Frequently Asked Questions
My LaserJet 2100's cartridge is marked C4096A. Is that what this is?
Exactly that. This listing is the C4096A — the HP 96A — presented under the LaserJet 2100 name because that is how most owners search for it. One black cartridge, $51.16, rated at 5,000 pages: the same part your printer has always taken.
How many pages should I expect from it?
About 5,000 pages of typical office printing. The LaserJet 2100 was built as a small-workgroup machine, and at ordinary volumes — correspondence, reports, the odd long document — a cartridge at this rating generally lasts months before the low-toner warning shows.
The 2100 is an older printer. Anything worth doing when I change the cartridge?
A quick tidy helps any veteran machine: with the cartridge out, check the cavity for loose toner dust and stray paper scraps and brush them away gently. Use paper that is dry and stored flat — elderly feed rollers grip fresh paper far better than a curled stack that has sat in the tray.
How does the swap itself go?
Lift the top cover, take the old cartridge out by its handle, and unpack this one. Pull the tape seal straight out, rock the cartridge gently side to side, slide it home until it seats, and close up. Print a test page; the 2100 should be producing its usual crisp black within a minute or two.
Print is dark in the middle but light at the edges. New cartridge time?
Usually it means the toner left in the old cartridge has settled to one side. Remove it, rock it gently from end to end, and refit — edges often come back for a good run of pages. When rocking stops working, the cartridge has genuinely finished, and this is its replacement.
What cover and delivery come with it?
It carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the process explained on our shipping & returns page. Your order ships from the nearest of our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California warehouses, and the HP support team is available Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST.
About This LaserJet 2100 Cartridge
The LaserJet 2100 earned its place by simply not stopping, and this cartridge is how you keep yours that way. It is the C4096A black cartridge — the 96A — rated at 5,000 pages and priced at $51.16 for a single cartridge listed under your printer's own name, so there is no cross-referencing to do before you order. Fit it in minutes, and a printer that has served for years goes straight back to work.
Same cartridge, whole line: LaserJet 2200dn, LaserJet 2200dse, LaserJet 2200dt, LaserJet 2100, LaserJet 2100m, LaserJet 2100se, LaserJet 2100tn, LaserJet 2100xi, LaserJet 2200 and LaserJet 2200d each take the 96A (C4096A). The platform's other listings include the standard 96A (C4096A) single cartridge and the 96A (C4096A) two-pack.
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