Tests show Original HP ink cartridges are more reliable and better value than refill inks

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You may think you're saving money with cheap inks but in the long run, the cost of wasted time, ink, and paper can more than make up the difference.

Innovationstechnik study – Ink Test Results

Innovationstechnik, one of the world's foremost quality assurance organisations, recently tested the performance of Original HP inkjet print cartridges vs. compatible, refilled brands. The results:

HP won’t fail.
Refilled and Original HP Cartridges

When you use a new, Original HP cartridge in your HP printer, there’s virtually no chance it will fail; but if you use a non-HP cartridge, on average, there’s a better than one in five chance it will be dead on arrival or fail prematurely. ¹
On average, one in three cartridges refilled at shops or kiosks were dead on arrival or failed prematurely. ¹

Ink Refill Brands Tested:

Store / Refill Brands

Boeder – refill brand
Carrefour – store brand
Ecostore – refill brand
Geha – refill brand
KMP – refill brand
PC Line – refill brand
Pelikan – refill brand
Staples – store brand
Tesco – store brand

Refill Station Brands

Cartridge World
PC-Spezialist
Prink
Refill 24
Refill Ink
Tintenstation
Vobis

More pages with Original HP Ink

Compatible, refilled brands claim to offer a better deal, but the Innovationstechnik study proved that’s not necessarily the case¹:

The tests revealed that Original HP inkjet cartridges deliver 34% more pages and prints than compatible cartridges ² – and 69% more pages than cartridges refilled at refill stations ³

Original HP inkjet print cartridges are designed to work with your printer

Original HP inkjet print cartridges and HP papers are precisely formulated to work with your HP printer for superior print quality and unmatched reliability. In addition, you can be assured your ink level gauge works with Original HP inkjet print cartridges.

With Original HP inkjet print cartridges, you know you're getting a new cartridge.

¹ Based on results of brands tested in 2006/2007 by Innovationstechnik GmbH. Test commissioned by HP. Testing performed on HP 45A, HP 78A, HP 56 and HP 57 Inkjet Print Cartridges. Individual results may vary. See the Innovationstechnik study for full details.

² Confronted with different comparative advertisement rules within the EMEA region, the percentage HP communicates across EMEA is based on German comparative advertisement legal rules that bound HP to communicate the result compared to the best German tested brand with 34.6%, instead of the average test result of 79.5%

³ Confronted with different comparative advertisement rules within the EMEA region, the percentage HP communicates across EMEA is based on German comparative advertisement legal rules that bound HP to communicate the result compared to the best German tested brand with 69.1%

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