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XEROX 6R903 Toner cartridge for hp laserjet 4, 4m, 4 plus, m plus, 5, 5m, 5n, black

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From all exterior visible stickers etc., this is a brand new Xerox cartridge. Unfortunately they have finite shelf lives. The first ten pages printed properly and over the next twenty a vertical gray streak appeared and got wider and darker. I tried running a few pages with rubbing alcohol on them through and the streak got narrower again, but went to full width and darkness in another ten printed pages.

I then went downtown to a retail store and bought a brand new HP made toner cartridge ($125) which has been printing flawlessly for several dozen pages so far. This means that the above described problem was caused by the ancient Xerox cartridge and not the remainder of the printer.

In the past I always used new HP cartridges for my HP4M Laserjet, which I've had since about 1995. About 2002 I spotted a good deal on them and bought a couple. Mistake. Toner cartridges have a shelf life, even when in their unopened packaging. It's roughly double that of one which has been removed from packaging. Both of these cartridges started producing bad prints (gray vertical streaks, sometimes bad definition in print) long before exhausting their toner supply. The last one only gave me a little over 1000 prints before this started happening. Research indicates the problem is probably the wiper blade, which is part of the toner cartridge. Some of the prints were nearly unreadable and I started looking for a replacement last week. This Xerox looked to be the best bet.

The Xerox is NOT new, I discovered when I read the box info. It has some recycled components, don't know what, but the outer shell, for sure. The one I got looks pretty scratched up, and there was toner on my hands when handling it, and I was worried that it would be an RMA. However, the first two prints (Windows Test Print and HP4M Self Test), came out fine, so it's probably OK. I'm told that it's normal for these toner cartridges to leak some toner, they are far from leak proof. Says Made in Mexico, whereas the HP it replaces says Made in China. The shells look the same, so I surmise that Xerox is recycling the HP shells. Well, I hope I'll get > 6000 prints like I used to. Lesson, NEVER buy toner until you NEED it! After ordering at Amazon I found a better deal ($12 less), but I figure it might not have been a good idea to order from a company that severely undersells the competition when it comes to toner cartridges. What guarantee would I have that it is not gray goods (pun intended, sorta). It could have been sitting on a warehouse shelf somewhere for years.

The Xerox includes a mailing label for my old cartridge, which although an HP (the only obvious difference appears to just be a small sticker on the cartridge) obviously should work fine for them in their factory. The recycling info says the mailing label is for DHL, but it's actually UPS in my box.
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Update: Almost two years later (mid December 2011), this cartridge, pretty little used, has stopped working properly. After printing from one to maybe eight prints I get "50 SERVICE" errors on my HP4M printer. The prints are usually messy, blurred, partially unreadable text. I replaced the cartridge with another I have had in an HP4+ printer that's been sitting around unused, and don't get the errors, so I have to believe that this "Xerox" cartridge went bad. I figure I got probably less than 1000 prints out of it in less than two years occasional use. I think this is considerably substandard based on my experience with my HP4M printer for over 15 years, formerly using only new HP cartridges AFAIK. Even using the printer occasionally for home use I used to get the full use of the cartridge without failure. This cartridge (the case showed obvious signs of previous use) is probably at least 75% full of toner.

This replacement cartridge was a piece of JUNK!!!
It causes streaks and blotches all over my print copy.
It took me a half hour to clean up the printer after just two pages.
I bought a Genuine HP cartridge at a local store and it worked perfectly

DON'T BUY ANY OF THESE CARTRIDGES FROM THIS OUTFIT

We have had our HP printer for years and don't make many copies. The kids use it for homework and we use it occationally. We had a Xerox cartridge earlier so I thought I'd try one again. At first it worked great but after a month and probably 200 copies we started getting a gray vertical streak just to the left of center. The cartridge was suppose to be new but was probably refurbished - I'm very disappointed.

works great with my hp laser jet 4. easy to install, came with instructions, and return label.

For an old HP Laserjet 4 this product works perfectly. The old work horse has some new toner! Highly recommend this product.

I opted for the compatible xerox toner instead of the original HP toner for my HP laserjet 4M+.
Shipping was superfast. I had the toner in two days with free UPS shipping.
The xerox toner worked great in my hp laserprinter. No problems at all. I am very happy that I saved 80 dollars.
What a great deal!

I GOT THIS TONER XEROX 6R903 FOR MY HP LASERJET 4 PLUS TIMELY.
I INSTALLED AND PRODUCES GOOD QUALITY PRINT OUTS, PERHAPS BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL
HP TONER.
I HOPE THIS WILL CONTINUE IN THE ENTIRE PRINTING LIFE.

I've been buying cartridges for my HP printers since the first Laserjet came out. If you want to spend a ridiculous amount of money, you can buy a new cartridge from HP. This is the closest I've seen to that quality and the price is very reasonable.

The shipping speed and packaging is very, very good and the customer service, should need it is absolutely top notch.

The toner cartridge for my HP laserjet 5 made by XEROX is working great. I would purchase this item again. No problems. Very good product.