Lunar Technologies

Lunar Technologies specialise in a wide range of
printer ribbons, inkjet print cartridges as well as laser toner cartridges
for Printers, Fax Machines and Copiers at wholesale prices

For peace of mind all our cartridges and refills carry a full warranty - if its faulty we will swop it out - no questions asked !!

Save up to 90% @ LunarTech on your printing costs

Refilling Print Cartridges.........don't take shortcuts. DO IT RIGHT !!

When it comes to refilling cartridges, LunarTech takes a different approach and do not accept the limitations of traditional
technology, and therefore you may benefit in the running cost on print cartridges.  Inkjet refilling
is an "Art" and not a science. Inkjet cartridges are designed for single use and the amount of refills you get per cartridge can
vary from 2 up to 5. 
Occasionally there are questions when refilling your inkjet cartridge. There are many reasons why you could have
difficulties with refilling that are not related to the ink and the cartridge will not print.

Most important is to use the correct type of ink with your printer as they are not all the same.

Inkjet Cartridge systems hold ink in a reservoir tank or sponge as a way for transporting the ink to the printhead.
The print mechanism is either a heated electrically charged quarts crystal (piezoelectric) or electronically fired  resistor that
shoots the ink in precisely positioned droplets at 20,000 dots per second onto the paper.

The higher the resolution (i.e. 1440 by 720 dots per inch), the more the image will have what is refereed to as photo quality.
For many who have newer technology devices, like digital cameras, photo realism is the goal to achieve. The days of just plain
black & white text are fading in favor of new color graphics.

All inkjet cartridges are opened in some way to allow air in so as to displace ink as it is consumed. If a vacuum forms the ink
would be held back like the children's fascination of a finger over one end of a straw. The liquid does not move until the finger
is removed.

Hewlett Packard cartridges (i.e. 51626A and 29A) use an aerator system. Inside the cartridge is a ball that works like a snorkel.
This opens and closes as air is needed to function properly. HP also uses cartridges with bags inside to hold the ink prior to firing.
All other cartridges, over 75%, use a sponge system that holds the ink. As the ink is fired a vacuum is created and along with
gravity the ink is brought to the resister firing chamber for the next firing of ink.

Print heads have a number of very small openings, often called nozzles, that allow the ink to pass through to form images
on the paper. The very small openings in the print-head hold ink until an electronic signal causes the ink to move onto the
paper and print your picture.

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