SKU:

CAN8955A001AA-COM

Printer Brand:

Canon

OEM Number:

8955A001AA

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

3,500 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

At about 1.29 cents a page, this is not cheap toner — why do offices still buy it?

Because the machine it feeds still earns its place. The FX-8 (part number 8955A001AA) is the cartridge for the Canon LaserClass 310, a fax-first machine that survives in clinics, law offices, pharmacies and practices where faxed documents are still part of the working day — signed forms, referrals, orders. At $44.98 for 3,500 rated pages, the page cost is higher than a modern printer's, and we state that plainly. The comparison that matters is not against a new printer's toner; it is against replacing a working fax line, retraining a workflow, and reprinting every form that quotes the old number.

How far does 3,500 pages go on a fax machine?

Further than the same rating on a printer, because fax traffic arrives in bursts of short documents. An office receiving and sending thirty fax pages a day works through roughly 600 to 700 pages a month, so one cartridge covers around five months; a quieter line can run the same cartridge for the better part of a year. The 3,500-page rating uses the standard basis of about 5% coverage, which suits fax pages — mostly text — reasonably well.

Which machine does the FX-8 fit?

Just one: the Canon LaserClass 310. Unlike the wide families elsewhere in the Canon range, the FX-8 (8955A001AA) is a single-model cartridge, which at least makes ordering simple — if the machine on the desk is a LaserClass 310, this is its cartridge, and if it is any other model, it is not.

Our incoming faxes are printing pale. Is it the cartridge?

It is the first thing to check. Remove the cartridge, hold it level, and rock it gently side to side several times to redistribute the toner, then refit it and print a test page or a received fax. If the density returns, the toner had settled and the cartridge has life left. If pages stay uniformly pale, the cartridge is near the end — on a fax line, that is the moment to have the next one already on the shelf, because incoming faxes arrive on the sender's schedule, not yours.

Is this a genuine Canon cartridge?

It is a compatible FX-8 cartridge built to the specification of part number 8955A001AA, not a Canon original. It is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the terms on our shipping and returns page — if the unit fails early or prints poorly, it is replaced or refunded.

Where does it ship from, and when can we reach support?

Orders ship from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California. Support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the team knows the LaserClass range — useful when a machine of this age does something odd and you want to know whether it is the toner or the fax.

About This Canon FX-8 Black Toner Cartridge

This is a single compatible Canon FX-8 black toner cartridge, part number 8955A001AA, rated at 3,500 pages and priced at $44.98 — about 1.29 cents per rated page. It serves one machine, the LaserClass 310 fax, and exists to keep a working fax line working. It is covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, and the rest of the Canon range is on our Canon toner page.