SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-360-BK

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN360

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

2,600 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does a high-yield cartridge exist for printers that are well over a decade old?

Because a surprising number of HL-2140s, HL-2170Ws and MFC-7840Ws are still earning their keep in small offices, and their owners asked for fewer cartridge changes. The TN360 is the high-yield fill for that generation, rated at 2,600 pages — the cartridge you buy when the machine refuses to retire and you are tired of swapping small fills into it. Genuine Brother stock for a platform this age is exactly what keeps those printers producing clean pages instead of becoming e-waste.

How long will 2,600 pages actually last in a small office?

At a modest 100 pages a week, the TN360 covers about six months of printing. At 50 pages a week — a home office with occasional contracts and schoolwork — it can run past a year. Busy reception desks printing a few hundred pages weekly will see the low-toner warning in a couple of months, and for them this cartridge's appeal is the swap interval rather than any bargain per page.

Which printers take the TN360?

Twelve models from that generation: the DCP-7030, DCP-7040 and DCP-7045N copiers; the HL-2140, HL-2150N and HL-2170W printers; and the MFC-7320, MFC-7340, MFC-7345DN, MFC-7345N, MFC-7440N and MFC-7840W all-in-ones. If the cartridge you are pulling out is stamped TN360 (or its smaller sibling from the same family), this is the like-for-like high-yield replacement.

At $114.36, what is the cost per page — honestly?

About 4.4 cents a page, and we will not dress that up: this is not bargain-tier printing. What the money buys is a genuine Brother fill in a machine that third-party cartridges often treat badly, plus half the cartridge swaps of the standard fill. Against its $160.10 list price the TN360 is already well discounted here, but if your only measure is pennies per page, no genuine cartridge for this platform will win that contest.

Prints are fading even with a fresh TN360 fitted — is the toner at fault?

Usually not. Fading, gray backgrounds or repeating marks that survive a cartridge change point at the drum unit, the separate imaging part the toner sits in, which wears on its own schedule. Before blaming this cartridge, slide the drum's cleaning tab back and forth as Brother's manual describes and print a test page. If the marks repeat at regular intervals down the sheet, the drum — not the TN360 — is the part asking for attention.

What happens if this cartridge arrives damaged or turns out to be wrong?

Every genuine Brother cartridge we sell, this TN360 included, can be returned within 30 days of delivery in all cases — the full terms sit on the shipping and returns page. Beyond that window the cartridge carries Brother's manufacturer warranty. Stock ships from whichever of our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses is closest to you.

About This Genuine Brother TN360 High-Yield Black Toner Cartridge

The TN360 is the 2,600-page high-yield genuine black for Brother's long-lived HL-21 and MFC-73/78 generation, priced at $114.36 against a $160.10 list. It suits owners who have kept those machines running for years and want the genuine fill with the longest interval between changes. Support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the full family of cartridges for this platform sits in the Brother range at Clever Supplies.