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| Name Brand (OEM) Cartridge OEM stands for original equipment manufacturer, meaning the cartridge was made by the same company that made your printer. Name brand cartridges are designed to work with specific printers and are sometimes the only option if your printer is new or uncommon. | Many printer manufacturers follow the razor-and-blades business model, selling their printers for cheap while marking up the cost of their cartridges, which often results in higher priced ink. | Name brand cartridges work extremely well and are covered under a warranty by the printer manufacturer. |
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Compatible ink is much cheaper than the name brand. Compatible suppliers don’t have to worry about the additional costs that hinder OEMs like new printers or firmware, which lets them keep prices low. | Premium compatible cartridges from LD Products match the quality and output of the name brand for less and are backed by a lifetime guarantee. |
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| LD-Brand Remanufactured Cartridge Remanufactured cartridges are name brand cartridges that have gone through one cycle of use. After use, the cartridge is recycled, acquired by a remanufacturing facility and put through a rigorous professional refurbishing process where it is disassembled, cleaned and tested for quality. It’s then refilled, tested again and brought back to life. Buying remanufactured cartridges prevents one less cartridge from entering the landfill. | Remanufactured cartridges are much cheaper than the name brand. It’s far more cost effective to refurbish a previously used cartridge than create a new OEM from scratch. | Premium remanufactured cartridges from LD Products match the quality and output of the name brand for less and are backed by a lifetime guarantee. |
| Ink Cartridges | Toner Cartridges | |
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| Material | Liquid Ink | Toner Powder |
| How it works | Uses a series of nozzles that spray tiny drops of ink onto the page. | Uses static electricity and heat to bond toner powder to the page. |
| Who uses it? | Commonly used by families, small businesses, and photographers. | Large businesses and schools. |
| Standard Yield | High Yield | Extra High Yield |
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A cartridge’s page yield is the estimated number of pages you can print. Page yield is based on 5% page coverage. This means that the quoted page yield is based upon printed pages where only 5% of the page has been imprinted with ink. For example, a short memo has approximately 5% coverage. If you have a cartridge that has a yield of 500 pages, it can print 500 pages of that short memo. If you are printing letters, photos or graphics, your coverage will vary greatly and your page yield will drop significantly. Since everyone’s printing habits are different, actual page yield can vary from user to user. LD brand cartridges are filled to the same capacity and will print the same number of pages, if not more, than the name brand cartridge. You can find the estimated page yield of your cartridge in the specs table on our cartridge pages!
| SKU | CF226XCTA |
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| Product Type | Toner Cartridge |
| Printer Brand | HP |
| OEM Number | CF226X |
| Ink Color | Black |
| Cartridge Yield Type | High Yield |
| Page Yield | 9000* |
| Cost Per Page | 0.56 cents |
| Shelf Life | 24-36 Months |
The shelf life of a printer cartridge can vary depending on what sort of cartridge you are using. The average shelf life for a compatible cartridge is 36 months, while the shelf life for a name brand cartridge is only 24 months. If your printer uses ink cartridges, the ink inside can dry out over time, which can cause your printer to clog. To prevent clogging, we recommend printing once every couple of weeks to keep your cartridges primed. Due to the plastic nature of toner powder, toner cartridges will not dry out the same way an ink cartridge would, but internal cartridge components can wear with repeated use.
Yes, almost all LD cartridges are equipped with a new chip that will accurately read the ink levels on your printer’s display. There are some remanufactured cartridges that may not accurately read in your printer but they are still filled to capacity and will print the same number of pages as a name brand cartridge. If you know roughly how long it takes you go to go through a name brand cartridge you can use that as your baseline to manually track cartridge usage.
LD cartridges install the exact same way as the name brand and they are guaranteed to fit and function in the same way too!
It does not! The use of compatible or remanufactured printer cartridges will not void your printer’s warranty. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act protects your rights and warranty as a consumer.
Yes, you can use compatible cartridges alongside name brand cartridges - they WILL work together in your printer.
