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You may think you're saving money on compatible, refilled ink cartridges, but in the long run, the cost of wasted time, ink, and paper can more than make up the difference.
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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
» Read the Innovationstechnik study


Ink Refill Brands Tested:
Innovationstechnik
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:
More pages with Original HP Ink
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.

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

HP is a leader in printer cartridge recycling
HP is a leader in printer cartridge recycling As of December 2006, more than 143 million HP LaserJet and HP inkjet print cartridges have been returned and recycled worldwide since the programme began, representing a weight of 118,000 metric tonnes.
» Learn more about this free programme and get prepaid shipping envelopes
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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