Manufacturers often produce Ink Cartridges that are the same, but actually contain different Ink Capacities. We  explains in detail the myths about cartridge capacities.

The cartridge is the same physical size, however it is the amount of ink that varies. The ‘Standard’ having less than the ‘High Yield’. However, where there is a standard only, this would usually contain the higher volume of ink, but not always! It is important to check cartridge capacity on our website.

Example:

• Lexmark 10N0217 (No 27) Standard Ink Cartridge. Page Yield 205 pages @ 5% coverage. Our Price £16.95 (as at March 04)
• Lexmark 10N0016 (No 16) High Yield Ink Cartridge Page Yield 410 pages @ 5% coverage. Our Price £21.95 (as at March 04)

So for an additional £5.00 you get TWICE the amount of Ink.

Easily, the Standard capacity version is usually only half full! - That's how a High Capacity cartridge can contain more Ink. Many manufacturers don't make it easy to distinguish between the two.

What makes it even more difficult is that both cartridges are referred to as No.78 cartridges by Hewlett Packard, which in our opinion is not  the ideal way to make things easy for the customer to understand. Unless the customer is aware that two versions of the cartridge exist then they will continue to but twice the quantity of the smaller ones. Most high street stores don't even sell the High Capacity cartridge!

Yes in 90% of cases they will. We strongly advise checking our website for full details.In some rare occasions however, the manufacturers may alter the cartridge slightly and that may effect the fit with your printer. To ensure that a cartridge will fit in your printer - check our website, sometimes a manufacturer will not inform you if  your printer is capable of using High Capacity versions!

This is purely the decision of the manufacturer. The more cynical would believe that the manufacturer would rather sell you two cartridge than one and make more money. The manufacturers say that they enable the customer to buy a cheaper cartridge if they do very little printing? - You make up your own mind!

We at System Insight believe in giving you the customer as much information as possible and allowing you to make you own mind up!

All our compatible and remanufactured cartridges contain the same or more ink than the original cartridge. e.g. A Hewlett Packard C6615D cartridge contains 25ml. HP used to sell a C6615A cartridge that contained more ink - but soon discontinued it. Our remanufactured version of the C6615D cartridge contains 40m!