Printing tips and Answers to commonly asked questions

Get the most out of your inks!

When you start to see skips, streaks, etc., your toner still has 10-15% of their toner left. Remove the cartridge and gently shake, tip and rotate to redistribute the toner. Then just put it back in the machine and keep working. You will usually get 10-15% more out of your cartridge this way. Be careful though don't do this if you have a large printing job to do. We sell TONERS!..Jump to Toners

Why do my colour inks need to be replaced more often than my black inks when I do not print with much colour?

Printers are designed to automatically purge and clean all of the inkjet nozzles on a programmed schedule. During the cleaning process, the printer draws out a small amount of ink to remove air bubbles from the cartridge and to remove dust and dried ink from the nozzles and channels. This ensures high print quality and helps to prolong the life of the printhead. This process is common to all ink jet printers.

Another factor that could be affecting your color ink consumption is the amount of printing done, even if the print jobs are black only. Because printers offer full color printing, the default setting in the print driver is colour. This means the machine will automatically mix all the colors to produce a selected color, even black! If you would like to print from the computer using the black ink only, change the printing preferences to "grayscale" or "monochrome."

Speed print to save yourself a few dollars.

In your printer options just turn off colour printing. It's a very simple way in saving from replacing your colour inks very quickly.