Computers: How Much Are You Saving by Refilling?

How Much Are You Saving by Refilling?

Written by Barry Shultz

There is a formula for figuring out exactly how much money you can save by using a refill kit. You already know how expensive OEM inkjet cartridges are and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know that you can save money by using them. But how many people know EXACTLY how much money they are saving? If you really knew I'd be willing to bet that if you aren't refilling now, you are going to take another look after reading this.

I'm going to use our HP790C3B kit as an example. This kit is used for refilling repparttar very popular HP 51645A black and HP C6578 color cartridges.

Here is repparttar 107201 formula:

S = (RC x CCC) + (RB x CCB) - RK

S = Your actual savings over repparttar 107202 life of repparttar 107203 refill kit RC = The number of color refills in repparttar 107204 kit CCC = Cost of a new color cartridge RB = The number of black refills in repparttar 107205 kit CCB = Cost of a new black cartridge

Troubleshooting Printer Problems

Written by Barry Shultz

Printers are great when they work but when something goes wrong all of a sudden they are "crappy printers", "piece of junk" and so forth. Actually repparttar

technology is pretty impressive and if you ask me I think it's nothing short of magic. All that said lets explore some of repparttar 107200

more common problems that cause repparttar 107201

45% of

help centers phone calls.

If nothing has occurred since repparttar 107203 last time you used your printer chances are repparttar 107204 problem is straightforward. As obvious as it sounds check to make sure repparttar 107205 printer is turned on. Somebody may have turned it off while you were away from your desk or computer. Make sure there is power to repparttar 107206 printer. All printers have some kind of light or LED to let you know that it is powered up.

If it is turned on but has some flashing lights then check with your owners manual to see what repparttar 107207 lights mean. Most of these indicators will be related to either paper, toner or ink.

Make sure there is paper in repparttar 107208 printer. If it's empty then refill repparttar 107209 paper tray. Make sure to "fan" repparttar 107210 paper stack before you put it in repparttar 107211 printer. Fanning repparttar 107212 paper merely involves flipping through repparttar 107213 paper stack with your thumb. This ruffling separates repparttar 107214 paper thereby reducing paper jams. When repparttar 107215 paper stack is cut at repparttar 107216 factory sometimes it causes repparttar 107217 pages to stick together.

If repparttar 107218 paper is full then check for a mis-feed or paper jam. Remove repparttar 107219 paper stack and check repparttar 107220 feed area for jammed paper. You may have to open several panels to make a thorough inspection. Even a small piece of paper stuck inside repparttar 107221 printer can cause problems. You might have to use tweezers to remove small pieces. Be careful not to damage any mechanical parts with repparttar 107222 tweezers.

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