Switch Your Font To Century Gothic And Save Money

It’s too easy to tally your printing expenditure at the end of six months and find it rivals the national debt. There’s the cost of stocking the paper tray, replenishing the ink cartridges, and maintaining the machine itself. The occasional minor outlay contributes to (what is before long) a shockingly large total!

Of course, there are several means to bring down the cost of printing. Perhaps the most important is switching from official to remanufactured ink cartridges. These remanufactured cartridges (available at 999inks.co.uk now) offer comparable printing to OEM cartridges at a much lower price. They’re an incredible way to create savings!

In addition, printer owners can further reduce their printing costs by making one change to their word processing habits. This change? Switch the standard font to Century Gothic. According to recent findings from the University of Wisconsin, Century Gothic is the world’s most economical font – using 30% less ink to generate letters than Arial. Over the course of several documents, that creates a massive saving – so go Gothic!

Come back soon to the 999inks Blog for more money saving tips!

999inks Anounces an Ink Giveaway!

999inks is the one place for all of your printing needs. Hopefully you know by now where to find all of your ink at discount prices, so you never have to pay high street prices.

For the month of April, 999inks is giving you TWO chances to win £50 in ink, that gives you alot of ink at 999inks!

You must be on Facebook by now.  If you have not already done so, Become a Fan of 999inks on Facebook.  Once you are a Fan, simply post to our Facebook wall why you want to win £50 in ink from 999inks and you will be entered to win!

Are you on Twitter?  Twitter is a great way to share, too.  Follow @999inks on Twitter and Tweet "@999inks is giving away £50 in ink! Follow and RT to enter!" to be entered to win the 2nd giveaway of £50 in ink from 999inks.co.uk! 

Enter now, and you could be a lucky winner!

Can You Recycle Ink Cartridges Through Local Government?

In the UK most local councils run recycling programs. However, they differ depending on where you live, leaving many people uncertain what they can recycle. For example, can you recycle ink cartridges through your council?


Fortunately help is available. Visit RecycleNow.com and enter your postcode, and the website tells you what items can be recycled in your area. No more uncertainty about whether to recycle ink cartridges!

You may discover that your council does not recycle ink cartridges. If so, contact your cartridge manufacturer: brands like Lexmark run recycling programs, free to their customers. Alternately these charities run recycling programs:

CashForCartridges.co.uk

Cartridges4Charity.co.uk

EmptyCartridge.co.uk

Recycool.org

RecycleInkCartridges.co.uk

999inks March Prize Giveaway

Throughout March, 999inks.co.uk is giving you the chance to win a Tom Tom Navigation unit, simply by showing us you are a fan of 999inks!

Become a fan of Facebook.com/999inks page, and for an additional entry follow us on Twitter.com/999inks!

Copy a screen shot of your updated page showing that you have become a fan of 999inks.

Email your print screen and you may win a Tom Tom GPS!

Asian Heartthrob Sponsors Ink

The Asian singer and actor Christian Bautista has a signed a contract with Malayan ink cartridge brand Ink All-You-Can to provide sponsorship. From Valentine’s Day, customers who stop by Ink All-You-Can in Metro Manili will receive the limited edition CD: Bautista’s ‘Romance Revisited.’

CEO and President of Ink All-You-Can Jerry Ilao said of the endorsement: "Mr. Bautista is one of the most multi-faceted artists in the country today. His versatility as a singer, actor and entrepreneur is very much consistent with Ink All-You-Can’s campaign of offering unlimited printing solutions to Filipino consumers.”

Right.

Sand Printer Provides Seagulls With Reading Material

Ever wanted to print a document viewable from space? Without petitioning HP to make a 100ft tall printer with ink cartridges to match, you couldn’t have found much luck.

Until now that is – because the sand printer by conceptual designers Zanadesign produces letters several feet tall. The only things to worry about are the tide, and that the Spanish wheel only prints the words ‘Cadiz 2012.’

The brainchild of Tomás Silva Alonso, a graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, the sand printer is powered by positioning small children inside the circumference, and convincing them to push.

Though the words ‘Cadiz 2012’ commemorate 200 years of the Spanish constitution, meaning that the wheel was created in the spirit of peace, how the children are made to push we can’t imagine.

The sand printer came into being after Alonso sent the idea to Cadiz council, winning first prize in a ‘Promote Cadiz 2012’ competition. The council soon contacted Alonso, and asked him to develop a working model.

Made of inorganic materials, the sand printer impacts on the beach without making a negative impression on the environment. What’s more, it gives the seagulls something to peruse whilst chewing on stolen chips.

Companies Settle With Canon Over Ink Patent Infringement

999inks.co.uk News: Companies Settle With Canon Over Ink Patent Infringement


A patent infringement lawsuit raised by Canon against five companies in Japan has been settled. The suit concerned the firms’ alleged recreation of Canon’s LED-equipped ink cartridges - a patented innovation – in their own cartridges without permission. The settlement means the five companies concerned are agreed not to sell, import or display the patented cartridges. Canon has agreed to drop the lawsuit.

Canon’s preliminary injunction for the lawsuit was petitioned on 31 October last year. Since then the Japanese ink merchants have agreed to halt sales of 28 products of 3 brands. Each of these products, though non-genuine, is compatible with Canon printers.

Canon’s press release – dated 17 December – contains an (almost) apologia for the lawsuit. It states: ‘Canon filed a patent infringement suit for preliminary and permanent injunctions because the company determined that the abovementioned actions infringed its intellectual property rights.’ This self-justification accompanies a grace period in which the Japanese companies must dispose of their inventories of the patented ink cartridges. The closing date is the 31st March 2010.