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The paper deals with two operator norm inequalities generalizing the inequality of \textit{T. Ando} [Math. Z. 197, 403-409 (1988; Zbl 0618.47007)] and having the forms \[ \|f(A)-f(B)\|\leq f(\|A-B\|)-f(0)= \|f(|A-B|-f(0)\|\tag{1} \] and \[ \|f(A)X-Xf(B)\|\leq {\frac{1+M}{2}} \left \|f\left({\frac{2}{1+m}} |AX -XB|\right)-f(0)\right \|. \tag{2} \] It is proved that the inequalities (1)and (2) are valid for an operator monotone function \(f\) on \([0,\infty)\), for positive operators \(A\) and \(B\) on a Hilbert space, and for an operator \(X\) such that \(0\leq m\leq X^{\ast}X\leq M\) with some real numbers \(m\) and \(M\). It is also established that the equalities in (1) and (2) hold for non-affine \(f\) and invertible \(A\) and \(B\) if and only if \(A=B\) and \(AX=XB\), respectively. The results obtained generalize those in the case \(f(0)=0\), given by \textit{J. I. Fujii} and \textit{M. Fujii} [Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci. 24, No. 2, 295-300 (1988; Zbl 0658.47012)] and by \textit{R. Bhatia} and \textit{F. Kittaneh} [SIAM J. Martix Anal. Appl. 18, No. 1, 258-263 (1997; Zbl 0877.15023)], respectively.