Free Reward Star Chart for School Holidays

Half-term holidays for schools is once again upon us What about a FREE star chart to help keep the youngsters busy during the holidays When it comes to checking your child’s behaviour there’s really nothing like a reward chart. The daily reward chart keeps a record of your child’s good behaviour and deeds to help keep the day tantrum free. They say that a little bribery can go a long way with children, rewards being one of most useful parenting tools. The child can complete the chart on a daily basis and as they finish each chore they can record it on the Star Chart.  Your reward for good behaviour can be a box or bag of fun usually got from the local Pound Shop or simply a Lucky Dip from the same shop!

Some useful tips on how to best run a reward chart*.

1. Try to concentrate on one behaviour at a time.

2. Make sure the behaviour is achievable by the child

3. Chat to the child about the behaviour and work with them.

4. Maybe allow the child to choose the reward - something they will enjoy like a trip somewhere.

5. It's a good idea to give the child a sticker hone they have achieved a particular task.

6. This is usually suitable for children above the age of 3.

* Theses tips on improving behaviour with Star Charts are suggestions only.

Top Tip: Don’t forget, make sure you use your compatible ink cartridges so you don’t break the bank when printing your FREE Star Chart!

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How to Overcome the Problem of Poor Quality Prints from my Printer

From time to time you may experience some poor print quality from your printer in the form of broken text lines or half printed images. This is usually a problem caused by the print head that is located either in the printer or in the ink cartridge itself. The majority of inkjet printers manufactured by Brother, Epson, Samsung, Dell and Advent have print heads located in the printer. These can become clogged with dried ink if the printer has not been used frequently and can lead to poor quality prints. For those of you who only print the occasional boarding pass this will be more of a concern than those who print regularly either daily or weekly.

For the majority of HP and Canon inkjet printers, the print head is integrated in the ink cartridge. The theory behind the logic in locating the print head in the cartridge rather than the printer is that every time you replace the ink cartridge you are in effect replacing the print head. This obviously makes the ink cartridges more expensive to buy and you will usually find the printer will take 2 cartridges, one colour and one black.

In order to clear the blocked print heads you need to perform a simple head cleaning procedure and this can be achieved either through the printer, (if the printer has an maintenance facility) or from your PC or MAC. If you have an interface on your printer you should be able to access the maintenance > Tools > head cleaning. If you have a more basic model of printer that doesn’t have a user interface on the front of the printer simply go to file > print > properties >> maintenance >> head cleaning. It is recommended that you print out a test page following each head cleaning procedure as this will give you the result of your clean. If for some reason the clog on the print head is very sever it may take 5 or 6 attempts at the head cleaning before the blockage is cleared but you should see a gradual improvement on the test print as you progress.

If you have an ink cartridge with an integrated print head it is also possible to remove the cartridge, take a piece of kitchen town and damped with luke warm water and manually gently wipe the area where the ink exits the cartridge. This can help the flow of the ink if there is a blockage that the head cleaning procedure won’t shif but is only worth a try on the intergrated print head ink cartridges.

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My Printer will not Recognise my Canon Compatible Ink Cartridges what should I do?

Sometimes when we insert a compatible or non-original ink cartridge into a Canon printer, it's likely that the printer will detect this and give an error message to that effect. The message may be 'non-original cartridge detected' or non-original Canon cartridge detected’, either way it won’t let you proceed with printing.

The first thing you can do is remove the cartridge and try re-inserting it to see if the printer will recognise it, if it still not recoginise the cartridge then simply hold down the stop button (this is the button with the triangle inside a circle) for 5 seconds. This will disable the printer’s cartridge recognition facility and you should be able to print happily without any further interruption. It may be that the ink volume will not display after you have done this (although sometimes it will anyway) but that is a minor inconvenience when you weigh up the savings on the cost of the ink cartridges. If the printer says the cartridge is damaged or will still not recoginise the cartridge then remove the cartridge and gently wipe with a dry soft cloth the copper area for the cartridge (the 'chip') to remove any static that may have accumulated on it and re-insert to see if it will work.

The vast majority of the compatible Canon ink cartridges will work first time but on occasion you might have to try a bit of trouble-shooting to get it going. It’s also possible that the cartridge may be faulty so if you have tried all of the above suggestions then if you have a second cartridge then it would be time to try that. If you don’t have a second cartridge then contact your supplier to see if a replacement cartridge can be issued but make sure you make a note of the error messages that are coming up on the printer each time you insert the ink cartridges as this will help them identify what the problem is. If you are covered by a money-back guarantee then you will have no problem and you will find that the supplier will do all they can to resolve the issue for you but will refund the money to you (after the return of the faulty cartridge) if they run out of options.

All good online ink cartridge suppliers will do all they can to help and usually will resolve the situation and you will be happily printing with Canon compatible ink cartridges that didn’t cost the earth!

Source: https://printerinkcartridges.ie/blog/tips-to-solve-compatible-canon-ink-cartridges-not-recognised-issue/

High Quality, High Capacity HP 364 Compatible Ink Cartridges with 100% More Ink!

As one of HP's most popular ink cartridges – used in over 50 HP printers, the HP 364 is in big demand across Ireland as a compatible ink cartridge. The high-quality compatible inks offer big savings against the original brand cartridges and come with the high capacity colour cartridges holding 100% more ink than the originals that means up to 100% more printing! The HP 364 ink cartridges come in four colours, black cyan, magenta and yellow and are among a select few cartridges produced by Hp that allow the user to replace individually. Up to now most of the HP printers, some listed below, would have 2 cartridges, one for black ink and one for colour.

HP Photosmart Plus All In One	HP Photosmart Plus B209	HP Photosmart Plus B209b	HP Photosmart Plus E
HP Photosmart Plus E All In One B210b	HP Photosmart Premium Fax	HP Photosmart Premium All In One	HP Photosmart Premium C309
HP Photosmart Premium C309h	HP Photosmart Premium C309n	HP Photosmart Premium C310	HP Photosmart Premium E All In One
HP Photosmart Premium Fax C309a	HP Photosmart Premium Fax C309c	HP Photosmart Premium Fax E All In One C410b	HP Photosmart B109n Wireless
HP Photosmart B109q Wireless	HP Photosmart B110d Wireless	HP Photosmart Cn245b Wireless

Also, in a step away from past ink cartridge types, the cartridges do not contain a printhead, the printhead is located in the printer. In many previous models the print head was located in the ink cartridge that meant that the cost of the cartridge was more expensive than HP's competitor cartridges that produced a similar quality print. It also meant that in the past the non-original replacement cartridge could not be reproduced as a compatible but only as a remanufactured cartridge.

This entailed a once original cartridge being taken back to the factory and cleaned, repaired if necessary, refilled with ink, tested and boxed. One advantage to this type of ink cartridge was that each time you inserted the cartridge you were using a new print head but the expense for the end user was too high and HP have seemed to moved to follow its rival manufacturers in the hope of bringing down the price of the cartridges. The compatible version of the HP364XL ink cartridge with it's low price, in some cases as low as €2.94 per cartridge, combined with its extra ink has got to be one of the best buys of 2016 for those who own an HP printer.

Source: https://printerinkcartridges.ie/blog/hp-364-high-volume-ink-cartridges/

HP 364 Compatible High Quality Ink Cartridges Now Available for as Little as €2.94 Each

HP 364 compatible ink cartridges are now available online for as little as €2.94 each, on buying a 16 cartridges pack. High quality compatible HP 364 ink manufactured to the same ISO standards as the original brand inks offer. And, they are big savings for home and business users alike, when compared to any original brand ink . The ink cartridges work especially well for everyday general-purpose printing. they come with greater ink volumes than the original brand cartridges to offer exceptional value. The HP364 ink cartridge comes in two sizes, the standard and XL high capacity version. The high capacity version is by far the better value of the two and is also the most popular. The ink volume of the original brand high capacity colour cartridge is 7ml while the compatible version is a whopping 14.6ml that represents 100% extra!

The HP 364 ink cartridges work perfectly well in the HP Officejet and Photosmart printers listed below. The latest generation of these cartridges means there are very few compatibility issues.

HP Officejet 4610	HP Officejet 4620e	HP Officejet 4622e	HP Photosmart C6300
HP Photosmart C5380	HP Photosmart 5510e	HP Photosmart 6510	HP Photosmart All In One
HP Photosmart B109c	HP Photosmart B109d	HP Photosmart B109q	HP Photosmart B8550
HP Photosmart B8553

All in all, if you combine the great price and the extra ink volume of the cartridges, it really is a no brainer that compatibles are the way forward. All reliable compatible HP ink cartridges are manufactured by third-party suppliers, these suppliers endeavour to achieve the same ISO standard as the original brand suppliers. Every cartridge is manufactured to a very high standard with the intention of giving the user, the reliability and consistency, they would expect from the original brand cartridge. The colour prints obtained from the compatible HP364 ink cartridge is fine for everyday general-purpose printing and will be hard to beat for value. On average, the cost of an online HP364XL black original brand ink cartridge is in the region of €20. With the compatible version available for as little as €2.94 the savings to be made over 12 months are too big to ignore.

All good online suppliers of compatible ink cartridges will stand over any sales with a money-back guarantee and offer a full backup if any issues do arise. It’s worth checking that the supplier will offer this service and give you peace of mind if you have any concerns about switching to compatible cartridges.

Source: https://printerinkcartridges.ie/blog/hp-364-ink-cartridges-with-multipack-offer/

Printing a Colourful Personalised 2016 Wall Planner for Home or the Office

Printing a personalised wall planner or calendar for 2016 can be fun when you personalise the artwork. It’s simple enough task to make the wall planner by printing it on your own home or office printer. Start with downloading a template from the internet preferably in Microsoft Word and begin by marking off the important dates such as birthdays or anniversaries (pretty much the same way as you would on a standard calendar. If for example it is a birthday of a loved one or friend, insert a photo of the person for that date and have a visual reminder of the person as well as the date. Kids will love the idea of having their photo on a wall planner or calendar and will look forward to the important date (usually their birthday) with extra enthusiasm especially when they come to the month of the year that is most important to them. Another suggestion is to have Christmas Day represented with a photo from the previous years visit to Santa’s Grotto, the kids will be madly excited for this to be revealed in pictures!

The size of the wall planner may be determined by the output of your printer. If your printer prints A3 sheets then a wall planner template for that size will be necessary and obviously the printer will print to that size. If your printer is A4 then it will be possible to print two A4 prints and tape them together to make them up to A3 size. Depending on the amount of images that you have in your wall planner, the printer may use a lot of ink but if you are using compatible ink cartridges then the cost to you will be minimal. Most of today’s printers will accept the non-genuine compatible ink cartridges without any real issues and with the cost a fraction of the price of the original brand cartridges all your printing will be very affordable

A nice glossy finish on the paper will further enhance any images on the print whether it’s for a wall planner or a calendar. You can buy the paper, matt or glossy, online or locally and set your printer to print glossy or matt through your printer properties. If you use the correct corresponding setting for the type of paper you are using the quality of the print will be so much better as the printer will distribute the ink according to the paper type.

Source: https://printerinkcartridges.ie/blog/personal-wall-planner-2016/

Where to Find the Absolute Best Value Epson Compatible T1291 Ink Cartridges

The original brand Epson T1291 black ink cartridge can retail for as much as €10 online or cost even more if you buy it in the high street. It would seem utter madness to spend that sort of money on an ink cartridge when you buy a perfectly good compatible version of the cartridge for €1 online - yes, that’s €1 (when bought as part of a 20 cartridge pack).

If the price is so low does that mean there is something wrong with the cartridge? Well now, the proof is in the pudding and if you are offered a money-back guarantee with the cartridge what have you go to lose? The T1291 ink cartridge is one of four ink cartridges that work alongside each other in the particular range of printers, the other colours being cyan, magenta and yellow. The pack of four cartridges is known as the T1295, and again, can be bought for as little as €1 when bought a part of a 20 cartridge multipack.

Epson T1295 ink work in each of the following printers:

Epson Stylus Office BX305F	Epson Stylus Office BX305FW	Epson Stylus Office BX305FW Plus	Epson Stylus SX235W
Epson Stylus SX420W	Epson Stylus SX425W	Epson Stylus SX435W	Epson Stylus SX438W
Epson Stylus SX445W	Epson Stylus Office B42W	Epson Stylus Office B42WD	Epson Stylus Office BX320FW
Epson Stylus Office BX525WD	Epson Stylus Office BX535WD	Epson Stylus Office BX630FW	Epson Stylus Office BX625FWD
Epson Stylus Office BX635FWD	Epson Stylus Office BX925FWD	Epson Stylus Office BX935FWD	Epson Stylus SX525WD
Epson Stylus SX535WD	Epson Stylus SX620FW	Epson Workforce WF-7515

With so many Epson printers using the T1291 ink cartridge it’s no wonder that the original purchase price of the printer was good value. It’s thought that the clever marketing tactic by Epson was to pitch the printer at a low price and then recoup some of its profits by the sale of the original brand Epson printer ink. Of course, the real clever bit can be on the part of the buyer if they buy the printer at a knock-down price and run it on the compatible ink cartridges for €1 each! The print quality of the compatible ink cartridge is fine for everyday printing with virtually no difference in the print quality. In fairness, the only difference would be if you were intending to print photo quality prints, and them to remain without any fading for years to come. If this is the case then it’s fair to say you would be better with the originals but for everything else compatibles are fine.

Source: https://printerinkcartridges.ie/blog/epson-t1291-t1295-compatible-ink-cartridges/

Limerick’s New Printer Ink Shop

Printerinkcartridges.ie are proud to be the new online ink cartridge shop in Limerick. Now open and already we have a lot of new Limerick customers in the business and commercial sector, public and community organisations from schools to local charities and of course supplying many households in Limerick.

Why Have We So Many Customers In Limerick?

We specialise solely in compatible and remanufactured printer ink in Limerick. If you are unfamiliar with compatible ink there are huge cost savings to be made in comparison to brand manufacturers like HP, Epson, Brother, Canon, Advent, Lexmark etc. In fact it can be as high as 50% particularly with HP, Epson, Brother and Canon.

Toner Cartridge Printing and Advantages over Ink Cartridges

Would you believe that a high percentage IT users are unsure what type of printer they have. An Inkjet printer or laser toner printer? A toner cartridge or ink cartridge? That is the question, but both technologies could not be more different. Laser printing does sound technical but the format applied is quite simple. The laser beam formed by static electricity composes the print image to the pattern required. The printer then coats the drum with toner. Many of you may be familiar with toner, it is a powder form that is stored inside the cartridge which is constantly replaced when empty.
The toner powder has replicated a pattern visual of the print image. The printer will then remove the excess powder and the paper has the required printer pattern be it in a powder form. The printer will heat the powder on the paper to seal the finish, removing any loose powder and providing a nice shine exterior surface.
A systematic procedure that ensures accuracy at speed. Hence, why laser printing is the preferred option for bulk printing. Printing high volumes of output in quick time. Generally, laser toner printing is used in industry, as the printing demands, are in a larger scale, whereas, home printing tends to be a smaller scale using ink cartridges.
The term toner cartridge is self-explanatory when we think about how toner cartridges are made up. The toner is made up of plastic and iron, a contrast to ink cartridges, which are, obviously ink. Ink will have a limited life span, but toner will last a lot longer as it will not dry up and become unusable.
Toner printing is approx 10% of the cost of inkjet printing. Although, toner cartridges and the laser printers are a lot more expensive to purchase, the cost per page is much better than ink cartridges. In fact, the consumables (another term for toner) in the cartridge can print thousands of pages even colour prints. Higher density cartridges can even go beyond thousands, so, the potential and scope is endless.
Print quality is superior with toner printing. The laser technology gives a professional edge, working in a higher resolution. It also looks nicer, often shining and glossy.
Despite the high volume of print and the supreme quality one may think that the laser printer maintenance costs demonstrate this. Contrary to this the printer support costs are minimal. Designed and build for speed and volume the printers can cope with the demands required.
To summarize, laser printers are very like photocopiers in the methods incorporated. The printing process was actually developed from photocopiers. Photocopiers use a beam of light to through the page to a light sensitive drum containing ink. This ink sticks to the paper as it is heated and applied with hot rollers. A laser printer works the same way only no paper is used initially to generate the content for printing. The laser printing gathers this from the information sent from PC.

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Follow Print Head Cleaning Procedure to Get Quality Prints

A common problem with printers is that from time to time it will disappoint you by its poor quality of the documents print outs. The first conclusion people jump to is that the ink cartridge is faulty and replace the cartridge in haste to find that the problem is still apparent. This can happen to any colour cartridge in any printer. The procedure for clearing the blockage is fairly standard and is carried out using the printer maintenance or utility feature. The cause of the ink blockage can be ink drying out in the print head through lack of use or if there is some dried out ink in a new ink cartridge that works it way into the print head and restricts the flow of ink.

Things to Consider when Buying Replacement Printer and Ink Cartridges in Galway

Replacing a printer can be a bit of a headache as the printers on offer locally or online very often use ink cartridges that cost more than the printer! Surprisingly enough you can pick up a basic laser printer or inkjet printer for around the same cost. The main difference is that the inkjet printer will print colour but the budget laser printer will only print in black and white. The running costs of the printer is a big consideration as original brand ink cartridges in Galway are expensive and if the printer will accept non-genuine compatible cartridges it will prove more economical to run.

During the printer’s working life you will need to replenish the consumables such as paper and ink. The running cost of the printer can be calculated in cents per page, this is done by dividing the number of pages an ink cartridge in Galway can produce by the cost of the cartridge. The average cost of a Galway ink cartridge should ideally be calculated based on a non-genuine ink cartridge to obtain the lowest cost per page. This of course does not include the cost of the paper. If you are printing mostly black and white then the printing costs will be lower than colour printing.

Substituting Original Brand HP364 Ink Cartridges with the Compatible Non-Genuine Version

The HP364 ink cartridge is one of HP’s biggest sellers as it runs in over fifty different HP printers. This popular set of ink cartridges comes in five colours black, cyan, magenta, yellow and photo black. Many of the printers using these cartridges are all in one – printer, copier and scanner. The fact that they use five individual cartridges mean that it’s easier and more cost effective to replace one ink cartridge at a time.

The original brand HP364 cartridges are available in two types, the standard and high capacity that is commonly known as XL. The standard ink volume in the original brand (OEM) set of HP364XL cartridges is approximately 25ml. The cost of a set of cartridges varies but the standard set is around €60 and the XL version can retail at around €90.

The compatible version of the XL cartridge on average contains 77ml of ink that’s over 200% more than the original brand ink! The compatible version can be purchased for as little as €18.99 + VAT with low cost next day delivery. That’s savings of around €70 on a full set of inks! Generally speaking the HP printers will accept the compatible cartridges providing that they are fitted with the latest generation ‘chips’ are recognised by the printer. Customer feedback indicates that there is very little difference in quality between the original brand cartridges and their compatible counterparts. The compatibles are proving very successful and offering big savings to home and business users alike.

Sales of Good Quality Compatible Epson Printer Ink Cartridges in Ireland on the Increase

Google.ie has become a godsend when it comes to finding the best value compatible Epson ink cartridges and has allowed users to make savings of up to 70% on inkjet cartridges. The best value deals for compatible ink are online and every major brand is available including, Canon, Dell, Epson, Canon, Lexmark, HP, Advent and Samsung. In recent years compatible and remanufactured ink cartridges may have had some poor press due to the low quality imports from China. In the last 2 years the quality of the ink has greatly improved and many of the cartridges are produced to the same ISO standard as the original brands.

Sales of compatible printer ink cartridges in Ireland have greatly increased in these last 2 years with more and more businesses switching to the low cost compatible ink and toner. Many online suppliers are also now in a position to offer technical help if there is a difficulty with a cartridge and any issues are therefore quickly resolved. The low cost ink cartridges available online combined with the low cost next day delivery can make a huge difference to the printer ink business of a small business or home user and for those who haven’t yet made the switch, now is the time to do so.

Where can I buy affordable compatible Laser Toner and Ink Cartridges in Cork?

Buying good quality compatible laser toner and ink cartridges in Cork can save you a fortune on running a printer at home or in the office. The most popular inks are available in your local ink shop in Cork but the more obscure or for those who prefer to buy in bulk, the best deals are certainly online. If you are buying locally the average savings on a compatible or remanufactured laser toner should be in the region of 40%.

My Brother or HP printer says my ink cartridges are ‘old generation’ and need to be replaced with ’new generation cartridges’

Recently both Brother and HP have made changes to their software in the latest range of printers that will not allow earlier versions of ink cartridge to work in the printer. It’s not common knowledge that many printer brands have more than one printer that uses the same printer cartridge. A good example of this would be the HP364 cartridge. This cartridge works in almost 50 HP printers so is in big demand as a compatible ink cartridge.