I have the best printer I've ever had. It is an HP Office Jet 8600. I've had it for several years. I use HP ink. There are two kinds of ink you can buy the regular and the and the green boxed ones that say they give 2 times - the amount of pages. The original ones were blue and lasted fairly well but with the green boxed extended cartridges I can almost forget about them until suddenly there is an alert that the ink is getting low and be sure to have some on hand. I try to keep some ahead so I know I'll use what I have soon and put getting more on my shopping list. It does a great job and prints beautifully.
This a great deal when buying in a combo pack. Especially when Staples has coupons for 15% off plus getting special $4.00 for each recycled ink cartridge.
I recently purchased an HP Office Jet Pro 8600 all-in-one with printer fax scanner and copier capability. It uses the HP 950XL/951 High Yield Black and Standard C/M/Y Color Ink Cartridges. They have great quality are very easy to insert and use and in my opinion are much better and easier to use than what I was using before a Photo Smart printer. They are a little more expensive then the Photo Smart cartridges but they seem to last much longer in fact longer than any other printer ink cartridge I've used in the past. A really good quality product!
I have been using the HP 950 & 951 combo pack for over three years now. They last me about 6 months on average and provide a quality product for my Real Estate business. Additional with the return credits on empty cartridges I received an additional $30.00 of my last purchase.. I would highly recommend this product although it may seem expensive up-front in the long range..it's less trips to the store of smaller cartridges and with additional coupons and trade-in features it higher quality for less money. Godd Luck
This is the only ink I use for my printer. I have received recommendations from others to try different cartridges. Don't even waste your time. If you think you will save money using other cartridges you won't. You will actually spend more money in the end from having to throw them away so frequently because they don't perform correctly. As a teacher I don't have time or money to waste or stress about ink and print quality. I will continue to purchase this ink for my printer and when I upgrade I will stick with HP.