SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-310-Y

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN310Y

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

1,500 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do warm colours and faces wash out first when the yellow starts to fade?

Yellow is the quiet base of every warm shade the printer mixes — golds, creams, oranges and most skin tones lean on it heavily. As the TN310Y thins out, those colours lose their warmth and drift pale or slightly green, long before a solid yellow area would look obviously wrong. If your photos look cold and washed out while blues stay strong, suspect the yellow before anything else.

How can I tell the yellow is low when I cannot see it fading on the page?

Use the machine, not your eyes. The printer's status screen reports each cartridge's remaining level, and a printed test page includes a yellow block you can inspect directly — if that block is patchy, the TN310Y is nearly done regardless of warnings. Yellow on white paper is genuinely hard to judge in normal output, which is why this colour so often seems to fail suddenly.

Which printers take the TN310Y?

The same TN310 platform as its siblings: the HL-4140CN, HL-4150CDN, HL-4570CDW and HL-4570CDWT; the MFC-9460CDN, MFC-9560CDW and MFC-9970CDW; and the DCP-9055CDN and DCP-9270CDN. The yellow slot in each takes the TN310Y, rated at 1,500 pages like the other colours in the family.

Why do all three colours in this family cost exactly the same?

Because Brother builds them as equals: the TN310C, TN310M and TN310Y carry the same fill and the same 1,500-page rating, so all three sit at $108.55 here — each $43.42 below its $151.97 list price. Only the black differs, with a bigger 2,500-page fill at a lower price per cartridge. There is no premium colour and no cheap one in this row.

What does the yellow cost me per page, honestly?

Divide $108.55 by the 1,500-page rating and you get roughly 7.2 cents a page at standard test coverage. Letters with a colour masthead come in under that average; pages heavy with photos or shaded backgrounds use more yellow than the test pattern assumes and cost more per sheet. The figure is best used to compare cartridges in this family, where it matches cyan and magenta exactly.

What if the cartridge is faulty out of the box?

Send it back to us — genuine Brother products are returnable for 30 days from delivery, in all cases, under the terms on our shipping and returns page. Brother's manufacturer warranty covers the cartridge beyond the store's window. If you would like a hand confirming the yellow is your issue first, support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Genuine Brother TN310Y Yellow Toner Cartridge

The genuine Brother TN310Y — yellow for Brother's HL-4150 and MFC-9460 generation, rated at 1,500 pages and priced at $108.55 against a $151.97 list. Nobody notices yellow while it works; everybody notices the washed-out warmth when it stops. The complete TN310 family and more genuine stock are in the Brother range at Clever Supplies, and your cartridge leaves from whichever of our IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses is closest.