Designed for use with Hewlett Packard Inkjet 850C inkjet printers, the Office Depot 45A saves both money and the environment by providing a refurbished black ink replacement cartridge for your printer that comes with a 100% quality guarantee. The 45A is self-contained, so you don't have to worry about getting ink everywhere, and is easy to install. Simply open the front cover of your unit, replace the ink cartridge and you are ready to go. Designed to last, the 45A has a 833-page duty cycle and weighs around 5.5 ounces. Each package contains one ink cartridge.
1 Fantastic product
I've run though about a dozen of these cartridges and they have been fantastic: both the color and black cartridges have given me great copy. I've saved hundreds with these cartridges.
2 Protect The Environment, Get Horrible Print Quality
When I saw this cartridge at Office Depot, I thought it was a great idea. Do a little service to the environment AND save a little money. The concept is great; the quality is terrible. At first I thought they forgot to refill the cartridge, because the print quality was so bad. But it was heavier than my old one. So I did a "clean", and found I had plenty of ink.
It consistently prints like a cartridge with a dirty head--complete with streaks and smudges--yet cleaning it has little effect except to waste ink. Apparently, the remanufacturer does little to ensure quality. They just fill it with ink, maybe dip the head in some cleaner, pack it and ship it: I guess. It would take a lot of convincing to get me to make another go of refurbished inkjet cartridges no matter the cost savings.
3 Don't waste your time and money!
I first bought this product from Office Depot thinking that the quality of the product would be the same as OEM. It isn't! I tried two ink cartridges with no success whatsoever. There are streaks, smudges, and lines across the page. Finally I went back and bought the OEM. Don't believe guarantees will make this the same quality as OEM!
