I have a brother 5440cn and it seems to be picky abought cartridges, some work and some it just says it does not recognize I have not had a single one of these that has not worked the very first time i put it in....it goes through the cleaning and there you go all set. i am not sure if it is going threw ink quicker because we are doing a lot of printing for a wedding so it is hard to comment on the ink ..but i will say the print is sharp and good visibility so i would buy again...