SKU:

CS-HP-X-4201dw-M

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

W2103X

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 5500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Which cartridge am I looking at here?

This is the magenta cartridge of the HP 210X family, code W2103X, sold singly at $102.99 for the Color LaserJet Pro 4201dw. The code matters when you order: within this family the last digit is what separates magenta from its cyan and yellow neighbours, so W2103X is the one to match against the cartridge coming out.

Where does magenta show up in ordinary documents?

Everywhere red lives. Reds, pinks, purples and warm oranges are all built with magenta, and so are natural skin tones in photographs and the warm side of most charts and branded headings. Even an office that thinks it prints mostly blue-and-black paperwork usually spends magenta in logos, charts and highlighted figures.

What do prints look like when magenta is nearly spent?

Reds slide towards orange or a flat brick tone, pinks go pale, and faces in photographs take on an odd, cold cast. Black text stays perfectly sharp through all of this, which is why the change is often blamed on the paper or the file before anyone checks the magenta level.

Is 5,500 pages a realistic rating for this cartridge?

It is the standard test rating for the W2103X, and your own mileage follows your pages. Light color use — a logo here, a chart there — can stretch one cartridge across a very long stretch of office life; brochures and photo-heavy handouts consume it far faster because every square inch of red is magenta being spent.

The display is naming the color it wants. How do I match it correctly?

Read the color and the code together. When the printer asks for magenta, the cartridge it wants is the one labeled magenta with the code W2103X; fitting any other color in that bay is not possible, as each cartridge is shaped and keyed for its own slot. Ordering by code as well as color removes the one mistake that can happen here — picking up the wrong color from the shelf.

What happens if this cartridge turns out to be faulty?

It is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. Our support team is on hand Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST to help confirm whether a print problem is the cartridge or something simpler, and the returns route itself is laid out on the shipping & returns page.

About This 210X Magenta Cartridge for the 4201dw

Magenta is the warmth cartridge of the Color LaserJet Pro 4201dw: it is what keeps a client's red branding red, a product photo appetising and a presentation lively instead of clinical. This listing is the single W2103X unit — 5,500 pages of rating, $102.99, ready to drop into the magenta bay when the current one gives out. Beyond this model, the same slot turns up throughout the range, in Color Pro 4201dn, Color Pro 4201dne and Color Pro 4201dwe MFP and in Color Pro 4301dw MFP, Color Pro 4301dwe MFP, Color Pro 4301fdn MFP, Color Pro 4301fdne MFP, Color Pro 4301fdw MFP and Color Pro 4301fdwe.

We ship from IL, PA, GA and CA, using whichever warehouse is closest to your address. Further HP supplies for this printer family are gathered in the store for when black or the remaining colors need their turn. The rest of the family sits alongside it in the catalogue — the black W2100X, the cyan W2101X and the yellow W2102X as separate singles, standard-yield W2103A for heavier work, and the 210X four-color set for the day all four are due together.