Moscow, November 29, 2021. 22 Russian and 14 International brands have become the participants of the International OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03), which will determine the best alternative Brother TN-3480 cartridges, as well as toners for remanufacturing of those cartridges.
Organizer of the Contest is the Information Agency “Business-Inform” and the Russian AQCMS association.
The works on testing are performed by the Information Agency “Business-Inform” personnel together with the Russian AQCMS association and a number of specialized Russian and International laboratories. The evaluation of each print and cartridge is generally done in accordance with ISO/IEC 24790:2017 International Standard and the method confirmed for evaluation of the printing quality of the toner cartridges for OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTESTs (all in all it contains 46 parameters).
During the First Stage of the Contest the following Nominees were chosen: 4 best cartridge brands (2 – newly-built cartridges and 2 – remanufactured ОЕМ-cartridges) and 5 types of toner (2 – Mitsubishi toners, 2 – Tomoegawa toners, 1 – toner under the Russian trademark, the manufacturer is yet to be specified). All nominees received the invitation for participation in the Second Stages of the OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03), which will define the Winners of the Contest.
The Winners will be declared on the 16th of December.
The results of the Nominees and Winners of the OPEN QUALITY PRINTING CONTEST (2021-03) will be presented to the large Russian buyers of the office printing devices during the Conferences organized by Information Agency “Business-Inform” during the Q1 of 2022. Besides, the results of the Nominees and Winners of the Contest will be included into the public report “The Best Solutions in the Field of Office Printing (2022)” annually published by the Information Agency “Business-Inform”. The commercial offers by the winner-brands will be transferred, in 2022, to the large Russian companies and public organizations by the Organizer for reviewing those brands of alternative cartridges for Brother printers/MFPs.
Details: http://printnews.biz/en/2021/10/18/international-open-quality-printing-contest-proposition-2021-03/
