Recharger Magazine

The Book: Volume V

The Book
Volume V - Table of Contents
Technical Articles
Technical How-to Articles
Business and Marketing Articles
The Lobby
Reprints
The Docket
The Environment
Inside Recharger - Info and Analysis Articles

Technical Articles

• OPC Wear: A Predictable Variable
  
• The Diagnosis and Repair of an Error Code 316
  
• HP LaserJet 4000: Observations of a New Breed
  
• Understanding Drum Wear Can Improve Cartridge Quality and Save Money (Part 1 of 2)
  
• Understanding Drum Wear Can Improve Cartridge Quality and Save Money (Part 2 of 2)
  
• Environmental Performance Problems No Longer an Excuse
  
• Printer Wars: 'EMs Offer Greater Features to Gain Ground in Printer Market
  
• Understanding the Properties of Toner Fusing and Fixing
  
• The Laser in Laser Printers
  
• The Optra S — Comparing it with its Predecessors
  
• HP LaserJet 4000: Electronics of a New Breed
  
• What is MICR?
  
• Side by Side —Standing Against Lexmark
  
• Principles of Ink Jet Technology: How An Ink Jet Really Works — The 500 Series
  
• HP LaserJet 4000 Technical Issues: New Challenges Face System Developers
  
• HP LaserJet 4000 Paper Feed Mechanisms (Part 1 of 2)
  
• HP LaserJet 4000 Paper Feed Mechanisms (Part 2 of 2)
  
• MICR Printing Problems (Part 2)
  
• Xerox® 5318/5320/5322 Copy Cartridge Rejuvenation
  
• Principles of Ink Jet Technology: The 600 Series
  
• Toner Additives: An Update
  
• The 40 Series Cartridge: A Prelude to Ink Jet Network Printing
  
• Remanufacturing — The Highest Level of Recycling Available
  
• The HP LaserJet 4000: Paper Feed Mechanisms (Part 3)
  
• The HP LaserJet 4000: Paper Detection Mechanisms
  
• …And for the Main Event — HP 4000 v. Lexmark Optra S
  
• Practical Considerations of MICR Printing
  
• The 800 Series High-Speed, High-Definition Printer Generation
  
• The Seven Steps of Electrophotography (Part 1)
  
• Combining the Best Characteristics of Pigment and Dye-Based Inks
  
• An Alternative Outbound Test Generator
  
• An Update on the Xerox XC/Sharp Copiers
  
• HP 4000: The End of the Beginning
  
• Development: The Third Step of Electrophotography (Part 2)
  
• The Electrophotographic Process (Part 3)
  
• Beyond Number Crunching: Using Statistics to Improve Quality
  
• HP 8000 Printer Issues
  
• Canon Ink Jets: The World of Bubble Ejection
  
• The Color Laser Market: A Growing Opportunity
  
• HP 5000 Cartridge Critical Issues
  
• Copier Service & Repair: Is It For You?
  
• Standardized Testing Methods: Packaging Integrity (Part 1)
  
• The New Lexmark Optra SE 3455 Cartridge
  
• Universal Ink Jets: One for All?
  
• Copier Repair and Maintenance: Major Problem Areas
  
• WX Cartridge Underg'es Changes
  
• Piezo-Electric Theory: Epson’s Ink Ejection System
  
• The HP 4000 Fill Plug: A New Design
  

• Remanufacturing the Canon EP-H
  
• Remanufacturing the Minolta Color Pageworks
  
• Remanufacturing the Xerox® 4508
  
• HP LaserJet 4000 (Cartridge Remanufacturing Instructions)
  
• Revisiting the Canon EP-H Engine
  
• Lexmark Optra E Disassembly Instructions
  
• Remanufacturing the HP 5000
  
• Pitney Bowes™ 9900 Remanufacturing Instructions
  
• Remanufacturing the Xerox™ N24-32 Toner Cartridge
  
• Remanufacturing the IBM InfoPrint 20
  
• Remanufacturing the Brother 600
  
• Remanufacturing the Sharp 2214/Xerox 5614 Series Copier Cartridges
  
• Refilling the HP 5000 Toner Hopper: A Different Approach
  
• The Optra S 1250/1650/2450 Fusing Assembly
  

• Employee Retention: An Overlooked Aspect of Management
  
• Business Plan: The Prescription for Lessening Costly Business Errors
  
• Ring in the Year with Resolutions to Build Sales
  
• 'EM Cartridge Pricing and Its Effect on the Remanufacturing
  
• Name Recognition: Branding is a Key to Building Profits
  
• Outsourcing Production: Choosing to Do What I Do Best
  
• Selling Toner Cartridges Is as Easy as 1-2-3
  
• Submarine Patents Surface in Aftermarket Litigation
  
• Credit Policy: Your Guardian Angel to Increased Profits and Cash Flow
  
• Cycle Wise or Penny Smart?
  
• Looking Forward: Strategic Alliance and the Changing Face of the Industry
  
• Establishing a Service Network: Reaching New Markets Together
  
• Hiring Sales People
  
• Looking Forward —A Supplier Dynamics Index
  
• Listen First…Selling Made Easy
  
• What’s The Big Idea?
  
• State’s Rights—National Implications
  
• Lexmark Increases Manipulation of Cartridge Supply
  
• Product Qualification: A Means to Business Harmony
  
• Air Compressor Systems: A Primer
  
• Examining New Income Opportunities
  
• A Tale of Three Printers or He Who Knows Little Often Repeats It
  
• Marketing — It’s Who You Know that Really Matters
  
• Internet Commerce — The Technology is Here, The Time is Now
  
• Inkjet— Then and Now
  
• Toward the Next New Era : The HP 4000 and the UltraPreciseTM Cartridge
  
• Ink Jet Revenues Hit Record Highs: Ink Jets Surpass Laser in Annual Revenue
  
• The Secret to Marketing: Lessons from Victoria
  
• Development Director Promotes Job Creation Benefits of the Remanufacturing Industry
  
• The Top 10 List: Common Marketing Mistakes
  
• Remanufacturer Asks New Yorkers to ‘Just Say No’ to Lexmark
  
• In Quality, Consistency is Everything
  
• The Hiring Decision: Predicting Future Success
  
• From Remanufacturer to Outsourcer: An Opportunity (Part 1)
  
• The Pit: Finding Prosperity within Our Evolving Industry (Part 2)
  
• Direct Mail: Pre is the Key, Post is Pivotal
  
• Work Teams Create Adaptability for Future Success
  
• Women Remanufacturers Enjoy Flexibility, Challenge of Our Industry
  
• Printer Server Basics and How It Affects Your Business
  
• N.Y. Senator Michael Balboni Joins in Sponsoring Remanufacturing Bill
  
• HP’s New Product/Antitrust Violations
  
• The Participation Payback: Everyone Wins
  
• Value is the Issue: Pricing Strategies to Snare 'EM Share
  
• Famous Last Words: “Marketing Works!”
  
• HP Makes Giant Leaps in Technology with New 2000C Ink Jet
  
• The Asia/Pacific Market: The Quest for Growth
  
• Tips for Maintaining High Quality Levels as Your Line Grows
  
• Rise to the Challenge: Expand Your Facilities
  
• Another Compass Heading: Adding a New Dimension
  
• Agile Manufacturing: A Myth or A Must?
  
• Letting Go of the Past
  
• Readers Respond to the Question of Outsourcing
  
• Enrich Your Employees —Enhance Your Bottom Line
  
• Battle Over Right to Recycle Ink Jets One Step Closer to Resolution
  
• Canon’s Flagship Ink Jet Patent Sinks
  
• Marketing Ideas You Don’t Find at the Bookstore
  
• Higher Prices for Better Living
  
• Seiko Epson’s Patent Case Sinks Deeper
  
• Taxing Waste Not Work — Your Help Is Needed
  
• What Should I Do Best — Not What Do I Do Best
  
• A Look Into the Future: Alternative Business Models (Part 1)
  
• Adapting to the Future
  
• Understanding Personalities — A Key to Success in Management
  
• The Sales Game Has Rules
  
• Who Works for Whom? Making Performance Reviews Effective
  
• What’s Next: Focusing Attention Once You Begin Outsourcing
  
• Outsourcing: Focus on the Bottom Line
  
• Product Predictability: Moving Toward Standardized Test Methods
  
• The Relationships You Build with Customers Are More Important than the Close
  
• A Fork in the Road: Which Path Will You Choose?
  
• HP’s Patent Armada Is Lost at Sea
  
• The 1,000 Prospects Plan
  
• The State of Digital Imaging: Observations from World Expo
  
• A Waking Giant: Is the Copier Dealer a Friend or F'e?
  

• Go Ahead, Make My Day
  
• Legislative Hearings Target Lexmark's Prebate Program
  
• Cartridge Remanufacturing Featured on North Carolina Radio Program
  
• Trademark Dilemmas: Using 'EM Marks
  
• And The Beat G'es On…
  
• A Cornucopia of Support
  
• New York Introduces Bill that Precludes Prebate Products
  
• The Industry v. Lexmark: Information in Support of the N.Y.
• Remanufacturing Bill
  
• Picture This …
  
• … 30 and Counting
  
• Prebate’s the Trick, Remanufacturers Offer the Treat
  
• Sleigh Bells Ring … Are You Listening Lexmark?
  

• No Refills Allowed
  
• Printer Wars: Toner Discount Incites Rivals
  
• See Red Over Cartridges: Lexmark ban on outside remanufacturers debated
  
• Here’s a Businessman Who Knows Value Of a Second Chance
  
• Recycling war: Local remanufacturer fighting attempt to license toner cartridges
  
• GRRN WasteMaker Award
  

• Federal Prison Industries Reform
  
• Global Litigation
  
• And The Federal Trade Commission Says…
  
• Shareholders Target Management After Suffering Stock Losses
  
• Good News Mixed with Bad for Repeat-O-Type
  
• A Panapoly of Patents
  
• The Aftermarket Strikes Back
  
• Clash of the Titans: 'EMs Continue to Battle in Court
  
• Aftermarket Lawsuits Continue to Vex 'EMs
  
• EPA Seeks $2.5 Million Penalty Against HP
  

• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing: Green Products Come of Age (Part 5 of 17)
  
• The Multiplier Effect: Remanufacturing Is in Vogue (Part 6 of a 17-Part Series)
  
• California’s Proposition 65 (Part 7 of a 17-Part Series)
  
• Environmental Tax Shifting Initiatives: Shifting the Burden to the 'EMs (Part 8 of a 17-Part Series)
  
• Let’s Talk $6.7 Billion (Part 9 of a 17-Part Series)
  
• Public Interest Research Groups Go to Bat Against Lexmark (Part 10 of a 17-part Series)
  
• Polluter Pack Frees Freon (Part 11 of a 17-part Series)
  
• Eco-Entrepreneurs: Making Bucks While Making A Difference (Part 12 of 17)
  
• Recycling v. Remanufacturing: Environmental Benefits Debated (Part 13 of a 17-Part Series)
  
• 1998 Market Analysis Map
  
• Catching Up with GreenWave: Making Waves and Money in Environmental Radio (Part 14 of 17)
  
• New Executive Order and GSA Programs Mandate Environmental Purchasing (Part 15 of 17)
  
• One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure (Part 16 of 17)
  

• Survey #34 — Business Trends
  
• Survey #35 — Recharger Personal Profile
  
• Survey #36 — Competition Identification Survey
  
• Survey #37 — Wages and Turnover
  
• Survey #38 — Ink Jet Remanufacturing
  
• Using the Power of Knowledge
  
• Survey #40 — Business Needs
  
• Survey #41 — Employment Outlook