How To Find The Best Printer Cartridge Suppliers

Since all print cartridge manufacturers used to use different testing methods, comparing suppliers had never been an easy thing to do.

This has changed in the last couple of years, however. In mid-2004 most of the top ink suppliers started to work under the International Standards Organization's requirements for testing monochrome inkjet cartridges.

The ISO works to create industry standards that allow consumers to rate and compare competing products in a fair and unbiased manner.

With the ISO standards for printer cartridges, it give the consumer a reliable way of comparing brands and manufacturers of ink. The reported yield from their cartridges are all determined using the same methods, so the numbers are directly comparable.

The standardization by the ISO specified these points:

- Default settings must be used when printing test examples.

- Temperature is strictly controlled while test examples are being printed.

- Both the cartridges and the printers used for testing must be available to the average consumer

- In order to assure that tests are valid, nine cartridges of each type must be tested.

- Since a certain printer could unfairly affect test results, three cartridges have to be tested with three different printers.

When considering which ink supplier you want to offer your business to, think about reliability, overall quality, and delivery in addition to numbers produced by testing.

Keeping notes on your own printing results is another way to decide which ink suppliers prove themselves to be deserving of your purchase.