How To Recycle Printer Ink Cartridges

Tech Geek — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:17:40 +0000

Are you stuck with a bunch of old printer ink cartridges and don’t know what to do with them? If so, there are a lot of different things you can do to help the environment and your wallet at the same time! This post will show you a few options for printer cartridge recycling.

Most of the cartridge manufacturing companies will accept your used cartridges free of charge. This is great on the surface, it seems like you are doing something better than throwing them away. The problem is that they are going to clean them up, refill them, and sell them right back to you! Ink cartridges can be reused a lot of times before degrading, and they plan to make the most of that!

Instead, try finding a store in your area that will refill your old ink cartridges. This is the same process as the big ink companies do, but it saves you a ton of money. When it comes to ink, there aren’t many things on the planet that are more expensive. Ounce for ounce, printer ink is more expensive than gold and the finest champagnes. These companies will take your old cartridge and give you a refilled one at a great price.

Another way, that I haven’t tried, is to refill them yourself. People seem to get great results from this, but it can be difficult to do. Printer ink in large quantities is extremely toxic and will stain anything that it touches, so if you choose to take this route be sure to do the proper research before hand to make sure that you can pull it off without having any problems. Reports say that an ink cartridge can be refilled for only a few bucks, so if it works you will save an incredible amount of money.

Recycling printers and their accessories isn’t tough to do, it’s just a matter of figuring out which method works the best for your situation.

The Amazing Canon Pixma 480 – A Great Value

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:36:18 +0000

Looking for an inexpensive, good quality basic printer. Then consider the Canon Pixma 480 printer. This neat and tidy printer prints, copies and scans with ease. Photos are easily printed without the use of a computer. Simply insert a memory card into the specially designed slot or use the optional Bluetooth interface. Four by six photos print out beautifully in about 48 seconds per photo. A 1.8” LCD display allow for reviewing and enhancing photos (including red-eye reduction) before printing.

The Pixma 480 produces black and white pages at a rate of 20-22 pages per minute and 16-17 color pages per minute depending on the chosen settings. The printer will set up in three seconds or less using the Quick Start feature. The copy settings allow you to reduce and enlarge from 25 to 400 percent. The Canon Pixma 480 is one of the least expensive, good quality printers in its class.

With an average price of $100, the Pixma 480 is a great bargain. Visit www.smallportableprinter.com to read about what the users of the Pixma 480 are saying. Users of the Pixma 480 enjoy its compact design and portability. With dimensions of 17.5” x 13.1” x 6.1” it is easy to see why. A paper tray that opens automatically when printing greatly enhances the printer. The scanner has a maximum resolution of 2400 x 4800 dpi and an auto scan feature which automatically detects the type of document scanned—photo, color document, black and white document and many others. It also possesses a gutter shadow correction.

The copy option boasts many exciting features. The Pixma 480 copies black and white pages in 3 seconds and color pages in 4 seconds. It can make up to 99 multiple copies. As well, there are fit-to-page, frame erase copy and borderless page options. With all these exciting options, it is easy to see why the Canon Pixma 480 is the best value in its class.