HP Printers

OK back to business. Hewlett Packard (HP) are a quality make of printer with a wide range of models to suit most requirements. Many of the printers have the print head built into the ink cartridge. The genuine ink cartridges are widely available and quite expensive. The remanufactured cartridges are readily available and are generally good value compared to the genuine cartridges. The remanufactured cartridges are fairly reliable, they are not as cheap or as reliable as the brand new replacements that are available for other types of printer. As the remanufactured cartridges depend on recycled cartridges there is usually a lag of up to a year from the time a new model of cartridge is launched to sufficient empty cartridges being available to make the remanufactured cartridges readily available. Not all new printers use new model cartridges so check before you buy! HP does not list the ml on the packaging, instead they say how many pages the cartridge will do. For example HP22 says 165 pages, which is 5ml of ink in each colour. The 165 pages is at 5% coverage which is not a lot and I think is very misleading.
HP also has a good range of laser printers, you can easily get genuine and remanufactured toners as well as parts if the printer breaks. All in all HP makes good printers but they can be expensive to run.