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Your source for printing supplies, storage media, computer paper, hardware and accessories and full Business-to-Business e-procurement services in Cairo, EGYPT |
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HP Counterfeit Supplies can damage your printer and cause money and time loss, please find below some indications on how
to differentiate original from counterfeit products :  Customers have to be informed that print cartridges are refilled, remanufactured or rebuild. Incorrect or missing information must be considered as misleading. Trademark infringements : To leave the engraved HP logo on a refilled cartridge may be considered as a trademark infringement if there is no other brand name on the cartridge showing the customer that the refill product is not an original from HP. Counterfeiting : The sale or manufacture of non-HP products, which are being sold as original new HP inkjet or toner products. Counterfeiting makes up between 4% and 6% of all world trade. U.S. Congress estimates $200 Billion is lost to U.S. industry every year. Fraud : Counterfeiting can also be considered as fraud, because buyers of plagiarism are normally not informed that the products are counterfeited. In most of the cases the plagiarism is sold at the same or only slightly lower price than the original product. Selling refilled products without informing the customer may not be considered as fraud if the purchase price of the refilled product is considerably lower than the original from HP. This would be where the price is typically more than 20 % below that of the original HP has established a process to collect data about all kind of unfair trading to ensure that those violations will be prosecuted and punished.  - The HP invent logo always shifts from green to blue as the angle of view is shifted. This is the most important indicator! Furthermore, when heat is applied to the horizontal thermo-chromatic strip by rubbing it vigorously with your finger, the ink always fades and the message HP invent becomes visible. Both features do not apply to our example! The logo stays green and the strip is immutable! - The manufacturing code is indicated both on the original packaging and on the original HP LaserJet print cartridge itself. The first five digits of this code have to be consistent with HP procedure, otherwise the packaging and the print cartridge originally do not belong together. If the first five digits of the manufacturing code on the print cartridge offered as new and original do not comply to the digits on the alleged original HP box, it is probably counterfeit. This is true for our example!  - As HP uses the same elaborated production standards for manufacturing each single original HP inkjet print cartridge box, the quality the boxes can hardly ever differ. If you come along visible deficiencies in the packaging quality, like on this picture, you should become suspicious! Please note that a refilled or remanufactured product does not imply that it is a counterfeit or otherwise fraudulent product. However, if such a product is packaged or sold in such a way that it confuses or potentially confuses customers into believing that they are buying a genuine HP product or a product that is associated with or endorsed by HP, then it may be unlawful.  The manufacturing code is indicated on the original packaging as well as on the original HP LaserJet print cartridge itself. The first five digits of this code have to be consistent with HP procedure, otherwise the packaging and the print cartridge may originally do not belong together and might be counterfeit. Please note that these points are general guidelines and do not exclude exceptions! Worldwide, HP LaserJet print cartridges carry the HP security label which is placed directly on the tear strip and torn when unpacking. In most countries of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, boxes of HP inkjet print cartridges carry the HP security label which is positioned on the side flap. The security label is applied on all boxes with the "acb" language option and also attached to boxes of the new inkjet print cartridge lines carrying the language option "akg" or the regional CISMEA indication.  The manufacturing code is indicated on the original packaging as well as on the original HP LaserJet print cartridge itself. The first five digits of this code have to be consistent with HP procedure, otherwise the packaging and the print cartridge may originally do not belong together and might be counterfeit. Please note that these points are general guidelines and do not exclude exceptions! Worldwide, HP LaserJet print cartridges carry the HP security label which is placed directly on the tear strip and torn when unpacking. In most countries of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, boxes of HP inkjet print cartridges carry the HP security label which is positioned on the side flap. The security label is applied on all boxes with the "acb" language option and also attached to boxes of the new inkjet print cartridge lines carrying the language option "akg" or the regional CISMEA indication. |
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