685 counterfeit cartridges have been found to be potentially harmful to the human body

The most critical part of a laser printer is a toner cartridge, where more than 70% of the imaging components in the printer are concentrated. If the print is cryptic and the edges are unclear, it fades without touching it several times. Well, you are likely to buy counterfeit cartridges or ink cartridges.

On September 6, the Ningbo Quality and Technical Supervision Examiner detachment found 685 counterfeit cartridges of computer consumables, such as “HP” and “Canon”, in Cixi, with a value of more than RMB 50,000. These cartridges all come from a family workshop in Guanhaiwei Town, Cixi City. The words “HP”, “Hewlett-Packard Company”, “Japanese Products” and “CANON” are printed on the outside. This batch of toner cartridges did not have any legal entrustment procedures and has been detained in different places.

Brand cartridges are expensive, while counterfeit cartridges are processed at a cost of 30-50 yuan per set. Processing counterfeit ink cartridges costs about 10 yuan each, but they can sell for several hundred yuan. High profits drive fraudulent molecules to take risks. .

The counterfeit toner cartridges and other computer consumables are very harmful and not only use poor results, but also damage printers, copiers and other office equipment. In addition, because counterfeit consumables have hidden concerns in terms of heavy metal content, carcinogenic ingredients, etc., long-term exposure poses potential harm to the human body.

Since canned ink cartridges and toner cartridges need to discharge a certain amount of waste water and waste gas, the counterfeiters will discharge untreated pollutants directly into the air or groundwater pipelines through the exhaust drainage system, which will also affect the health of the surrounding residents.

The quality supervision department reminds the public that the phenomenon of manufacturing and selling counterfeit and shoddy computer consumables has been discovered. Please call 12365 quality supervision and complaints to report it by telephone.

How to identify counterfeit cartridges and ink cartridges?

1. An ink injection hole must be a fake. Since most of the counterfeit ink cartridges are filled or refurbished with the used original ink cartridges, there are ink injection holes on the top of the ink cartridges, and the original ink cartridges do not have any ink injection holes.

2. Real goods are heavy and fake goods are light.

3. The fake outer packaging is rough, and the photosensitive drum has scratches. The quality of the packaging of the original toner cartridge is beautiful, and the surface of the drum cartridge of the original cartridge is extremely smooth without any scratches. Some counterfeit products have rough print quality, blurred images, and dark colors.