SKU:

TN336M

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN336M

Ink Color:

High Yield Magenta

Page Yield:

3,500 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does magenta matter so much for logos and presentations?

Magenta is half of every red and most purples and pinks your printer produces. When it runs low, a red logo turns orange, presentation accents lose their depth, and skin tones in printed photos go pale — the kind of fading clients notice.

How many pages does this cartridge cover?

It is rated at 3,500 pages for $32.86, on the standard 5% coverage basis used across the industry. Decks with full-color title slides and charts will land below the rating; mostly-text documents with a color logo will land near or above it.

Does a low magenta affect black-and-white printing?

Your plain text pages keep printing from the black cartridge as normal. It is color output that suffers: anything built from red, purple, or pink tones will come out shifted until the magenta is replaced.

Will the TN336M work in my printer?

It is made for the HL-L8250CDN, HL-L8350CDW, HL-L8350CDWT and MFC-L8600CDW. Machines in that group also run the TN331 and TN339 tiers, so you can mix yield levels as your budget and volume change.

When the other colors are close behind, is the set a better buy?

Usually, yes. The complete TN336 set is $74.41 against $129.91 for the four singles — a $55.50 difference. If magenta is the only weak color, though, this single at $32.86 is the smarter spend. For the three tiers of this platform priced side by side — TN331, TN336 and TN339 — and the per-page math that separates two tiers sharing one shelf price, see our Best Brother TN331 Toner Cartridges — it covers the one drum unit all seven machines share.

What happens if I am not happy with the print quality?

Tell us within the first year and the warranty and free returns policy have you covered. Our support team is on hand Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST.

Why do full-color title slides eat this cartridge so fast?

A title slide with a deep red or purple background is close to full-page magenta coverage — twenty times the 5% basis the 3,500-page rating assumes. A deck with a dozen such slides in a 40-page presentation can spend the TN336M like several hundred pages of ordinary documents. It is not a faulty cartridge; it is the coverage math working exactly as rated.

Can I stretch a fading magenta to the end of a print run?

Usually, yes. Lift the cartridge out and rock it gently side to side five or six times — toner that has settled away from the feed side redistributes, and print density typically recovers enough to finish the job in hand. Treat it as a bridge, not a cure: a TN336M that needs shaking is telling you its replacement should already be on order.

How do I figure out our office's real replacement rhythm for magenta?

Write the install date on the cartridge's box and keep the box until the cartridge empties. The span between the two dates, across two or three cartridges, gives you your true interval — one that already includes your deck-heavy months and quiet weeks. Ordering against that rhythm beats reacting to the low warning, which tends to arrive the morning of a presentation.

What should I do with the spent TN336M?

Hold onto it until the replacement has run a few real jobs — if reds still look wrong with a fresh cartridge fitted, the problem sits in the printer, and the old cartridge helps prove the fault moved or stayed. Once the new TN336M is printing clean, the empty can go out with your regular used-cartridge collection.

About This TN336M Magenta Cartridge

The TN336M keeps the reds in your branding red: a 3,500-page magenta cartridge for $32.86, built for offices whose decks, proposals, and handouts carry the company colors. Buy it alone when magenta is the only color fading, and find the rest of the family on the Brother toner page.