My HP Instant Ink subscription is the savior to our “oh no, we’re almost out of ink!” woes.
Never run out of ink1 again! 🖨
Having a printer at home comes in handy when my kids have a last-minute project or need a school permission slip signed. It’s the worst when you’re in a rush and are out of ink. I also use our HP printer sometimes for work to design free printables for our readers to enjoy too.
Thanks to our HP Instant Ink plan, we never run out of printer ink and save money while doing so!
This plan claims to help save up to 50%2 with HP Instant Ink, and they were true to their word! The best part is that I never have to go to the store last minute to restock my ink cartridges (no more last-minute printer ink empty crisis). And if you can scrounge up a buck each month, you’ll be so thrilled to hear the subscriptions start at only 99¢ a month!
If that wasn’t exciting enough, right now, Hip2Save readers can score a $10 credit when they sign up for an HP Instant Ink subscription3!
How do the HP Instant Ink subscription plans work?
The HP Instant Ink service is compatible with 85 different HP printer models, including printers from their most popular series such as HP Envy, HP OfficeJet, and HP DeskJet. So if you’ve already got an HP ink printer that’s less than 4 years old, you’re probably eligible for a plan!
I have the HP DeskJet 2742e all-in-one printer and love the compact size and clean-looking white color. I was super pumped to know it’s compatible. 🙌 The service includes ink or toner, shipping, and recycling4 of our old cartridges. When we found out that we could change plans or cancel the subscription at any time5, our incentive to try got even better. No harm in giving it a shot, right?!
There are a few different plans to choose from. Instead of being based on how much ink we use, they are based on the estimated amount of pages we might print during a month’s time. That means the price doesn’t change if I want to print photos or just in black and white!
The HP ink plans range from 99¢ a month for 10 pages (think prints for package labels, event tickets, or other random one-off prints) up to $24.99 a month for 700 pages (this is for home and small offices 🖨). HP also offers toner plans which range from $1.99 for 50 pages a month to $25.99 for 1,500.
We have never gone over our allotted pages, but if we do, it’s not a big deal. We can roll over6 a certain amount or we can pay for some additional prints for as low as just $1. Plus, if we don’t print at all, the pages we didn’t use are added to our available rollover balance! 👏
Heading out of town for a while? That’s no problem either! There’s a vacation option where you will not get billed for Instant Ink since you won’t be home to take advantage of the service (max 4 months per year).
Best of all, my HP ink cartridges come via SMART delivery!
I really appreciate that the HP Instant Ink service includes smart delivery. That means HP checks my printer levels automatically7, and I only receive a shipment of ink or toner when my printer indicates I’m running low. This means I don’t even have to remember to order ink when I need it — genius!
In addition to my new ink, the company sends me pre-paid recycling envelopes I can use to dispose of my old cartridges! It really doesn’t get any easier than that. 🙌
Is the HP Instant Ink subscription worth the money?
YES! Getting the subscription just makes sense.💡 It’s super convenient that the company keeps track of when my printer ink is low and sends another cartridge to my door before my current one ever runs out1.
Also, I appreciate that HP makes an effort to be sustainable. They utilize recycled content to make their cartridges and opt to use less packaging. I really love that I can send back my old ink cartridges and HP Planet Partners4 will recycle them. It feels good to help out the environment, even in a small way, without much extra effort. 💪🌎
My teamate Melinda has been an HP Instant Ink fan for a while now. Here’s what she has to say:
“I don’t use my printer every day, but between necessary forms, shipping labels, and other miscellaneous documents, I do need to print here and there. Plus, our 3 kids are in the middle of the school year and we can’t afford to have a “no ink” error pop up the night before a paper is due! 😅
Even though we don’t exhaust our printer, we jumped on a deal a year ago for an HP Instant Ink plan and I can’t rave about it enough!
My family has used it for over a year and we like HP Instant Ink so much that we’ve decided to stick with it! In the past, I was spending around $30 each month on ink. 🤯 In all fairness, I was printing a TON while homeschooling my kids. That’s why for less than $1 a month, this subscription is absolutely worth the money.”
Check out why my Hip sidekick Emily loves it so much:
“Before you say, ‘I don’t need a printer’ or ‘I don’t need ink sent to me’, let me tell you I felt the SAME WAY… until I got myself a printer a few months ago. I was annoyed having to pay for prints for random documents and scooped up an HP DeskJet with 9 months of HP Instant Ink and immediately thought, ‘whyyyyy haven’t I gotten one sooner!?’
This has come in handy for printing return labels when I was limited on time, and very very last-minute gift cards for the holidays (especially since so many stores around me were closed). But the best part?! The HP Instant Ink. I would have been in such a pickle if HP didn’t do the work for me by sending out fresh cartridges when my printer’s ink was low. I would have never been timely enough to place the order and the Instant Ink service has saved me from what could have been soooo much frustration.
I’m still under my free trial period for the HP Instant Ink, but even as someone who doesn’t print often, I know I’ll keep using the service once it expires – it’s just too handy! In the meantime, I’m printing off allllll the planning, organization, and decluttering printables I can get my hands on to start the new year off right.”
So what’s the catch…
To be honest, I tried to find something I don’t like about HP Instant Ink, but I really don’t have anything negative to say about the service!
If you’ve got an eligible HP printer (or you’re considering buying one) and you want to save big on ink, I think you too will be pleasantly surprised with this service. Right now is the best time to try too since you can get a $10 credit just for signing up3. 💰 There’s practically nothing to lose because, if you aren’t satisfied, you can change plans or cancel at any time5!
Even our readers love their HP Ink subscriptions!
“I love the HP instant ink program. With 4 kids in school, we have phases of printing for school projects and I appreciate never running out or having to make a last-minute trip to the store to get ink. I love that we can print in color for the same price as black and white, which helps with school projects. My husband gets the emails about running out of pages, but I actually appreciate them so we know if we should change plans for a month or 2.”
“I have been using Instant Ink for 7+ years. It’s a great program. I have changed our subscription many times and it’s a smooth process. They have an account page to show you how many prints you’ve used, how many rollovers, etc. Be forewarned, if they send you a cartridge and you misplace it, they will not send you a new one (because they know you shouldn’t be out of ink). Also, if you get a damaged cartridge, they will request you sent it back so they can examine it.”
“Highly recommended! I have saved so much money on ink over the past 5 years or so using HP Instant Ink. I love never running out of ink. When I would purchase ink cartridges, they never seemed to last. I can’t say enough good things about HP Instant Ink.”
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1 – Based on plan usage, Internet connection to eligible HP printer, valid payment method, email address, and delivery service in your geographic area.
2 – Based on monthly subscription cost of HP Instant Ink 700-page plan without purchase of additional sets of pages compared to cost per page (CPP) to print ISO/IEC 24711 pages on most HP, A4 color inkjet cartridge printers and MFPs. Comparative printers are priced at or below the most expensive HP Instant-Ink eligible printer in each country using local currency, as of September 2022. Sale prices not considered for this study. Average CPP per country used to determine percent savings versus CPP for HP Instant Ink. HP Ink Advantage printers, printers sold through contract, and other printers which only use XL cartridges excluded due to non-standard hardware & supplies model. Keypoint Intelligence October 2022 study commissioned by HP. Printers selected by market share in IDC Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker – Final Historical 2022Q2. www.keypointintelligence.com/HPInstantInk
3 – Offer valid only on Instant Ink eligible printers. Requires creation of HP Connected and Instant Ink accounts and acceptance of terms of service at instantink.hpconnected.com/terms. One offer redeemable per printer. Offer valid through 12.31.2023. Offer cannot be redeemed for cash. Setup Offer may be combined with other offers; see terms and conditions of the other offer for more details. Requires a valid credit/debit card, an email address, and Internet connection to printer. Unless service is canceled within the promotional period online at hpinstantink.com, a monthly service fee, based on the plan chosen, plus tax and overage fees will be charged to your credit/debit card. Customer will be charged for any overage fees and applicable taxes at the end of each month in the promotional period. See additional offer information available during online sign-up process. For service details, see hpinstantink.com.
4 – Program availability varies. Original HP cartridge return and recycling is currently available in more than 60 countries, territories, and regions in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America through the HP Planet Partners program. For details, see hp.com/recycle.
5 – Change or cancel your plan at any time online. If you decide to cancel your HP Instant Ink you can go back to using HP original Standard or XL cartridges. Plan upgrades are effective immediately and the charges will be applied retrospectively or in the next billing cycle, depending on user choice. Plan downgrades and cancellations are effective after the last day of the current billing period. For full details go to hpinstantink.com/terms.
6 – Rollover allows unused pages in a month to be placed in a rollover account and then applied to pages in excess of your monthly allowance. The rollover account balance is limited to a maximum of two times your monthly service plan pages on Toner plans and three times your monthly service plan pages on Ink plans (Toner example: you can roll over up to 100 pages if you are on the 50-page plan. Ink example: you can roll over up to 300 pages if you are enrolled in a 100-page plan).
7 – Automatic Delivery: Printers require direct connection to the Internet for program participation. Internet access sold separately.
8 – Compared with non-subscription purchase and distribution of the same HP Ink cartridges in stores. Based on a 2020 life cycle assessment (LCA) performed by Four Elements Consulting and commissioned by HP.