SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-336-M

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN331M TN336M

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 3500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

We print plenty of photos and presentation decks — what is magenta actually doing in those jobs?

Magenta is the cartridge your images lean on hardest. It forms the reds and pinks in photographs, warms up skin tones, and builds the purples and oranges in presentation graphics. Photo-heavy and deck-heavy workloads therefore drain the TN336M faster than plain correspondence does, even though the cartridge carries the same 3,500-page rating as its color partners. If your output is image-led, expect magenta to be the color you reorder first.

The people in our printed photos look slightly green — is magenta the culprit?

Quite possibly. Skin tones are a balance of all three colors, and when magenta drops away the green cast of the cyan and yellow underneath shows through. Faces going greenish or sickly, reds sliding toward orange-brown, and pinks turning pale are the classic fingerprints of a magenta cartridge nearing the end. Fit a fresh TN336M and the balance usually returns immediately; if it does not, run the machine's calibration before suspecting anything more serious.

Should I order magenta alone now, or hold off and take the full four-cartridge set later?

It depends how the other cartridges look. If magenta is the only color calling for a change, the single TN336M at $166.75 is the sensible buy — there is no prize for replacing healthy cartridges early. The four-cartridge set at $514.11 earns its keep when several colors are low together, because the same four bought one by one add up to $603.61. Check the machine's toner gauges and let them, not the calendar, make the call.

The printer says magenta is low but the pages still look right. How long can I keep going?

The low warning is an early alert, not a stop order — Brother builds in a reserve so a big job is not stranded mid-run. On light office documents you may get a few hundred more acceptable pages; on photo work the color shift tends to show sooner, because your eye catches skin-tone drift before text pages look any different. Treat the warning as your reorder signal and keep printing until the quality, not the counter, tells you to swap.

How should a spare cartridge be kept so it is ready when I need it?

Leave it sealed in its original packaging, stored flat in a cool, dry cupboard away from direct sunlight and radiators. Toner does not dry out like ink, so an unopened TN336M keeps well for an extended period — which is exactly why buying ahead at a good price works for this family. Open the bag only when the old cartridge comes out, and give the new one a gentle rock side to side before fitting it so the toner inside is evenly distributed.

Who is responsible if this cartridge leaks or fails early in its life?

Start with us: genuine Brother cartridges bought here can be returned within 30 days of delivery whatever the problem, full stop. Once that window passes, responsibility sits with Brother under the manufacturer's warranty that covers its original cartridges. Either route starts with our support team, available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. Our shipping and returns page sets out how the 30-day return works in practice.

About This Brother TN336M Magenta Toner Cartridge

Brother's TN336M is the genuine magenta cartridge for the HL-L8250 series and the MFC-L8600 and MFC-L8850 families, including their CDN, CDW and CDWT variants. It carries a 3,500-page rating and sells for $166.75, down from a $233.45 list price — just under 4.8 cents a page at the rated yield. Stock is held across Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, so deliveries do not cross the whole country unless they have to. The wider genuine range lives on our Brother page.