We love our HP Printer - the pagewide pro. Have owned it for many years!! We went through printers in the past. This was a large investment at the time but it sure has worked well. The ink is too expensive and we have problems with HP tying the cartridges to printer software updates. So you're tempted to turn off software updates otherwise they could render new print cartridges as trash. The ink cartridges do not go bad. It's a terrible system where HP greatly relies on profits generated by the ink which significantly increases the overall cost of ownership for the printer owner.
I ordered the new cartridge because I was getting bleeding from the cartridges on my printer which ruined the copies. It is cleaned and fixed for a while but comes back. It is an older machine so we will see what the problem is by trial and error.
Spare cartridge I had would not work. They coded the newer cartridges so the old ones would not work. Also have yellow and cyan cartridges that will not work. This will be the LAST HP PRODUCT I'LL EVER BUY!