SKU:

CS-Brother-OEM-TN115-C

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN115C

Ink Color:

Cyan

Page Yield:

4,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

My skies and logos print greenish and dull — is the cyan cartridge the reason?

Very often, yes. Cyan is the foundation of every blue, green and teal your printer produces, and as a TN115C runs down the machine cannot lay enough of it to keep skies blue or corporate greens true — blues drift purple-ward, greens go muddy, and photographs lose their cool tones while reds and yellows still look fine. On the HL-4040CN / MFC-9440CN platform that pattern — one colour family degrading while others hold up — is the signature of that colour's cartridge emptying, not a machine fault. A fresh genuine TN115C restores the full palette.

How far does a 4,000-page cyan actually go?

The 4,000-page rating assumes about 5% page coverage — a typical text document with a small logo. Real colour work covers far more: a full-page photograph or a brochure with solid backgrounds can use ten times that, so a cyan cartridge in a photo-heavy or marketing workload may last a few hundred pages, not thousands. Text-and-charts offices usually land somewhere between. The honest planning number is this: cyan consumption tracks how much blue and green your documents carry, and it is priced here at $181.99, a full $91.00 under the $272.99 list.

TN115C or the standard TN110C — which should I buy?

For almost everyone, this one. The TN115C is the high-yield cyan for this platform, rated at 4,000 pages against the standard TN110C's 1,500, and both are genuine cartridges for the same machines: the HL-4040CN, HL-4040CDN, HL-4070CDW, DCP-9040CN, DCP-9045CDN, MFC-9440CN and MFC-9450CDN. Per page, the high-yield works out markedly cheaper — about four and a half cents a page — and it cuts the number of mid-job cartridge changes, which is when colour work tends to get spoiled. The standard cartridge only wins if the printer is about to be retired.

Can I replace just the cyan, or do the colours wear together?

Individually, always. Each colour on this platform is a separate cartridge with its own counter, and they empty at different rates depending on what you print — a business heavy on blue charts will drain cyan long before magenta. Replace the one the printer flags, leave the others to finish their life, and ignore any instinct to refresh the set "while you are in there": there is no calibration benefit, only cost.

Does a genuine cartridge matter for colour accuracy?

Colour is where it matters most. The TN115C is Brother's own cartridge for these models, so its toner formulation is the one the machine's colour profiles were built around. That is what keeps a printed logo the same blue as the last batch — the thing offices actually notice when it drifts. It is also the cartridge the DR110CL drum and the machine's counters were designed to work with, at the full 4,000-page rated yield.

What are my options if this cartridge arrives faulty?

You can return any genuine Brother product to us within 30 days of delivery, for any reason, and Brother's manufacturer warranty covers defects beyond that — the complete terms are on our shipping and returns page. Keep the box until you have run a colour test page you are happy with, and if anything is wrong, our support line runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Brother TN115C Genuine Toner Cartridge

This genuine Brother TN115C is the 4,000-page high-yield cyan cartridge for the HL-4040 / HL-4070CDW and MFC-9440CN colour platform, offered at $181.99 against a $272.99 list price. It is the colour behind the blues and greens in everything those machines print, and the high-yield partner to the standard TN110C. Matching magenta, yellow, black and the DR110CL drum are all in our Brother catalogue. We ship from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA.