An ink cartridge is a component in your inkjet printer. It contains the ink that spreads out on paper as printed matter during the printing process. You can replace the ink cartridge when the ink inside it is exhausted. In some cases, your ink cartridge may also contain the print-head. In fact, most HP printers have the printer's head incorporated in their cartridges.

HP Ink Cartridges are premium products for your printer from HP (Hewlett Packard), one among the four largest worldwide inkjet printer brands. (others being Canon, Epson, Lexmark). HP is known for its commitment to quality through its extensive R & D programs to deliver durable and reasonably-priced ink cartridges to its customers. Early this year, HP introduced multiple ink cartridges with many of its consumer printers worldwide. Along with this offering, HP has also come out with new Specialty cartridges for enhanced performance.

Be it standard ink formulations, ideal for professional-quality photographs or paper prints, HP ink cartridges give the users more choice and greater value for their printing needs.

New cartridge options are available to save purchase costs for customers whose printing needs are nominal, and lower cost-per-page ink cartridge packages for customers whose printing requirements are high.

HP's three color-coded categories are delivering the print quality that customers have become accustomed to. The inkjet cartridges options offered by HP are available in the market in the following packages:

Specialty cartridges in a red package. It offer special features for customers with special print jobs.

The HP ink cartridges are interchangeable. This will allow users who print volumes of text-only documents, to use an XL black cartridge and a standard colour cartridge in the same printer.

And to ease the purchasing process, each of the new models will be listed as a two-digit number that will be printed on the box of its corresponding printer.