Printer Consumables

Colour cartridges

• Toner - a closed cassette containing a black and white or coloured powder; used by laser and LED printers.
• Ink cartridge - a cassette with black and white or colour ink; used by inkjet printers.
• Ribbon - the source of colours used by dot matrix and thermal printers.

Cartridge yield

Provides rough information about the quantity of prints or copies. For a more accurate estimation, ISO standards were created for toner and ink cartridges.

• Monochrome toners - print a test page at approximately 5% coverage.

• Color ink cartridges and toners - prints a set of 5 test pages, all of which are covered with aprrox. 5% of each colour (with a total coverage of 20%).

Paper

• Glossy and matte - specifically adapted papers for printing photos and other images in high quality.
• Office - classic paper for printing documents with both laser and inkjet printers.
• Thermo - specially treated paper; used particularly with POS and thermal printers.
• Special - special paper for printing labels and stickers; paper rolls for plotters and other non-standard paper.

Other accessories

• Binding spines and covers - tools for binding individual papers into one book using a manual or electronic binder.
• Laminating films - protects documents and photos from moisture, dirt and creasing; applied using a laminating machine.
• Printer drums - used in laser printers; they last approximately 3-4 times longer than the toner, after which they should be replaced.
• Printer filament - for 3D printers; should be chosen according to the diameter and material that the printer supports.
• Refill kits - allow you to refill ink cartridges by hand, thereby reducing costs.