SKU:

CS-Canon-121-BK

Printer Brand:

Canon

OEM Number:

3252C001

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

Black: 5000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What does $36.69 for 5,000 pages actually work out to per page?

About 0.73 cents a page — $36.69 divided across the Canon 121 cartridge's 5,000-page rating. That is the honest single-cartridge number for the 3252C001: not the lowest figure in this family, because singles never are, but a sensible one for a cartridge that covers months of everyday office printing in an imageCLASS D1620 or D1650. If your volume is steady and predictable, the multi-packs in this same family push the per-page cost lower; if you print in bursts and just need one cartridge now, this is the straightforward buy.

The box says Canon 121 and 3252C001 — are those two different cartridges?

No, they are two names for the same cartridge. Canon 121 is the cartridge family name your printer's manual and supply list use; 3252C001 is Canon's part number for it. We print both on the listing so you can match whichever one you found — the number on your old cartridge, the entry in the manual, or the line on a purchase order. Either way, you are looking at the same single black cartridge.

How far does one 5,000-page cartridge actually go in a working office?

At 500 pages a month, roughly ten months. At 1,000 pages a month — a busy shared machine handling invoices, forms and reports — about five months. The 5,000-page rating assumes the standard 5% coverage per page; a month of dense contracts or graphic-heavy documents will use toner faster, while plain correspondence stretches it further. Treat the rating as a planning figure, not a countdown.

My last pages came out streaky — does that mean the new cartridge is faulty?

Almost never on a fresh cartridge. Streaks and one-sided fading usually mean the toner inside has settled during shipping or storage. Take the cartridge out, hold it level, and rock it gently from side to side five or six times to redistribute the powder, then reinstall and print a test page. If the streaks clear, the cartridge was fine all along. If a defect repeats in exactly the same place on every page even after rocking, contact us — that is the pattern the warranty exists for.

Can I keep this as a spare, or should it go straight into the printer?

Keeping it as a shelf spare is completely fine. Leave it sealed in its bag, stored flat in a cool, dry place away from sunlight and radiators, and it will wait until you need it. There is no benefit to installing a cartridge early, and an unopened one stores better than an opened one. A practical tip: write the month it arrived on the box, so when you hold more than one spare you always install the oldest first.

What protection do I get with a compatible cartridge like this?

The same backing we put behind everything we sell: a 1-year warranty against defects and 1-year free returns if the cartridge does not perform as it should. If a Canon 121 from us fails early or prints badly, you are not absorbing that cost for choosing a compatible cartridge. The full terms sit on our shipping and returns page, and our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Cartridge

This is a single compatible Canon 121 black toner cartridge (part number 3252C001), rated at up to 5,000 pages and made for the Canon imageCLASS D1620 and imageCLASS D1650. It ships from one of our four US warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, and it carries our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The rest of the compatible range for Canon machines is on the Canon toner page.