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Storing printer ink cartridges is likely a task that many of us avid printer users or even small business owners have had to tackle in the past. It’s common sense to bulk buy ink cartridges for your printer if you stumble across a cartridge sale. After all, printer cartridges can get rather pricey, and it does pay to stock up.  Sadly, however, ink cartridges that aren’t stored correctly can result in a waste of your hard-earned printing budget, as damage to the cartridges or leaks can …

Love them or hate them, printers can undoubtedly have a reputation for being a touch temperamental. Chances are high that most of us have our own frustrating tales of trying to get a stubborn printer to do what it does best, or at least should be doing best. Thankfully, modern printer manufacturers take troubleshooting into consideration both in the design and development of their printer models as well as in the creation of companion mobile apps. There are a selection of printer diagnosti …

So you’ve created a work of art that you want the world to see. Print it on paper and all you can do is hang it on the wall or bind it in a book. But use sublimation ink in a sublimation printer and you can print your original designs on mouse pad, wear it on a t-shirt, let others drink it in from a mug, or give it real depth when printed on any 3D object you want. The process of sublimation takes printing beyond the limits and into a new dimension. It takes everyday printing into the realm …

Inkjet printers have had an interesting developmental arc over the past few decades in particular. As printers that are defined by their use of liquid inks over toners that use powdered inks, inkjets have been known for producing vibrant documents with great colour and depth accuracy over their laser printer counterparts. However, inkjets have not always been as reliable as they are now, primarily due to a lack of developments in printer hardware and production. Earlier inkjet models lacked …

It can be all too easy to look at the string of letters and numbers that make up a printer model name as just gibberish that may only make sense to the manufacturers themselves, but the fact of the matter is that you can learn a lot about a printer based on its name. All you really need to do is learn how to understand printer model names and the numbers accompanying them. Whilst some numbers may take on different meanings with respect to the printer manufacturers themselves, other letters …