Like many other H.P. printers, the model contains six separate ink cartridges, which saves replacing a single color cartridge regularly.

Q. When I try to print, I receive a message that my color cartridge is installed incorrectly.

The 4x, sold by office-products stores, adds a telephone handset but makes the color cartridge an extra-cost option.

Depending on the brand of printer, the color cartridges can each cost roughly $20 to $40.

Canon's color cartridges are $12 each and last for about 500 pages.

For color cartridges, typically one ink-color fails to flow due to dried ink.

If you print photos, you'll go through those color cartridges like Kleenex.

Software includes six color cartridges ($16 to $19 each) with themes like dinosaurs, Barbie and SpongeBob.

But once again, the QMS does it better: its four color cartridges have a projected life of 2,000 pages each.

But look for an inkjet printer that uses a separate black ink cartridge in addition to its color cartridge.