My HP Instant Ink subscription is the savior to our “oh no, we’re almost out of ink!” woes.
It’s always a good time to start an HP Instant Ink1 plan!
Now that the kids are back in school and hard at work – so is your printer. Before Sign up for the new HP Instant Ink Plan if you are in a panic because your printer is out of ink at the last minute! Many of our staff members will attest that this plan can be a lifesaver for you, especially if your family has children. Now is the time to sign-up!
Sign up for HP Instant Ink and you’ll get $10 off your subscription.3!
I’m so glad I became an HP Instant Ink subscriber Before you begin, please read the following: my kiddos began summer break! My printer now has a double-duty as I entertain my toddler by printing coloring sheets, and practice homework for my older kids.
Tip: The BEST boredom buster was these printable roads. They were free to print.
Even if you feel like school isn’t in full swing and the kids aren’t printing much yet, since plans start as low as 99¢ per month and HP only sends you what you need, there’s never been a better time to sign up and take advantage of this rare $10 credit offer for future use!
And let’s not forget that HP Instant Ink comes in clutch for this FREE Fall Bucket List printable! I’m so excited HP Instant Ink is giving me a reason to print out all the free printables my Hip teammates are always creating– there are so many good ones!
Here are more of the images I love that you can use to print using HP ink.
How do HP Instant Ink Subscription Plans Work?
HP Instant Ink is compatible with 85 HP printer models. This includes printers from HP’s most popular series, such as HP Envy 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!
This service includes shipping, ink or toner and recycling4 Our old cartridges. We were surprised to learn that we can cancel or change our subscriptions at any time.5Our motivation to try has gotten even better. It’s not harmful to give it a try, right?!
You can choose between a variety of plans. 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!
HP offers a wide range of inkjet cartridges. 99¢ a month for 10 pages Think of prints for event tickets, package labels or random one-off prints. 24.99 dollars a month for 799 pages (this is for home and small offices 🖨). HP offers a range of toner plans that include Buy 50 Pages for $1.99 A month to 25.99 dollars for 1,500.
We have never gone over our allotted pages, but if we do, it’s not a big deal. We can always roll over6 You can choose to pay $1 or more for extra prints. Plus, if we don’t print at all, the pages we didn’t use are added to our available rollover balance! 👏
Are you planning to leave town for a few days? 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).
HP cartridges can be delivered using SMART delivery.
Smart delivery is a great feature of the HP Instant Ink Service. HP will automatically check my printer’s ink levels.7, 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!
The company also sent me pre-paid envelopes that I could use to recycle my old cartridges. It really doesn’t get any easier than that. 🙌
Does HP Instant Ink subscription make sense?
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.
HP is also a great company that makes efforts to be environmentally friendly. They use recycled material to make their cartridges, and they opt for less packaging. HP Planet Partners is a great company that allows you to send in your old cartridges.4 Will recycle them. It is satisfying to contribute in some small way to the environment without much effort. 💪🌎
Find out why Emily my Hip Sidekick loves it:
“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!?’
It was very useful for me to print return labels and gift cards at the last minute (especially because so many stores were closed around me). The best part? 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. Instant Ink has saved me a lot from frustration. I never would have had the time to order.
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. Signing up for the service now will earn you a $10 credit.3. 💰 There’s practically nothing to lose because if you aren’t satisfied, you can change plans or cancel at any time5!
Our readers are also happy with their HP Ink subscriptions.
“I love the HP instant ink program. As we have four children in school, I print for various school projects. It’s great to never run out or to not need to go to the store last-minute to buy ink. We can print color for the exact same price as in black andwhite, which is great for 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! HP Instant Ink saved me so much on ink during the past five years. It’s great to never run out of ink. They never seemed to last when I purchased ink cartridges. I can’t say enough good things about HP Instant Ink.”
We’re sharing even more awesome free printables!
1 – Based on plan usage and Internet connection, valid payment method, your email address, delivery service, and geographic location.
2 – Based on HP Instant Ink 700 page plan monthly subscription without additional pages purchased compared to the cost per page to print ISO/IEC 24711 pages on HP A4 color cartridge printers and multifunction devices. The price of the comparable printers in local currency is equal to or less than that of the most costly HP Instant-Ink compatible printers for each country as at September 2022. Sale prices were not taken into account for this study. The average CPP by country was used to calculate the percent savings for HP Instant ink compared to CPP. HP Ink Advantage printers, printers sold through contract, and other printers which only use XL cartridges excluded due to non-standard hardware & supplies model. HP-commissioned Keypoint Intelligence study October 2022. Printers selected by market share in IDC Quarterly Hardcopy Peripherals Tracker – Final Historical 2022Q2. www.keypointintelligence.com/HPInstantInk
3 – Offer valid only for Instant Ink-eligible printers. Requires creation of HP Connected and Instant Ink accounts and acceptance of terms of service at instantink.hpconnected.com/terms. Offer valid for one printer. Offer valid until 12.31.2023. Offer cannot be converted to cash. Setup offer may be combined to other offers. Please see the terms and condition of other offers for more information. A valid credit/debit cards, an email and Internet connection are required. If the service is not cancelled within the promotional time period, the monthly service fee will be charged. This includes tax and any overage fees. Customers will be billed for overage charges and taxes applicable at the end of every month during the promotional time period. See additional offer information available during online sign-up process. For service details, see hpinstantink.com.
4 – The program availability is subject to change. HP Planet Partners allows you to return and recycle original HP cartridges in more than 60 countries in Asia, Africa Europe and North America. For details, see hp.com/recycle.
5 – Online, you can change or cancel your plan. You can use HP Original Standard or XL Cartridges if you cancel HP Instant Ink. Upgrades to plans are immediately effective and charges will be applied retroactively or at the next billing period, depending on the user’s choice. Downgrades and cancellations of plans are effective on the last day in the current billing cycle. For full details go to hpinstantink.com/terms.
* Note that upon cancellation of your service, the HP Instant Ink cartridges will become inactive and you’ll need to return all subscription cartridges to HP. Promotional incentives (i.e. Refer-a-Friend will expire immediately upon cancellation of service.
6 – Rollover accounts allow unused monthly pages to be transferred to a rollover account, which can then be applied to excess pages. Rollover accounts are limited to two times the monthly service plan page limit on Toner plans, and three times that amount on Ink Plans. (For example, if you have a 50-page plan on toner you can rollover up to 100 Pages. Ink example: You can roll over 300 pages if enrolled in the 100-page plan.
7 – Automatic Delivery: Printers need a direct Internet connection for participation in the program. Internet access is sold separately.
8 – Compared with non-subscription purchase and distribution of the same HP Ink cartridges in stores. Based on a life cycle assessment (LCA), which was performed by Four Elements Consulting for HP.