Built for small offices, law chambers, schools, and home-based businesses running an HP OfficeJet Pro 7720, 7740, 8710, 8720, or 8730. The HP 953 Black Ink Cartridge suits users who print 150 to 400 pages a month and prefer a lower upfront cost. An accountant preparing KRA returns or a school bursar printing fee statements gets sharp black text that resists smudging. Pigment ink sits on the paper surface instead of soaking in, so highlighters and damp fingers leave letters intact. Receptionists in Upper Hill, pharmacists in Thika, and cyber cafe owners in Kakamega all use the same cartridge for different reasons.

Unlike other electronics retailers in Kenya that mix refilled units with originals on the same shelf, Mascom International sells only sealed HP stock. The HP 953 Black Ink Cartridge carries HP's own chip, so printers with HP dynamic security recognise it on first install. Customers across Nairobi report steady text quality from the first page to the last. Walk in to check the seal before you pay, or order the HP 953 Black Ink Cartridge by WhatsApp for pay-on-arrival delivery to any of Kenya's 47 counties.

It fits the HP OfficeJet Pro 7720, 7730, 7740, 8210, 8218, 8710, 8715, 8718, 8719, 8720, 8725, 8730, and 8740. These models all use the 953 cartridge family, including the wide-format 7700 series that prints A3 sheets. Check the cartridge number printed inside your printer's access door, or on the old cartridge itself. If it reads 953, 953XL, or 957XL, this black cartridge slots straight in. Send us your printer model on WhatsApp and we confirm the match before dispatch.

HP rates it at about 900 pages of standard office text under the ISO/IEC 24711 test. That test uses a five-page document set at roughly 5% coverage per page. Pages with heavy tables, bold headers, or scanned signatures use more ink and bring the count lower. A law firm printing dense 40-page contracts might see 650 to 750 pages. A clinic printing short appointment slips could pass 1,000 pages. Printing in draft mode also stretches each cartridge noticeably.

Choose the standard 953 if you print under 300 pages a month or want to spend less today. The HP 953XL black costs KSh 9,950 and prints about 2,000 pages, which lowers your cost to roughly KSh 5 per page. Across 2,000 pages, standard cartridges would cost about KSh 14,780, so the XL saves nearly KSh 4,830. Busy offices recover that difference fast. Occasional home users often prefer the smaller cartridge because ink sits unused for fewer months.

This is an original HP cartridge, brand new and sealed in HP retail packaging with the L0S58AE product number on the box. We do not refill, remanufacture, or relabel cartridges at Mascom International. You can inspect the seal, the HP hologram label, and the printed end-of-warranty date at our Kimathi Street counter. Refilled cartridges often trigger chip errors on OfficeJet Pro printers after firmware updates. Original units avoid that problem and carry HP's cartridge warranty.

The black cartridge holds 20ml of ink against about 9ml in each standard colour cartridge. Most offices print far more black text than colour, so HP gave black a wider body. It measures 119 x 126 x 36 mm, while the colour units are only 25 mm thick. The black ink also uses a larger 10.5 picolitre drop, which lays down solid, dark letters in fewer passes. That larger drop suits contracts, reports, and delivery notes.

HP rates the cartridge for operation between 5 and 35°C and from 10 to 90% relative humidity. That range covers a Nairobi office, a Mombasa shop near the coast, and a Kisumu school staffroom. Keep printers away from direct sun through windows, since trapped heat above 35°C can dry ink in the nozzles. Sealed cartridges tolerate storage between -40 and 60°C. Leave spares in their foil bag until the day you install them.

Your printer may reject or warn about the refilled units, but this original black cartridge installs normally. HP OfficeJet Pro printers read the chip on every cartridge at start-up. When one chip fails the check, the printer can stop printing entirely until that cartridge is replaced. Buying all four colours as originals avoids this stall. Mascom International stocks standard and XL versions of the 953 range, so you can match every slot in one visit.

Yes. Pay by M-Pesa, card, or cash at our Kimathi Street counter, or pay on arrival when a rider delivers. Nairobi orders placed before mid-afternoon usually arrive the same day. Offices in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Eldoret receive their cartridge within 1 business day. Because you pay on arrival, you can check the HP seal and printed date before handing over any money. That protects buyers who have been burned by refilled units sold online.

Open the cartridge access door and wait for the carriage to stop moving before touching anything. Press the old black cartridge to release it, then remove the new one from its foil bag. Slide it into the black slot with the contacts facing the printer until it clicks. Close the door and let the printer run its short alignment routine. The whole process takes under 3 minutes, and our team can talk you through it on WhatsApp.

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Every cartridge is covered by the HP warranty terms above, with claims handled at our Nairobi CBD service desk. Offices, schools, and law firms throughout Kenya rely on Mascom International for sealed original supplies, accurate compatibility advice, and honest pricing on every printer cartridge we stock.