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How To Compare And Evaluate Printer Cartridge Suppliers

By: Frank Bolsom

Since all print cartridge manufacturers used to use different testing methods, comparing suppliers had never been an easy thing to do.

This has changed in the last couple of years, however. In mid-2004 most of the top ink suppliers started to work under the International Standards Organization's requirements for testing monochrome inkjet cartridges.

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.

- An average consumer should be able to find any printer or cartridge being tested.

- 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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