Customer Reviews

HP 60XL Black Ink Cartridge (CC641WN#140)

5 star:		(39)
4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

While HP will gladly sell you a multipurpose printer scanner copier cheap they forget to tell you that the ink is the most expensive Item on the list, the standard # 60 cartridges (tricolor or Black) has so little print time that its worthless unless, you use your printer about once a month. If you print as often as I do with many large titles and much in bold print for booklets I make as hand outs in teaching firearms concealed carry safety classes then the only way to go is with the 60XL cartridges both tricolor and Black. Local stores don't carry the XL series in this area so I order mine here. I'm going to try some refurbished [...] Cartridges very soon. I have had great success with them in another HP printer, I would suggest trying them and see if you get the same good results as I have. The HP cart work perfect but so do Inksmile refurbished in my experience at about 30% or more off HP prices.

I have an HP multifunction printer which has worked relatively error free. I've used HP toner cartridges in the past but hated being tied to HP's price gouging.

So, I decided to go out on a limb and try a non-HP cartridge.

On installation of the printer cartridge the HP application that controls the printer refused to see a new cartridge and insisted that it was close to being empty. However, I was still able to print, and the print quality of the cartridge was just as good as the HP "branded" cartridge. After about a week, the HP application tells me that the cartridge is empty and it then refuses to print... anything.

After doing some online reading there is apparently a chip that HP adds to the cartridges so that it recognizes whether or not you're using one of their cartridges. I tried some of the suggested online fixes but nothing worked. The HP application refuses to acknowledge anything but an HP branded cartridge.

While I hate that HP can extort users through the use of technology I'm also not thrilled that this non-HP cartridge wasn't manufactured to work on an HP printer in the same way an HP cartridge would have. The cartridge is at least 80% full and I'm going to have to throw it away. However, as side note, after this experience, I'm also throwing away the HP printer and will look for a competitive product from any vendor who does not build in disabling functionality in order to protect their revenue.

This cartridge does its job. Too bad they disallow refills (special cartridge design) and don't allow generic versions. Too bad... think twice before buying a printer with this type of cartridge.

I've been using this cartridge for the past few months with my HP F4280 printer, and have been less than thrilled with the results. Printed text and images were blurred, with some missed or faded lines, and ink streaks were often produced on text pages. I tried re-aligning the cartridge and cleaned the print heads extensively, both with the printer's own clean function and finally using a q-tip and some isopropyl alcohol (!), but after a few more pages the problems returned.

Maybe some or even most of these "recycled" cartridges work, but it's probably not worth the risk- I should have shelled out the extra [...] for a real HP 60XL cartridge.

When my workhorse HP laser jet died on me, I went with an HP desk jet. This was a big mistake. I seem to go through either the black or color cartridge every other month even though I do very light printing. My laser cartridges used to last over a year. I guess the only thing to do is buy another laser for every day use and save the color printing when needed.

Very good price and recieved quickly. Standard HP-60 Ink does not last long. XL do last much longer and this was the best price I've found for the XL models.

4 not 5 stars b/c WE ALL HATE HP for sucking us into their printers and screwing us with their overpriced ink cartridges. We all know bargain and refill cartridges are a dice-roll. I currently have a DESKJET F4280. I used my first black ink 60xl and am WOWED by how much capacity it has, COMPARITIVELY, to the regular 60 - which SUCKS. I'm a grad student/adjunct teacher. I print constantly. This semester, for the first time, I wasn't running out of ink for lectures the morning of and having to rush to school in order to print in the labs. I teach 2 courses, printing roughly 8-15 pages (usually 1.5 spacing TNR 12pt) 2-3 times/weekly minimum; and have printed many articles, maybe a couple dozen, all at "Fast draft black & white" - the lowest ink-usage setting. That setting does the job and the cartridge lasted through the semester, just dying the day I turned in my grades! With the regular capacity cartridges with this printer and my old super-cheap HP printer I was running out of ink every two weeks unless I structured my life around printing at school.

Bottom line: costs more, but its worth every penny - if you print b&w non-quality docs regularly.

I have printed for 200-300 pages,
and now HP ink level is 4 out of 5
on the ink measurement guage of my
HP printer.

So I think "So far so good" ^^

The only reason it doesn't get 5 stars is I can't get it to make me a cup of coffee. Just kidding, can't give 5 stars as I have not used the entire catridge as yet, so far flawless operation. Shipping was very prompt, I have been using heavily since received and based on ink status have only used about 25%, I know I would have had to replace a regular cartridge by now.

I got 20 draft black ink pages out of it then it said it was out of ink. Called the company I got it from through Amazon (4inkjets) and their tech support had me pull the cartridge out, unplug the printer, wait a minute, put it all back together. It then reported 90% ink and I was able to print. I printed 11 more pages and it again says out of ink and won't print. I called 4inkjets again, they will send me a replacement, but they are backordered so I have to wait a few weeks to get it. If they're backordered because so many people are buying these, I feel sorry for them. These are crap. I'll pay the huge premium for HP next time. Actually, this time, I need to print now and can't wait a few weeks for a replacement that likely won't work anyway.