Making the Most of Your HP 364 Ink Cartridges

HP 364 ink cartridges are from HP or Hewlett Packard Company, one of the biggest and most well known IT companies in the planet. HP is one of those brands that is so well known that it has fans or purists who would insist on using this brand alone for their printing needs.

The 364 printer cartridges from HP use HP Vivera Inks. This kind of ink, according to HP, helps make consistently producing vibrant, exceptional, fade resistant images possible. The ingredients and the formations of this ink are actually just some of the propriety technologies of the IT company. These proprietary and unpublished technologies from HP also promise to deliver tight edges, dark blacks and reliable print outs.

HP 364 ink cartridges are also quite well known for having a fast dry time. So if you plan on printing pictures and images, this kind of printer ink can help you avoid getting smudges on the prints; and you can do away with  waiting for the print outs to dry. 

If you are actually willing to shell out the cash for an original HP printer ink, you should make sure that you are getting the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) or the original ink cartridge. Read the label or product description carefully. It should clearly indicate HP because that would indicate that it’s OEM or from the manufacturer of the printer. The label or product description should not have anything that says “compatible” or “remanufactured” or “recycled.”  These are all third party toners, not OEM toners. Compatible ink cartridges, though they may work perfectly well with your printer, are not manufactured by the same company that produced your printer. Remanufactured printer cartridges, on the other hand, are recycled printer cartridges that have been cleaned and refilled with ink. Both remanufactured toners and compatible toners are third party toners and are considerably less expensive than OEM toners.

To help prolong the life of your HP 364 ink cartridges, always properly shut down your printer. When your printer is powered down correctly, all the parts or components of the printer return to their proper places, including the parts that help shield or protect the other parts from the elements. The printer head, for example, goes back to its original position when shut down properly and it can then protect the nozzle. When the nozzle is properly shielded, it does not dry out way too early.  

Before hitting the “print” button, think. You might not need a hard copy of that file after all. You may actually just need to read them and then file them away. In instances like these, you just need a program that can covert and save these documents into pdf files that you can read and go back to for reference. So print only the documents that you really, really need to print. This not only helps you save on HP 364 ink cartridges, but also on paper. And you also avoid paper clutter on your work area.