delivered in a storage box perfectly suited to their bulk, thus keeping them tidy before using these generic cartridges a particularly attractive price perfectly fulfill the role assigned to them. Of course, in my case the CLI-8BK cartridge does not serve me and it's a shame to have to buy the lot, but despite that, the price of the lot is much cheaper than a retail purchase. They go to the recycling center! The printing of office documents, graphics or maps (I hike and a lot of cards printed extracts 1/25000) is decent and colors are good. My documents are typically stored in files, there is no conservation problem. For pictures that will remain exposed for months in a picture frame, my religion is made, I have never found generic whose colors resist fading, only the original cartridges have this property but the price is not not the same. So, I have 2 printers and I chose the one I use as needed. I do not mix the cartridges, once you get past the credits, the print heads are soiled and it will take quite a grilling leaves before the prints again become blameless. In short, cheap generic for the current print and original cartridges for photos all in 2 separate printers. This is a bit cumbersome, but it is the only way to make real ink savings for office printing with brand cartridges ends up costing an eye!