Two generic cartridges (one with black ink, one with colored ink) installed in an inkjet printer. These do not represent Brother ink cartridges. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It’s amazing how fast Brother printers rose in popularity in a span of a decade. Their multifunctional features notwithstanding, these printers produce satisfactory prints each time. The company has been more lenient in giving third-party manufacturers the license to make compatible ink cartridges. Yet, nothing beats using a genuine Brother ink cartridge because of several advantages that consumers enjoy.
Brother produces its ink cartridges as part of a complete system, which consists of printers, glossy papers, drums, and toners. Although a compatible cartridge has the same specs as the original manufacturer’s product, it may have been produced using raw materials with low quality and less environmentally friendly. In fact, Brother ensures that its products do not contain hazardous materials and the packaging is composed of biodegradable materials. Furthermore, genuine Brother products are recycled at the end of their shelf life to make sure they never reached the landfills. This is in connection with the zero waste policy that the company has adopted.
And so, the consumption of a genuine Brother ink cartridge brings its end users the following advantages:
- The cartridge fits a “vacuum sealed, leak-free container” that contains specially formulated ink inside. Some non-genuine products fail to meet the exact measurements of printer cartridges.
- An original cartridge has been configured to use the ink as efficiently as possible. For instance, the printer goes into draft mode to produce standard prints (i.e. pages full of text only). This saves the ink colors for other types of printing jobs, such as reproduction of sketches, illustrations, graphs, and photo-realistic images.
- A preference for a genuine ink cartridge certainly leads to a longer shelf life for your Brother printer. The company’s printers normally have built-in print heads because of their multifunctional. As a scanner, fax machine, and printer at the same time, a Brother machine must reconcile these different functions using an inkjet or toner cartridge.
- Refilling the cartridge may destroy its print head, which prevents users from checking the amount of ink available. As a result, a Brother ink cartridge with a disabled print head usually runs dry and negatively affects the quality of prints it produces. Streaking and blotting are common issues with a disabled Brother ink cartridge.
With these advantages in mind, businesses dependent on their printer’s productivity went on to protect their investments. The company saves time in producing the right number of clearly printed pages. It also saves the energy and costs of printing out multiple copies of office memos and other commercial documents. Moreover, genuine ink cartridges come with their own warranty. This promises consumers that their purchases will be immediately replaced when the ink must have dried up or clogged the nozzle while in storage.