HP Versatile Black Inkjet Cartridge

HP C8842A Versatile Black Ink Cartridge — Single Cartridge

Genuine OEM HP ink.

The Industry Standard for Mail Addressing and Product Coding

The HP C8842A Versatile Black is the most widely used inkjet cartridge in the direct mail and addressing industry — and for good reason. This genuine Original HP pigment ink delivers sharp, dark, high-optical-density black text in a single pass on both porous and coated media, without changing cartridges between substrates. No compromises, no surprises mid-run.

Why Production Shops Choose the HP C8842A

Prints on many porous and some coated stocks. Uncoated envelopes, matte coated stock, postcards, and more — the C8842A handles them all without an ink change. Keep your run moving.

Fresh printhead every time. HP's integrated cartridge design puts a new printhead in every cartridge. No clogged heads. No expensive printhead maintenance. Just consistent, reliable output.

Fast dry time. Dries in under one second on porous stock without a heater. For coated media, pair with a standard IR dryer for production-speed results.

600 dpi at up to 12 kHz. High-resolution barcodes and sharp address text, even at high speed. Meets USPS barcode quality requirements.

Water-based, not solvent-based. No harmful fumes. No special chemical cleaners. 

Compatible with Your Addressing Equipment

The HP C8842A is the standard cartridge for most addressing and inkjet printing systems, including:

Pitney Bowes / Secap: DA400, DA500, DA50S, DA550, DA55S, DA700, DA70S, DA750, DA75S, DA80F, DA900, DA950, DA95F, W660, W680, W790, W990 Rena: DA608, DA610, DA612, DA615, DA620, Envelope Imager I / II / III, XPS-80, XPS-90, XPS-2000 AstroJet: 300P, 500P, 1000, 1000P, 2650P, 2800, 2800P, 3600P, 3800, IB9000 Bryce / Secap: 9K, 11K, 13K, 22K, 24K, 26K, 30K and variants Also compatible with: Buskro, Hasler, Neopost, Quadient, Kirk-Rudy, MCS, and most older addressing printers using the standard HP Thermal Inkjet platform.

Note: Some printers are chip-enabled and will not work with inkjet cartridges from other suppliers or manufacturers, like this ink.

Genuine OEM. Not Remanufactured. Not Compatible.

Search results for this cartridge are full of remanufactured alternatives priced to look like OEM. They're not. This is the real thing — genuine Original HP ink, new in retail packaging, with the same quality and yield you'd get ordering direct from HP. If your shop can't afford a failed cartridge at 2 a.m., don't gamble on a refilled substitute.

Technical Specifications

 

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