There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to buying ink cartridges for your Canon printer. You may purchase Canon branded cartridges, which will probably cost more, or opt for a cartridge that isn’t brand name. You may get bad quality with a cartridge that is 3rd party. These are some facts concerning the ISO 9001 quality standard that could aid you in obtaining top-rated inkjet cartridges in the UK at bargain prices.

Canon Compatible Ink Cartridges – Understanding Inkjet Technology

There are 2 varieties of inkjet printers commonly in use. The first has a print head that’s installed on the printer with the ink provision contained inside. The other kind is designed with a print head included in the cartridge along with a supply of ink. Both kinds of cartridges may incorporate an on-board chip which checks ink levels. As can be expected, ink cartridges with integrated print heads are the more costly of the options. Happily, Canon cartridges don’t include an integrated print head which makes them ultimately cost less. Anyway, in order for a cartridge to work correctly in a printer, it must comply with quality standards, for example, those of the ISO.

Canon Compatible Ink Cartridges – What is meant by “ISO”?

ISO means Organisation for Standardisation. Nowadays, approximately 160 countries are associated with the ISO. This entity is a non-governmental, independent entity that’s the largest in the world. In light of the fact that its members vary so much and include public and private section entities, the ISO a lot of times will act as a link which works to provide top quality standards which are approved all over the world. ISO standards for inkjet cartridges are maintained around the globe. The ISO 9001 standard ensures that when a defect occur in a product’s manufacture, the proper solutions and controls will be incorporated to remedy the reasons for the imperfection. It’s likely that the sooner a defect is found and fixed, the less costly the resolution will be. The final outcome is that number of defects drop and produce quality increases. Businesses like Canon that adhere to ISO 9001 standards will probably design higher quality products than industries which don’t comply.

Canon Compatible Ink Cartridges – Why ISO Standards Mean Higher Quality Ink Cartridge Products

If ISO 9001 is employed in an industry like Canon, all employees from the lower levels to the upper levels, is encouraged to claim rights to the designing process as well as the final outcome. This procedure boosts quality, no matter if the item is an OEM or 3rd party cartridge. Factually, evaluations and research have confirmed that compatible inkjet cartridges perform as well or better than their branded OEM rivals which typically cost higher. The end result is that ISO 9001 incorporation amplifies both yield and excellence. ISO-oriented companies tend to be more agile and responsive. The products of these companies tend to be less expensive without sacrificing quality, which is a big advantage to the user or the buyer.

Opting for Canon compatible ink cartridges created in compliance with the ISO 9001 standard in the UK means that the proper performance is promised while the merchandise still is reasonably priced.

Thank the audio gods. Today marks the greatest day in musical history. Well okay, not the greatest, but maybe right behind the release of the Beastie Boys’ Licensed to Ill. This glorious day is the day Moog’s MF-401 Auto De-tune unit starts shipping out. Now we can finally stop putting up with this.

The device uses Moog’s new Authentic Vocal Imperfection™ technology to remove any vocal modifications on a track. No longer will pop songs sound like they were recorded by a group of frenzied chipmunks on helium.

The parameters are fully adjustable, everything from warble rate, deviation range, emotive overload. It even has caterwaul rotary controls. There are also a number of preset settings including:

• Drunk as a Sailor
• Seattle sensitive alternative warble
• Where did all the green room beer go?
• Original Star Trek cast member attempts to make pop music
• My vocal monitor is blown, so Soundman, please mix me REALLY low
• Mrs. Miller
• Too punk rock to turn down your !#$%&*!! stage volume
• Cat in an alley under a full moon
• Tone Def
• Florence Foster Jenkins

The MF-401 goes on sale today at $799.00. But can you really put a price on staying sane?

Definitely the best April Fool’s bit I’ve seen all day.

via [SynthGear]

My only experience with a fast-spinning CD threatening to cause damage was when I repeatedly pushed the eject button of a (CD-only, this was at least 7 years ago) optical drive that seemed unwilling to spit out my media. Then suddenly for some reason, the tray extended, and before I knew it, the CD—still spinning at top speed—actually flew upwards! I swear this anecdote is true!

Courtesy PowerLabs.org

In any case, a recent experiment theorizes that spinning a CD way faster than 56 times a second (or 56x, I assume) carries its own set of dangers. According to the experimenter, going above that speed magnifies the tiniest imperfection on a CD, potentially causing enough wobbling to damage the rotating mechanism. So of course he decided to test a CD with a Dremel, running it at over 35000 RPM. At those speeds, the edge of CD moves at nearly 800 kilometers per hour! (Or 792 kph, to be exact).

So what happened when a Dremel took a CD for a spin? Well, “the CD hummed and whined in a very menacing manner”. Scary, but it still took “quick jerk at the tool” to make the CD a projectile. Experimenting dude recounts what came next:

…the CD slid out of the holder and contacted the carpet whilst spinning at ungodly speeds. It peeled out a bit in front of me and proceeded to make its way to the door at a very high speed. On contacting the closed door, the CD did a most unexpected thing: it first bounced back a few inches, and then, when it hit the door again, it jumped straight up the door and struck the ceiling, exploding into thousands of fragments which rained down on the entire room. This first experiment was unfortunately not videoed, but it served to get everyone in the room to put glasses on and cower away behind pieces of furniture, whilst people in the hall corridor quickly made their way to my door to ask what was going on.

In other words, spin a CD-ROM really really quickly, launch into a hard surface, and you’ll get a pretty wicked disc that potentially creates deadly shrapnel. The experiment page (link below) contains multiple videos for download, if only to satisfy your visual curiosity and help you resist the temptation to try this at home.

PowerLabs High Speed CD-Rom Experiments

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