Or: Why should I spend an extra $100 on an 8000 series printer over the 6000 series?
The Office Jet series 6000 and 6500 use the cheaper #920 cartridges while the Office Jet series 8000 and 8500 use the costlier #940 series cartridges. Why should I spend an extra $100 on an 8000 series printer over the 6000 series?
The #920 cartridges are used in the lower priced Office Jet 6000 and 6500 series printers and multifunction machines costing in the $100 to $200 range.
The #940 series cartridges are used in the (not much) higher priced Office Jet Pro 8000 and 8500 series printers and multifunction machines costing in the $150 to $500 range
As HP did with the #88 cartridge series the# 940 and the #920 series are made in both a standard and XL capacity. As with the 88 the standard capacity is supplied with the printer so you will run out and buy ink sooner because that is where the profit is.
The black #940 sells for $25.99 for 1000 page nominal capacity or 2.6 cents per page. The black #940XL sells for $35.99 for 2200 pages or 1.6 cents per page.
The black #920 sells for $19.99 and prints 420 pages or 4.76 cents per page. The black #920 XL sells for $31.99 and prints 1200 pages or 2.66 cents per page. Clearly the 940 blacks are the winner.
The #940 colors sell for $19.99 for 900 pages which rates at 2.2 cents per page. The color # 940XLs sell for $25.99 for 1400 pages or 1.8 cents per page.
The #920 colors sell for $9.99 (sounds good, huh?) for only 300 pages or 3.33 cents per page. The #920XL colors sell for $14.99 and are rated for 700 pages or 2.14 cents per page. The winner again is the #940
As has always been the case with HP, the extended life cartridges are a better value than the standard and:
· 1 The 940XL black beats the #920XL black (1.6 vs 2.66 cents per page)
· 2 The 940XL colors beat the #920XL colors (1.88 vs 2.14 cents per page)
The #920 cartridges are used in the lower priced Office Jet 6000 and 6500 series printers and multifunction machines costing in the $100 to $200 range.
The #940 series cartridges are used in the (not much) higher priced Office Jet Pro 8000 and 8500 series printers and multifunction machines costing in the $150 to $500 range.
It doesn’t take much printing before the total cost of ownership favors the more expensive printer using the lower cost cartridges.
Printforever with Imaging Solutions
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Laser cartridges now meet ISO 9001 standards!
Imaging Solutions is proud to announce its newest improvement in quality on laser cartridges is compliance with the ISO 90001 standards.
The laser remanufacturing industry has evolved from ‘drill and fill’ through a number of quality evolutions to ISO 90001.
ISO
International Standards Organization
The ISO 9000 series are of course the most well known and widely used of international standards. However, the original quality management standard was actually BS 5750, which was published by BSI in 1979. The ISO 9000 series first emerged in 1989 and was based upon this. It has been revised and updated (by a revisions committee TC 176) approximately every five years since then (1995, 2000 and 2005). The actual family of ISO 9000 standards is quite large, but the major documents are as follows:
• ISO 9000: Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary
• ISO 9001: Quality management systems – Requirements
ISO 9001:2008 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization
§ needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and
§ aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
ISO 9001 CertificationThe most well known of this series is ISO 90001. It is this part against wish third party certification is available. The major content sections of this standard are as follows:
• Section 4: General Requirements
• Section 5: Management Responsibility
• Section 6: Resource Management
• Section 7: Product Realization
• Section 8: Measurement, analysis and improvement
The laser remanufacturing industry has evolved from ‘drill and fill’ through a number of quality evolutions to ISO 90001.
ISO
International Standards Organization
The ISO 9000 series are of course the most well known and widely used of international standards. However, the original quality management standard was actually BS 5750, which was published by BSI in 1979. The ISO 9000 series first emerged in 1989 and was based upon this. It has been revised and updated (by a revisions committee TC 176) approximately every five years since then (1995, 2000 and 2005). The actual family of ISO 9000 standards is quite large, but the major documents are as follows:
• ISO 9000: Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary
• ISO 9001: Quality management systems – Requirements
ISO 9001:2008 specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization
§ needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and
§ aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
ISO 9001 CertificationThe most well known of this series is ISO 90001. It is this part against wish third party certification is available. The major content sections of this standard are as follows:
• Section 4: General Requirements
• Section 5: Management Responsibility
• Section 6: Resource Management
• Section 7: Product Realization
• Section 8: Measurement, analysis and improvement
Thursday, June 4, 2009
HP’s newest monochrome ink tank Cartridge Series: The 940’s
HP is replacing the #88 monochrome ink tank with the #940.
First HP models: Officejet Pro: 8000, 8500
As HP did with the 88 cartridge series the 940 is made in both a standard and XL capacity. And as with the 88 the standard capacity is supplied with the printer so you will run out and buy ink sooner because that is where the profit is.The black 940 sells for $25.99 for 1000 page nominal capacity or 2.6 cents per page. The black 940XL sells for $35.99 for 2200 pages or 1.6 cents per page.
The 940 colors sell for $19.99 for 900 pages which rates at 2.2 cents per page. The color 940XL’s sell for $25.99 for 1400 pages or 1.8 cents per page. As has always been the case whit HP, the extended life cartridges are a better value than the standard.
The black 88XL sells for $40.99 and is rated for $2350 pages or 1.74 cents per page vs the 1.6 cents per page for the 940 XL a !0% better value.The color 88XL’s sell for $26.99 for 1210 pages or 2.2 cents per page 22% higher than the #88s. This is a mixed bag indeed.
All of the above calculations comply with the industry standard of 5% per page coverage which is deceptively low. The average color sheet has 20% coverage.
One more disadvantage to the #940 ink is that HP rates it a not being smudge resistant, water resistant or acid free where the #88 is rated positively in all three categories.
Printforever with Imaging Solutions
First HP models: Officejet Pro: 8000, 8500
As HP did with the 88 cartridge series the 940 is made in both a standard and XL capacity. And as with the 88 the standard capacity is supplied with the printer so you will run out and buy ink sooner because that is where the profit is.The black 940 sells for $25.99 for 1000 page nominal capacity or 2.6 cents per page. The black 940XL sells for $35.99 for 2200 pages or 1.6 cents per page.
The 940 colors sell for $19.99 for 900 pages which rates at 2.2 cents per page. The color 940XL’s sell for $25.99 for 1400 pages or 1.8 cents per page. As has always been the case whit HP, the extended life cartridges are a better value than the standard.
The black 88XL sells for $40.99 and is rated for $2350 pages or 1.74 cents per page vs the 1.6 cents per page for the 940 XL a !0% better value.The color 88XL’s sell for $26.99 for 1210 pages or 2.2 cents per page 22% higher than the #88s. This is a mixed bag indeed.
All of the above calculations comply with the industry standard of 5% per page coverage which is deceptively low. The average color sheet has 20% coverage.
One more disadvantage to the #940 ink is that HP rates it a not being smudge resistant, water resistant or acid free where the #88 is rated positively in all three categories.
Printforever with Imaging Solutions
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ink Cartridge Cleaning: How to
Keeping your printer clean and clog free ads usage time and helps you save in the long run. Today I feature cleaning tips for a very common printer problem:
Clogging.
It is an obnoxious fact that during the life of an inkjet printer the nozzle clogs. It is something you can fix and prevent. It is rather easy to do so but depending on your printer model it could be a messy task. Like always we advise to go to the printers manufacturers for specific details for your printer model.
How to fix a clogged ink cartridge:
Step 1: Open up the printer, and remove the clogged cartridge. Be careful not to use too much force and break anything within the printer. Before starting, make sure you have a damp, soft, lint-free clean cloth.
Step 2: Bring the cartridge to a workstation or table covered in newspaper. This will avoid a messy ink leakage that could ruin expensive furniture.
Step 3: Use a clean, damp, lint-free cloth that is soft. Locate the copper-colored flex circuit strip on the back of the cartridge and wipe the copper-colored strip with the damp cloth. Use an upward motion, from the nozzle end to the top of the cartridge. Do not wipe the nozzle end of the cartridge or touch the gold or silver nozzle plate on the bottom of the cartridge. Use a dry, lint-free cloth to remove any moisture from the copper-colored strip.
Step 4: Grasp the print cartridge by the colored cap. Using a damp, lint-free cloth moistened with clean distilled water, gently and slowly wipe off the dried ink off of the print cartridge nozzles into a trash container. Once again, gently and slowly wipe the residual ink off of the nozzle plate with a clean cotton swab.
Step 5: Look over the inside of the printer before replacing the cartridge. There could be an obstruction that may have interfered with the flow of the ink.
Step 6: Try to print a test document to see whether this fixed the clog. If the document is streaky, but there is ink flow, try to print another document to see if it needs to run again.
Step 7: If the ink cartridge is still clogged, the easiest thing to do is recycle it and replace it with a brand new one.
Note: If your printer includes the nozzles in the cartridges—as most HP printers do, for example—and you see smearing immediately after changing a cartridge, remove the cartridge and check to make sure the protective tape over the nozzles is completely removed. If some of the tape is still attached, remove it, being careful not to touch the nozzle plate.
How to Prevent:
Ink cartridges clog because they get dried up. It could be more likely if you live in an area with particularly low humidity. For areas with low humidity, our advice is that if you´re having a problem with clogging nozzles, you may be able to solve it by adding a humidifier to the room where you keep your printer. Not in a humid area but experiencing clogs nonetheless? Unfortunately, you´ll probably need to replace the ink cartridge. Once you have done so, think about printing a page or two every few days so it won´t have a chance to clog up.
Clogging.
It is an obnoxious fact that during the life of an inkjet printer the nozzle clogs. It is something you can fix and prevent. It is rather easy to do so but depending on your printer model it could be a messy task. Like always we advise to go to the printers manufacturers for specific details for your printer model.
How to fix a clogged ink cartridge:
Step 1: Open up the printer, and remove the clogged cartridge. Be careful not to use too much force and break anything within the printer. Before starting, make sure you have a damp, soft, lint-free clean cloth.
Step 2: Bring the cartridge to a workstation or table covered in newspaper. This will avoid a messy ink leakage that could ruin expensive furniture.
Step 3: Use a clean, damp, lint-free cloth that is soft. Locate the copper-colored flex circuit strip on the back of the cartridge and wipe the copper-colored strip with the damp cloth. Use an upward motion, from the nozzle end to the top of the cartridge. Do not wipe the nozzle end of the cartridge or touch the gold or silver nozzle plate on the bottom of the cartridge. Use a dry, lint-free cloth to remove any moisture from the copper-colored strip.
Step 4: Grasp the print cartridge by the colored cap. Using a damp, lint-free cloth moistened with clean distilled water, gently and slowly wipe off the dried ink off of the print cartridge nozzles into a trash container. Once again, gently and slowly wipe the residual ink off of the nozzle plate with a clean cotton swab.
Step 5: Look over the inside of the printer before replacing the cartridge. There could be an obstruction that may have interfered with the flow of the ink.
Step 6: Try to print a test document to see whether this fixed the clog. If the document is streaky, but there is ink flow, try to print another document to see if it needs to run again.
Step 7: If the ink cartridge is still clogged, the easiest thing to do is recycle it and replace it with a brand new one.
Note: If your printer includes the nozzles in the cartridges—as most HP printers do, for example—and you see smearing immediately after changing a cartridge, remove the cartridge and check to make sure the protective tape over the nozzles is completely removed. If some of the tape is still attached, remove it, being careful not to touch the nozzle plate.
How to Prevent:
Ink cartridges clog because they get dried up. It could be more likely if you live in an area with particularly low humidity. For areas with low humidity, our advice is that if you´re having a problem with clogging nozzles, you may be able to solve it by adding a humidifier to the room where you keep your printer. Not in a humid area but experiencing clogs nonetheless? Unfortunately, you´ll probably need to replace the ink cartridge. Once you have done so, think about printing a page or two every few days so it won´t have a chance to clog up.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Tray 1 load plain letter, Error message
According to HP, when the requested paper size from a print document does not match the size that the printer is sensing, the printer will prompt you to load the requested size paper in the upper, multipurpose Tray 1.
If the HP LaserJet 4000, 4050, 4100, 5000 or 5100 series printer displays the message "Tray 1 Load Plain Letter " or if the paper is being pulled from an unexpected paper tray, try the following steps
Follow these steps to check that the paper guides in the trays are correctly configured.
1. Remove the tray in question from the printer, take out all of the paper, and verify that the rear paper guide and the side paper guides are aligned with the "Letter " guide slot and not the "A4" guide slot.
2. On some paper trays, there is a dial on the right of the tray, along the outside area, where the paper is loaded toward the front. Follow these steps if the tray has the dial:
a. Pull the tray out of the printer.
b. Look at the blue paper-size-adjustment-dial and verify that the correct paper size is selected
In addition to HP’s solution to this error I have discovered another cause for this error message. Look at the right side of the tray from the outside and see tabs that activate switches inside the printer. These tabs are activated by sliding the blue plastic backstop which adjusts for paper size. This blue adjustable backstop moves a white spring loaded plastic bar that pushes on the tabs. On one printer I recently repaired the white plastic bar was behind the blue adjustable backstop. This restricted the forward movement of the white strip preventing it from activating the tab.
Without the tab activated the printer could not recognize the letter size paper in Tray 2 and called for Tray 1. To repair this I disconnected the plate the paper sits on and moved the white bar to be totally in front of the blue backstop. The white bar activated the tabs which made the switches allowing the printer to use letter paper in Tray 2.
If the HP LaserJet 4000, 4050, 4100, 5000 or 5100 series printer displays the message "Tray 1 Load Plain Letter " or if the paper is being pulled from an unexpected paper tray, try the following steps
Follow these steps to check that the paper guides in the trays are correctly configured.
1. Remove the tray in question from the printer, take out all of the paper, and verify that the rear paper guide and the side paper guides are aligned with the "Letter " guide slot and not the "A4" guide slot.
2. On some paper trays, there is a dial on the right of the tray, along the outside area, where the paper is loaded toward the front. Follow these steps if the tray has the dial:
a. Pull the tray out of the printer.
b. Look at the blue paper-size-adjustment-dial and verify that the correct paper size is selected
In addition to HP’s solution to this error I have discovered another cause for this error message. Look at the right side of the tray from the outside and see tabs that activate switches inside the printer. These tabs are activated by sliding the blue plastic backstop which adjusts for paper size. This blue adjustable backstop moves a white spring loaded plastic bar that pushes on the tabs. On one printer I recently repaired the white plastic bar was behind the blue adjustable backstop. This restricted the forward movement of the white strip preventing it from activating the tab.
Without the tab activated the printer could not recognize the letter size paper in Tray 2 and called for Tray 1. To repair this I disconnected the plate the paper sits on and moved the white bar to be totally in front of the blue backstop. The white bar activated the tabs which made the switches allowing the printer to use letter paper in Tray 2.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
HP’s newest rip off ‘starter cartridge’
All printer manufactures are stuck with the dilemma of supplying cartridges with a printer. If they don’t supply the cartridge the consumer will see how expensive they are and may not purchase the printer. If they supply a full cartridge with the printer it will take too long a time before the consumer purchases another cartridge. However, the profit is in the cartridges, not the printer.
Enter the ‘starter cartridge’, a low capacity cartridge to get the consumer started and back to the store quickly to purchase cartridges. One problem for the consumer is they often replace the old starter cartridge with another starter cartridge. The printer companies love that.
Typical examples taken from Office Depot’s web for HP include the cartridges for the Laser Jet 4000. The starter 27A rated at 6,000 pages selling for $110.00 or 1.8 cents per page. The 27X is rated at 10,000 pages and sells for $144 or 1.4 cents per page. The Laser Jet 4250 starts with a 42A rated for 10,000 pages selling for $ 167 or 1.7 cents per page. The same printer also takes a 20,000 page 42X costing $248 or 1.2 cents per page.
The cost per page disparity is even more pronounced with the inkjet cartridges. The HP #88 starter cartridge is rated at 820 pages costing $24 or 2.9 cents per page. The full capacity #88XL costs $41 and is rated to print 2350 pages or 1.7 cents per page. That is significant.
The most egregious example is the HP #74 starter cartridge rated at 200 pages costing $15 or a whopping 7.5 cents per page. It can be replaced with the #74XL costing $35 and rated at 750 pages or 4.7 cents per page, which is still not very impressive.
The lesson to all printer purchasers is: “Before buying a printer, check out what the ink will cost”.
Enter the ‘starter cartridge’, a low capacity cartridge to get the consumer started and back to the store quickly to purchase cartridges. One problem for the consumer is they often replace the old starter cartridge with another starter cartridge. The printer companies love that.
Typical examples taken from Office Depot’s web for HP include the cartridges for the Laser Jet 4000. The starter 27A rated at 6,000 pages selling for $110.00 or 1.8 cents per page. The 27X is rated at 10,000 pages and sells for $144 or 1.4 cents per page. The Laser Jet 4250 starts with a 42A rated for 10,000 pages selling for $ 167 or 1.7 cents per page. The same printer also takes a 20,000 page 42X costing $248 or 1.2 cents per page.
The cost per page disparity is even more pronounced with the inkjet cartridges. The HP #88 starter cartridge is rated at 820 pages costing $24 or 2.9 cents per page. The full capacity #88XL costs $41 and is rated to print 2350 pages or 1.7 cents per page. That is significant.
The most egregious example is the HP #74 starter cartridge rated at 200 pages costing $15 or a whopping 7.5 cents per page. It can be replaced with the #74XL costing $35 and rated at 750 pages or 4.7 cents per page, which is still not very impressive.
The lesson to all printer purchasers is: “Before buying a printer, check out what the ink will cost”.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
HP introduces a new generation of Business Printers
HP has introduced a new line of monochrome business class printers.
The HP LaserJets 4250 and 4350 are being replaced with the next generation of printers, the HP P4014, P4015 and P4515. Their life cycle is anticipated to extend beyond the current 2 years by an additional year.
The new business class printers are expected to have a greater market presence than the LJ 4250 of about 1.5 million units.
HP is supporting the concept of building a heavy duty printer which is designed to be repaired in addition to the disposable printers costing under $700. The disposable printers are better replaced than repaired.
HP is maintaining the same price at $1099 for the P4015 base unit, up to $1629 for the ‘dtn’; duplex, extra tray, and network additional features (now the X model)
All three of the new printers use the same print engine, however, the duty cycles range from 175K for the P4014 at 45 ppm to 225K for the P4015 at 52 ppm and finally 275K for the P4515 at 62ppm. All three printers use the same maintenance kit, using the same parts. A separate kit includes the tray 1 roller and sep pad.
All three printers come with the same CC364A, 10,000 page cartridge. This should be replaced with a CC364X, 24,000 page cartridge priced at $287 or 1.19 cents per page. Compare that with the 42X used in the LJ 4250 and 4350 rated at 20,000 pages and costing $235 or 1.18 cents per page virtually the same, what a coincidence!!
Although the toner savings is negligible there is some energy savings as the new formulation toner has a lower fusing temperature.
The HP LaserJets 4250 and 4350 are being replaced with the next generation of printers, the HP P4014, P4015 and P4515. Their life cycle is anticipated to extend beyond the current 2 years by an additional year.
The new business class printers are expected to have a greater market presence than the LJ 4250 of about 1.5 million units.
HP is supporting the concept of building a heavy duty printer which is designed to be repaired in addition to the disposable printers costing under $700. The disposable printers are better replaced than repaired.
HP is maintaining the same price at $1099 for the P4015 base unit, up to $1629 for the ‘dtn’; duplex, extra tray, and network additional features (now the X model)
All three of the new printers use the same print engine, however, the duty cycles range from 175K for the P4014 at 45 ppm to 225K for the P4015 at 52 ppm and finally 275K for the P4515 at 62ppm. All three printers use the same maintenance kit, using the same parts. A separate kit includes the tray 1 roller and sep pad.
All three printers come with the same CC364A, 10,000 page cartridge. This should be replaced with a CC364X, 24,000 page cartridge priced at $287 or 1.19 cents per page. Compare that with the 42X used in the LJ 4250 and 4350 rated at 20,000 pages and costing $235 or 1.18 cents per page virtually the same, what a coincidence!!
Although the toner savings is negligible there is some energy savings as the new formulation toner has a lower fusing temperature.
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