SKU:

CS-HEWCE413A-COM

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

CE413A

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 2600

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I prove it is magenta — and not the file or the paper — before I order?

Print the printer's diagnostics page. It gives every cartridge its own test block, printed by the machine itself with no file involved. If the magenta block is pale, banded or missing while the others stand solid, the cartridge has testified against itself and this CE413A is the replacement.

What does a healthy magenta block on that page look like?

Even, saturated and identical from top to bottom, with no white lanes running through it. Fading that deepens toward one edge tells you the toner is nearly spent and distributing badly; uniform paleness across the block tells the same story more politely. Either way, the answer is a new cartridge, not a setting.

After fitting the new one, how do I confirm the fix?

Print the same diagnostics page again and compare blocks. The magenta panel should now match its neighbours in strength. Follow it with one real document you know well — a photograph with faces is the sternest test — and the matter is closed one way or the other.

Is it possible the old cartridge just needed calibration?

Calibration redistributes color balance; it cannot manufacture toner that is not there. If the diagnostics block is weak, no calibration will fatten it — calibration is the step that earns its keep after the new cartridge is in, aligning its full strength with the rest of the row.

What is the cartridge's specification, plainly?

The CE413A is the magenta cartridge of the 305A family, rated at 2,600 pages at 5 percent coverage and priced at $34.02 as a single unit. Those are the only numbers that govern it, and the diagnostics page will show you how the individual cartridge in your hand lives up to them.

And if the new cartridge's test block is weak too?

That is what support and the warranty are for. Our team is available Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST, and the cartridge is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a genuinely faulty unit costs you a conversation, not a cartridge.

About This 305A Magenta Cartridge

Listed singly, this CE413A is the magenta cartridge for the 305A generation of HP color printers — the family that includes the LaserJet Pro 300 Color MFP M375nw. It is rated at 2,600 pages and costs $34.02, sold as one slot's supply for owners who prefer evidence to guesswork: the printer's own test page names the failing color, and this is the cartridge it names when the reds go wrong.

Dispatch is from the closest warehouse in IL, PA, GA or CA. All the delivery and returns detail is written out on the shipping & returns page, and the rest of the family's supplies sit under HP.