HP Printer Cartridge vs Off Brand

New HP Printer Cartridge, Off Brand Cartridge, Refill Supplier. Which Is Best?

QualityLogic, an independent lab testing service, did a study to see how HP printer cartridges compared to other brand name cartridges and refilled cartridges.

Their study showed that HP printer cartridges print more total pages per cartridge than both the name brand competitors and the refill suppliers.

The HP printer cartridges printed, on the average, just under 50% more pages than other brand inks and 85% more pages than refill service providers.

They also tested reliability of cartridges that failed A little more than 27% of the brand name cartridges failed as compared to just over 40% for refill services providers.

The Bottom Line is ...

Contrary to what many people believe, HP printer cartridges are significantly better than other name brands or the refilled cartridges.

Another Important Point

One thing this study did not compare was price. Granted, you don’t get as many pages printed with the other brands or refill cartridges – but you always pay less for these other non-HP cartridges – so maybe the cost per page is better for these other inkjet cartridges.

While this is not overly in-depth analysis, using the figures quoted above and the prices found at Amazon and the other inkjet cartridges web sites, you get the following:

Hewlett Packard

A 95 Tri color HP printer cartridge prints 330 pages and can be purchased for $22.50, giving it a cost per page of  6.8 cents

Office Depot

A 95 Tri Color print cartridge prints 224 pages and can be purchased for $19.00, giving it a cost per page of 8.5 cents

Cartridge World

95 Tri Color print cartridge prints178 pages and can be purchased for $17.00 giving it a cost per page of 9.5 cents

If this were to hold true on a larger survey of inkjet cartridges, HP inkjet would be the best both in quality and cost.

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