HP 122 cartridge is suitable instead of 123. Testing compatible cartridges for Hewlett Packard printers. Why Cartridges HP and Canon Compatible

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Nowadays, a set of original laser cartridges costs almost as much as the laser printer itself. The costs of purchasing consumables can be reduced several times, if used instead of original cartridges compatible, but OEM manufacturers claim that non-original consumables have a small resource and poor print quality, moreover, their use provokes printer breakdowns and leads to the termination of the warranty service Printing service. In this review, we will try to prove that it is not entirely true.

Let's start with the fact that the fact of using non-original cartridges will not be able to establish and prove any service center, if, of course, you yourself do not inform his staff about it. Therefore, with a light heart, forget that the use of compatible consumables is fraught with a warranty warranty.

Second. To spoil the laser printer compatible toner is impossible. Is that after long searches you buy in the deaf Chinese province a cunning toner-killer of printers made by the naughty hands of a drunken uncle Liao. But to find such an artifact in Russia, you need to very pain. So the second myth will also note the same resolutely.

Only two recent myth remain - about the overestimated resource of compatible consumables and their low quality. To confirm or debunk these myths, we decided to comparative testing of X80 cartridges released under brands, NV Print, Cactus and Solution Print.

Packaging cartridges - participants of our testing

Packaging

The least beneficial in terms of logistics are Solution Print cartridges, which have the largest packaging and during transportation more than their competitors. The most beneficial from the position of logistics Cartridges NV Print in a compact packaging.

Inside the packaging from the Cactus, NV Print and T2 cartridges, there are convenient inflatable polyethylene liners that protect consumables from mechanical damage, and in which empty print cassettes can be stored. HP, Cactus and Solution Print in the boxes included paper instructions on the topic "How to prepare a cartridge to work."

Inflatable polyethylene packaging that protects the cartridge from mechanical damage

Housing

Externally, the cartridges are similar to each other as water drops, with the exception of some minor details. It seems that their enclosures were made on one conveyor. Plastic from which the enclosures of consumables are made, does not have roughness, irregularities and extraneous enclosures.

Instructions on the surface of the Cactus cartridge

Same instruction, close-up

On the surface of the cartridges there is a step-by-step instruction that will tell how to use this product. Plastic instruction, in contrast to paper, will not be lost and will not break, it will always be before the eyes of the operator at the time of installing the cartridge in the printing device.

Constructive elements

Gears, phototherap drives and other structural elements in all cartridges repeat the original, with the exception of Cactus consumables. Cactus has improved the design of the photobraban drive and patented it.

Cactus cartridge with patented phototraban drive

Another difference of Cactus cartridges from the original HP cassettes is the presence of a plastic cap, which is not on the original consumables. The following photo shows the original HP cartridge.

Original HP cartridge

Please note that the original HP cartridge tree toner hangs, while in Cactus cassettes, it is fixed in a fixed position. The remaining cartridge manufacturers did not bother and accurately copied the original design. Consequently, all manufacturers of compatible cartridges, except CACTUS, may have legal problems with Hewlett-Packard, as they stole her intellectual property protected by law. Cactus, in turn, can provide documents confirming that its products differ from the original. This is a very important point, both for sellers and for buyers of consumables, since no check will be able to see the user in acquiring illegal products, which means that he will not have to defend his rights in court.

Testing a resource

The resource of the original Cartridge HP X80, declared by the manufacturer, is 6900 standard pages. At the same time, the manufacturer refers to the international standard ISO / IEC 19752, designed to evaluate the resource of black and white laser printers. Carefully having examined the requirements of this standard, we concluded that the testing conditions prescribed by them can be possible only in special test laboratories. For example, the standard prescribes testing indoor with relative humidity of air from 40% to 60% and temperatures from 21 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius. Standard developers indicate that without a reflection densitometer, it is impossible to determine the difference between the fill density of 1.45 to 1.50. Consequently, any claims to the resource of the cartridge or quality of its printing cannot be recognized by objective without research with special devices in special conditions, and therefore printing 6900 test pages, trying to bring unfair producers to clean water, does not make sense. Below is an image of a test page recommended by ISO.

We went to another way and took a reference instance that allowed us not only to assess the quality of the print, but also to compare the resources of compatible and original products.

Test page that was used in the testing process

We selected the page has various graphic elements and plates with fills, so it will require a significantly more toner on its print than to print the previous version of the test page recommended by ISO. Consequently, we do not have to spend 35,000 sheets of paper, so that during testing empty all the cartridges.

During testing, we printed test pages until the first signs indicating the end of the toner in the cartridge. Then we took out the cartridge, thickened it well, and continued to print. When the cartridge shaking did not help, and the sheets went out with stripes or defects, we recognized that the toner was over and proceeded to test the next sample.

To estimate the resource, we used the HP LaserJet Pro 400 M401DN laser printer with default settings.

HP LaserJet Pro 400 M401DN

Resource test results

First place. The absolute record of 1280 pages belongs to the Solution Print cartridge. After the appearance of print defects and the first shaking, the cartridge printed another 23 high-quality test pages, after re-shaking - 4 more pages. A spoonful of a fly in a barrel of honey was the wake of the powder, which was detected during the cartridge shaking. In addition, fresh sheets that came out of the printer glued together, and after separating them from each other, the paint remained on the back of the page, and in some cases even completely separated from the leaf surface. Having found this unpleasant defect, we were forced to disqualify the Solution Print cartridge as a consumable material representing a threat to the human body. The fact is that the toner is harmful for the lungs, since it settles on the mucous membrane of the internal organs and covers them impermeable black film. Therefore, we do not advise you to use the Cartridges from Solution Print.

Second place. In second place was the original HP cartridge, which printed the same 1280 pages, plus another 18 pages after the first shake and 3 pages after the second. At the same time, the toner from the cartridge did not lish, and the pages that came out of the printer were not glued together, although on the total number of printed pages, including all shaking (1301 Page), the original cartridge gave way to the palm of the championship consumables from Solution Print (1307 pages).

Third place. Honorable third place by right belongs to the Cactus cartridge, which was enough to print 1170 pages before shaking and for as many as 40 pages after. Re-shaking allowed for another 3 sheets from the printer, after which resistant defects appeared on the prints. Thus, the total result of CACTUS - 1213 sheets.

Fourth place. In fourth place, a cartridge from T2 is located with very modest results: 900 pages at the first stage of testing, then another 9 pages and 2 pages at the subsequent stages after shaking. At the same time, there were no problems with waking up the cartridge or gluing sheets.

Fifth place. The last place is occupied by the NT Print product, which in the first stage of testing printed only 780 pages. The first shake has made it possible to get another 23 pages, repeated added to the resource of the whole 18 pages. But from the crushing defeat in our "battle of cartridges" it was not saved.

Print quality

All cartridges, with the exception of the liput and bulk Solution Print, showed exactly the same results as the standard of our testing - the original HP cartridge. We are assessed by the quality of printing, without the use of special devices and technology. It is so sees and appreciates the printed pages of the consumer, who, by and large, must judge the properties of the product.

Print cost

The following table presents data on the cost of printing of our contestants. Calculations We made on the basis of the average prices obtained on the Yandex Market.

Cost of printing cartridges who participated in testing

The HP LaserJet Pro 400 M401DN printer, according to the same Yandex Market, costs 12 thousand rubles. And the original cartridge for this model manufacturer estimated at 5500 rubles, that is, in 45.8% of the cost of the printer itself. For comparison: NV Print cartridges can be bought in 590 rubles, their price is only 4.9% of the cost of the printing device. Comments here are superfluous. On the other hand, if you take the HP cartridge resource for a reference, it turns out that the resource of the SV PRINT and T2 consums is only 35% of its value. Not thick, right?

Output

In our independent testing, the Printing Cassette CS-CF280X, released under the CACTUS trademark, is best proven. This cartridge does not really lose the original on the print resource, and quite comparable with the latest print quality. Unlike other cartridges, CACUTS CS-CF280X has a patented drive of the photobraban, the presence of which eliminates the buyer and the seller from accusations in violating HP licensed rights. In addition, the cost of prints received using Cactus cartridges is five times lower than that of the original, and does not particularly differ from other competitors.

Cactus CS-CF280X Cartridge

With a complete satisfaction, we assign the Cactus CS-CF280X cartridge first place for the optimal combination of price and quality and recommend it to use in HP laser printers.

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The American brand HP and the Japanese CANON Corporation are two world-famous companies that many years are pleased with their customers with high-quality office equipment and consumables for it. And for all the time of existence, many have time to notice some similarity between the products of these organizations. But to combine two different products, not many are solved. Since, on the Internet there are many unconfirmed information regarding the compatibility of Canon cartridges with Hewlett-Packard peripheral devices, and vice versa. Nevertheless, it's all, clean, though. There is such an opportunity in reality.

Why is HP and Canon Cartridges compatible?

Fortunately, the answer to this question is much easier than many think. The fact is that at the plants of the Japanese brand "Canon" produced about 70% of the details from which printers, MFP and other Copying devices "HP" are created. Thus, these two powerful firms have concluded an innovation agreement among themselves. In which it is said that Canon can use the same technologies as "HP", only a year after its announcement. As a result, some of the consumables are suitable for the office equipment of both manufacturers. Details See the table below below.

Cartridge compatibility table

Attention: At the moment, the American company "Hewlett-Packard" is actively fighting for their peripheral devices to make analog consumables and cartridges of other models. It is also worth considering that not all cartridges are 100% suitable for office equipment of another brand. Some print accessories require modifications or insignificant structural changes, for example, such as HP C4096A and Canon Cartridge M. Therefore, in order to exclude possible not compatibility, to buy all the aspects with the consultants of our company thoroughly before buying a consultant.

With a breakdown of this or that technology, many wondered what service center to choose. Now the list of firms that repair is quite large and never ceases to be replenished. Therefore, the choice is quite large.

In this article, I will try to give a few tips to what you need (or not necessary) to pay attention to the delivery of technology to repair. After all, the number of money spent, time and nerves has directly depends on the right choice.

1. It is not worth paying attention to the respectability of the room for techniques, the number of personnel and other little things. For extra square meters, you have to pay for rent, and the girls-receivers need to pay salary. So and prices for services need to be somewhat overwhelmed. Of course, there are exceptions, but there are few of them. I do not urge to give my favorite laptop or a printer in a semi-breeding room in an incomprehensible person, who and the master, and acceptor and director of the company. But a small firm in which one, but an intelligent person works at the acceptance, does not need to be mentioned immediately.

2. Check if you pay for the diagnostics if the wizard could not repair the device or you refused to repair. The requirement to pay for the diagnosis in case of failure is quite normal, the master spent his time to work with your technique. For example, I do not care for the diagnosis only if I can't repair the device or repair costs more than half the price of the new.

3. Specify whether you are paid by the wizard ordered if the thing failed to repair. If yes - run from this service. You do not have to pay for the mistakes of the master, just because he did not correctly define the breakdown and ordered not the spare part.

4. Not unnecessary will ask the maximum repair times. Also draw out that they would be contacted and voiced by the full cost before the start of repair. Otherwise, you risk getting an account, for example, 80% of the price of the new device. And, since the repair is over, to prove something is very difficult.

5. Carefully read the receipt of the reception. If you stipulated some conditions, and in the receipt, others are indicated - your oral agreements do not have any power. Also pay attention to the description of the defect, the appearance and configuration of the device. If something is wrong - it will give the service center to return the device not in the configuration in which you passed it, with mechanical damage or with another defect. For example, you built a laptop with a defect "No sound", and in the receipt it is indicated "does not work." The service center can give you your laptop that no longer turns on.

6. It will not be superfluous to ask for a list of spare parts and their cost before the start of repair and compare with prices in nete. At the same time, the markup of up to 40 percent is allowed. Many spare parts are shipped without warranty or may be damaged during installation. It is also necessary to take into account the shipping cost. Therefore, some stock at the cost of the SC should leave. But if prices differ in 2-3 times - it is worth thinking.

You can also look at the Internet reviews about a specific service or find out what service centers are in your region. For example, drive into the search for "Repair of printers in Minsk". Just do not forget, the negative will be necessary. It is not necessary to evaluate the presence of negative, and its number.

In any case, do the right choice and good luck to you!

Greetings, dear visitors. Quite often, they ask me - how to extend the life of the cartridge or the print head Canon.

Immediately make a reservation, first of all, we are talking about inkjet cartridges for Canon printers. Such as CL-511, PG-510, CL-446, PG-445, CL-441, PG-440 and others. That is, we are talking about ordinary inkjet printers and MFPs that have two cartridges. For example MP280, MP230, MG2440, E404, MG3540 and others. But this is also applicable to Canon printers using the print head and inkwell.

Let's deal with how these printers are seal. Immediately I warn you, the principle of printing, I will state very simplistic.

In the cartridge there is an absorber - a sponge in which the ink is located. From this sponge, they are served in the nozzles (Duza). Duza is a very small diameter tube. Each tube is located one or more thermoelements. During printing, thermoelements are heated, the ink boils (air bubble is obtained) and "shoot" on paper. I repeat, I described very simplistic.

And what happens if the ink does not turn out to be in dunes? Thermal elements are still heated. And ink in nozzles is still used as a cooler. There will be overheating - tubes (nozzles) are deformed and / or part of thermoelements will fail.

After that, the cartridge will print badly with some colors, or will not print at all.

I think the answer to the question "How to extend the life of the cartridge?" Obvious - it is necessary to ensure that ink in it always.

And what about those who fill cartridges? After all, after the first refueling, it no longer shows the level of ink. There is a simple rule. If you need to print anything, but you are not sure that you have enough ink -. It will not be worse. And maybe you will save it.

If you expect that thanks to this advice, your cartridge will work forever - then you are mistaken. He will definitely burn. Why? Yes, because, according to the manufacturer, it is disposable (the approval does not concern the printheads using inks). The main task of the producer is to make it so that it is guaranteed to printed ink, filled from the factory, and then, as soon as possible, it was out of order. Yes, the manufacturer wants to do business on consumables, he also want to eat :)

But, I hope this article will help your cartridge work longer :)