Sharp FO-47ND / FO-50ND For Only $38.48 Yielding 6000 Pages Per Cartridge

Compatible FO-47ND / FO-50ND $38.48 +local deliver or shipping

When finding good deals on toner in Denver, it’s important to shop around! It’s also important to take into account the various qualities of toner such as the FO-47ND / FO-50ND. With all the various OEM, compatibles, remans, and the nefarious “drill and fill” toner, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Here at Pahoda Image Products, we find that the compatibles usually offer the best quality for the price. FO-47ND / FO-50ND compatible with a 6000 page yield is great if you have a Sharp FO4700, Sharp 4970, Sharp 4400, Sharp 5550, Sharp 5700, Sharp 5800 or the Sharp 6700. Here are a few reasons why it’s good to buy from us locally:

An ordering system that takes under 30 seconds for reorders
Option for overnight delivery or same day delivery
Option to pick it up at one of our 2 denver warehouses

Buying toner should be efficient, fast, and cost effective for your company, and if you choose to buy all of your toner like the FO-47ND / FO-50ND for example, it’s the fastest way to take care of all your toner needs in a one stop shop. Right from your desktop icon, you can order the FO-47ND / FO-50ND and more in seconds! Call today for pricing on other toner cartridges, and we’ll match Staples, Office Depot or comparable places on toner that’s not on clearance. We typically beat their prices anyway, but are willing to compete if not!

Sharp FO4700, 4970, 4400, 5550, 5700, 5800, 6700

Beware of Toner Scams in Denver!!

Pushy Toner Sales Rep!

Toner Sales reps are notorious for being unsavory sales reps. They call and trick and there are so many of them, it’s hard to avoid getting scammed a few times! So, since we want to earn your toner business, not steal your money, we decided to put together the most common scam methods for toner sales.

Call in and ask — Do you still have a _______ Copier? Oh, you don’t? What is it now? Well, we were asked to send toner because we have this special deal on that cartridge. Can you tell me where you want it sent? (getting compliance)
We are down to our last __ toner cartridges for your (when they know what you have from previous calls)… So you don’t run out, we will send them out today.
Can we send you a free toner cartridge? Great! Then you start getting bills for the toner.
They call into the company and get someone who doesn’t order toner to agree to let them send it. For example, our contact at Denver Health has had to get the Better Business Bureau involved when scam artists have tried to sell toner to graveyard nurses…

What can you do?

Buy from companies you know and trust, or local companies who can meet face to face with you.
Don’t agree to terms when a toner phoner calls!
Don’t take “free cartridges” from a company you have never heard of.
Use common sense! If it feels all wrong, it probably is.

Crippled Toner Budgets in Denver

Shrinking Budgets

Is your company telling you that you need to save money on your supplies purchases here in Denver, Co? We are all feeling the pinch and all of our budgets are a little crippled lately. What can you do? One of the first things a company will do is to try and find cheaper toner. The problem is this is not always a good idea.

When is it a bad idea to get cheaper toner in Denver? The main circumstance is when you sacrifice a good manufactured print cartridge for a cartridge with little or no quality control. We all understand we generally get what we pay for, and it’s not a lot different with toner cartridges in Denver.

A cheap remanufacturer will basically “drill and fill” cartridges. The outlets normally have the cheapest toner, but it is often toner that will damage the printer. The HP 9000 Series and the HP 5550 are the most known “quality control” print cartridges in the market.

If you have been given the task of reducing costs, the only answer is not making sure the people who sell you toner here in Denver can’t make anything. You could check on placements, allocated resources, workflow, etc… Sometimes you can truely work smarter, not harder…

Don't Get Soaked by Toner Costs in Denver!

Are you getting soaked on your toner?

There is a lot of margin when it comes to selling toner in Denver. From online bargain stores (it’s always wise to check their customer satisfaction ratings before ordering), to Denver copier supply companies, to the Staples and Office Depot sized stores, prices vary WILDLY! This is due to a combination of things. However, the greatest factor is that toner manufacturers have very different qualities of product. The quality of parts and ingredients varies from the very best toner for the machine (e.g., OEM toner from HP, Lexmark, Cannon, and Xerox) to the very cheapest drill and fill operations.

Generally, the best value falls on the virgin remanufactured toner cartridges (OEM toner cartridges that have been taken apart and, while keeping the same exterior, have had their drum and wiper blade replaced). This, in combination with high-quality toner, gives you very close to the OEM print quality. The low end of the toner market are simply re-used cartridges with varying qualities of toner poured in them. They are a risk, and if you don’t have a rock-solid warranty, getting your money back on them (or paying for your equipment if they leak!) is very difficult.

The very best thing to do is purchase a laser printer with inexpensive OEM cartridges in the first place! HP laser printers are notoriously expensive on their consumables, so if you’re looking for cheaper prints, you may need to look at different machines. If you’re looking for a local Denver toner supplier with a solid warranty and good printing advice, give us a call here in Denver!

Don't Let Toner Costs Stretch Your Bottom Line!

Don't Stretch Your Toner Budget!

There are a lot of pressures to save money in Denver right now. A lot of employers are looking at every cost and evaluating its necessity. I was working with a large group last week and looking at their printing fleet. They had three HP color printers on one floor, and all used HP brand toner cartridges. I did a little quick math after asking about their print volume, and it worked out to nearly $1,700 a year they were over-paying on toner (compared to high-quality, warrantied toner). That’s just for one floor of a large Denver office building. Now, for organizations that negotiate suppliers down on every price point just to save an extra hundred dollars a year, toner and consumables should be WAY up on the list for their bottom line consideration!

A lot of extra money is wasted each year here in Denver on over-priced toner, poorly suited laser printers (to the application they’re being used for), and mismanaged printing. If you’re a business owner or office manager, take a close look at how much you’re actually spending per print in your office. If you’re printing in color, the real costs will probably be shocking (see one of my coverage articles for a more detailed explanation). Give us a call for our cost-per-print plan or a quote on high-quality, bulletproof warrantied compatible toner here in Denver.

Coverage and Your Costs: Don't Squeeze Your Budget

Denver Color Toner and Your Cash

Color toner costs can be painful to your already tight budget. One way to cut down on your costs is buy looking at how much color you’re putting on your pages. Like I’ve mentioned before, coverage is something many people fail to fully understand. The industry standard is 20%. That may sound like quite a bit, when actually, it’s just a fraction of the color most “color” prints have.

The 20% is not 20% Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. It is a combined total of all four (5% of each color). This means the 12,000 prints on your HP Magenta toner cartridge is really 12,000 pages at 5% Magenta coverage. Customers often wonder why a large color cartridge ran out after 5,000 pages…the answer lies with their actual coverage.

If your color printer is squeezing your budget due to high toner costs, you may be better off recycling it and buying a more efficient printer. Another option is to switch to high-quality compatible color toner. If you need perfect color impressions for your prints, OEM toner is probably better for your needs. Compatible toner can be very close in quality, so if you’re a church, non-profit, or small business, cost is probably your main concern. You can generally save at least 30% just by switching to high quality, warrantied compatible toner. We sell OEM, remanufactured, and compatible toner for HP, Lexmark, Xerox, andRicoh. We’ll give you a compeditive quote on all regular and high-yield toner for your printing needs here in Denver.

Don't Let Toner Prices Knock You Out!

Toner Denver: Compatible Toner

Being in the retail business definitely makes life interesting. Watching people make poor decisions in their printing is so frustrating! So many small Denver businesses and non-profits spend precious resources on their printing costs, when they could be using it to survive a difficult economy.

First of all, the up-front purchase price of a printer is usually the first priority. However, the cheaper your printer, fax, or copier is, (almost always) the more expensive the toner is. Toner is how manufacturer’s make their money. The margin on OEM toner for a company can be as great as 60%. That’s a lot of profit for a printer company.

The best way for you to save on your toner expenses is to research your printers, fax machines, and copiers’ toner prices before buying. If you’ve already purchased a machine, look closely at compatible toner. Compatible toner is a greener (the cartridge has been recycled except for the drum and a couple minor parts) way to print. Quality compatible cartridges can also save your budget hundreds or thousands of dollars over the life of your equipment. By using OEM (especially with HP toner, Lexmark toner, Ricoh toner, and Brother toner), only for your graphics department-quality needs, you will save your budget! Give us a call for warrantied, quality compatible toner cartridges for your printing needs!

5 Printing Tips You Can Use Today

Most offices waste a lot of money, toner, and time with their printing. We try to save our clients money (by being consistantly priced at %10-15 lower than major office supply stores) and help them print greener (less waste, energy, and printing emmissions). So, here are five printing tips you can use today to begin saving money now.

1. Run longer printing/copying jobs whenever possible. This will save you toner, energy, and prolong the life of your color imaging unit if you’re printing in color.

2. Print with your largest printer. If your office prints most jobs on larger laser printers, you will save hundreds in monthy costs compared to small inkjets. Unless you print under 100 pages per month, you shouldn’t have an inkjet in your office due to the high cost per print (average is $.11 cpp compared to $.03 cpp for laser printers).

3. Set your default mode to print in “Draft” for black and white. Most monochrome documents can be printed in draft mode, and it will prolong your toner life.

4. Buy high-quality compatible cartridges unless you need graphic design quality color prints. Compatible cartridges can save you generally around 25-35 percent per cartridge. This is especially attractive in color printing. Make sure you are buying compatible cartridges that are fully warrantied and STMC/ISO9001:2000 certified. If you’ve bought cheap toner before, you know it hurts your bottom line.

5. Print a black and white test page before you print in color. This will help you figure out design issues without wasting color toner.

We do managed print solutions as well (a full diagnostic run-down of your current printing, and alternative plans to help you save money). Give us a call at Pahoda Image Products, and ask about a free analysis of your current printing situation.

Coverage and Your Cash Pt. 2

Yesterday I wrote about the importance of understanding coverage and how it can save you money if you understand it! We have a Xerox program here that allows people to do a “cost per print” no matter how much coverage they put on the page. This is an excellent way for people who make fliers (Realtors, churches, schools, etc.) to dramatically cut costs. If you own the Xerox printer, it makes color prints for around 6.5 cents a page (with all the color you can fit on it!). By making coverage a non-issue, it allows you to let your art director make their pictures/photographs as large and full as they like.

However, I don’t recommend this program for companies, or small businesses that generally do small pictures or letterhead occasionally. If your coverage is less than 10%, and you print less than 1000 color prints per month, you’re probably better off just purchasing regular toner. Even if you do that little color printing, it is still worth looking at the Xerox Phaser series. The Xerox Phaser 6180 uses the solid ink technology, which dramatically reduces cost for even the most modest color needs.

When it comes to coverage, tally up how much your prints are actually costing you. Then see if what you’re paying per color print is to your liking. If it’s draining your cash, it may be time to start looking at the alternatives.

Apple Compatibles: Are You Hip?

I’ve been looking at some of the OEM cartridges for Apple lately. The prices would make make even the most devout Mac-lover blink twice over their non-corporate triple latte! I was pricing the OEM Laserwriter 8500 cartridge (the M5893G/A), and found the best deal was $230 plus shipping! It prints 14000 pages, however, so do quality compatibles, which cost between $159 and $190 here in the metro Denver area (the $159 with free shipping is ours).

The price differences between Apple OEMs and compatibles are almost as great as Lexmarks. If you are looking for ways to cut costs on your Apple printers, especially on your LaserWriter Series IIF, IIG IINT, IINTX 6000, or IISC (all are the M6002 Apple cartridge), going with compatibles can save you a bundle. The list price for the 4000 page OEM is $52, while a high-quality compatible only costs $38! That means for $100 you can print 7,690 pages (OEM) or 10,530 pages (compatible). That’s almost 3000 more pages for the same price!

Whether you like running numbers like this or not, it is a very worthwhile activity. The key is to shop around and make sure you are getting a good compatible with a solid warranty in case you get a bad one. The savings are one of those easy ways to tighten your belt (isn’t it nice to save money without giving up venti coffee-based beverages?). Give us a call, and we’ll give you a quote!