Which toner is compatible for hp laserjet cartridge. Why are HP and Canon cartridges compatible?

The American brand HP and the Japanese corporation Canon are two world-famous companies that have been delighting their customers with high-quality office equipment and consumables for many years. And throughout its existence, many have noticed some similarities between the products of these organizations. But not many people dare to combine two different products. Since there is a lot of unconfirmed information on the Internet regarding compatibility Canon cartridges with Hewlett-Packard peripherals, and vice versa. However, this is all the pure truth. This possibility actually exists.

Why are HP and Canon cartridges compatible?

Fortunately, the answer to this question is much simpler than many people think. The fact is that the factories of the Japanese brand “Canon” produce about 70% of the parts from which HP printers, MFPs and other copiers are created. Thus, these two powerful firms entered into an innovation agreement between themselves. Which says 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 office equipment from both manufacturers. See the table below for details.

Cartridge compatibility table

Attention: On this moment The American company Hewlett-Packard is actively fighting to ensure that their peripherals did not accept 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 printing accessories require modification or minor design changes, for example, such as the HP C4096A and CANON cartridge M. Therefore, in order to eliminate possible incompatibility, before purchasing this or that consumable, carefully discuss all aspects with our company consultants.

When one or another equipment breaks down, many wonder which service center to choose. Now the list of companies that do repairs is quite large and does not stop growing. Therefore, the choice is quite large.

In this article I will try to give some tips on what you should (or shouldn’t) pay attention to when sending your equipment in for repair. After all, the amount of money, time and nerves you spend directly depends on the right choice.

1. You should not pay attention to the respectability of the premises for receiving equipment, the number of staff and other little things. You have to pay rent for the extra square meters, and the reception girls have to be paid a salary. So the prices for services need to be raised somewhat. Of course, there are exceptions, but they are few. I do not encourage you to give your favorite laptop or printer to a semi-basement room to an incomprehensible person who is a foreman, a receptionist and the director of a company. But a small company, in which one, but intelligent person works at the reception, should not be dismissed outright.

2. Check whether you pay for diagnostics if the technician was unable to repair the device or if you refused repairs. The requirement to pay for diagnostics in case of failure is quite normal; the technician spent his time working with your equipment. For example, I only do not charge diagnostic fees if I cannot repair the device or the repair costs more than half the price of a new one.

3. Check whether you pay for spare parts ordered by the technician if the item could not be repaired. If yes, run away from this service. You should not pay for the technician’s mistakes just because he did not correctly identify the breakdown and ordered the wrong spare part.

4. It would be a good idea to inquire about the maximum repair timeframe. Also make sure that they contact you and give you the full cost before the repairs begin. Otherwise, you risk receiving a bill, for example, 80% of the price of a new device. And, since the repairs are completed, it will be very difficult to prove anything.

5. Read the repair receipt carefully. If you have agreed on some conditions, but others are indicated on the receipt, your verbal agreements have no force. Also pay attention to the description of the defect, appearance and device configuration. If something indicated is incorrect, this will enable the service center to return the device in a different configuration than in which you returned it, with mechanical damage or with another defect. For example, you delivered a laptop with the defect “No sound”, but the receipt states “Does not work”. The service center may give you your laptop, which no longer turns on.

6. It wouldn’t hurt to ask for a list of spare parts and their costs before starting repairs and compare them with prices on the internet. In this case, a markup of up to 40 percent is allowed. Many parts come without a warranty or may be damaged during installation. You also need to take into account the cost of delivery. Therefore, the SC should leave some reserve in terms of cost. But if the prices differ by 2-3 times, it’s worth considering.

You can also look at reviews on the Internet about a specific service or find out which service centers available in your region. For example, enter “Printer repair in Minsk” into the search. Just don’t forget, there will definitely be negativity. It is necessary to evaluate not the presence of negativity, but its quantity.

In any case - do it right choice and good luck to you!

Greetings, dear visitors. Quite often I am asked how to extend the life of a Canon cartridge or print head.

Let me make a reservation right away, first of all, we are talking about ink 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 also applies to Canon printers using a print head and ink tanks.

Let's figure out how printing occurs with these printers. I warn you right away that I will present the principle of printing in a very simplified manner.

The cartridge has an absorber - a sponge that contains ink. From this sponge they are fed into the nozzles (nozzles). Nozzles are tubes of very small diameter. Each tube contains one or more thermoelements. During printing, the thermal elements heat up, the ink boils (an air bubble is formed) and “shoots” onto the paper. I repeat, I described it very simply.

What happens if there is no ink in the nozzles? The thermoelements will still heat up. And the ink in the nozzles is also used as a coolant. Overheating will occur - the tubes (nozzles) will become deformed and/or some of the thermoelements will fail.

After which the cartridge will print poorly in some colors, or will not print at all.

I think the answer to the question “How to extend the life of a cartridge?” obvious - you need to make sure that there is always ink in it.

What about those who refill cartridges? After all, after the first refill, it no longer shows the ink level. There is a simple rule. If you need to print something, but you are not sure that you have enough ink - . It will not be worse. And perhaps this will save him.

If you expect that thanks to this advice, your cartridge will work forever, then you are mistaken. It will definitely burn. Why? Yes, because, according to the manufacturer, it is disposable (the statement does not apply to print heads using ink tanks). The main task of the manufacturer is to ensure that it is guaranteed to print the ink poured in from the factory, and then fail as quickly as possible. Yes, the manufacturer wants to do business with consumables, he also wants to eat :)

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