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Is Your Printhead Compatible with Your POS Printer?

 When you read this post, chances are somewhere counterfeit printhead is being sold to first-time buyers as identical products can quickly go unnoticed, thanks to e-commerce. If you look beyond the US, the scale of this practice is massive. There has been a flood of knock offs and cloned products in the market. There is no OEM product left in the market these days whose imitation version is not found. 

Counterfeiters don’t even spare replacement parts for your printer like printheads. Once printheads are worn out or damaged, they can affect the printing quality, and barcodes can be unreadable. Printheads also need proper maintenance like other parts like ribbon. Just because printheads don’t look as stylish as accessories, handbags, and gadgets, it doesn’t mean third-party suppliers cannot counterfeit them.


So, it is always recommended to verify OEM printheads before buying. Your direct thermal printer cannot work correctly without having a quality printhead. A damaged printhead means a waste of your resources and downtime in your business. 


Fake Printheads may look real and working, but they may not support your Printer

Those imitate printheads sold online are usually marketed to be built for your printer and look almost similar to original printheads. But you will never know until you see its performance for yourself. Your business’s performance, directly or indirectly, depends highly on your printer’s performance. Considering the importance of your printer for your business's success, you shouldn’t compromise with quality when choosing the best printer supplies and replacement parts, such as RFID display, printer ribbon, and printhead. 


In order to ensure that you are buying a genuine printhead, choose a reliable vendor, or buy it from an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Ensure that it will work well with your printer and sustain quality results in the long term by matching it with the printer’s specifications. Besides, using a third-party printhead can also void the warranty that comes with your printer. The OEM support staff may also not be able to fix the issue if you have to get your printer serviced just because you are using a third-party printhead. 


If you have no idea about genuine printheads, look no further than Zebra printheads. These parts are adequately tested to the engineering standards of the company. All of these products are designed for the best performance and print quality. They also last longer and can work well with the specific printer model. Only genuine printheads from Zebra can provide the best print quality. 


Bottom Line 

In order to make the best choice, we hope the above post will help you enhance the performance of your printer. When it comes to buying a printhead or any other replacement part, you must be extra careful and choose only from a genuine vendor. 


By Gemini Computers INC

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