Power through your printing tasks with the Brother TN229XL, including the high-yield TN229XLBK Black, TN229XLC Cyan, TN229XLM Magenta, and TN229XLY Yellow toner cartridges. These cartridges are designed to produce sharp text and vibrant colors, making them ideal for both everyday documents and high-impact graphics. Built for high efficiency, the Brother TN229XL toner cartridge and Brother TN229XL toner cartridge deliver outstanding performance and long-lasting results. With higher page yields, youll spend less time replacing cartridges and more time printing without interruption. These cartridges work seamlessly with models like MFC-L3720CDW, MFC-L3780CDW, HL-L3220CDW, HL-L3280CDW, HL-L3300CDW, and HL-L3295CDW. Each print is clean, consistent, and professionally finished to meet the needs of home offices or busy workplaces. Optimized for extended use in devices such as the HL-L8245CDW, MFC-L8395CDW, and MFC-L3765CDW, the TN229XLBK Black, TN229XLC Cyan, TN229XLM Magenta, and TN229XLY Yellow cartridges ensure your prints look sharp and stay vividpage after page. Trust these high-yield solutions to deliver the quality and reliability Brother is known for.
Frequently Asked Questions
Three black cartridges fit this platform — what does the "super high-yield" one buy me over the XL?
Capacity, at a cost per page that keeps falling as you climb. The standard TN229BK is rated at 1,500 pages and sells at $103.96, about 6.9 cents a page. The high-yield TN229XLBK doubles that to 3,000 pages at $108.35, about 3.6 cents a page. This TN229XXLBK goes to 4,500 pages at $159.68 — roughly 3.5 cents a page — so the step from XL to XXL is about reach rather than rate: half again as many pages between interventions, at a per-page cost a shade lower than the XL's. If your printer eats blacks, the XXL is the one that stops the reorder cycle dictating your month.
How long will 4,500 pages of black actually last?
At 150 pages a month — a light home office — around two and a half years, longer than most people keep track of a cartridge. At 400 pages a month, about eleven months. At 1,000 pages a month, four to five months, and at that volume the cartridge's real value is operational: one TN229XXLBK does the work of three standard TN229BK cartridges, which means two fewer occasions when the printer stops mid-run waiting on a delivery.
Which printers take the TN229XXLBK?
The nine TN229-platform models: HL-L3220CDW, HL-L3280CDW, HL-L3295CDW, HL-L3300CDW and HL-L8245CDW printers, and the MFC-L3720CDW, MFC-L3765CDW, MFC-L3780CDW and MFC-L8395CDW all-in-ones. It fills the black slot only, alongside the TN229XXLC, TN229XXLM and TN229XXLY colours — or beside standard or XL colours, since the platform mixes yield classes freely. Before ordering, read the code off the cartridge you are removing: TN229XXLBK is the super high-yield black; a spent TN229BK or TN229XLBK in the slot means this is the same fitment with more toner in it.
Why is this black cheaper than the colours in its own family?
It is one of the quirks of this row's pricing: the TN229XXLBK, with the highest rating in the family at 4,500 pages, sells at $159.68 — less than the TN229XXLC cyan at $168.29 and well under the TN229XXLM and TN229XXLY at $186.89 each. Black toner cartridges are the volume sellers of any platform and are priced accordingly by Brother's list structure, and here the effect survives the discounting: against its $223.55 list price you pay $63.87 less, and you get the family's longest-lasting cartridge for the family's lowest colour-slot price.
My text is coming out faint — is the XXL black finished, or is it the drum?
Even, overall fading after a long service life usually is the cartridge nearing its end. Lift the TN229XXLBK out, rock it gently side to side to redistribute the toner, refit it and print a test page; a partial recovery confirms the diagnosis and buys a short window to reorder in. Sharp marks repeating at regular intervals down the page are a different signature — that is the drum unit's pattern, and a fresh cartridge will not cure it. Fading is the toner's story; repeating marks are the drum's.
How do returns and warranty work on this cartridge?
As with all genuine Brother stock on this site, the TN229XXLBK is returnable for 30 days in all cases, and warranty cover is Brother's manufacturer warranty — see our shipping and returns page for the full terms. The extended cover described elsewhere on the site applies to our compatible cartridges; original Brother products run on these OEM terms. Any fault on arrival should be raised with support Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, within the return window.
About This Genuine Brother TN229XXLBK Super High-Yield Black Toner Cartridge
The genuine Brother TN229XXLBK — the super high-yield black of the TN229 platform, rated at 4,500 pages, three times the standard cartridge's rating, and priced at $159.68 against a $223.55 list. It serves the HL-L3220CDW through HL-L8245CDW printers and the MFC-L3720CDW through MFC-L8395CDW all-in-ones, and it is the black to standardise on if this platform does your everyday printing. Browse the wider genuine catalogue in the Brother range at Clever Supplies. Ships from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouse.
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