How To Compare And Evaluate Printer Cartridge Suppliers
It has always been difficult to compare printer cartridge suppliers. They all used different methods of testing their cartridges, and the specifications from one couldn’t be compared with another.
In recent years this situation has changed. Requirements for tests of monochrome inkjet cartridges put in place by the International Standards Organization (ISO) were adopted by most of the companies that supply ink in the summer of 2004.
The ISO works to create industry standards that allow consumers to rate and compare competing products in a fair and unbiased manner.
Printer cartridge standards allow you to compare ink manufacturers’ products. Since the same methods are used to ascertain the yield derived from cartridges, they are much easier to compare against each other.
The standardization by the ISO specified these points:
– The test prints must use the printer’s default settings
– Temperature is strictly controlled while test examples are being printed.
– Both the cartridges and the printers used for testing must be available to the average consumer
– In order to assure that tests are valid, nine cartridges of each type must be tested.
– Since a certain printer could unfairly affect test results, three cartridges have to be tested with three different printers.
When considering which ink supplier you want to offer your business to, think about reliability, overall quality, and delivery in addition to numbers produced by testing.
Keeping notes on your own printing results is another way to decide which ink suppliers prove themselves to be deserving of your purchase.
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