SKU:

HP-201A-5Black

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

CF400A

Ink Color:

Black 5 Pack

Page Yield:

1500 Each

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What is in this box, in plain terms?

Five CF400A black cartridges, each sealed on its own and rated at 1,500 pages. They are the black supply for printers in the Color LaserJet M252dw family — a cabinet-level restock for an office that would rather order toner a few times a year than a few times a month.

What does the office pay for five?

$85.92 covers the full 5 pack. Every unit in the box carries a 1-year warranty, and the pack is covered by 1-year free returns under our shipping and returns policy if a cartridge arrives damaged.

How should an office manager handle stock like this?

Treat the box as the inventory system. Keep it in the supply cabinet, let whoever changes a cartridge take from it freely, and make the last cartridge the reorder trigger. With five identical units there is no compatibility sorting to do — if the printer takes CF400A, the next unit in the box is the right one.

Can the pack serve more than one printer?

Yes, provided every printer it serves takes the same CF400A code — check the cartridge in each machine before pooling stock. Offices often standardise on one printer model for exactly this reason: a single shared box replaces a shelf of different spares that each fit only one desk.

Is there a risk in holding five cartridges at once?

The cartridges themselves keep well sealed in a cool, dry cabinet; toner does not spoil on office timescales. The genuine risk is organisational — a printer model retired mid-pack leaves orphan stock — so the pack size suits offices confident their M252 or M277 machines are staying for a while.

What happens if a unit from the middle of the pack is faulty?

Each cartridge is warranted individually, so a faulty unit is handled on its own. Orders ship from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and support answers Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST to walk through the fault with you.

About This CF400A Black 5 Pack

Some purchases are about printing; this one is about not thinking about printing. Five CF400A blacks at 1,500 pages apiece, $85.92 the box, put the black bay of a busy office machine on autopilot for a long stretch — install, shelve, repeat. And when a color bay finally interrupts the routine, the wider HP range here carries those cartridges singly, in the same spirit of keeping the machine fed.