Brother Genuine TN820 Standard-yield Mono Laser Toner Cartridge. Professional mono laser print quality you can consistently rely on for up to 3,000 pages. Intelligently engineered to work in seamless unison with your Brother printer. Brother Genuine toner produces crisp, sharp prints that withstand the test of time. Brother offers an environmentally responsible way for customers to dispose of Brother Genuine cartridges. Brother Genuine TN820 is for use with: DCP-L5500DN, DCP-L5600DN, DCP-L5650DN, HL-L5000D, HL-L5100DN, HL-L5200DW, HL-L5200DWT, HL-L6200DW, HL-L6200DWT, HL-L6250DW, HL-L6300DW, HL-L6400DW, HL-L6400DWT, MFC-L5700DW, MFC-L5705DW, MFC-L5800DW, MFC-L5850DW, MFC-L5900DW, MFC-L6700DW, MFC-L6750DW, MFC-L6800DW, MFC-L6900DW
Frequently Asked Questions
Four black cartridges fit these workgroup machines — where does the TN820 sit among them?
At the foot of the ladder. Brother offers the TN820 at 3,000 pages, then the TN850 at 8,000, the TN880 at 12,000 and the TN890 at 20,000, all for the same L5000/L6000-generation machines. The TN820 is the standard fill: the smallest outlay today and the shortest run between changes. Every step above it costs more per cartridge and less per page, so this one earns its place in offices whose monthly volume is modest rather than in print rooms that measure toner by the tens of thousands.
What does a TN820 page actually cost next to the TN850?
Roughly 3.3 cents — $98.69 across the 3,000-page rating. The TN850 on the next rung prints for around 1.8 cents a page at its current price, close to half. We lay that out plainly because it decides who should buy this cartridge: if your machine regularly clears a few thousand pages a month, the TN850 repays its higher ticket quickly. If it prints a few hundred, the TN820's lower price today is the sensible figure, and the per-page gap amounts to pocket change over a quarter.
Is the TN820 also the drum? Our machine is asking about a drum unit.
No — they are separate parts with separate clocks. The TN820 is toner only; the drum is the DR820 unit, rated around 30,000 pages, so roughly ten TN820 cartridges pass through one drum. A drum message on the display will not be cleared by changing toner, and a toner message will not be cleared by changing the drum. When print quality fades evenly across the page near a drum's end, that is the drum talking; when the machine reports toner low, that is this cartridge.
Why would a busy office deliberately choose the smallest fill?
Usually because the machine itself is lightly loaded — a satellite office, a warehouse desk, a director's printer — or because several machines share the load and none individually justifies a 20,000-page cartridge sitting in stock. There is also a cash-flow logic: $98.69 today against $199.99 for the largest rung. The choice is wrong only when volume is high and the swaps become a chore; at that point the bigger rungs exist precisely to end the interruptions.
What protection does this cartridge come with?
It is genuine Brother stock, so Brother's own manufacturer warranty stands behind it, and Clever Supplies adds a return window of 30 days from delivery in all cases — the full wording lives on our shipping and returns page. Orders leave from whichever of our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses is closest to you, and our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
About This Genuine Brother TN820 Black Toner Cartridge
The standard-yield genuine black for Brother's L5000/L6000 workgroup platform — 3,000 rated pages at $98.69, well under its $138.17 list. It is the entry rung of a four-cartridge ladder and the right size for the lightly worked machines on that platform; the higher rungs and the rest of the genuine line sit in the Brother range at Clever Supplies.
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