SKU:

CS-HP-M528z-4Black

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

CF289A

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

Black: 5000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What is inside the M528z 4 pack?

Four individual CF289A cartridges — the standard HP 89A — each rated at 5,000 pages and sealed in its own packaging, supplied in a single order at $303.98. Between them they hold 20,000 pages of printed output for the LaserJet Enterprise M528z and its platform siblings.

Which departments stock this deep for a Flow machine?

Records centers, scanning bureaus and back offices where several M528z units — or a mixed M528 fleet — run capture workflows all day. Their scanning consumes no toner, but the printed tail of every workflow adds up across machines, and a central four-pack ends per-incident ordering for the whole department.

How should we gauge the pack against our workload?

Use print counters, not scan counters. Add up a month of printed pages across the machines the stock will serve; the pack's 20,000 pages divide by that figure to give its life in months. Scan volume, however large, does not shorten it by a single page.

What rotation suits a shared departmental stock?

Oldest first, fitted from the front of the shelf, with the opening of the last box acting as the reorder signal. Since every M507 and M528 model uses this identical cartridge, the stock cannot be issued wrongly — any box serves whichever machine the workflow depends on that day.

Do cartridges at the back of the shelf lose capacity?

No. Sealed toner cartridges are shelf-stable — the powder inside neither dries nor degrades under normal storage. Keep the boxes flat, dry and shaded, away from radiators, and the last cartridge fitted will print at the same density as the first.

How is a single faulty cartridge dealt with?

Individually. Every unit carries a 1-year warranty, and the order is covered by 1-year free returns per our shipping and returns page — the remaining stock is never held up by one problem unit. We ship from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, with support Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

What is the per-cartridge cost at this stocking depth?

Four CF289A cartridges for $303.98 come to about $76.00 per unit, and the pack's 20,000 printed pages put toner at roughly 1.5 cents per page at standard coverage. For a records center or scanning bureau ordering centrally, that is the lowest per-unit cost available on this platform's standard cartridge — one reason the four pack is the fleet option rather than four separate purchases.

How is stock issued from a shared shelf without mix-ups?

The platform makes it simple: every M507 and M528 model takes this same CF289A, so there is only one code to stock and no wrong cartridge to hand out. Keep the boxes in one labeled place, issue the oldest first, and let whoever takes the last box raise the reorder. A single-code shelf needs a count, not a catalogue.

What should the person fitting a cartridge from this stock check first?

That the box in hand reads CF289A and its seal is unbroken. On a shared shelf that discipline takes seconds and rules out the one realistic error — picking up a cartridge from a neighboring platform's stock. Then fit as normal, and run one printed page from the workflow to confirm the machine is producing at full density before the job resumes.

Why keep the removed cartridge until the new one has proved itself?

Because it isolates faults. If printed output still looks wrong with a fresh CF289A fitted, the boxed-up old unit lets support compare and confirms the problem lives in the machine rather than the consumable. Once the replacement has run cleanly for a few days, the old cartridge can leave with the department's used supplies and the question is closed.

About This HP M528z (CF289A) Toner Cartridge 4 Pack

Four Clever Supplies compatible CF289A cartridges — the HP 89A — for the LaserJet Enterprise M528z, 5,000 pages apiece and $303.98 the pack. The central-stock option for capture departments: 20,000 printed pages held on site for the whole fleet's workflows. The platform's wider supplies are in the HP range at Clever Supplies.