SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-330-BK

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN330

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

1,500 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

At over five cents a page, is this little cartridge ever the sensible purchase?

Sometimes — but go in with your eyes open. The TN330BK is rated at 1,500 pages and priced at $79.96, which works out to roughly 5.3 cents a page, while the high-yield TN360 made for the same printers holds 2,600 pages and prints at a noticeably lower cost per page. The TN330BK makes sense in narrow situations: a machine that prints a few pages a week, a printer being kept alive for one last task, or a cheap way to confirm a repaired machine works before investing in the big cartridge. For a printer in daily service, the honest advice is to buy the TN360 instead.

How long will 1,500 pages last in a home office?

Longer than the rating makes it sound, if the printer is a light-duty one. At ten pages a week — a few letters, forms and boarding passes — a TN330BK stretches beyond two years. At thirty pages a week it is closer to a year. It is only in a working office, printing daily, that the small capacity becomes a chore of constant reordering. Judge the cartridge against your own volume rather than the headline number: for the machines it serves, many of which are now occasional-use printers, 1,500 pages is a reasonable supply.

Which printers take the TN330BK?

Twelve models from Brother's compact mono generation: the DCP-7030, DCP-7040 and DCP-7045N; the HL-2140, HL-2150N and HL-2170W; and the MFC-7320, MFC-7340, MFC-7345DN, MFC-7345N, MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W. The TN330BK is the standard-yield black for that whole platform, and its high-yield partner, the TN360, fits exactly the same machines.

Is there a drum to worry about on these printers, or just toner?

Both — these machines split the jobs. The TN330BK carries the toner; a separate drum unit carries the imaging surface and is rated for many thousands of pages, so it is replaced far less often. The practical split: when prints fade evenly, think toner; when the same mark repeats down page after page even with a fresh cartridge fitted, think drum. Buying this cartridge will not clear a drum warning, and a new drum will not fix an empty toner — the display usually tells you which one it wants.

Why buy genuine for a printer this old?

Because the cartridge is the cheap part of the equation now. These printers have survived a decade and a half of service, and a genuine TN330BK at $79.96 — $31.98 under its $111.94 list price — keeps one running without gambling on the fit and seals of an unknown refill in a machine you cannot easily replace. For an occasional-use printer, one genuine cartridge every year or two is a small price for output you can rely on when you do press print.

What cover does this cartridge come with?

It is genuine Brother stock: returnable within 30 days in all cases, with cover from Brother's manufacturer warranty behind it. The policy in full is on our shipping and returns page. If a cartridge ever arrives damaged, contact the support team Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and keep the packaging until you have seen the first pages print cleanly.

About This Genuine Brother TN330BK Toner Cartridge

The TN330BK is the standard-yield black for Brother's long-lived compact mono platform: 1,500 rated pages at $79.96 against a $111.94 list price. It suits the DCP-7030, HL-2140 and MFC-7340 generation of machines that print lightly but still print — and for heavier use its high-yield TN360 partner is the better buy on the same printers. Both live in the Brother range at Clever Supplies. We ship from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California warehouses.