301XL Original Ink Cartridge CH563EE UUS Black High Capacity 430 Pages, 1-Pack

With all the controversy recently over HP and unbranded cartridges no longer working, and the sometimes poor quality of third party inks, I always think it's worth getting the originals. The printer we have is unfortunately one of those with a single cartridge for the cyan, magenta and yellow colours, and a second for black. This means that if you only use lots of blue, when that colour runs out you have to replace the whole colour cartridge, even if the yellow and magenta portions are still full. This is a failing of the printer design though, rather than the cartridge, and these cartridges are made to support that design, but unfortunately it does increase the overall cost compared to separate cartridges. What I like about the printer design, is that there is no inbuilt print head, and you get a new one built into every ink cartridge, meaning no messy blockages, failure and expense over time. The printhead in these cartridges, being official HP, is perfect, giving a perfect print, whether draft on plain paper, or best quality on glossy photo paper. The XL cartridges last us months, and if you don't print off that many pages, they're great value compared to the subscription based ink direct from HP. I would certainly recommend these cartridges over third party generic ones, and if you're not printing loads of sheets every month, over the HP subscription too. This review was written by my husband, Paul Burke, who moonlights as the Burke family print engineer.

The best make good price

Fine but overpriced, like all printer ink.

ASI have said before I use Hp ink only in my 15 year old printer

no problems with this items and arrived speedily

I buy this item all the time

Great all round ink

Good value