Advice on storage life-span can vary from three months to years. What are the life-spans?
To clarify this article, we are discussing the storage life of cartridges, not the usage lifetime once installed, or yield.
For inkjets and toners, as they use different materials, one liquid ink, the other powder, we are talking quite different storage life expectancies.
Inkjet Cartridges
Inkjet Cartridges, if stored in an upright position, and left unopened, in an area where the temperature remains below 35 degrees Celsius and above -15 degrees Celsius, will store for a longer period than the ‘use by’ date on the box, which is normally two to three years. Not all inkjet cartridge boxes have a use by date, but the cartridge is in a package designed to minimize any evaporation. If after a long period of time, when you do open the packet, and install it, and it doesn’t work, your print head might be blocked, then you can clean it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGKFg0r7CXc . For maximizing the lifespan of your inkjet cartridge when in use go to http://tinyurl.com/8ybeogk
Toner Cartridges
Toner is a dry polymer powder used in laser printers (laser is an acronym for ‘Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation’) which is literally melted onto the paper when it passes through the fuser. It won't dry out, and will last indefinitely. However, in high humid conditions, it can congeal. But again, if the cartridge is protected by a sealed package, then storage life for a toner is not really an issue, as the printer’s life span could even be shorter.
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This is pretty good information to share mate especially now that almost all people use ink cartridges for their printers. Cheers! ^_^
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, schoolandoffice.
DeleteI think you'll find that a lot of businesses that have fairly large volumes of printing each month still prefer lasers as they are generally larger storage capacity (higher yield).
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DeleteI purchased my first hp monochrome laser printer a few months ago to replace a broken hp inkjet printer and am quite satisfied with it.
ReplyDeleteI bought a 'compatible' toner cartridge (iso 9001/14001 certified) recently for ~ 1/2 price of an oem HP cartridge. Good to know I can just store the toner until needed.
Proper storage matters especially if you want to enjoy savings from printing. It is absolutely a lot better to make the most of inkjet and toner by simply adhering with some rules that eliminate unnecessary waste.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this information, its good to know the lifespan of a product so that you can use them before the time it expires to save money. Based on my experience I was not able to used several product because the product expire well inf act I just bought them a month ago.
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