SKU:

CS-Bro-OEM-Tn-630-BK

Printer Brand:

Brother

OEM Number:

TN630

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

1200 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is this the smallest cartridge Brother sells for these printers?

The TN630 is the standard fill — 1,200 pages — and the size these machines typically ship with. Brother specced it as the low-ticket option for the home and micro-office end of the HL-L2300 and MFC-L2700 lines: a cartridge priced so that replacing toner never feels like a major purchase. Owners who print heavily usually graduate to the platform's high-yield cartridge; owners who print lightly can stay with the TN630 indefinitely.

What is the true cost per page at $68.41?

About 5.7 cents — the highest per-page figure on this platform, and there is no honest way around that. What you are buying is the lowest upfront price in the family and genuine Brother toner; what you give up is running-cost efficiency. Against its $95.77 list price the TN630 is decently discounted, but if your monthly page count is in the high hundreds, the family's high-yield fill will repay its higher ticket within a couple of cartridges.

Which printers use the TN630?

Sixteen models: the DCP-L2520DW and DCP-L2540DW; the HL-L2300D, HL-L2305W, HL-L2315DW, HL-L2320D, HL-L2340DW, HL-L2360DW and HL-L2380DW printers; and the MFC-L2680W, MFC-L2685DW, MFC-L2700DW, MFC-L2705DW, MFC-L2707DW, MFC-L2720DW and MFC-L2740DW all-in-ones. It is one of Brother's most widely owned mono platforms, which is why this little cartridge sells in such volume.

Is there a bigger cartridge for the same machines?

Yes — the platform's high-yield sibling, the TN660, rated at 2,600 pages, more than double this cartridge in the same slot. The two are interchangeable across all sixteen models, so moving up needs no changes to the printer. Many TN630 owners make that switch after the first replacement, once they know their real page volume; others, printing a few pages a week, never need to.

My printer says toner low after very few pages — is the cartridge faulty?

Probably not. The 1,200-page rating assumes the industry-standard 5% page coverage — a page of ordinary text. Print dense documents, forms with heavy graphics or full-page images and coverage climbs to 15% or more, cutting the yield proportionally. Toner-save mode, if switched on, does the opposite, stretching the count. Judge the TN630 by coverage, not by the calendar: a small cartridge feeding heavy pages empties fast without anything being wrong.

What if the cartridge is faulty when it arrives?

Our returns terms cover the TN630 for 30 days from delivery in all cases — see the shipping and returns page for the detail — and Brother's manufacturer warranty applies to it as genuine stock. We ship from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, and you can reach support Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Genuine Brother TN630 Black Toner Cartridge

The TN630 is the standard-yield genuine black for Brother's HL-L2300/MFC-L2700 mono platform: 1,200 rated pages at $68.41 against a $95.77 list. It is the low-ticket refill the platform was designed around — right for light, steady printing, and the natural starting point before stepping up to the family's high-yield fill. Both cartridges and the platform's other supplies are in the Brother range at Clever Supplies.