Hewlett Packard HP363 Ink Cartridge

An individual printing ink may be a strange thing to review, however, as I have a C7280 Printer which takes six colours then I tjought I should do one given I have just purchased one -- Light Cyan variety.

The HP363 Light Cyan can be purchased for about £6.19 from Amazon, so my recent purchase off ebay was excellent value, especially as the date is still well within specification. This is an important feature when buying HP cartridges as they are microchipped and the install date an important faeture.

Anywy my original cartridge will give an estimated 490 pages worth of ink according to HP. This estimation is quite a claim - and in my own experience I haven't had anything like this yield, but it largerly depends on the printing (photos consume it but everyday prints do not. That said, the cartridge still represents good value for money, as it lasts a fairly long time.

So why would I recommend purchasing this particular ink over the non-HP
varieties or refills? Well, the ink uses something called 'viviera' technology,
which means, if used in conjunction with HP's 'Premium Plus paper', it will
have a fade resistance of over 100 years which is quite an impressive claim.
This is especially important for me, as I often sell prints of my photos, so
having a guaranteed fade resistance is essential.

The inks are really easy to replace - especially on my printer (the C7280). All
you have to do is lift the hinge, push in the cartridge, close the hinge, and
you're done. It's a simple and non-messy process, even my children can do it and often have when I'm away.

The colour reproduction is top class with the light blue tones being extremely accurately represented on all paper types (another reason to purchase officially branded inks). If you have a compatible printer, I would highly recommend the HP 363 Light Cyan.

Highly recommend printing ink - give it a go if you've got a compatible
printer.

Summary: Excellent Ink

Excellent product and I wouldn't use anything else in my HP printer. You have to use genuine HP inks in an HP printer to make sure of longility and cleanliness of the replacing of the inks and the printing heads etc together with the correct flow of ink through the printer. All HP 363 inks are of the same superb quality! I can't praise them/it enough so that's it until the next review I'm asked to do my EBAY. So keep them coming! Thanks!

I always try and buy the "real thing" for my HP printer and not a compatible cartridge as it is better ink & works so much better. Buying from ebay so much cheaper...need I say more

Excellent item, often cheaper on ebay than elsewhere. If you have a printer and need ink cartidges or any other supplies for your printer it is always worth looking on ebay for bargains.

I particularly like the fact that you can buy individual cartridges based on your own personal printing preferences