SKU:

CS-Brother-OEM-TN436-Magenta

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN436M

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color:6500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the magenta decide whether our brand colours print true?

Because most brand palettes lean on it harder than on any other colour. Reds, burgundies, purples and oranges are all mixed through magenta, and human eyes are unforgiving about them: a logo that drifts orange or a red that goes dull is noticed by everyone who sees the page. The TN436M carries that responsibility at 6,500 pages per cartridge, so on machines like the MFC-L8900CDW that produce client-facing documents all day, magenta consistency is not a nicety — it is the difference between output that looks like your company and output that nearly does.

How long does one TN436M last at typical workgroup volume?

At a few hundred colour pages a month, the better part of a year; colour slots drain far more slowly than black on these machines. The realistic measure is your machine's own colour counter — the printers in this family report per-colour page counts, and one look at last quarter's magenta total tells you exactly how many months a 6,500-page cartridge represents in your office. What the rating guarantees is scale: at roughly 3.7 cents a page for the magenta component, the TN436M keeps genuine colour economical across that whole span.

Which printers take the TN436M?

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 magenta slot only, beside the TN436BK black, the TN436C cyan and the TN436Y yellow. The platform also accepts lower-yield cartridges and allows classes to be mixed slot by slot, so this cartridge can join a row that is not uniformly high-yield. Match the code on the cartridge you remove — for this slot at this capacity, it is TN436M.

The magenta is the cartridge I replace most — can I just stock this one?

Yes, and many offices do exactly that. The TN436M is sold singly here at $237.60, $95.04 under its $332.64 list, so there is no bundle obligation attached to it. Do keep the set arithmetic in mind for the day the rest of the row catches up: the four-cartridge TN436 set at $712.49 prices each cartridge at an average of $178.12, so when two or more slots run low together the set beats a round of singles by a wide margin. Until then, a spare magenta on the shelf is a rational, common pattern for this platform.

Skin tones in our printed photos look wrong — is magenta involved?

Usually, yes. Skin is one of the most magenta-sensitive things a printer renders, and a weakening TN436M pushes faces toward green and yellow long before text documents show any problem. If the effect arrived gradually and everything else on the page looks right, suspect the cartridge: check the machine's colour test page for a thin magenta panel. A sudden change, banding, or marks repeating down the page are a different family of fault — those belong to the machine's imaging components, and a new cartridge will not straighten them.

How do returns and warranty work on this cartridge?

The TN436M is returnable for 30 days in all cases, and its warranty cover comes from Brother's manufacturer warranty, in line with every genuine Brother product on this site — the terms are laid out on our shipping and returns page. Original Brother stock runs on these OEM terms; the extended cover described on other pages applies to compatible cartridges. Raise any fault with support Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, inside the 30-day window.

About This Genuine Brother TN436M High-Yield Magenta Toner Cartridge

The genuine Brother TN436M — the high-yield magenta 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, and it is the cartridge that keeps reds and brand colours honest on hard-working machines. Browse the wider genuine catalogue in the Brother range at Clever Supplies. Ships from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouse.