SKU:

HEWQ5942X-MCR

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 is this cartridge built to do that the standard 42X is not?

Print checks. This Q5942X carries MICR toner — magnetic toner that bank scanners read from the encoded line along the bottom of a check — in the same high-yield body rated at 20,000 pages, for $56.53. It is a specialist supply in a departmental-size cartridge, aimed at organisations running payroll or payables checks in volume.

Does MICR toner guarantee our checks will clear the bank's scanners?

No, and any seller who promises that is overclaiming. Bank acceptance rests on the whole chain — toner, check stock, printer condition and the bank's own reader. What we advise, plainly, is a test: print a small batch on your production setup, including on your LaserJet 4250, and have the bank scan it before any live run.

How big should the test batch be?

A handful of checks produced exactly as production will produce them — representative, but small enough to waste if something is off. If the bank's scanner reads the test cleanly, you have verified your whole setup, which is worth far more than any claim printed on a box.

Can the MICR cartridge also handle normal department printing?

It prints ordinary black pages perfectly well. In practice, accounts departments keep the MICR unit for check runs and use standard cartridges for general work, because the check supply must always be ready. Swapping between the two takes two minutes.

What should we do if check output starts looking faint?

Stop the check run first — faint MICR print is a reject risk, not a cosmetic issue. Rock the cartridge to redistribute toner, print one test check, and re-verify before resuming. If density does not recover, treat the cartridge as finished for check purposes even if ordinary pages still look acceptable.

What cover does this specialist cartridge carry?

The standard store cover: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, detailed on our shipping and returns page. We ship from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, with support Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. The cover applies to the cartridge; bank acceptance, as explained, can only be established by your own test.

About This HP 42X MICR Cartridge

This compatible Q5942X MICR cartridge gives a departmental 4250-class machine a genuine in-house check-printing capability at high yield, within our HP toner cartridges range. It is sold the way MICR should be: with the test-first advice up front, so your first live check run is a formality, not a gamble.

Every machine in the family — LaserJet 4250dtnsl, LaserJet 4250n, LaserJet 4250tn, LaserJet 4350, LaserJet 4350dtn, LaserJet 4350dtnsl, LaserJet 4350n, LaserJet 4250 and LaserJet 4250dtn — feeds on the 42X (Q5942X). Shelf-mates for the same platform include the standard-yield 42A (Q5942A) MICR single cartridge and the standard-toner 42X (Q5942X) single cartridge.