SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-460-BK

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN460

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

6,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

What does paying $22.37 more than the standard cartridge actually get me?

A second 3,000 pages. The TN460 is the high-yield version of this platform's cartridge — 6,000 rated pages at $118.29, against the standard TN430's 3,000 pages at $95.92. That extra $22.37 halves your cost per page from about 3.2 cents to about 2 cents and halves the number of times anyone has to open the machine. On any printer doing steady duty, the TN460 is the cheapest genuine way to feed it.

Will the TN460 fit the same machine my TN430 came out of?

Yes — the two cartridges share one slot across the whole platform. Brother built the standard and high-yield fills into the same shell, so an HL-1440 or MFC-9700 that has run TN430 cartridges for years takes the TN460 with no adjustment, no setting change and no difference in how it seats. The only change you will notice is how long it is before you do it again.

How much printing a month makes the high-yield the obvious pick?

Roughly anything beyond a few hundred pages. The TN460 is cheaper per page from the very first sheet, so the question is only whether 6,000 pages will be used before the machine itself is retired. At 250 pages a month the cartridge lasts about two years — well within sensible use. Below that pace, the standard fill's lower upfront price is the only argument against this one.

Which printers use the TN460?

The full thirty-nine-model platform: DCP-1200 and DCP-1400; FAX 8350p and FAX 8750p; the HL-1030, HL-1230, HL-1240, HL-1250, HL-1270n, HL-1435, HL-1440, HL-1450, HL-1470n and HL-P2500; the Intellifax 4100, 4100e, 4750, 4750e, 4750p, 5750, 5750e, 5750p, 8500 and 8500p; and the MFC-1260, MFC-1270, MFC-2500, MFC-8300, MFC-8500, MFC-8600, MFC-8700, MFC-9600, MFC-9650, MFC-9700, MFC-9750, MFC-9800, MFC-9850, MFC-9870 and MFC-P2500.

Does a bigger cartridge change print quality in any way?

No. The TN460 uses the same genuine Brother toner formulation as the standard fill — what grows is the reservoir, not the recipe. Density, sharpness and drum behaviour are identical on page one and page six thousand; the difference only shows up in how rarely the low-toner light interrupts a print run. If output quality shifts after a swap, the cause lies elsewhere in the machine, not in the fill size.

What are the return and warranty terms on this cartridge?

Returns run for 30 days from delivery on the TN460, in all cases, as set out on our shipping and returns page; after that, Brother's manufacturer warranty is the cover, as with all genuine stock. Orders leave from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, and help is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Genuine Brother TN460 High-Yield Black Toner Cartridge

The TN460 is the 6,000-page high-yield genuine black for Brother's fax-era platform, priced at $118.29 against a $177.44 list — about 2 cents a page, the lowest genuine running cost those thirty-nine machines can achieve. For any Intellifax, early HL or MFC from that line still doing real work, it is the default refill. Both this and the standard fill are stocked in the Brother range at Clever Supplies.