SKU:

CS-Brother-OEM-TN436-Cyan

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN436C

Ink Color:

Cyan

Page Yield:

Color:6500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Who actually burns through 6,500 pages of cyan?

More offices than you'd expect, once you look at what cyan does all day. Every chart with a blue series, every presentation with a branded header, every document printed from a template with a coloured logo draws on the TN436C — and on a shared departmental machine like the MFC-L9570CDW, those pages accumulate across dozens of users who never think about toner at all. The 6,500-page rating exists for exactly that environment: colour as background infrastructure rather than an occasional event. If your machine's colour counters climb steadily month over month, this class is sized for you.

What does this cartridge do to the cost of a colour page?

Bought singly, the TN436C sells at $237.60 — $95.04 under its $332.64 list — which works out at about 3.7 cents a page for the cyan component at rated coverage. Bought as part of the four-cartridge TN436 set, where the row averages $178.12 a cartridge, the same cyan effectively costs about 2.7 cents a page. Either way, the high-yield class is what makes genuine colour viable on these machines: the genuine premium is spread over 6,500 pages instead of a standard cartridge's far smaller fill.

Which printers take the TN436C?

Six models: the HL-L8360CDW, HL-L8360CDWT and HL-L9310CDW printers, and the MFC-L8900CDW, MFC-L9570CDW and MFC-L9570CDWT all-in-ones. It fills the cyan slot only, alongside the TN436BK black and the TN436M and TN436Y colours. Yield classes can be mixed across slots on this platform, so a high-yield cyan can sit beside colours from the lower-yield family if that is how your stock falls — but the code on the cartridge you remove is the one to match, and for this slot at this capacity it reads TN436C.

My blues and greens have gone dull — is the cyan at fault?

It is the first suspect. Cyan underpins every blue and green the printer makes, and as the TN436C fades, skies wash toward grey, greens lose their depth, and corporate blues drift off-brand before any warning light insists on attention. Print the machine's colour test page: a weak cyan panel confirms it. Rocking the cartridge gently and refitting may restore density for a short run. Marks that repeat at fixed intervals or a film across the whole page point instead at the drum units, which no cartridge swap will cure.

Should I stock a spare cyan, or order when the warning appears?

On a shared departmental machine, stock the spare. These printers serve whole teams, and a colour slot running dry mid-week usually surfaces at the worst moment — a board pack, a client proposal. The TN436C is sealed and shelf-stable, so a spare in the cupboard costs nothing in performance and removes the gap entirely. Single-printer offices with predictable volume can reasonably order on the warning, since delivery from our warehouses is a matter of days; the deciding factor is how many people are inconvenienced while the slot sits empty.

How do returns and warranty work on this cartridge?

As genuine Brother stock, the TN436C is returnable for 30 days in all cases, with warranty cover from Brother's manufacturer warranty — set out on our shipping and returns page. Those OEM terms are the complete arrangement; the longer cover found elsewhere on this site applies to compatible cartridges only. Faults should be raised with support Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, within the return window.

About This Genuine Brother TN436C High-Yield Cyan Toner Cartridge

The genuine Brother TN436C — the high-yield cyan for Brother's enterprise colour platform, rated at 6,500 pages and priced at $237.60 against a $332.64 list. It serves the HL-L8360CDW, HL-L8360CDWT and HL-L9310CDW printers and the MFC-L8900CDW, MFC-L9570CDW and MFC-L9570CDWT all-in-ones, keeping blues and greens honest on machines that print colour all day. Browse the wider genuine catalogue in the Brother range at Clever Supplies. Ships from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouse.