In recent years, the printer has been rapidly popularized in the country, driving the rapid expansion of the market demand for consumables. There are many brands including original and compatible consumables on the market. There are a total of more than 100 kinds of forests. But at the same time, it is also driven by high profits. Some unscrupulous traders took the opportunity to do tricks, resulting in the proliferation of counterfeit goods and inferior goods in the consumables market. Some counterfeit and fake products were similar to genuine products and made consumers unpredictable. Here, we specially write articles to introduce some aspects that need attention when buying to guide users to avoid “trapsâ€.
Original supplies to be divided into true and false
The vast majority of counterfeits in the consumables market are counterfeits for original consumables. According to surveys by authoritative departments, the current ratio between original consumables and counterfeit goods is 5:4. That is, 40% of the original consumables products are produced by small ones. Workshops and other "legends" of unscrupulous traders. For consumers who want to purchase original consumables, be sure to keep their minds calm in front of a business that is eloquent, and let the other party vowed to verify the true and false from the following three aspects:
Views and counterfeit goods mostly come from hand-workshops and even some small compatible consumables manufacturers. They can't make exquisite packaging of fakes. When consumers are shopping, the most direct way to discriminate is to look at plastic packaging and Whether the text on the color page of the product is clear and whether the color is bright, if it is not too much trouble, it is recommended to run several stores and counters, and make a careful comparison of the outer packaging of the same model.
Touch, some original consumables manufacturers have designed a unique anti-counterfeiting means on the outer packaging of their products, for example, in the lower right corner of the back of the HP packaging of any type of ink cartridge product will have the production site and the date of assembly (vertical font) . In general, the words of the original product will have a concave-convex feel when touched by hand, and the counterfeit product will have a smooth touch.
Trial, fake and shoddy products also have 369, and some fake products are very well-manufactured, and some fake products use the original "shell" perfusion of fake "water", so that the average consumer simply can not distinguish. To deal with this trick, consumers need to be “more truthful†and try to require the merchant to perform actual print inspections. There have been industry experts who have introduced an effective test method: the test files are typeset using WORD, the test words are set to font numbers 7 and 5, and the background is “screenedâ€. Finally, print tests on paper using LQ mode/HQ printing method, if there is no obvious problem of lack of painting, this kind of ink is of high quality ink and can be used.
In addition to the above three aspects of verification, sometimes consumers can also distinguish the true and false products from the price of supplies. There have been investigations. The cost of counterfeit consumables is generally more than ten yuan. Sometimes, in order to retain customers, counterfeiters often resort to the practice of shouting high and low prices. Therefore, it is advisable for consumers to have a genuine retail price before buying a product. Do understand, do not want to be greedy and cheap at the same time, under the guise of the merchant "benefit", unfortunately in the middle.
Compatible supplies preferred and purchased
Compared with original consumables, the biggest advantage of compatible consumables is that the price is relatively low and can meet the needs of ordinary users who do not have particularly high print quality requirements. Moreover, with the continuous improvement of the technology level of compatible consumable manufacturers, the print quality of compatible consumables is also increasingly sophisticated, and it has begun to attract more and more consumers.
Contrary to original consumables, the focus of selecting compatible consumables is not to distinguish between true and false, but to consider cost-effectiveness. To do this, users need to consider the following aspects:
First, look at the brand, talk about word of mouth
Buy original consumables is not too particular about the brand, what brand of printers consumers use, what brand of consumables to buy. However, compatible supplies are different. Like cosmetics, product brands represent quality assurance. At present, there are many brands of compatible ink cartridges in the country. In the middle of this, there are print quality comparable to original ones and print quality is unsatisfactory. Therefore, when users purchase compatible supplies, they must look at the brand, talk about word-of-mouth, and try their best to choose "famous doors," such as Grid, Tianwei, Gree, and Zhuhai Nastar.
Second, heavy technical content, print quality
Compatible consumables always give people the impression that the technical level is relatively backward. In fact, in the face of fierce competition in the market, some manufacturers of compatible consumables are following up on technology and trying to make up for the shortcomings of compatible printing quality. When purchasing, consumers should pay special attention to the technical parameters of the product. Products that use built-in chips in compatible ink cartridges have also appeared one after another, such as: Gezhige's PRO10000 and Wujin's upcoming five new products. These products are equipped with smart chips, which can calculate ink consumption at any time, making printing more economical and rapid. In addition, the chip also allows the user to replace the ink cartridge without interrupting the print and keep the screen as it is.
From the print quality point of view, some high-quality compatible ink cartridges are very close to the original consumables, and the imported high-quality inks are again filtered by 5μ, 2μ, and 1μ to maximize the purity of the ink. While blocking the print head and nozzle, it also greatly improves the print quality.
Finally, remind everyone to try to find consumable manufacturers designated sales outlets when purchasing consumables, and before the purchase must be "exactly verified" and ask to see their authorization card or certificate, because many businesses claim to be certain manufacturers The designated agents are actually wishful thinking and are not authorized at all.
From: China Computer Author/Editor: PRINT-base