I bought the original HP toner only when I made long unpleasant experience with various "Rebuilt toner kits" for over a year. They were at the beginning not bad, but they were not all what its manufacturer promised. The original tuners are of course more expensive, but they have better colors compared to the replica, which are darker and they will produce multiple images. But I'll probably not the specified number of images reached (> 800), because I mainly use the printer for color photos. Furthermore I would like to report back later. Right now I'm really excited about the quality of my color images and also on the quality of my CP1025 printer from HP, which is only now really came to the fore!