HP 301XL High Yield Tri-Colour Original Ink Cartridge (CH564EE) – Works with: DeskJet 1000, 1010, 1050, 1510, 2050, 2510, 2540, 3000, 3050, 3055, ENVY 4500, 5530, OfficeJet 2620, 4630

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.

As with any tri-colour cartridge you have to change all of them together even if one colour has run out, but tghis is only a Tri-colour and not the 5 type so it's a bit more cheaper...This cartridge has about 2 times the amount of the normal and is till worth the extra cost and the fact if you print a lot you don't have to keep messing around changing the cartridge so often...The colours are ok if you use the right paper...in my case I found Kodak 280gms to be great....One tip...If you can remember what photos you have printed (write the main colour down on paper somewhere) you can get to use the cartridge till almost ALL the colours are used instead of wasting whats in the ones you have'nt used...As an example...I managed to get 20 A4 full colour prints from the normal cartridge so you can gestimate approx what these particular ones will deliver...Also...If you think you might going to print some photos and they are not a priority...WAIT...till you have a batch to do...because everytime you switch a printer on it goes through a priming stage wasting quite a bit of ink each time..Cheers

Perfect for my hp printer

I can read the instructions on packaging which I haven't been able to do for so long

Arrived speedily, well-packaged and prints as advertised.

I always use HP ink and it is cheaper Thani used to pay in local shop which since closed despite me being a Very regular customer

Genuine ink. Would recommend and buy again

Great ink! Easy to fit and have a high yield

Tout est parfait

Muy buena calidad cantidad y precio

Gute Ware

Den fungerar som den ska, inga problem

The package looks really old and at the bottom it looks like it’s already been opened underneath a piece of tape.