( 15 reviews )
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Posted: Mar 17 2009
The HP Laser Jet 49X cartridges cost more than the 49A but last a lot longer.
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Posted: Mar 15 2009
I've tried re-manufactured cartridges and the savings don't make up for the quality I get from HP.
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Posted: Jan 8 2009
With my previous instance of this cartridge, i was able to get about 4500 pages. Sometimes our household prints stuff that is more dense than a typical text-only business letter [which is what HP uses to calculate per-page toner usage -- I know, I used to work there]. Still at $112.00 / 4500, that's under 2.5c per page. --ALSO-- note that once the printer begins to warn of low toner [by lighting the amber supply indicator-lamp on the front panel] you can typically print many dozens of further pages before the toner really blanks out and goes soft in the middle of the page. A very old trick when you start to see physical evidence [on the page] of low toner, is to remove the cartridge, carefully rock it left to right [while holding the ends] and then re-install. When this finally fails to remove the lightness in the middle of pages, it is time to replace it. Low toner won't harm the printer [it's like printing a mostly blank page, for example]. Sometimes in this state, the printer will refuse to print and flash the amber warning light -- press the green "GO" button to force it to print. You can save a few bucks if you follow this advice...
