COLOR LASERJET 4700

The Color LaserJet 4700 brought mid-2000s workgroup color printing into a compact, modern chassis, balancing speed, output quality and footprint for busy offices. It prints with the HP 643A family — Q5950A black, Q5951A cyan, Q5952A yellow and Q5953A magenta — in standard capacity, and with the high-yield 643X family when volume climbs: Q5950X black, Q5951X cyan, Q5952X yellow and Q5953X magenta.

What made the 4700 a department staple was the balance: real workgroup color without a copier-sized machine taking over the corner. Reports, proposals and internal documents with charts and color headers are its home turf, and because each of the four colors is a separate cartridge, a single empty color never forces you to throw away the other three. Offices that standardized on this platform years ago tend to keep it running long past its expected life, which keeps its toner in steady demand.

Toner Cartridges for Color LaserJet 4700

Sets and multipacks stocked for this family:

• 643A four-color set (CS listing)
• 643X high-yield four-color set (CS listing)
• 4700 four-color set
• 643A black two-pack (CS listing)
• 643X black two-pack (CS listing)
• 4700 black two-pack
• 4700 three-color set
• 4700ph three-color set
• 4700dtn three-color set
• 4710 black three-pack
• 4710 five-color set

Which cartridge should you buy?

Volume decides the family. A 4700 printing a few hundred color pages a month does fine on standard 643A cartridges, and singles are the right way to buy them — each color runs out on its own schedule, so only replace the one the printer flags. A busier machine earns back the high-yield 643X line quickly: more toner per cartridge means a lower cost per page and far fewer swaps interrupting the workday. Black deserves separate thought in text-heavy offices, where a black two-pack keeps a spare ready at all times. Every compatible cartridge sold here carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns, so stocking a spare color ahead of time is a low-risk habit.

Chip, toner and everyday use

A replacement cartridge is only recognized once it is fully seated and its sealing tape has been pulled clear — a strip of tape left behind is the most common reason a new cartridge reads as missing. The toner-low message is a warning, not a stop: most cartridges print well past it, and rocking the cartridge gently side to side redistributes what is left for a final run of pages. Quoted yields assume standard page coverage, so presentation-heavy printing lands lower in real life. Store spares sealed and flat, away from heat and direct light, and rotate them oldest-first.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which cartridges does the Color LaserJet 4700 use?

Four separate cartridges from the HP 643A family: Q5950A black, Q5951A cyan, Q5952A yellow and Q5953A magenta. The high-yield 643X equivalents — Q5950X, Q5951X, Q5952X and Q5953X — fit the same slots.

What is the difference between the 643A and 643X families?

They are standard-capacity and high-yield versions of the same four cartridges. The 643X line carries more toner in each color, so it suits printers with heavier monthly volume and lowers the cost per page.

Can I replace only the one color that ran out on the 4700?

Yes. The four cartridges deplete independently, and the printer reports each level separately. Swap the flagged color and leave the others in place until their turn comes.

The 4700 says toner low but my pages still look fine. Keep printing?

Keep printing. The low warning arrives with toner still in reserve; prepare a replacement so it is on hand, and change the cartridge when output actually starts to fade rather than at the first warning.

More printers that use the same cartridges

The 643A and 643X families also fit the other members of this line: COLOR LASERJET 4700DN, COLOR LASERJET 4700DTN, COLOR LASERJET 4700N, COLOR LASERJET 4700PH+, COLOR LASERJET 4710, HP 643A.