SKU:

304A-4PK-COM

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

CC530A, CC531A, CC533A, CC532A

Ink Color:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Page Yield:

Black: 3,500, Colors: 2,800 Each Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge Set

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Which four cartridges does this set actually contain?

One of each color the machine owns: the CC530A black, the CC531A cyan, the CC532A yellow and the CC533A magenta. Together they are the complete 304A family, so a single box refreshes every slot in a Color LaserJet CM2320 in one pass.

What page rating does each cartridge in the box carry?

The black CC530A is rated at 3,500 pages, and each of the three color cartridges is rated at 2,800 pages. Those are per-cartridge ratings under standard coverage; photo-heavy pages and dense charts draw a color down faster than plain letters do.

Most of our CM2320 work is copying, not printing. Does copying use these same cartridges?

It does. A copy is a print the machine makes for itself, so copies draw on the same four cartridges as pages sent from a computer. Scanning is the one job that uses no toner at all — a scan can look perfect even when a cartridge is nearly empty.

The black gave out two months before any color. Is a full set wasted on us?

Not wasted, but you do not have to install all four at once. Change the black now and keep the colors sealed until each one is called for; every cartridge in the set also fits its own slot on its own schedule, nothing forces a same-day swap.

Our incoming faxes have gone pale. Which cartridge in this set matters for that?

Received faxes print in black only, so the CC530A is the one to check. If the level still shows toner remaining, lift the black cartridge out, rock it gently side to side to level the powder, and reseat it — faxes usually come back dark for the rest of its life.

What backing comes with this set?

Every set is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a cartridge that disappoints goes back at no cost to you. Sets ship from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, support answers Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST, and the fine print lives on our shipping and returns page.

What does a full refresh of this machine cost per cartridge?

The set is $81.21 for the four, an average of about $20.30 a cartridge. For that, the black CC530A brings a 3,500-page rating and each color 2,800 pages, so the whole row returns to full strength in one purchase — no separate orders for whichever slot happens to fail next, and no mismatched ages left arguing about which cartridge is responsible for a faded page.

When should we order the next set?

When the second cartridge reaches its low warning. The first warning is answered from the set you already hold; the second tells you the row as a whole is aging, and levels on a shared machine fall faster than anyone predicts once copying is counted in. Ordering then leaves delivery time in hand while the remaining cartridges still carry the work, and the new set waits sealed for its turn.

Before a long print or copy run, is there a quick check worth doing?

Read all four levels, not just the one you expect to use. A long run draws steadily, and the cartridge that stops a job is often a color nobody had looked at in weeks. If any level is on its warning, fitting that cartridge from the set first takes a moment at the desk and saves a half-finished stack — especially on copies, where the originals have to be fed through all over again.

Should we throw the old cartridges out the moment they are changed?

Keep each spent unit until its replacement has printed cleanly for a day or two. If the new cartridge disappoints, having the old one beside it settles quickly whether the fault sits in the cartridge or in the machine, and the set's 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns are easier to use with the unit in hand. Once the replacement has proved itself, the spent cartridge can go out with the office recycling.

About This 304A Four-Cartridge Set for the CM2320

The CM2320 is the multifunction branch of HP's 304A family: one machine that prints, copies, scans and faxes from a single row of four cartridges. When several of those cartridges are aging together, output fades in patches — a gray letter here, a washed logo there — and a matched set ends the guesswork about which slot is responsible.

This Clever Supplies compatible set sells for $81.21 and carries the same per-cartridge ratings as the originals it replaces, so the machine's supplies gauges read exactly as they did before. Install the four, run one color page, and the CM2320 is back to even output across every job it handles.