SKU:

CAN0454B003AA-COMP

Printer Brand:

Canon

OEM Number:

0454B003AA

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

14,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Faces in our copies look sunburned and the reds have turned orange — which cartridge do we check?

The magenta. In the Canon GPR-23 family, magenta builds reds, purples and skin tones, and a fading magenta cartridge — part number 0454B003AA — pushes reds toward orange and gives faces a flushed, sunburned look while blues and yellows still print correctly. Print a test page with a solid red block: if it comes out rusty or uneven, this is the cartridge to replace before you book a service call.

How do we tell a tired magenta from a machine fault?

Work through the cheap checks first. A colour that is uniformly weak across the whole page, with the other three colours printing normally, points at the cartridge. Banding, streaks in every colour, or marks repeating at the same interval down the page point at the machine instead. Swapping in a known-good magenta settles it in minutes — which is why sites running imageRUNNER C2550, C2880, C3080, C3380 or C3480 machines keep one 0454B003AA on the shelf rather than waiting on an engineer to diagnose a toner problem.

Why is this magenta cheaper than the cyan in the same family?

Plainly, that is how the listings are priced. The GPR-23 magenta and yellow singles are both $57.70 and the cyan is $64.19, yet all three are rated at the same 14,000 pages. There is no difference in yield to explain the gap — it is simply the price on each listing, and at $57.70 this magenta works out at roughly 0.41 cents per page at standard coverage.

Does the magenta get used even on mostly black-and-white work?

Very little. A machine copying plain text documents draws almost entirely on the black cartridge, which is rated at 26,000 pages. Magenta consumption follows your colour work — marketing handouts, charts and photo-heavy documents are what empty it. That is also why the four GPR-23 cartridges finish at different times and are replaced independently.

What should we check on the box before opening it?

The part number. 0454B003AA is the magenta; the black is 0452B003AA, cyan 0453B003AA and yellow 0455B003AA, and the boxes look alike. Confirming the code against your requisition takes seconds and prevents the classic storeroom error of fitting a fresh cartridge of the wrong colour into a production machine mid-job.

What happens if a new magenta prints badly out of the box?

It comes back to us. Every compatible cartridge we sell is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, and our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST to help separate a cartridge fault from a machine fault. Full terms are on our shipping & returns page.

About This Canon GPR-23 Magenta Cartridge (0454B003AA)

A single compatible Canon GPR-23 magenta toner cartridge, Canon part number 0454B003AA, rated at up to 14,000 pages for the colour imageRUNNER C2550, C2880, C3080, C3380 and C3480 series. One of four independent GPR-23 units, it supplies the red side of the colour mix and is changed on its own schedule. Priced at $57.70, shipped from one of our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses, and covered by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. The full range is on our Canon page.