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Saturday, June 23, 2012

The Secret To Amazing Ink

By Thomas Montpetit


When you think of printing, you should know that without either toner or ink in your printer, you will get blank pages as your result. Though toner and ink cartridges fulfill the same purpose, they are actually more different than many print-minded people give them credit for.

It's important to understand the differences between ink cartridges and toner cartridges; if they were identical, there would be no reason to have two types of cartridges for printers. By only looking at the design of the printer cartridge types, you might be led to believe that each of them is the same as the next.

For both types of cartridge, you will place the full cartridges into the appropriate spots on the printer; usually, there are two cartridges in a printer. One cartridge will be full of colored material, and one will be full of black. You'll find this to be the case in both ink cartridges and toner cartridges.

This is where the two types of cartridge differ, since ink cartridges are full of liquid ink, while toner cartridges are filled with a dry powder. Whether liquid or powder, the printing substances will be used to print images, text, and other features onto a piece of paper. Where the environment is concerned, each of the cartridge types is a good thing.

The names of each cartridge type are the perfect indicator as to what the cartridge type is like. While inkjet printers obviously use ink cartridges, laser printers (less obviously) use toner cartridges. You may assume by now that you are not able to use one kind of print cartridge in a printer of another type (imagine a toner cartridge in an inkjet printer). Those who attempt to use the wrong kind of cartridge in a printer type will find that they simply are unable to do so.

As a side note, you can save money when your print cartridges run out, since each type of cartridge is able to be refilled instead of replaced.

You may be curious as to which kind of printer you should purchase when the time comes. Both laser printers and their cartridges will cost you more money up front than an inkjet printer and cartridge. Laser printers hold the advantage in terms of print quality and speed, though, and you'll find that toner cartridges have a much longer life than ink cartridges.

For the most part, inkjet printers sell more units to the home printing crowd than laser printers, so this is something else to consider. Either choice will be fine, though.




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