Author: Dinesh

Stencils are a fantastic way to make beautiful art on your walls, fabric or paper, but buying stencils can be quite expensive. However, using your handy printer and our know-how, you can easily make stencils at home for a variety of decorative uses. To make your stencils, you will need: – Transparency sheets or sheets… Continue reading How to Print and Make Stencils At Home

We’re not printing as much as we used to. With the rising costs of printer ink and toner cartridges, environmental concerns and the easy sharing on Facebook, having a photographic record of your holiday that you can hold in your hands doesn’t seem all that important anymore. When it comes to buying a home printer,… Continue reading What to Look For When Buying a Home Printer

Buying a printer can seem like a daunting task. You have to decide what you’ll be using it for and how much you’re willing to spend on buying one. But what most people don’t take into account is how much printer ink will cost in the long run. One of the most important things to… Continue reading Which Printers Have The Most Affordable Ink Cartridges

Nothing is more annoying than the low ink warning. That little flashing light or the dialogue box that keeps on popping up is enough to make you cause serious harm to your printer, especially when you’re in a hurry or you know that the ink cartridge you just installed is brand new and full. Never… Continue reading How To Bypass the Low Ink Warning On Your Inkjet Printer

We all know that it’s important to recycle old printer cartridges, but knowing where to go to and what to do once your printer ink and toner cartridges are empty is an entirely different matter. There’s a multitude of options available for you when you want to recycle your cartridges. Very often, the easiest option… Continue reading A Guide To Recycling Old Printer Cartridges

Nothing is more frustrating than expecting a perfect print and getting something streaky instead. Luckily, getting to the root of and fixing streaks in your prints is fairly easy. Our technical team has put together this handy guide on what to do when your printer cartridge prints vertical lines or streaks. If you’re using a laser… Continue reading What to Do When Your Printer Prints Vertical Lines or Streaks

In our ongoing quest to simplify printing, we’re going to be taking a look at the difference between tri-colour ink cartridges and individual ink cartridges. We’ll also take a look at how cost effective the two types of ink cartridge are and which one is the best to buy for your printing needs. What is the difference?… Continue reading What Is The Difference Between Tri-Colour And Single Colour Ink Cartridges

Faulty or damaged printer cartridges can have a detrimental effect on your print quality or printer. Luckily, recognising a damaged cartridge is easy. We’ve put together some guidelines for checking your printer cartridges for faults. Poor print quality This is usually the first sign that something has gone wrong with your printer cartridge. Missing colours, streaky prints,… Continue reading How to Tell If Your Printer Cartridge Is Damaged

When you’re shopping for printer ink, there are many options to choose from. Should you take the high yield ink cartridge, or stick to the standard yield? Is it better to buy a tri-colour ink cartridge or should I get a printer that takes all four colours separately?While some of these questions are easy to answer, others, such… Continue reading What Is The Difference Between Pigment And Dye-Based Ink Cartridges

Original printer ink is expensive, at over R50 000 a litre it’s more expensive than champagne, perfume and oil. But why is it so expensive? According to the printer manufacturers, it’s because a lot of work goes in to developing ink cartridges. Here are 6 reasons why printer ink is as expensive as it is: 1. Development… Continue reading 6 Reasons Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive