These cartridges are of excellent quality. I like the concept of a separate cartridge for each color. I also like the high yield capacity allowing for longer periods of time between ordering. The installation is much easier and cleaner than previous cartridges I have used. Price was good when using the 20% discount as compared to other vendors including HP. The order arrived on the day promised by Staples. I was surprised when the delivery truck arrived at 8:30 PM. I thought I might not receive the cartridges on the day stated. Staples makes ordering easy and convenient.
I've given up trying to save a few dollars on other choices. This is clean long-lasting and easy to replace. It just works perhaps because the cartridges are designed to work in my Hewlett Packard printer. No worries about smears or uneven inking. The combo pack also makes it easy to get the correct one for my printer. And the numbering system simplifies that as well. I may have to buy some black-only cartridges because so many of my pages are not color. So it's good that HP offers separate cartridges as well. But until then the combo is a more economical pick. Also I've been told that the high yield is a prudent choice. Pay a little more but get a lot more pages printed. Get a quality paper stock and photos come out great. Even on regular copy pager though the photos are worthy of posting on your refrigerator door.
Not much one can say about ink cartridges until you have had the chance to use it in the printer. So far I am please with the quality of the printing & the colors were true. The black print was crisp and sharp.
The high yield black just keeps going and going and going. I use this for a small business. Sometimes my volume is very low and sometimes I have high volume teaching materials that I use for educational programs I use for marketing. If I have a high volume that doesn't need to be customized I email it to the local Staples store for printing. They always get it right unlike the local print shop that charged a fortune took forever and never got it right. When I customize materials I print from my hp. I've been impressed how long the cartridges last AND they work even when I haven't dome much printing for a while.
This is my first refill since buying machine with the factory set in place. Those cartridges are still going but getting low. So far I love the quality and speed of the printer it reminds of the old Epson work horse printers from 15 years ago. While the ink is expensive it is nice to have cartridges last several months instead of a few weeks or a month. The gas to the store alone pays the difference. It is also nice to be wireless to the printer as well. If you have Staples rewards and work with the coupons and discounts you can save a little hear and there as well.