Disrupting Imaging Supplies in Europe

So, what does the world’s first bio-based cartridge really mean to an eco- friendly end-user company looking for a reduced carbon footprint? What does it mean for those who want to help reduce greenhouse gas, CO2 levels?

• Bio-based certification is a TUV standard requiring more than 20 percent bio content to the product. Pelikan is 48% bio-based on toner and 57 percent bio-based on plastics and is TUV certified.
• HIPs (High-Intensity Polystyrene) is a 100 percent fossil fuel and is used by OEMs. It is not bio-degradable, nor is it bio-based. When incinerated it gives off toxic nitrite and sulphide gases.
• Pelikan bio-based cartridge
  plastic is made of PLA and ABS thermoplastics. Organic materials like coffee grind, soy, sugars, starch, plants and wood are used. As a thermoplastic, it has the characteristic that at low temperatures, the cartridge plastic can be returned to a usable thermoplastic amorphous liquid that can be reused. When placed under high temperatures there are no toxic gases are given off.
• The tensile strength of bio-plastic is 75Mpa higher than the OEM HIPs plastic which is measured at 23Mpa. This means it’s a strong plastic, robust and capable of doing its job in a low-temperature application— perfect for a laser toner cartridge.
• Print Performance. Excellent uniform prints measuring 1.54 density on solid areas.
• Very low 0.5 background.
• Same yield as OEM cartridge products.

Print-Rite Pelikan Bio-based Printer Cartridge: Here is the Sizzle

The Pelikan branded bio-based cartridge is and must be:

1. A Patent Safe Compatible (PSC) cartridge (which means it does not infringe the intellectual property rights of the OEM) and fully compliant with EU and US standards;
2. Certified by TUV and other regional certification authorities.

Once used, the cartridge can be remanufactured using standard components just like the used OEM (virgin) cartridge. Like all Print-Rite PSCs, it is not designed as a Single Use Cartridge (SUC)—another winning feature that meets European standards.

If the cartridge should end up in landfill, the bio-plastic will start to decompose after 90 to 180 days at 60 degrees Fahrenheit and 90 percent humidity. The OEM HIPs cartridge, by comparison, will stay in a landfill without any degradation for hundreds of years.

If the cartridge finds its way into local waste collection systems, the metals can be reclaimed as usual, but the thermoplastics can also be reclaimed at low temperatures without any toxic gas emission and reused as a thermoplastic. Bio-based marks are used to identify the materials.

The Print-Rite-manufactured, Pelikan-branded, bio-based plastic is coloured green for easy recognition and identification. So, it literally ticks all the boxes for customers who follow their company “green” policies to lower CO2 levels and who care about our environment enough to choose the best environmentally friendly product available.

These innovative bio-based cartridges are the best environmentally-friendly products available today:

1. less dependency on fossil fuels means lower CO2, less greenhouse gas emissions;
2. they are compliant with all EU and US standards and local regulations;
3. they use patent-safe designs, supported by 3,000 technology patents developed and owned by Print-Rite.

With 39 years of cartridge remanufacturing experience, the award-winning Print-Rite is recognized as an industry innovation leader. The Pelikan branded bio-based products take the eco-friendly reman to a whole new level. Many experts in the industry are predicting this is a game-changer. It will be disrupting imaging supplies in Europe.

More information on bio-based toner cartridges is available and can be obtained by contacting Steve Weedon, the new CEO of Print-Rite Europe Limited. You can also visit the website or engage on LinkedIn.