- The Information Agency “Business-Inform” (Moscow, Russia) is staging the Contest for the best non-OEM cartridges – BROTHER TN-3480 analogs – and toners for their refilling. The Contest is scheduled for October 18th – December 16th, 2021.
- The Contest under the name OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03) will have 2 stages.
During the first stage (October 18th – November 25th) prints will be evaluated made with non-OEM cartridges (remanufactured and new-built), and Nominees of the Contest will be chosen – the best cartridge and toner brands used for refilling.
During the second stage (November 29th – December 15th) cartridges and toners chosen as the first stage Nominees will be evaluated. According to the results of the second sage, the Winners of the Contest will be declared, the best non-OEM cartridges – BROTHER TN-3480 analogs – and toners for their refilling.
- The works are performed by the staff of Information Agency “Business-Inform” together with the Russian association AQCMS and a number of specialized Russian and International laboratories.
- The participation is paid: the price of participation in the first stage is 500 USD for International participants or 36000 rubles for Russian companies.
- On October 18th the work of the first stage begins on evaluating the quality of non-OEM cartridges (remanufactured and new-built). Each participant company must submit to the Information Agency “Business-Inform” before November 15th, 2021 the test prints made with its non-OEM cartridge, analog of BROTHER TN-3480. Each participant of the Contest presents 10th, 50th, 100th, 200th, and 500th test prints as well as all subsequent test prints made by its cartridge after each 500 prints with 5% coverage. The test template is presented by the organizer to each of the participant companies after the participation in the first stage of the Contest has been paid.
- The evaluation of each print will be made in accordance with international standard ISO/IEC 24790:2017 and the testing method confirmed for laser cartridge printing quality evaluation for holding of OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs (altogether – 46 parameters).
- Test prints are to be submitted:
With a COURIER (for Russian participants):
Moscow, Barabanniy per., h.4, bld.6, entrance 6. tel.+7 495 9886146,
AQCMS (with “for Contest” notice)
By POST (for International participants):
127474 Moscow
Dmitrovskoye sh. 62 bld 2
CUHDO Ltd
Attn Brazhnikova Tatyana
+7 916 602 86 22
- According to the results of evaluation of each of the prints presented by a participant the integral rating of its cartridge will be defined; thus 3-4 winner-brands (Nominees) will be chosen. At the same time, in the cartridge contest the participation is by all participants and for toner contest the participation is only by participants who submitted prints done by remanufactured cartridges (remanufactured OEM cartridges and remanufactured new-built cartridges). The generalized results of winner-brands prints evaluation will be published. Other results won’t be published. The announcement of the first stage Nominees is planned for November 26th, 2021.
- After the first stage, integral ratings of the presented cartridges (prints) for all participating companies will be received, as well as integral ratings for Nominees.
- After the first stage of the Contest and announcing of its results all Nominees will receive the invitation to participate in the second stage of the Contest taking place November 29th – December 15th. The participation in the second stage of the Contest for Nominees is not obligatory. The price of participation in the second stage of the Contest is 500 USD for International companies or 36000 rubles for Russian companies.
- Each nominee company from the first stage of the Contest deciding to participate in the second stage must submit to the Information Agency “Business-Inform” before December 08th, 2021 its non-OEM cartridge — BROTHER TN-3480 analog — (for the first stage Nominees in the “Cartridge” group) or its toner used for refilling of remanufactured BROTHER TN-3480 analog cartridge (for the first stage Nominees in the “Toner” group).
- The testing of products presented for the second stage of the Contest will be done according to the international standard ISO/IEC 24790:2017 and the testing method confirmed for laser cartridge printing quality evaluation for holding of OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs (altogether – 46 parameters).
- The generalized evaluation results of the Contest Winners’ products will be published. Other evaluation results will not be published.
Announcement of the Contest Winners is planned for December 16th, 2021.
Therefore, if your company wishes to participate in International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03), all that you need is:
— to inform the Informational Agency “Business Inform” (mail: bizinform@list.ru , info@sforp.ru , header “Participation in 2021-3 Contest”), name the Contest participant-BRAND (for new-built cartridges) and the Contest participant BRAND + toner BRAND (for remanufactured OEM cartridges and remanufactured new-built cartridges);
— to pay the participation in the first stage of the Contest and receive the Official Invitation for participation and test template for producing test prints;
— to send to the address (specified in the paragraph 7) 10th, 50th, 100th, 200th, and 500th test prints as well as all subsequent test prints made by its cartridge after each 500 prints with 5% coverage until November 15th.
Should you have any questions regarding the participation in the testing feel free to contact the Information Agency “Business-Inform”.
E-mail: bizinform@list.ru , info@sforp.ru
Details: https://sforp.ru/en/
