SKU:

CLS-HP-5500dtn-M

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

C9733A

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 12000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I verify this is the magenta my printer wants?

Read the stamp on the magenta cartridge you pull out: it should say C9733A, the magenta member of the 645A family. A matching stamp is the entire verification — no settings, menus or compatibility charts involved.

Our portrait proofs keep coming out with greenish, flat skin. Is magenta to blame?

Very likely. Skin tones are built heavily on magenta, and when this cartridge weakens, faces lose their warmth and drift green-gray while landscapes still look passable. A solid magenta test block that prints pale confirms it in seconds.

We proof drafts on plain paper and finals on photo stock from the second tray. Does that matter here?

It matters to your budget rather than the cartridge. Photo stock runs are almost always full-coverage images, so the dtn's second tray is effectively your high-consumption tray; draft printing barely touches this cartridge by comparison.

What is magenta actually doing in a photograph?

It is the red-maker. Reds, purples, pinks and most warm tones are mixed from magenta, which is why its decline shows up first in exactly the colors a photo studio cares about most.

How far does the 12,000-page rating stretch in studio work?

Proofing is heavy work for a cartridge — large images, dense coverage. Treat the rating as the office-document benchmark and expect a busy proofing week to spend the cartridge noticeably faster than the page count alone suggests. Studios that proof daily usually track this cartridge by the job, not by the month, and reorder while a proof still looks right rather than after one has gone flat.

What protection does this cartridge carry?

A 1-year warranty, backed by 1-year free returns. We dispatch from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, answer questions Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and lay out the full arrangements on the shipping and returns page.

About This Magenta Cartridge for the Color LaserJet 5500dtn

Priced at $166.60 and rated at 12,000 pages, this C9733A magenta cartridge serves the HP Color LaserJet 5500dtn in the work where color is judged hardest: photographic proofing, where a face has to look alive on paper. Studios keep this cartridge fresh because magenta is the channel their clients are, without knowing it, looking at first.