The ink cartidges are the same as the cartidges used on a wide format HP ink jet machine.
They have "radio chips" that tell the machine if it's genuine HP or another brand. The control panel uses a windows based tablet PC to run the op panel. It has some very good built in diagnostic tools for the tech. You can hook your laptop up to it and using HP's CDFT, copier diagnostic field tool you can run motors and check component locations. It even has the service manual built into the machine. I think this copier could do well in a school or church enviroment. The copy quality is better than a Riso but not as good as a xerographic color box. The finisher doesn't have a booklet or trifold option. That a big minus for that market. There's a lot of excitement about the product. I guess HP will spend a bit of money to market it....that gets sales people excited about it. If the public buys the marketing it could be a good seller for HP. I work on Ricoh and Konica Minolta boxes and I'm just not too thrilled about the copy quality and options. Any questions please ask. Toner Soprano