SKU:

Q5942X

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

Q5942X

Ink Color:

High Yield Black

Page Yield:

20,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Q5942X code on the box tell me?

That this is the high-yield black cartridge for the big departmental LaserJets — the HP 42X, a single unit at $56.53 rated at 20,000 pages. The code is the identity to match against the cartridge you are removing: if the old unit is stamped Q5942X, this is its like-for-like replacement, with the drum built in and nothing else to change at the same time.

How long is 20,000 pages in a real department?

On a shared machine like the LaserJet 4250, it is typically a season of heavy work — months of reports, statements and print-room jobs between changes. The rating assumes standard text coverage, so a department printing dense duplex documents will land below it and a correspondence-heavy one will land close. Either way, changeovers become rare events rather than weekly chores.

The output has gone light across the whole page. What now?

Even, overall fading after a long service life is the cartridge's honest end approaching. Rocking it side to side will pull the last settled toner forward and buy some extra pages, but treat that as the warning lap: at this yield class the replacement should already be on order or on the shelf.

Is changing a cartridge this big a two-person job?

No. It is a larger unit than a desktop cartridge, but it is still a one-person lift with a straight pull-out, slide-in motion. The swap takes a couple of minutes and the printer needs no configuration afterwards — it recognises the fresh supply and resets its own estimate.

What guarantee stands behind it?

A 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the terms on our shipping and returns page. Cartridges ship from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and our support team is available Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST for anything from delivery questions to print-quality troubleshooting.

Should a department keep a spare as routine?

Yes — at 20,000 pages per unit the cartridge is rarely the problem, but on the day it finishes mid-run, an idle departmental printer costs more than a shelf spare ever will. Most print rooms treat one sealed unit in reserve as standard practice.

About This HP 42X Cartridge

This single compatible Q5942X is the long-haul supply for the 4250-class departmental platform, listed in our HP toner cartridges range for offices that measure toner life in seasons. Fit it, forget about it for months of heavy black printing, and let the machine get on with being the department's workhorse.

Machines on the fit list: LaserJet 4350, LaserJet 4350dtn, LaserJet 4350dtnsl, LaserJet 4350n, LaserJet 4250, LaserJet 4250dtn, LaserJet 4250dtnsl, LaserJet 4250n and LaserJet 4250tn. Each one takes this same 42X (Q5942X). If the fit is right but the size is not, the standard-yield 42A (Q5942A) single cartridge and the 42X (Q5942X) three-pack cover the same machines.