Valuetoner 201X Toner Compatible for HP 201X Toner Cartridges 201A, 4-Pack

I used to be a copier/printer tech. We always had issues with 3rd party inks. So up until now I have been an “OEM man” when it came to printer ink. But this ink for my HP is over $400. This company sells it for ~$50. I figured for that price why not at least try it. Everything installed just like the OEM and the printer didn’t complain about a non-OEM cartridge. I tried printing a map in color as a test. It was perfect! Colors are spot on, lines are crisp and filled areas are perfectly even with no grain or spottiness. White areas are clean with no dust. I’m super impressed with this companies product. Will definitely buy it again.

So I was actually prepared to lose our investment ordering these, because a very long time ago for another printer we ordered a knock off brand and they did not work at all. But bottom line we could not afford the 298 dollars for new ink cartridges. We don't use these for a business, we use these for printing off learning pamphlets for our children. We are living paycheck to paycheck and it was either going with these cartridges or scrapping the whole printer. I was a little tense loading these into the printer because they looked a little bit different than the original HP ones...and I'd never replaced the HP ones and the whole process was intimidating. I was sure it was going to leak everywhere when I pulled the little plastic tape, but nope! The yellow one smelled a little like rat urine so...I'm not sure if that had to do with the ink, but I was thinking in my head - nope, this is never going to work, when do knock off brands ever work, and how could it work being 1/5th of the price. What's the catch? Well, the next thing was turning on the printer and the HP software quickly alerted me these were not HP cartridges. I thought...this is going to be it, at this point, it's going to stop everything and I won't be able to print a thing. But no, I was able to print, and it came out in the same color to me. I don't highly scrutinize the exact tones of colors, but from what I could perceive the color was the same. And the children, the intended audience, didn't notice at all, if there was any variation with the color. I am too lazy to check this as it is not an issue for us. One thing was clear to me is that the colors were definitely not off in the way a person would think the colors would be off 10 years ago - like blue is printing out green or anything. Maybe some artist somewhere can tell that there are some nuances in difference but for us we were like WOW, it WORKED! I don't know if we've done something unethical though. This is my only hesitation. Buying these knock of brands probably hurts the HP company. I met a very nice engineer who was laid off from HP about 7 years ago. But that is just the thing - he was laid off. The company clearly did not respect its employees. So if I thought that the company was spending the difference between 60 dollars and 289 on its employees, and on making sure the product stayed functioning and competitive, I would consider more seriously saving up over a year or something enough to buy the fancier ink, thinking, at least this company is using this difference to pay its local engineers, and to provide for families, and to build the kind of world I want to live in. But knowing full well HP laid off those people with total heartlessness makes me feel like I would just be a fool to pay HP 289 for their extremely expensive ink, which does not have the increased associated worth with it. In short since HP does not show this type of charity to others, why invest in them even if it's the original product made by their employees. But overall this experience also made me a little sad. I sat staring that the printer that I know was built by hardworking engineers with high attention to detail. I would have liked to buy the ink that would have supported those engineers, and their families, because ultimately the printer is an HP printer. Sadly, buying or not buying the ink does not support the actual hard workers at HP, just the heartless people at the top of the company. There is no way to help the people who actually brought us the printer. And so its a bit of a half hearted victory. Yay, we have knock off ink from China that works as well as the American counterpart. But the actual innovators and people who sacrificed their lives to make this possible will probably never see the recompense they deserve this side of heaven. And in that, there is some sadness, and now it sort of affects my printing experience. But the ink is great.

My 4 order and never a problem.

I have tried may iterations of the Valutoner product 201A and 201X to replace the very expensive OEM cartridges for my HP MP277dw. I started with the 201A series of replacements from this company, in part because it was so cheap in comparison to the OEM product (like $60 instead of $200 or more). I had nothing but problems. First, the blue toner made a huge mess inside the printer and was leaking the blue dry ink everywhere. It started to run low, and the black left streaks on every page. I asked for a replacement and the company sent one. However, I had the same problems. I then changed to the 201x series of toners since it had more ink. This was even worse. Each page had vertical black lines that went all the way through it. I was given a replacement but the black had the same issue. Eventually, despite only printing less than 10% of the advertised amount, the images became faded. I ended up throwing all of these away and going with another brand at a higher price point (about $100) and have not had any issues since. I wish I did this a long time ago.

works as it should

Toner works as it should. No error messages. Printer connected to home network with no problems.

Definitely not Original, but it does work without issue

Good Stuff

ممتاز

Products received in good order. Thank you

Very good quality, bright colours

Works as described, fully compatible with my HP printer.

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