SKU:

CAN1657B001AA-COM

Printer Brand:

Canon

OEM Number:

1657B001AA

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

6,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do prints lose their warmth before any low-toner warning shows?

Because yellow fades by degrees, and the warning only fires near the very end. Long before the Canon CRG-111 yellow (1657B001AA) is empty enough to trigger a message, the warmth has been leaking out of your prints — greens slide blue, cream backgrounds print white, skin tones cool down. The cartridge is not faulty; yellow is simply the color whose decline hides inside other colors instead of announcing itself. By the time the machine speaks up, the yellow has usually been the weak channel for weeks.

What does the yellow channel cost per page here?

This cartridge is $72.13 and rated for up to 6,000 pages, which puts the yellow at roughly 1.20 cents per page at the standard 5% coverage the rating assumes. That is the figure to budget with for color work on this platform — heavier pages, dense with color, will spend it faster, and text pages with a small color element will barely touch it. Two machines printing the same cartridge at different mixes will honestly get different page counts from it, and both are normal.

Which printers does the CRG-111 yellow fit?

The color imageCLASS multifunction machines and the laser printer on the CRG-111 platform: the ImageClass MF9150C, ImageClass MF9170C, ImageClass MF9220Cdn and ImageClass MF9280CDN multifunction models, and the ImageRunner LBP5360 printer. If your machine's supply list names the CRG-111 yellow, part number 1657B001AA, this is its yellow cartridge. Each color on this platform is a separate unit — this one serves the yellow slot only.

How do I prove it is yellow, not one of the other colors?

Print the machine's test or status page and look at each color block separately instead of judging whole documents. The yellow block tells its story directly: pale, streaky or broken means yellow is the cartridge to change. A shortcut symptom check works too — if greens have gone blue and reds look cold while blue tones still print rich, yellow is the missing ingredient, because green cannot be made without it. Confirming takes two minutes and prevents the classic mistake of replacing a healthy cyan.

Does yellow really get used on mostly black-and-white work?

Less than people fear, but not zero. Plain text pages print from the black cartridge, and yellow sits idle. The moment a document carries color — a logo, a highlighted table, a color chart — all three colors join in, yellow included, and offices are often surprised how much of their "mostly mono" printing actually carries a color element. That is why a yellow cartridge can empty in a machine nobody thinks of as a color printer: it was one, a few pages at a time.

What happens if this cartridge fails or prints badly?

It carries a 1-year warranty against defects and 1-year free returns if it does not perform as it should — the same cover as every cartridge we sell, with no lesser tier for compatibles. The full terms are on our shipping and returns page, and if the problem needs diagnosing first, our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Yellow Cartridge

This is a single compatible Canon CRG-111 yellow toner cartridge, part number 1657B001AA, rated for up to 6,000 pages, for the ImageClass MF9150C, MF9170C, MF9220Cdn and MF9280CDN multifunction printers and the ImageRunner LBP5360. It ships from one of our four US warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California and is covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The cyan, magenta and black cartridges for the same machines are on our Canon toner page.