He pleaded guilty at Hull Crown Court to 14 counts of counterfeiting and one count of fraud and was warned by Judge Roger Thorn QC that he could face jail.

Raynor, a former Great [...]]]> Gareth Raynor, a professional Rugby League player, has admitted running a printer ink cartridge scam worth nearly £40,000 from his home.

He pleaded guilty at Hull Crown Court to 14 counts of counterfeiting and one count of fraud and was warned by Judge Roger Thorn QC that he could face jail.

Raynor, a former Great Britain international now playing for Crusaders, sold ink cartridges on aution sites such as eBay through a company called Genuine-Ink.

However, the cartridges were filled with low-quality ink and sold in packaging bearing the brand of printer manufacturer Epson.

An Epson spokeswoman told Web User: “We would like to thank the law enforcement agencies for their significant support and the effort they have put into resolving this case. We take infringement of our intellectual property very seriously.

“Epson’s printers and printer driver software are designed to provide optimum performance together with genuine ink and media. That’s why Epson recommends the use of genuine Epson products in combination,” she continued.

Former Great Britain coach Brian Noble attended the hearing where Raynor admitted the offences but denied that the scam was worth over £100,000, as the prosecution had alleged.

Raynor will be sentenced at a later date.

Via: webuser.co.uk

Unfortunately, connecting those dots isn’t always so easy. That’s because the printer market is rife with conventional wisdom that isn’t always wise [...]]]> Buying a printer would seem to be straightforward: Decide what you need the printer to do—text? photos? scanning, copying, and maybe faxing?—and you’ll have a good idea of what kind of printer you need.

Unfortunately, connecting those dots isn’t always so easy. That’s because the printer market is rife with conventional wisdom that isn’t always wise at all. Here are a few of the most common printer myths and my take on whether or not they’re really true.

Not true. Most inkjets print perfectly legible text. But for documents the public will see—such as resumes and brochures—it’s hard to beat the clean and sharp characters produced by a laser.

The problem is technical: If you spray a liquid (such as ink) on a porous surface (such as plain paper), that ink is going to bleed into areas where it shouldn’t, making for less-than-optimal text and other fine lines.

If you had unlimited space and money, you would buy a laser for text and an inkjet for photos. Most of us, however, live in the real world and have to choose one or the other. If you like to print photos at home, that choice will most likely be an inkjet printer.

To help get the best possible text out of your inkjet, try using better quality paper. Many companies sell presentation papers for their inkjets that allow less ink-bleeding. Also, make sure to check that your printer driver is set for best results-high or fine quality—and that proper paper type is selected.

Not really true. Because they combing printing, scanning, copying and (sometimes) faxing into one machine, multifunction printers have become wildly popular. But do you sacrifice quality for convenience? Probably not.

These all-in-one devices are often built on the same print engines as stand-alone printers. Some, in fact, look like the vendor just glued a scanner on top of a standard ink-jet. In such multifunctions, print quality is identical to the stand-alone version of the printer.

The only catch is that manufacturers don’t make multifunction versions of their highest quality printers. High-end printers used for fine art and archival prints can use specialized inks and print on a wide variety of papers. So, for example, Epson’s Stylus Photo ink jet printers can cost as much as $800; the Stylus Pro models start at $1300. Yet Epson’s highest end multifunction—the Artisan 810 All -in-one Printer—costs as little as $200 (Best Current Price). Its output will clearly not be in the same league as that of the Stylus Photo or the Stylus Pro

Not true. Plugging your printer directly into the USB port on an Airport base station () is a convenient way to share a non-networked printer—but it isn’t the only way. Many printers, even those on the low end, now offer both wired and wireless Ethernet printing options. But the easiest way to share your USB printer over your local network is to enable printer sharing in the Print and Fax System Preferences. Once that’s setup, other computers on your network can see your shared printer via Bonjour in their Print and Fax System Preference.

Possibly true. A study published by the Queensland University of Technology several years ago found that laser printers emit tiny particles into the air. The resulting particulate pollution is comparable, under certain conditions, to the air near a busy road. Emissions rates were found to vary by the vendor and the age of the printer. Follow-up research indicated that those emissions have something to do with the paper being heated inside the printer, before the toner is applied.

In theory, those ultrafine particles emitted by lasers could have the same kinds of health effects as other small particles—such as those in cigarette smoke or polluted air. But those health hazards have not yet been definitively established. In the meantime, researchers recommend moving printers—particularly those that get heavy use—away from areas where people sit; wherever you put your laser, it should be well-ventilated areas.

Possibly true. The Electronic Frontier Foundation maintains a list of color laser printers that, it says, lay down light yellow code-patterns on every print; the dots are viewable in blue light or under magnification. These codes were developed to help the federal government track down criminals who were printing counterfeit cash. But the EFF fears that the codes could also be used to track and monitor anyone who uses those printers. Monochrome laser printers and inkjets don’t appear to leave such markings.

Via: macworld.com

Micro Solutions Enterprises (MSE) is an ISO 9001/ISO14001-certified company that uses 28 patented [...]]]> MSE Broadens Its Compatible Toner Cartridges Line
Micro Solutions Enterprises introduces a number of new compatible printer cartridges, including those for the HP 1300 Series, HP 9000, HP/TROY 4014, 4015, and 4515 series, MICR toner, HP CP2025 and CM2320, and Xerox Phaser 3200 MFP.

Micro Solutions Enterprises (MSE) is an ISO 9001/ISO14001-certified company that uses 28 patented and patent-pending technologies as it manufactures a line of compatible toner cartridges, MICR toner cartridges, and print head based inkjets. MSE’s manufacturing capacity exceeds 300,000 toners and 200,000 inkjet cartridges per month. MSE offers solutions for outsourcing, private labeling, private packaging, and blind drop shipping.

MSE Broadens Its Compatible Toner Cartridges Line
A number of new compatible printer cartridges have been added to the MSE line in recent months. Among the most notable are compatible cartridges for the HP 1300 Series, HP 9000, HP/TROY 4014, 4015, and 4515 series, MICR toner, HP CP2025 and CM2320, and Xerox Phaser 3200 MFP.

HP 1300 Jumbo
The MSE Jumbo cartridge is compatible with the HP 1300 Series and has a yield of 8,000 pages based on ISO 19752 testing methodologies, according to Micro Solutions.”This cartridge offers 100 percent more yield than HP’s high-yield version,” says MSE marketing manager Craig Faczan. “This model is benchmarked against OEM specifications and is verified on all machines.

HP 9000 Jumbo
MSE’s HP 9000-compatible Jumbo toner cartridge has a 40,000-page yield, according to its maker.”With our proprietary component combinations and patented technologies,” explains Faczan, “we are able to produce this Jumbo cartridge that yields 33 percent more than the highest-yielding OEM product.”

HP/TROY 4014, 4015, and 4515 Series MICR
MSE’s MICR toner cartridges now have compatible versions for HP/TROY 4014, 4015, and 4515 Series printers.”The HP/TROY 4014, 4015, and 4515 network-ready printers have print speeds up to 62 pages per minute,” Faczan explains. “Our MICR cartridges are stringently tested to perform at these speeds.”

According to Faczan, the new cartridge models meet OEM yields of 10,000 and 24,000 pages respectively (based upon 5 percent coverage) and are verified to meet all ABA and ANSI standards of the accredited X9 committee for print quality and readability.”Additionally, these 2 HP MICR compatibles, as well as other MSE MICR compatibles,” he says, “are guaranteed to work in the associated HP and TROY models.”

HP CP2025 and CM2320 Cartridges
MSE’s release of HP CP2025- and CM2320-compatible cartridges aims to bring colorful printing to SMBs at a lower cost.Faczan says the new cartridges in this line have undergone ISO 19798 page yield testing to “ensure matching OEM yield.” This testing, he says, requires a minimum of 12 cartridges (three of each color) to be tested in three separate printers. “In addition,” Faczan says, “we have done comprehensive testing on image density and color matching to meet our graphics grade quality on all products.”

Xerox Phaser 3200MFP Compatibles
MSE’s new Xerox Phaser 3200 MFP-compatible cartridges yield 3,000 pages based on ISO 19752 testing methodologies, according to Faczan.He says the machine has a monthly duty cycle of 10,000 pages and prints up to 24 pages per minute. “MSE’s compatible cartridge has the reliability to hold up to this performance as well as the machine’s 1200 x 1200 dpi capabilities,” he adds.

Via: channelprosmb.com

Many printer manufacturers try to trick consumers from using recycled ink, claiming that they may damage your printing heads, leak out, [...]]]> The high cost of OEM ink cartridges and the intentional obstacles to inkjet refilling have been a burden on the common consumer. However, using recycled inkjet cartridge refills can help cut your costs by 50-75%.

Many printer manufacturers try to trick consumers from using recycled ink, claiming that they may damage your printing heads, leak out, and give lower-quality pages. However, some OEM inkjet printer cartridges can be refilled, and the cartridge micro-chips may be re-used. Some inkjet cartridges may lose inkjet capacity upon refilling due to air bubbles in the foam inside of the cartridge. For example, when an Epson inkjet printer believes an inkjet cartridge is empty (even though, it isn’t) it can sometimes be tricked by putting a piece of clear tape over the outlets of the inkjet printer ink cartridge .

The qualities of recycled inkjet cartridge refilling devices have good and bad reviews. Consumer reports that recycled printer ink cartridges may have less ink than OEM inkjet printer cartridges and give no cost savings. Other reports claim that with recycled inkjet cartridge refilling inks the lifetime of prints may be considerably reduced. However, another 2007 report showed that in a double-blind test testers preferred the printing produced using recycled ink over OEM ink. OEM inkjet printer cartridges have undergone significant system compatibility testing with the the printer.

Is a recycled inkjet cartridge refilling a better option for you? Maybe. I have just recently started buying recycled printer ink cartridges for my HP3100 printer and I see absolutely zero difference in my pages. I mostly just print in black and white. However, I print color pages too and there would be no way, in my opinion, to notice the difference between the OEM ink and the recycled ink.

Source: hubpages.com