SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-336-BK

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN336BK

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

Black: 4000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

How long could one of these black cartridges actually cover a busy office?

The TN336BK is rated at 4,000 pages, so the calendar answer depends on your monthly volume. A desk printing around 500 black pages a month gets roughly eight months from a single cartridge; a workgroup pushing 1,000 pages a month should plan on about four. Either way, this is the long-interval cartridge in the TN336 family — most offices reorder it a couple of times a year, not every few weeks.

Why is the black cartridge priced so far below the colours in this family?

It is simply how Brother structured the range. The TN336BK sells for $103.36 while each colour costs $166.75, and the black also carries the higher rating — 4,000 pages against 3,500 for the colours. Spread over its yield, black works out near 2.6 cents a page versus roughly 4.8 cents for a colour cartridge. On a machine that prints mostly text with occasional colour, the black cartridge is where the running-cost battle is won.

Is there a higher-yield black above this one for the same printers?

No — the TN336 series is the high-yield tier for this platform, and the TN336BK is the top black cartridge in it. If your machine takes this cartridge, you are already buying the longest-lasting black Brother makes for it. The choice on this platform is between this high-yield family and Brother's standard-yield cartridges, which need changing more often.

My machine is asking for a new drum unit, not toner. Will this cartridge sort that out?

No. The toner cartridge and the drum unit are two separate consumables inside these printers, and a drum message refers to the drum. Fitting a fresh TN336BK will not clear a drum warning, and a worn drum will keep degrading print quality no matter how new the toner is. Check which part the machine is naming before you order — if it says toner is low or empty, this is the part you want.

What are the early signs that this cartridge is nearly finished?

Expect the machine to flag a low-toner warning first, while output still looks acceptable. After that, watch for print that turns grey and washed out in the middle of the page, vertical white streaks, and density that varies from one side of the sheet to the other. Those are classic end-of-cartridge symptoms on the HL-L8350 and MFC-L8850 class of machines — a fresh TN336BK restores solid, even blacks.

If the cartridge turns up damaged or faulty, what are my options?

Send it back to us within 30 days of delivery — that return window applies to this genuine cartridge in every case. Beyond the return window, cover comes from Brother itself under the manufacturer's warranty, since this is an original Brother product rather than one of our own-brand cartridges. The full wording is on our shipping and returns page.

About This Brother TN336BK Black Toner Cartridge

This is Brother's genuine TN336BK black toner cartridge, the high-yield black for the HL-L8250, HL-L8250CDN, HL-L8350, HL-L8350CDW, HL-L8350CDWT, MFC-L8600, MFC-L8600CDW, MFC-L8850 and MFC-L8850CDW. It is rated at 4,000 pages and priced at $103.36 against a $144.70 list price — about 2.6 cents per black page, the cheapest page this platform produces. Orders leave from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. The rest of the genuine range for these machines sits under our Brother heading.