This puts Clover remanufactured cartridges on top of the remanufactured print cartridge market and gives us a decisive edge even over OEM cartridge remanufacturers.
Not only are our remanufactured cartridges more cost-efficient than original cartridges, but they also show average continuous yield numbers that exceed OEM yields. This groundbreaking step forward puts remanufactured cartridges on the map for a broad variety of businesses and organizations.
The increase in color success rate is particularly impressive because of the inherent challenges with reproducing color in the remanufactured cartridge industry. This obstacle is the only thing preventing many organizations from fully adopting remanufactured cartridge processes.
Clover takes great pride in developing and implementing the most efficient automated manufacturing processes in the industry. These processes let us produce the highest quality remanufactured cartridges available in today's competitive marketplace.
Process automation and robotics allows us to set higher quality standards than we ever were able to reach before. Our unprecedented toner success rates require a remanufacturing system that is highly engineered and standardized, providing consistent results for every single individual cartridge we produce.
Clover cartridges have such an impressive success rate because they are carefully remanufactured from OEM originals. Clover reuses the core of the OEM cartridge. This starting point allows us to repair the interior of the cartridge shell, bringing it back to like-new condition. Since the cartridge shell is the same, quality concerns center around the consumable materials remanufacturers use – it is almost never the cartridge itself that is faulty.
With NBC cartridges, the situation changes. Since NBC cartridges are designed to mimic OEM components at a far lower price point than OEMs charge, they necessarily suffer from poorer build quality in order to reinforce their advantageous price point.
Microchips and other technical components that are part of OEM and remanufactured cartridges are also subject to the same build quality concerns. An NBC cartridge manufacturer needs to reliably copy an existing OEM design with perfect precision without benefitting from the engineering resources, advanced toolsets, and economies of scale.
Simply put, there is no way to reliably create products that meet stringent quality standards without passing quality control costs onto the customer. Since NBC cartridge manufacturers cannot raise their prices without giving up a key advantage, they must choose to forego quality control and simply hope that enough cartridges function correctly to make the defective and non-functioning ones appear like statistical flukes.
Close look
Clover takes a close look at the legal, quality, and environmental issues that must be considered when choosing between remanufactured and newly built compatible cartridges.
Read more about risk and reward in the world of print in Clover’s detailed study.
This recent report from HP evaluates the quality and environmental impact of compatible cartridges, and finds that compatible cartridges fail to meet certain environmental standards, contribute substantially to the amount of preventable waste organizations generate, and produce lower quality prints.
Although newly built compatible cartridges have rock-bottom prices, grave quality oversights prevent them from sharing the stellar reputation that Clover remanufactured cartridges enjoy.
Come and see our quality first hand. Ask your Clover sales representative about taking a tour of our robotics automation engineering in Ottawa, Illinois and our state-of-the-art manufacturing headquarters in Mexicali, Mexico.
*Clover success rate based on Clover remanufactured color and mono toner returned units vs total sales.
Clover Imaging extended yield remanufactured printer cartridges are designed, engineered, and manufactured to offer superior quality and performance, while surpassing the OEM’s highest page yields. Extended yield cartridges guarantee higher yields and lower cost-per-page without sacrificing density or print quality. Clover Imaging’s extended yield remanufactured printer cartridges are highly sustainable and have been GreenCircle certified as closed-loop products that contain at least 86% recycled content. For businesses looking for high-quality, sustainable printing at an affordable price, the choice is clear. |
GreenCircle is an independent, third-party ecolabel that recognizes an organization’s commitment to reuse materials to support a circular economy and reduce their reliance on virgin materials. Clover Imaging Group remanufactured toner cartridges are GreenCircle-certified to contain 86% recycled content and inkjet cartridges are certified at 99%. |
Low-emission toners used by Clover Imaging Group have been pre-approved by Nordic Ecolabelling for use in Nordic Swan Ecolabel-certified remanufactured printer cartridges. These toners are specially formulated to ensure that applicable Nordic Swan Ecolabel requirements are met, including criteria placing strict limits on volatile organic compound emissions and prohibiting the presence of certain pollutants and other harmful substances. |
2022 Aspire Sustainability Comparative LCA, commissioned by Clover Imaging Group.
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