SKU:

MFC-7345N

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN330, TN360

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

2600

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

One MFC-7345N serves our whole small team — why is high yield almost essential for it?

Because a team-fed all-in-one has no quiet weeks. Everyone's prints and copies land on the same MFC-7345N cartridge, so this TN360-class unit's 2,600 pages at $31.33 — about 1.21¢ a page — buy the team a far longer stretch between changes than any standard cartridge could. For the full picture on this cartridge family, see our Best Brother TN330 Toner Cartridges guide: the TN330 and TN360 listings are priced as one shared cartridge, and the guide sets both names side by side with the DR360 drum — including how the two names differ on paper and where they turn out to be the same cartridge underneath.

Does the N in MFC-7345N change anything about buying or fitting this toner?

N simply means network — the MFC-7345N is shared over Ethernet. The cartridge itself is the platform's standard high-yield toner, fitted at the machine in the usual way, and changing it touches no network settings, queues or sharing arrangements for the team.

Can our MFC-7345N step up from the TN330 we have been using to this TN360?

Yes. The MFC-7345N accepts the TN330 at 1,500 pages and this TN360 class at 2,600 pages. For a machine serving several people, that step up at $31.33 is the cheapest way to cut the frequency of the 'printer is out of toner' message.

On a shared MFC-7345N, is the drum replaced as often as the toner?

Nowhere near as often. The DR360 drum is a separate unit rated at 12,000 pages, while this toner is rated at 2,600 pages — so the MFC-7345N will see roughly four to five toner changes for each drum change. This listing covers the toner only.

If the team later adds another Brother machine, could it share the MFC-7345N's cartridge?

If the new machine is a platform sibling, it will. The same cartridge also serves these Brother models: DCP-7030, DCP-7040, DCP-7045N, HL-2140, HL-2150N, HL-2170W, MFC-7320, MFC-7340, MFC-7345DN, MFC-7345N and MFC-7440N. Buying with that list in mind can keep the whole team on one cartridge type.

What protection does a small team get with this MFC-7345N cartridge?

Protection lasts a year: a 1-year warranty on the cartridge and free returns within 1 year. Please consult our shipping and returns policy for how returns are arranged.

How can the team estimate how many months a single cartridge will last the MFC-7345N?

Divide the team's combined monthly output — prints and copies together — into the cartridge's 2,600-page rating. A team producing about 650 pages a month gets roughly four months per TN360; at 1,300 pages a month, roughly two. The estimate turns cartridge buying from a surprise into a calendar entry, and it only needs the machine's page count read once a month to stay accurate.

Can draft settings stretch this cartridge further on a team machine?

Yes, for the right documents. Toner-save or draft settings reduce the toner laid down per page, which suits internal drafts, file copies and mark-ups that the team reads once and discards. Anything leaving the building — quotes, letters, signed forms — should stay on standard settings. Across a shared machine's volume, routing only the internal share through draft mode adds up to real extra weeks per cartridge.

Printouts from the MFC-7345N show the same smudge repeating down the page — will this cartridge fix it?

A repeating mark is the one fault a toner change usually cannot cure. Toner running low fades the whole page evenly; a defect that repeats at the same interval down the sheet points to the rotating DR360 drum instead. Fit fresh toner for fading, but if the repeating smudge survives the swap, the drum — the separate 12,000-page unit — is where the fault lives.

Where should the team's spare cartridge live so the machine never waits on a person?

On a labeled shelf or in a marked cupboard right by the MFC-7345N, sealed in its bag. On a shared machine the person who discovers the empty is rarely the person who orders supplies, so the spare has to be findable by anyone: one cartridge, one known place, and a standing rule that whoever fits the spare notes it so the next order is placed the same day.

About This MFC-7345N Toner Cartridge

For one networked MFC-7345N carrying a small team's printing, copying and scanning, this compatible TN360 cartridge provides 2,600 pages at $31.33. The Brother range at Clever Supplies covers the rest of the team's possible machines. We send orders from warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA, and our support team is available from 9 AM–5 PM CST.