SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-336-Y

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN331Y TN336Y

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

Color: 3500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do warm colors fall apart when the yellow cartridge starts to fade?

Yellow is the quiet foundation of every warm shade the printer builds. Take it away and oranges lose their fire, golds turn muddy, greens built from yellow and cyan slide toward blue, and highlighted sections of documents simply vanish — yellow toner on white paper is hard to see even when it is working perfectly. The TN336Y carries a 3,500-page rating, and because its contribution is so easy to overlook, its decline is usually spotted through the colors it supports rather than in the yellow itself.

The machine flags yellow as low, yet everything still prints acceptably. Change it now or wait?

You can safely wait for the quality to move — the warning arrives with reserve toner still in the cartridge. For text-and-charts office work, prints may hold up for a good while after the first alert. The moment highlights look washed out or warm graphics lose their punch, the reserve is spent and it is time. Ordering the TN336Y when the warning first appears means the replacement is on the shelf before that day comes.

What does running this yellow cartridge cost us per color page?

At $166.75 for a cartridge rated at 3,500 pages, the arithmetic lands at roughly 4.8 cents a page — in line with the cyan and magenta in this family, and close to double the black cartridge's 2.6 cents. That gap is the honest shape of color printing on this platform, and it is why the per-page figure is worth knowing before a department commits to color-heavy handouts: a 200-copy color run spends about $9.60 of yellow alone at rated coverage.

Yellow always seems to run out before the other colors here. Is that a fault?

Almost certainly not. Consumption follows your documents, not the cartridge ratings. Offices heavy on highlighted text, warm-toned marketing pieces, spreadsheets with yellow banding or charts with big yellow segments will genuinely burn yellow faster than cyan or magenta. All three colors share the same 3,500-page headline rating, but that figure assumes balanced, average pages. A yellow-first pattern says more about your page mix than about the TN336Y.

Can the color cartridges in this family be swapped between slots if I run out of one?

No. Each cartridge is keyed and coded for its own position — the TN336Y is yellow only, and it will not serve as a stand-in for cyan or magenta, nor will either of those cover for yellow. The printer reads each slot separately and will keep asking for the color that is actually empty. The upside of that discipline is diagnosis: when the machine names yellow, yellow is precisely the cartridge to order.

How quickly will my order arrive, and who do I talk to if I am unsure which cartridge I need?

Orders are dispatched from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, so most destinations are served from a regional stock point rather than one national depot. If the cartridge turns out to be wrong for your machine, it can be returned within 30 days of delivery, and the cartridge itself carries Brother's manufacturer warranty. For help identifying the right code before you buy, our team is on hand Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST — and the returns detail is spelled out on our shipping and returns page.

About This Brother TN336Y Yellow Toner Cartridge

The TN336Y is the genuine Brother yellow cartridge 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 3,500 pages and currently priced at $166.75 against a $233.45 list price. Like the rest of this family it is an original Brother part, covered by the manufacturer's warranty with a 30-day return window through us. You will find its color partners and the matching black under our Brother listing.