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Review on ๐Ÿ”ด High Yield Magenta Toner Cartridge HP 414X W2023X for HP Color LaserJet Pro M454 Series, M479 Series by Yolanda Johnson

Revainrating 1 out of 5

The toner is crazy for this printer. 2 times more expensive than a printer.

TLDR: Bought this printer in November 2019 and use it daily in a small office. Prints very well and relatively quickly. Toner costs just got out of hand. The 414X (Advanced Cartridge) ink set costs $876 at the time of this review. That's almost double the price of this printer. 414A ink is cheaper, but the smaller toner is used up much faster. The smaller ones end up being a lot more expensive than the big ones. My shop used up the toner cartridge in 4-6 weeks. There are counterfeit toner cartridges priced at $125 a set. These are advanced cartridges and they work well, but you have to swap the OEM cartridge's chip every time, which is incredibly inconvenient. After more than a year of chip replacement, it is still inconvenient. The printer also always thinks that the ink is empty and displays error messages. But for just TWICE the cost of the printer, these errors can go away for a few months. If one of the fake cartridges runs out, you won't get any errors (because you'll ALWAYS get them), but you'll start getting poor quality prints. with color streaks from an almost empty cartridge. It's not the worst thing ever, but it's painful to notice after a run of 400 sheets that each of those sheets has a huge magenta stripe on the edge. This printer produces good prints and is relatively fast. The toner situation is just insane, completely paralyzed by proprietary chip cartridges. I regret the purchase and dream of the day when it breaks and doesn't take up any more space in the store.

Pros
  • Office electronics
Cons
  • Long delivery time