
Ricoh announces price increase
According to the notification letter issued by Ricoh, Ricoh will adjust the prices of its color laminators, laminator consumables/parts, and printer consumables from March 1, 2024, by 2.5% to 5%. Ricoh said the price adjustment is affected by the overall trend of the domestic economy in 2023, and in the context of increasing raw materials, […]

Signs that the printer toner cartridge is broken
1. Vertical black lines with the same width of more than 1 cm appear on the printed document and the drum core at the same time: This is a problem with the scraper, causing the powder on the drum core to not be scraped cleanly. 2. Vertical thin black lines appear on the printed document: […]

Xerox withdraws from Russian market!
More than 595 days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Xerox, has exited the Russian market through a management buyout. Following the Russian invasion of the Ukraine, Xerox initially curtailed its operations within Russia and Xerox has now divested itself from its Russian subsidiary. Sources confirm that the “local management” has procured the Russian operations, a strategic […]

How to change the toner cartridge chip?
1. Turn off the printer power, and then take out the toner cartridge from the machine. 2. Clean the waste toner in the toner cartridge. 3. Add toner to the toner cartridge bin. 4. Replace the chip after adding powder, otherwise the chip will be easily burned. Use tweezers to take out the chip, and […]

What are the functions of the toner cartridge chip?
The role of the toner cartridge chip 1. Receive information This information mainly includes the print volume of the toner cartridge, the toner volume and the toner coverage rate. However, this information is collected by the printer and then fed back to the toner cartridge chip for storage. To ensure the normal operation of the […]

The facts behind office printing costs.
A new Cartridge World blog looks at the five main factors contributing to office printing costs and how businesses can save money. As the blog explains, “Office printing costs are a top expense for small to medium-sized businesses” and, with 90 percent of businesses not even deigning to “track” these costs, overspending on printing can become an […]

Printer knowledge: basic common sense and troubleshooting of printers!
1. No ink comes out when printing Symptom: When the printer is online or self-testing, the print head moves but no ink is printed. Failure analysis: There are many reasons for this situation, including nozzle failure, cleaning unit failure, plating and circuit board failure, etc. However, this operation can be done after the nozzle failure […]

How often should toner cartridges be replaced: teach you how to calculate the cycle
We are often asked by users who want to buy printing equipment: How often should the toner cartridges be replaced for the printer I bought? This is actually a very general question. Let’s break it down and solve it today. How often should toner cartridges be replaced: Toner cartridges refer to two consumables As […]

What are the common problems of printing equipment at low temperatures?
Into the winter, the temperature drops, a variety of printing equipment into the "high incidence of disease", to a certain extent, affecting work efficiency. Summarised, the common problems are mainly concentrated in the following three points: ① printer start slow, affecting normal use ② paper jam, motionless paper jam ③ poor printing results First, the […]