Cartridge retailer discusses mistakes made when replacing cartridges.
Portland Tribune hosted an article by Griffin Hampson, from cartridge retailer Cartridge Network, on how to avoid the most common mistakes when replacing cartridges. Sampson noted that frequently businesses want standard or “low-yield cartridge[s]” but are then shocked to find out about “high-yield cartridge[s]” for their printers.
This is because where they previously purchased them from had not informed them that the cost per page can be reduced by “at least 30 percent with name brand high-yield cartridges”, and that this could be “significantly more with factory remanufactured or compatible alternatives”. Hampson advised that offices and businesses using laser printers should “determine if there is a high-yield cartridge”, as not to do so will cost the company more, and the advice on these cartridges is generally not made available in “office superstores”.
There are many “tricks of the trade” that are not cost-effective, and Hampson said that ink cartridge “value pack[s]” hardly ever show actual savings. Most commonly, the black ink cartridges have a high yield, but the coloured inks are low-yield, and this leads to the cost per page being 30 percent more than “high-yield cartridges”, and supermarkets generally do not sell the high-yield cartridges, so will work out more expensive than a retailer.
The Recycler has previously reported on Hampson’s other articles here, here, here, here, and here.