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The Print Quality of Refurbished Cartridges Compared to New Ones

Ellen Davidson
Whether you invest in HP ink, HP laser cartridges, HP office supplies or indeed anything else that is part of the HP brand, what you can find right away is that all of the print cartridges that are put out by HP are OEM cartridges. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer and what they essentially are saying by that label is that the cartridges themselves were constructed in one of the HP manufacturing plants and is completely new in every way, shape and form. While there is nothing wrong with the concept of buying a new cartridge every time, there are certainly some disadvantages to it. Environmental concerns are of course there when the plastics don't biodegrade and of course when you go a little further you see that the non-environmental concerns such as expensive prices are also things to worry about.

Now, a number of different people that purchase printer cartridges have these concerns; both the concerns about the environment and more so for most people the concerns about their own pocketbook. But there is a general fear out there about purchasing either remanufactured cartridges or alternatively refurbished cartridges. First of all, most people don't know the difference between the two and the people that do to quite a large extent believe that the quality suffers with either of those two options. Let's take a closer look at both of these ideas, starting with the former.

The difference between a remanufactured cartridge and a refurbished one is simple. A remanufactured cartridge is a cartridge that is created in a factory or a manufacturing plant using recycled materials. In other words, it is a re-created cartridge using parts of old and spent cartridges and simply just has new ink placed into it from the cartridges themselves. Refurbished cartridges on the other hand are not re-created. They are cartridges that are refilled with ink and given back to a person, either through the person doing the refilling themselves or someone else doing it for them.

So that's what it means to do either remanufacturing or refurbishment. As to the idea that the quality suffers under either or both of them, what you will find by actually doing it and testing it out is that this is not true at all. There are a number of tests that have been independently conducted about this issue and what they show almost unanimously is that remanufactured and refurbished cartridges do not have a significant quality difference from new and OEM printer cartridges. There is no difference in quality, but one is cheaper and more environmentally friendly. Therefore, the next time you are deciding between new and remanufactured, don't let quality be a part of your decision.




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Cleaning Your Print Heads
There are a number of different parts to a printer cartridge that are somewhat difficult to understand, but one concept that should be universal to every consumer is the concept of a clean printer head. When you are looking at printer ink that comes out of inkjet cartridges in today's world, what you are going to find is that those ink cartridges can become dirty. Printer cartridges are not perfect technology and even something like HP ink cartridges or those from other big name OEMs are going to have problems with getting dirty; ultimately there is nothing you can do to prevent that. more
 
 
Environmental Protection With Remanufactured Ink Cartridges
Environmental protection has become one of the big issues in today's world and even before people were particularly interested in saving the environment, there were already many different companies that were jumping on that bandwagon. Well, as far as bandwagons go there are definitely not that many that are more noble than the cause of environmental protection and a number of technology companies have actually jumped on this bandwagon from manufactured of printer inkjet ink, HP printer ink, HP toner and a number of other products as well. A lot of these people actually are responsible for the manufacturing of what are known as remanufactured ink cartridges and these cartridges do quite a lot towards saving the environment. more
 
 
The Print Quality of Refurbished Cartridges Compared to New Ones
Whether you invest in HP ink, HP laser cartridges, HP office supplies or indeed anything else that is part of the HP brand, what you can find right away is that all of the print cartridges that are put out by HP are OEM cartridges. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer and what they essentially are saying by that label is that the cartridges themselves were constructed in one of the HP manufacturing plants and is completely new in every way, shape and form. While there is nothing wrong with the concept of buying a new cartridge every time, there are certainly some disadvantages to it. Environmental concerns are of course there when the plastics don't biodegrade and of course when you go a little further you see that the non-environmental concerns such as expensive prices are also things to worry about. more
 
 
Handling Your Printer Cartridge
Printer cartridges are extremely important things. However you slice it, when you look at the printer cartridge, you can see that it is integral to the performance of your printer. Without a good and clean printer cartridge that is dispensing ink in an even fashion, you are never going to be able to get particularly good printouts for anything. Therefore, it would perhaps seem surprising to some that so few people follow any sort of proper procedure when it comes to them handling their printer cartridges. Sure a lot of people like to think they're doing it, but very few people actually do it properly when it comes right down to it. Here are some things you should take a look at when it comes to handling your printer cartridge. more
 


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