer.

My best advice for you here is to find one suppliers compatibility charts you trust and use that as a foundation to build on. This is what I do and from there the only other sources I trust are the actual manufacturers themselves such as HP, Canon etc etc. After all if these guys don’t know which machines their cartridges fit into we’re in real trouble. Unfortunately not all the manufacturers websites have compatibility lists available and when you ring them seem to want to keep it all a big secret.

When you setup your website later on you can do as Ive done and allow customers to find their cartridges by code or the machine model or you can always just play it safe and get the machine model of the client and match that to the correct consumables.

Well that’s about it for now, good luck on finding your supplies and stay tuned for the next part in the series when we tackle setting up your pricelists and/or databases.

What have we done so far ?
1. Part 1
– Register a business name ($100.00)
– Register a domain name ($10.00)

2. Part 2
– Find your suppliers

anonymous
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Although Hewlett Packard along with Canon in best known for the development and popularization of the now common inkjet style of printing is was Hewlett Packard so to speak who “broke the dam”.

The cultures of both Canon and Hewlett Packard were predominantly “Engineer Companies”.

Hence the personalities at both ends were able to “speak the other’s language “even though there may have been cultural and language barriers of sorts.

As well the two groups – Canon and HP were able to jointly corroborate on the development of the ubiquitous ink cartridge printers in the same manner even though in a business sense they it may have been strictly considered competitors ..

There were considerable technical and practical difficulties in the developments of both product streams.

As engineers the two sides saw the development as a puzzle to solved, a project to finish to satisfaction rather than two competitors.

It is an interesting historical footnote that the HP Inkjet product development was almost repeatedly killed due to antithesis from an engineer’s point of view that that a product (the inkjet cartridges) should be made only to be thrown out in the trash.

At the time Dot Matrix Printers with a “Daisy Wheel”, which were much like the typewriters of the day with an ink ribbon which rolled past the paper to replenish itself, were the standard and norm? As well color inkjet printers although available somewhat in different less standardized, less advanced forms were not widely used.

People in offices liked the new LaserJet printers. They were tired of waiting around for slow, noisy Dot Matrix printing of their documents. Laser printing was quick, silent and indeed “Magic”.

The first LaserJet’s were somewhat expensive at approximately $ 4000 a machine.

However it must be remembered that this was not out of line with the cost of a computer at the time.

The LaserJet’s were often connected to a number of computers through early Local Area Networks (LANS). The printer was thus shared among a number of computers and the objections of cost in both marketing and purchasing departments to the perceived value of the early laser printers

As noted employees loved the speed and management as well as the ever controlling executive secretaries loved the peace and quiet. Indeed it was both very impressive and intimidating site to both visitors and competitors that such a quiet work area could both so productive and deadly.

Along the way printer sharing devices were commercially introduced to present low cost and easily set up (Non LAN) answers to the high cost of laser printing.

These printer sharing devices were often so advanced in their features and ease of use in their print queuing and print spooling capacities that they put the mainframe computer systems of the day to shame.

Because of the acceptance of this product line both 3rd party software and hardware support was provided by the progressive vendors of the time.

Those by and large are the basis of the features we take for granted today both in terms of Word Processing / office software programs be they WordPerfect of Microsoft Office or the widespread use of fonts and supportive device drivers for graphics in the Windows , Macintosh operating systems among others.

At an earlier point the sign that you war e dealing with a major corporation or enterprise was that the document your received was printed with the distinctive font of the IBM Electric Typewriter ( then $ 3,000 or so the price of a car).

That standard now became the print and feel of the then special Laser printers.

Since the corporate environment is a very lucrative as well as trend setting focuses of the computer industry it was not long before “LaserJet Clones “became available on the marketplace.

Luckily this spurred on both product development, and ultimately increased market penetration, product support and reduced costs.

Thus the die was set for the major acceptance of Laser printers as ” The Standard ” of Business document presentation and image.

William Z. Piker
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Technological advancements have made us a much more productive society. Unfortunately, these advancements have resulted in hazards to the environment. To avoid polluting our environment, many methods of disposing of technological waste have been implemented. Used Inkjet and toner cartridges are items that need consideration when thinking about the impact on the environment. Like other items such as soda bottles, plastic, and glass, ink and toner cartridges should not be tossed into landfills.

Recycling ink and toner cartridges is a great way to protect the environment, reduce e-waste, and conserve resources. As well, you may be able to make a bit of money. There are now many recycling drop off locations where people can drop off their old cartridges. Stores such as Staples have instituted a recycling program where they collect used cartridges. US Consumers will receive a $3.00 Staples reward for every ink or toner cartridge they return to their local Staples store. Companies such as HP and Dell provide postage-paid envelopes or a shipping label with a new cartridge in order to send the old cartridge back to them for recycling. As well, companies like Canon provide people with labels to print off on their website. Some stores will give a discount on your next cartridge purchase. Office Depot will send out prepaid boxes for customers to return empty ink or toner cartridges for recycling. All that one has to do is place the empty cartridge in the prepaid box and mail it back to them.

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Technological advancements have made us a much more productive society. Unfortunately, these advancements have resulted in hazards to the environment. To avoid polluting our environment, many methods of disposing of technological waste have been implemented. Used Inkjet and toner cartridges are items that need consideration when thinking about the impact on the environment. Like other items such as soda bottles, plastic, and glass, ink and toner cartridges should not be tossed into landfills.

Recycling ink and toner cartridges is a great way to protect the environment, reduce e-waste, and conserve resources. As well, you may be able to make a bit of money. There are now many recycling drop off locations where people can drop off their old cartridges. Stores such as Staples have instituted a recycling program where they collect used cartridges. US Consumers will receive a $3.00 Staples reward for every ink or toner cartridge they return to their local Staples store. Companies such as HP and Dell provide postage-paid envelopes or a shipping label with a new cartridge in order to send the old cartridge back to them for recycling. As well, companies like Canon provide people with labels to print off on their website. Some stores will give a discount on your next cartridge purchase. Office Depot will send out prepaid boxes for customers to return empty ink or toner cartridges for recycling. All that one has to do is place the empty cartridge in the prepaid box and mail it back to them.

For more information on toner office depot click here

Technological advancements have made us a much more productive society. Unfortunately, these advancements have resulted in hazards to the environment. To avoid polluting our environment, many methods of disposing of technological waste have been implemented. Used Inkjet and toner cartridges are items that need consideration when thinking about the impact on the environment. Like other items such as soda bottles, plastic, and glass, ink and toner cartridges should not be tossed into landfills.

Recycling ink and toner cartridges is a great way to protect the environment, reduce e-waste, and conserve resources. As well, you may be able to make a bit of money. There are now many recycling drop off locations where people can drop off their old cartridges. Stores such as Staples have instituted a recycling program where they collect used cartridges. US Consumers will receive a $3.00 Staples reward for every ink or toner cartridge they return to their local Staples store. Companies such as HP and Dell provide postage-paid envelopes or a shipping label with a new cartridge in order to send the old cartridge back to them for recycling. As well, companies like Canon provide people with labels to print off on their website. Some stores will give a discount on your next cartridge purchase. Office Depot will send out prepaid boxes for customers to return empty ink or toner cartridges for recycling. All that one has to do is place the empty cartridge in the prepaid box and mail it back to them.

For more information on toner ink click here

Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark are two of the fiercest competitors in the consumer printing industry today. Both companies have been trying to outdo each other point for point in order to capture a bigger share of the market. This is clearly shown by the wide range of printers and printer inks and other printing supplies that they have that are essentially similar in features and benefits.

When it comes to printer inks, both HP and Lexmark have specific types of inks for use on their various printers. The most popular type of printer ink that HP has is none other than the HP Vivera. On the side of Lexmark, we have the Lexmark Evercolor series. Now, the question is: How do these two types of printer inks compare with each other?

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For the most part, choosing a printer can be a daunting task and entails balancing price, speed, and print quality. In order to choose the right printer for you, you will have to ask yourself how much you print per month, what types of documents you will need to print, what quality print you require, whether or not you need color, and if you care more about the initial cost or cost over the printer’s lifetime. The difference between inkjet printers and laser printers is day and night, but once you understand their differences and decide which type is most suitable for your needs, you are more than half-way to finding the right printer for you.

As a rule of thumb, laser printers produce crisp, speedy text documents and decent images, while inkjet printers produce top-quality, long-lasting photos and not-so-crisp text, all at an uncomfortably-slow pace.

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It is important that when considering refilling the cartridges for your HP inkjet printer that you use the best quality HP inkjet ink that you can. In fact wherever possible use only the ink that the manufacturer has specified in their manual to be used.

Once you do have the ink for refilling your inkjet cartridges with then there are certain measures that need to be taken before doing so. Below we look at some of the steps that one must take prior to refilling the cartridges of your HP inkjet printer with ink.

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