It's always the same story with inkjet printers in 2 purchases a pack of cartridges, you pay the price of the acquired printer, it's really hard to swallow. I decided to change printer brand for Epson (where at least there are "compatible" cartridges at a decent price and functioning properly). For 2-pack, what to say except that it fulfills its purpose and it is a lesser evil for Original HP cartridges. It lasts long enough to remember a time the price we paid (almost ;-)