HP price increase scheduled for 9/1/2007

August 17, 2007

HP announced that it will increase prices on toner cartridges and drum kits for 2 of its older color laserjet printers. The price increase will be effective 9/1/2007 and cover increased costs on these lower-volume items. The list of items is available below. Order now and avoid the price increase.

Color LaserJet 8500/8550 Supplies:
HP Drum Kit, C4153A, Was: $207.00, New: $228.00
HP Toner, C4149A, Was: $150.00, New: $165.00
HP Toner, C4150A, Was: $233.00, New: $256.00
HP Toner, C4151A, Was: $233.00, New: $256.00
HP Toner, C4152A, Was: $233.00, New: $256.00

Color LaserJet 4500 Supplies:
HP Drum Kit, C4195A, Was: $114.48, New: $126.00
HP Toner, C4191A, Was: $119.78, New: $132.00
HP Toner, C4192A, Was: $173.84, New: $191.00
HP Toner, C4193A, Was: $173.84, New: $191.00
HP Toner, C4194A, Was: $173.84, New: $191.00


2 New Brands

May 31, 2007

We just added 2 new brands to the site.

Xante offers great solutions for prepress, graphic, and printing professionals. You will now find the quality original Xante toner cartridges required to optimize output from these professional-grade printers at SuppliesUSA.

We also added compatible cartridges for Dell printers. Todate, the original cartridges can only be bought directly from Dell so we decided to look for the best quality compatible cartridges. When offering compatible supplies, SuppliesUSA only features best-of-class items, manufactured with quality to original specifications. And, we are offering them at a discount. You can now find quality compatible Dell toner and inkjet cartridges at SuppliesUSA.com.


Mergers, Acquisitions, and what’s that name on my supplies?

April 30, 2007

Many of the brands offered at SuppliesUSA were affected by mergers and acquisitions. This sometimes results in cross-referencing of supplies brands between joined companies, so we listed these changes below.

Except when specified, the consumables are still listed at SuppliesUSA.com under their original brands.

Compaq:
Acquired by HP; Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom

Copystar:
A Kyocera-Mita company

DEC:
Aquired by Compaq before Compaq was acquired by HP; Original printer consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom

Genicom:
Now part of TallyGenicom

Gestetner:
A Ricoh company

HP:
Parent company of Compaq

Imation:
Parent company of Memorex and TDK

Infocus:
Parent company of Proxima

Konica:
Now part of Konica-Minolta

Konica-Minolta:
Parent company of QMS

Kyocera:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita

Kyocera-Mita:
Parent company of Copystar

Memorex:
An Imation company

Minolta:
Now part of Konica-Minolta

Mita:
Now part of Kyocera-Mita

Proxima:
Acquired by Infocus

QMS:
Acquired by Minolta, before Minolta became part of Konica-Minolta

Ricoh:
Parent company of Gestetner and Savin

Savin:
A Ricoh company

Tally:
Now part of TallyGenicom

TallyGenicom:
Also, manufactures original supplies for legacy Tally, Genicom, Compaq, DEC, and TI printers

TDK:
Data Supplies division acquired by Imation

Tektronix:
Printer division (Phaser line) acquired by Xerox; supplies now listed under Xerox brand.

TI:
Original consumables manufactured by TallyGenicom


HP introducing manufacture dates on toner

March 16, 2007

HP is introducing a manufacture date on its toner cartridges. The change is going in production this month, and we can expect to see it on HP laserjet print cartridge boxes starting late April or early May 2007. The date, formatted YYYYMMDD, will be located in the back of box, next to the manufacturing code. It is not to be confused with the expiration date currently displayed on HP inkjet cartridges. There are currently no expiration dates on HP toner cartridges.


IBM Price Increase Scheduled for 4/1/2007

March 7, 2007

Pricing for the following IBM toner cartridges and laser consumables is scheduled to increase on April 1st, 2007. Today’s prices are still in effect until 3/31/2007.

Infoprint 1120/1125
IBM Toner, 28P2493, was $179.00, new $184.00
IBM Toner, 28P2494, was $325.00, new $335.00

Infoprint 1130/1140
IBM Toner, 28P2009, was $192.00, new $203.00
IBM Toner, 28P2010, was $375.00, new $385.00

Infoprint 1145
IBM Toner, 28P1882, was $304.98, new $314.13

Infoprint 1220
IBM Toner, 53P9368, was $252.41, new $252.41
IBM Toner, 53P9369, was $537.20, new $537.20
IBM Toner, 53P9370, was $537.20, new $537.20
IBM Toner, 53P9371, was $537.20, new $537.20

Infoprint 1226
IBM Toner, 53P7582, was $202.98, new $209.07

Infoprint 1228/1357
IBM Toner, 53P9393, was $341.00, new $351.00
IBM Toner, 53P9394, was $341.00, new $351.00
IBM Toner, 53P9395, was $341.00, new $351.00
IBM Toner, 53P9396, was $217.00, new $223.00
IBM Photodeveloper, 53P9397, was $182.00, new $182.00
IBM Photodeveloper, 53P9398, was $54.00, new $54.00

Infoprint 1332/1352/1372
IBM Toner, 75P4301, was $121.00, new $125.00
IBM Toner, 75P4303, was $341.00, new $352.00

Infoprint 1352/1372
IBM Toner, 75P4305, was $369.00, new $380.00

Infoprint 1354/1454/1464
IBM Toner, 75P4052, was $200.00, new $204.00
IBM Toner, 75P4053, was $200.00, new $204.00
IBM Toner, 75P4054, was $200.00, new $204.00

Infoprint 1354/1354L/1464
IBM Toner, 75P4055, was $170.00, new $173.00
IBM Toner, 75P4056, was $400.00, new $408.00
IBM Toner, 75P4057, was $400.00, new $408.00
IBM Toner, 75P4058, was $400.00, new $408.00

Infoprint 1412
IBM Toner, 75P5709, was $74.00, new $76.00
IBM Toner, 75P5711, was $115.00, new $117.00
IBM Photoconductor, 75P5712, was $63.00, new $64.00