The reason a lot of people choose Hewlett-Packard Printers is because of the wide variety of printers that Hewlett-Packard provides. With every printer, you are going to need a good printer cartridge that can handle your printing needs.
One advantage / characteristic of HP printer cartridges is that you can choose to get multiple colored cartridges or if you only need one color for printing you can choose single colored cartridges to save money. If you were an Auto CAD engineer then you would need multiple colored cartridges to see the different colored lines of the drawings but if you were just writing text documents than you could use single colored cartridges to fulfill your needs.
HP printer cartridges can be easily located but you want to make sure you know the model of your printer so that you can choose the best printer cartridge for your printer. One way of looking up the model number is to read through your owners manual (as with any item you purchase). If you have misplaced the owners manual somehow, you can always remove the old cartridge that came with the printer and the model number should be on the cartridge.
A lot of people buy their HP Printer Cartridges at the store but what most people do not realize is that there is a cheaper and faster method of purchasing printer cartridges. Buying Cartridges online is your best bet because you can get great deals on cartridges and when purchased, can usually be shipped to you in a matter of days. One advantage of this is that if your ink/toner is getting low you can go online in advance and order your new cartridge so that you do not run out ink. Another great advantage to buying cartridges online is that you can do it from your home computer!