SKU:

CS-Canon-054H-M

Printer Brand:

Canon

OEM Number:

054HM

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 2300

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Faces in our photos look sunburned and the reds are harsh — which cartridge is that?

That is magenta's signature when it starts running unevenly. The 054HM builds every red, pink and skin tone on the page; when it fades, reds tip toward orange, faces flush too warm and purples collapse into plain blue. If your blues and greens still look right while everything warm looks off, magenta is where to look.

How long does one of these cartridges last?

The 054HM is the high-yield magenta of the Canon 054H family, rated at about 2,300 pages. On a typical colour printer that is a long service life — colour pages are usually the minority of what a machine prints, so a magenta can stay in the printer through several black cartridge changes. Photo-heavy and brochure-heavy work will, of course, draw it down faster.

What does magenta cost per page here?

$31.23 spread over roughly 2,300 pages is about 1.36¢ per page. The standard Canon 054 magenta is the same $31.23 but rated at 1,200 pages — about 2.60¢ a page. We sell both and print the comparison on both pages: at equal shelf prices, the high-yield cartridge is the cheaper page by a wide margin.

Should the cyan and yellow be changed when I change this?

Only if they are also empty. The three colours — 054HC cyan, this 054HM magenta and 054HY yellow — are independent cartridges with independent lifespans, and the black 054HK runs separately again. Swap what is empty, leave what still has pages in it.

Is this an original Canon cartridge?

No, it is a compatible cartridge made to the 054HM specification rather than a Canon factory original. It carries our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, which is the promise that matters if the cartridge ever lets you down.

What if the print quality is poor from the first page?

Then treat it as a warranty matter, not something to live with: the cartridge is covered for a year, and faulty units go back free under the returns policy on our shipping & returns page. Our support team is around Monday to Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST if you want to talk it through first.

About This Canon 054H Magenta Toner Cartridge

A single high-yield 054HM magenta, about 2,300 pages, for the printer whose reds and skin tones have started to drift. Every order is backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns and ships from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses. The rest of the Canon 054H family — the 054HK black and its cyan and yellow companions — is gathered on our Canon page.

Owners of ImageClass MF641Cw, MF642Cdw, MF644Cdw and LBP-622Cdw all reorder this same Canon 054H range. The rest of the range includes the standard-yield 054 magenta cartridge, the high-yield 054H black cartridge, the high-yield 054H cyan cartridge and the high-yield 054H yellow cartridge.