particularly they black color comes across something bluish pale, so I always prints also beio black and white documents as "Photo". I think the ink consumption nevertheless remains limited, but this had not had any experience, because I have not yet been printed so much with said cartridge. I think the pale printed image, especially in black is also due to design, as is well mixed together here black from our three primary colors. Whether the original cartridge as provides better results, I can not say, because I got the printer (Lexmark X2310) used and this is my first cartridge for this printer. I think for the narrow money I would order again this cartridge.