Original HP Cartridge chips are designed to help you protect both print quality and security across the entire life of the cartridge.

Here’s what sets them apart:

• Certified supply-chain security: Original HP Toner and Ink Cartridges are certified to the ISO/IEC 20243 Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard. This standard focuses on product integrity and supply chain security from design and sourcing through build, fulfillment, distribution, and purchase.
• Smart card technology: The chip uses smart card technology to help prevent reprogramming. That means the chip is harder to tamper with, helping protect your printing investment, your data, and your network.
• Continuous communication with the printer: The chip constantly communicates with the printer, enabling features like supply-level monitoring, authentication, and print-quality optimization.
• No personal data stored: The chip does not store personally identifiable information, so you can recycle used cartridges without worrying about exposing user data.

In short, Original HP Cartridge chips are built to help you rethink cartridges as secure, managed components of your print environment, not just consumables.

Original HP Cartridge chips are part of a broader approach to mitigating tampering, counterfeiting, and cyber risks in your print environment.

Key security and procurement benefits include:

• ISO/IEC 20243 certification: By choosing cartridges that meet this international standard, you’re selecting products that are tested and tracked from chip creation through packaging, distribution, and purchase. This helps reduce the risk of compromised products entering your environment.
• Protection against tampering and counterfeits: Measurement and monitoring along the supply chain help detect and prevent tampering that could affect the secure relationship between the cartridge and the printer.
• Authentication on install: Proprietary HP firmware on the chip authenticates the cartridge after installation, confirming that an Original HP Cartridge is in use rather than a third-party cartridge or chip. Electronic keying also checks for proper installation and compatibility.
• Dynamic Security updates: Dynamic Security on Original HP Cartridges enables firmware updates that can improve, enhance, or extend printer functionality and features, while helping protect against external security threats.³

As cyberattacks grow more sophisticated and more employees work from less-secure home environments, procuring ISO/IEC 20243-certified cartridges becomes an important part of a practical print security strategy.

Original HP Cartridge chips are small, but they play a big role in how you manage printing and maintain consistent output quality.

They support your operations in several ways:

• Supplies-level management: Similar to a fuel gauge in a car, the chip communicates remaining ink or toner levels to the printer. This lets you see when you’re running low and plan reorders before you run out. On inkjet cartridges, HP chips also monitor ink levels to help prevent printhead damage when a cartridge is completely empty.
• Consistent print quality for toner: In Original HP LaserJet Toner Cartridges, the chip helps make adjustments to internal components as they wear, so the cartridge can continue to deliver optimum print quality over its life.²
• Color management for ink: In Original HP Ink Cartridges, the chip includes technology packages with resources and “recipes” that create color maps. These maps help transform colors from the source file to the printed page across different papers, supporting consistent, high-quality output over the life of the cartridge.
• Worry-free recycling: Because no personally identifiable information is stored on the chip, you can recycle used cartridges without adding extra data-erasure steps.

Taken together, these capabilities help you reimagine cartridges as smart components that support both operational efficiency and reliable print quality.