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HP 57 TRI-COLOUR INKJET PRINT CARTRIDGE
You may have heard of a two car family, well I hate to say it that we are now a two printer family.
My wife who has a laptop was constantly using my printer for her own work and funnily enough, my ink cartridges were constantly running out, so we decided to invest in a second printer which takes HP cartridges number 56 (black) and number 57 (colour).
HP 57 PACKAGING AND CONTENTS
The packaging itself makes it look as if you are getting a larger cartridge than the one you actually get. For those of you that are into minimal packaging, then I would say that there is too much packaging, in the form of cardboard, and depending on where you buy them from, these are then further packaged into a see through plastic holder. The cartridges that I have bought recently come from various parts of the world, but include Ireland and Malaysia. The ink cartridge itself is only 17 ml, and will print approximately 500 pages.
COLOURS
The three colours in the cartridge are cyan, yellow and magenta
PRINTER COMPATABILITY
The cartridge can be used in the following printers: -
HP Deskjet 450cbi Mobile Printer HP Deskjet 450ci Mobile Printer HP Deskjet 450wbt Mobile Printer
HP Deskjet 5150 Colour Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet 5550 Colour Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet 5552 Colour Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet 5652 Colour Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet 5850 Colour Inkjet Printer HP Deskjet 9650 Printer HP Deskjet 9670 Printer HP Deskjet 9680 Printer HP Deskjet 9680gp Printer HP Officejet 4110 All-in-One Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier HP Officejet 4215 All-in-One Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier HP Officejet 4255 All-in-One Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier and Phone HP Officejet 5510 All-in-One Printer, Fax, Scanner, Copier HP Officejet 6110 printer/fax/scanner/copier HP Photosmart 100 Camera Accessory Printer HP Photosmart 130 Camera Accessory Printer HP Photosmart 145 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart 230 Camera Accessory Printer HP Photosmart 2410 All-in-One Printer, Flatbed Fax, Scanner, Copier HP Photosmart 245 Compact Photo Printer HP Photosmart 2510 All-in-One Printer, Flatbed Fax, Scanner, Copier HP Photosmart 7150 Photo Inkjet Printer HP Photosmart 7260 photo printer HP Photosmart 7345 Photo-Direct Inkjet Printer HP Photosmart 7350 Photo-Direct Inkjet Printer HP Photosmart 7450 Photo Printer HP Photosmart 7550 Photo-Direct Inkjet Printer HP Photosmart 7660 Photo Printer HP Photosmart 7762 photo printer HP Photosmart 7960 photo printer HP Photosmart 7960gp Photo Printer HP PSC 1110 printer/scanner/copier HP PSC 1210 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier HP PSC 1215 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier HP PSC 1315 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier HP PSC 1350 Printer/Scanner/Copier HP PSC 2105 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier HP PSC 2110 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier HP PSC 2175 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier HP PSC 2210 Printer, Flatbed Fax, Scanner, Copier
CARTRIDGE COSTS
The cartridge price depends on where you purchase them from, but range from £18.00 to about £25.00. As I have already mentioned, you will get approximately 500 pages from the cartridge, which if you take the middle of the road price, works out at about 4.5 pence per page. I have found that buying the cartridges online actually works out cheaper than buying them from a shop in the high street. In addition, you may make further savings by buying 2 cartridge blister packs.
INSTALLATION AND USAGE RECOMMENDATION
Installing the cartridge itself is simplicity itself, simply lifting the cartridge cover in the printer, removing the used cartridge, and then clicking the new cartridge in place and then replacing the cartridge cover. Simple instructions are included with the cartridge which you do not even have to read, as the instructions are done in a picture format. With regards to the type of user, I would suggest that this is for the low to moderate user, and not recommended for a volume user e.g. office or school, or else you would be replacing the cartridges on a regular basis.
The cartridge contains HP pigment-based inks and I must admit, the quality is excellent but I would not recommend it for photo and special project printing.
HP WARRANTY
HP warrants that HP products are free from defects in workmanship or material under normal use in accordance with specifications until the date marked on the product. Warranty does not cover empty products or products that have been modified in any way.
USE BY DATE
Each box that you purchase does come with an installation date, so when purchasing one of these cartridges, please ensure that it is within date.
RECYCLING
As with the majority of ink cartridges, you can recycle these once they have been used. The choice is yours as to where you recycle them however, but I would recommend one of the many charities that would benefit financially from your customer
HP 57 SMALL
Just so that you are aware, there is a small version of the HP 57, which basically contains a third of the ink, but is not unfortunately at a third of the price.
SHORT SUMMARY
Ideally for the smaller user. Ink cartridge - be aware that there is a smaller version which could work out more expensive Volume usage could work out expensive
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Further to comments below, the HP Warranty is the same warranty for the different cartridges, the use by date is as stated and the details do not change from cartridge to cartridge, the recycling is standard on the different cartridges and do not change.
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