The big four ink cartridge manufacturers are Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark and the margins they are making on their ink cartridge products is a multi-billion dollar global industry. Many printer buyers fail to ask why the high technology hardware they are buying is relatively so cheap and that is usually because they do not take into account the total cost of ownership of the hardware. Ink cartridges are to printer users what cigarettes are to a nicotine addict and once you have been hooked on a particular printer you have to then buy the compatible ink cartridge.

The big four have gone to great lengths to make their ink cartridges protected by both legal and design features to make copying as difficult as possible. This protects their revenues and the effective monopoly they have had on the supply for ink. However, there have been rapid developments in the ability to duplicate the technology as well as a relaxation by some of the manufacturers who have allowed third party licenses for clone cartridges.

Most of the third party manufacturers are located in the Far East, especially China which has a huge international enterprise zone situated at Shengzhen, but you will find many suppliers in Malaysia, Taiwan and Singapore if you take a brief look in an export/import directory. There are major issues with using a third party manufacturer of ink cartridges and if you are looking to import your cartridge needs directly there are issues you need to be clear on or the huge savings you can achieve will be false economies.

First of all, the engineering quality of the ink cartridge itself needs to be sufficiently high enough to ensure that the cartridge will operate effectively and without causing any damage to your printer. Some brands such as Hewlett-Packard have an integrated printer head and cartridge assembly so the risk to your HP printer is minimized but then the cartridge itself is more complicated and there is more to go wrong with a clone if it is not manufactured to a sufficiently high standard. Other ink cartridges rely on a printer head that is part of the printer itself and the cartridge mates with that assembly on the printer. If the clone cartridge in this case is not of the correct specification then damage can result and you will have to replace the printer itself which is very expensive and defeats the object of buying a clone ink cartridge.

You also need to look at the print capacity of a clone cartridge as the ink may not be of the same quality from a clone manufacturer as that of the branded manufacturer. If the ink is of a poor quality then ypu will probably see this in the quality of the printed document that is produced as well as a need for more, poorer quality ink to be used to produce the same quality of print finish as the branded ink. In other words, it may be cheaper but you need more of it and that affects the total cost to you as the consumer.

Finally when you are looking at importing a clone ink cartridge fro a third party supplier, ensure that you know what the actual ink content of the cartridge actually is. Some ink cartridges, especially recycled cartridges do not hold as much ink as the branded cartridge or a brand new product. If the cartridge is cheap but does not contain comparable levels of ink as the branded version then you have simply paid money for a piece of engineered plastic.

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A wholesale seller could have the most awesome and exciting type of wholesale products, but if the consumer doesnt have any knowledge about them then theres no use for the stock that the wholesale seller has.

The same concept is applicable to a large number of persons who are engaged in this wholesale business. The different type of brokers if they dont advertise their product nobody is going to know about them as theres a saying that the food wont walk into the lions mouth it is very important to advertise and showcase your product to the world.

The wholesale sellers must find an effective method by which they would be able to sell their merchandise to the world and without an effective Advertisement and media contact the quality or quantity holds no good because the buyer has no idea that the seller even exists.

Now the basic question that comes up is what are the different ways by which a wholesale seller can tell the whole world about the products that he has got.

It is advisable to go through some of the most basic methods, which are presented below.

1: Search engines are the most visited website and hence is the perhaps most effective way to get your product noticed on the Internet. The wholesale seller could have an advertisement placed in it, which gives information either about the wholesale business or the product. These ads are very useful to draw wholesale buyers onto your sites.

2: There are different types of wholesale buyers for different types of wholesale products one of the effective way of getting the product noticed is to print out a flyer and have it distributed across all the vendors, which are being visited, by prospective wholesale buyers.

3: To get yourself noticed by a more selected group of wholesale buyers you could advertise about your products in publication, which have selected targeted readers.

4: Whole sale online forums are very much a rage now as the wholesale buyer can easily get to know of where he has to search for the products that is needed it is also quite beneficial for the wholesale seller as if one type of product is sold it can replace the ad with a new product.

5: Having connection with other wholesaler is very important as these contemporaries could bring business to us, the wholesaler can reward them by giving them commission or trade leads, as long as both the wholesalers have different wholesale products there wouldnt be a conflict of interests, and both the parties would benefit through the relationship.

6: Direct contact with the local retailers is not a tried and tested formula and most of the wholesalers dont go through with this method, but it does work. One could contact the local retailers with information about their products and start business with them.

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Bollard

A bollard is a short vertical post typically found where large ships dock. While originally it only meant a post used on a quay for mooring, the word now also describes a variety of structures to control or direct road traffic. The term may be related to bole, meaning the lower trunk of a tree.

Mooring bollards

A bollard, a name inherited from the Norman-French name Boulard still often met in Normandy,is a short wooden, iron or stone post used on a quayside for mooring ships. Mooring bollards are rarely totally cylindrical, but typically have a larger diameter near the top to discourage mooring warps (docklines) from coming loose. Single bollards will sometimes include a cross rod to allow the mooring to be bent into a figure eight.

Roads

Bollards are rigid posts that can be arranged in a line to close a road or path to vehicles above a certain width. Bollards can be mounted near enough to each other that they block ordinary cars, for instance, but wide enough to permit special-purpose vehicles through. Bollards can be used to enclose car-free zones: removable bollards allow access for service and emergency vehicles.
Tall (1.15 meter/4 feet) slim (10cm/4 inches) fluorescent red or orange plastic bollards with reflective tape and removable heavy rubber bases are frequently used in road traffic control where traffic cones would be inappropriate due to their width and ease of movement. Also referred to as deliniators, the bases are usually made from recycled plastic, and can be easily glued to the road surface to resist movement following minor impacts from passing traffic. Sometimes called “T-Top Bollards” from the T-bar moulded into the top for tying tape, the bollard is an economical, cost effective and safe delineation system designed especially for motorways and busy arterial roads. In conjunction with plastic tape, it is also effective in pedestrian control.
The American Heritage Dictionary describes this use of Bollard as “chiefly British”, although the term has crept into the jargon of some American universities where dense traffic necessitates the use of bollards for Access Control.They were invented by John C. Bollard, of the Bollard & Stanchion company.

Bollards are frequently used to direct traffic around a traffic island. A recent development is the “rising bollard” – a bollard that can be lowered entirely below the road surface to enable traffic to pass, or raised to block traffic. Rising bollards are used to secure sensitive areas from attack, or to enforce traffic rules that are time related or restrict access to particular classes of traffic.
A “manually retractable bollard”, however is lowered by a key mechanism. It is especially useful in a mixed-use public space which supports both pedestrian use and emergency and or service vehicle use.The term “robotic bollards” has been applied to traffic barricades capable of moving themselves into position on a roadway.
Permanent and retractable buried bollards are increasingly common around the world to hinder vehicle-based terrorist actions from achieving close proximity to buildings, and are also used to prevent Ram-raiding.Bollards are also used as a form of permanent utility location.

A retractable bollard is a short post which can be lowered, either manually or automatically, into the ground when not needed. This flexible use creates opportunities for vehicular control as well as pedestrian accessibility in a mixed use public space. Manually retractable bollards are appropriate for new projects and especially for reconstruction projects since they do not require retrofitting into existing landscapes, nor any electrical hookups or hydraulic systems. Similar systems, using bollards that are hinged at ground level, and fold flat allowing vehicles to drive over them, can be deployed in similar circumstances.

Steel bollards ::
Telescopic security post Arranged by Brooks Bollards