Customer Reviews

HP 564XL Photo Ink Cartridge in Retail Packaging (CB322WN#140)

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The biggest complaint for personal inkjets is well.. ink. It's always expensive and you feel like you are spending the lionshare of your purchase on the fancy packaging and plastic delivery mechanism. We use our printer for casual use and a decent amount of photo 4x6 printing. These XL inks definitely last longer than the std versions that shipped with the printer, and yellow always seems to go first. But they work as advertised, and never last as long as you want them to. We've had our printer for 2 years and replaced inks once a year now.

The colors seem to pop when using the special 4x6 papers and drying time is very fast. I haven't seen any fading in pictures that were printed 2 yrs ago with these inks, and they are advertised to not fade, so i guess its working as advertised.

There is really not much to say about a replacement ink cartridge. It works, it's easy to install. The quality is top class. Make sure you have the correct cartridge because there is another black ink cartridge that is not for photos and they are not interchangeable. The photo ink cartridge is twice the size of the regular one.

This is the right cartridge for my HP C309. The photo black is half the size of the black.

This 564xl photo black ink cartridge doesn't work for B209a photosmart printer. Such confusion is perplexing, now i have an opened pack of this 564xl but alas the only one i need for now, the plack ink isn't suitable for this B209a model; of course you are expected to know in advance by some miracle that there's a compactibility problem in the horizon when ................. you know what ..... you don't want to know how disappointed i am right now.

Just wanted to post it somewhere on the page with the item that this is not intended for Photosmart PLUS - which you can't find out until you have already received the cartridge. What am I supposed to do now?

This ink worked just as I expected an Ink Jet ink to work. So far, we have made over 100 copies with it and there is still plenty of ink left in the container. At this rate, it appears that it will perform as it says it will. My only complaint so far is that it smears when using a highlighter, but that has happened with all the inks I have used over the years.

The HP 564XL Photo Black ink was listed as customers who bought related items under the HP Photosmart Plus B209A product description also bought the HP 564XL Photo Black Ink. One would then assume that the Photo Black ink would work in the B209A. WRONG. This ink will not work in the B209A. You need 564XL BLACK not PHOTO BLACK.

I bought a 564xl ink cartridge for my HP printer from Amazon. I checked my specific printer model to make sure the cartridge would be compatible with my printer. The information on Amazon indicated this cartridge would work in my printer. When I tried to install the cartridge, my printer info told me that the cartridge was " either defective or empty". I contacted an Amazon rep. who told me to call another company. When I was finally able to get a response back from the other company, I was first told they would not accept the cartridge back and NO REFUND! After I continued to talk to the rep, she finally offered to check with a manager who said I could send it back and would be charged a 20% restocking fee. I am not pleased with Amazon or the other company..I should have been told to begin with the cartridge was not compatible with my HP printer. This is poor representation when a company does not stand behind the products they sell or make some effort to "make things right" with a paying customer. This has put a negative light on Amazon for me....

Unfortunately, HP uses the 564 and 564XL label for two completely different ink cartridges. There is a Photo ink and a regular ink. Neither the store nor Amazon clarify this in the product descriptions either. As a result, I bought the wrong cartridge. I didn't realize it was the wrong cartridge until I opened it and tried to insert it in the printer. As a result, I can not return it.

The HP Photosmart printers have one large black ink cartridge and 3 or 4 smaller cartridges for color. Some models only have 3 colors and others add a 4th - photo black. So if, like me, you have the model with 3 color cartridges, you will never use a photo black cartridge. To replace the large black cartridge, order regular ink, not Photo Ink.

In case you're wondering, the difference between the 564 and 564XL is the 564XL contains more toner. Both the regular ink and the Photo Ink are available as 564 or 564XL.

I found out the hard way that this HP564XL black cartridge doesn't work with HP Photosmart Plus all-in-one. Stick to the HP564, which works fine but has less ink.