SKU:

HEWQ7553A-MCR

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

Q7553A

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

3,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes this a MICR cartridge rather than an ordinary one?

The toner inside is magnetic. Bank sorting equipment reads the magnetically printed characters along the bottom of a check — the routing and account line — and ordinary toner cannot produce a signal those readers accept. This Q7553A cartridge is filled with that magnetic formulation for check printing.

Which documents is it intended for?

Checks above all: payroll checks, accounts-payable checks and deposit slips printed in-house on a LaserJet P2015d. Any document whose bottom line must be machine-read benefits. For letters and reports the magnetic fill is unnecessary, so most offices keep this cartridge for check runs and a standard one for daily work.

Can you promise my bank will accept checks printed with it?

No, and you should distrust anyone who does. Acceptance depends on your bank's readers, your check stock and your print settings as well as the toner. Print a small test batch first, run it past your bank, and only then commit to full check runs.

What page yield does the MICR version carry?

The same 3,000-page rating as the standard cartridge, measured at light coverage. Checks cover very little of the page, so a check-only cartridge typically lasts through many thousands of individual checks in practice, far longer than the same cartridge would survive on dense office documents.

Can it print normal office pages too?

It will, and the output looks like ordinary black printing. It is simply a waste of a specialised fill: every report printed with it spends magnetic toner that your check runs need. Swapping cartridges before a check run takes a minute and keeps the MICR supply dedicated.

What if a cartridge underperforms?

It carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the details on our shipping and returns page. We deliver from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and our support team is on hand Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This 53A MICR Cartridge

This is the check-printing member of the 53A family: a single compatible Q7553A cartridge whose toner is magnetic rather than standard. In our HP toner cartridge range it serves the small business that prints its own payroll or supplier checks on a compact LaserJet and needs those checks to survive the bank's reading equipment. One cartridge, one specialised job, done properly. It is priced at $33.12.