SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-TN-331-Y

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN331Y

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

Color:1500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Yellow barely shows on the page — why does the printer refuse to print without it?

Because almost nothing you print is made of single colours. Greens are cyan plus yellow, oranges and reds are magenta plus yellow, and even a warm grey carries a trace of it. The TN331Y is a full working member of the colour set, and Brother's machines will not run colour jobs — and will nag about mono ones — with any slot empty. Invisible on its own, indispensable in combination.

How can I tell the yellow is running out when the output still looks fine?

Watch the warm end of the spectrum. The first casualties are oranges turning rusty, reds losing their brightness and highlight areas in photos going slightly cold. The surer test is the printer's own supplies screen or a test page: the yellow block fades before your eye catches it in documents. This cartridge is rated at 1,500 pages, so if its sibling colours were changed a while ago, it will not be far behind.

Is the high-yield TN336Y a better buy than this standard cartridge?

For colour-regular printers, honestly yes: the TN336Y carries 3,500 pages at $166.75, about 4.8 cents a page beside the TN331Y's 6.7 cents. For a printer that does a colour page here and there, the maths flips — the cheaper $99.85 cartridge avoids parking extra money in a slot that takes a year to empty. Pick by how fast you actually go through colour, not by the headline yield.

Which machines take the TN331Y?

The five models of the L8250/L8350 generation: HL-L8250CDN, HL-L8350CDW and HL-L8350CDWT on the printer side, MFC-L8600CDW and MFC-L8850CDW on the all-in-one side. It fills the yellow slot, partners the TN331C and TN331M, and its black-slot companions are the TN331BK standard black or the TN336BK high-yield.

My oranges have gone brown and greens look blue — is this cartridge the culprit?

Very likely. Yellow starvation always shows in mixed colours first: orange is magenta waiting for yellow that never arrives, so it prints dull and brown; green loses its yellow half and slides towards blue. Run a test page and compare the yellow block with its neighbours — a pale or broken yellow band confirms this is the cartridge to change.

What cover comes with this genuine cartridge?

Returns run to 30 days from delivery in every case, and the warranty standing behind the cartridge is Brother's manufacturer warranty — the two together are the complete OEM terms, published on our shipping and returns page. Note the longer cover mentioned on some of our pages covers compatible cartridges; genuine Brother stock is on these terms.

About This Genuine Brother TN331Y Yellow Toner Cartridge

Brother's genuine TN331Y — standard-yield yellow, 1,500 rated pages, $99.85 against a $139.79 list — for the HL-L8250CDN through MFC-L8850CDW family. The quiet quarter of every colour your printer makes. Its family and the high-yield alternatives are all in the Brother catalogue at Clever Supplies, and orders ship from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouse.