Frequently Asked Questions

Why does brand colour drift matter — and is magenta usually the cause?

Because customers notice. A company red that prints a slightly different red each month quietly undermines every brochure and invoice, and magenta is the cartridge that controls it: reds, purples and skin tones all lean on magenta. When output drifts orange or washed-out while blues stay true, the Canon 131 magenta — short code 131M — is running low, even if the printer has not complained yet.

Is the 131M listing the same product as the one with the Canon part number?

The very same cartridge. 131M is the short code; Canon's own part number for this magenta is 6270B001AA, and we list it both ways because buyers search both ways. Either listing gets you one compatible magenta cartridge, rated up to 1,500 pages, at $34.70. There is no quality tier difference hiding between the two product pages.

How many pages will we get from it?

Up to 1,500 at the standard 5% coverage basis — the same rating as the 131C cyan and 131Y yellow. Magenta consumption is spiky: a month of plain documents barely touches it, while a run of flyers with big red backgrounds can use a noticeable share in a day. The rating is best used as a planning average across a cartridge's whole life, not a prediction for any single week.

What does this cartridge add to the cost of a colour page?

Its share works out to roughly 2.31 cents a page — $34.70 over 1,500 pages. That is the same figure as the other two colours in the family, so budgeting colour with the Canon 131 is straightforward. Black remains the economy cartridge of the set at about 1.45 cents a page through the 131BK's 2,400-page rating.

Should magenta be replaced as soon as reds look slightly off?

Not necessarily at the first hint. Toner settling can cause a temporary weak patch; removing the cartridge and rocking it gently side to side redistributes what is left and can restore even colour for a while. Replace it when the reds stay wrong after that, or when output is consistently pale — at that point the cartridge has given you its rated life and a fresh one resets the colour properly.

What cover does it carry?

The same as every cartridge we sell: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, covering leaks, early failure and poor print quality, with the full policy on our shipping and returns page. We ship from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and support answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Canon 131 Magenta Toner Cartridge

One compatible Canon 131 magenta toner cartridge under its short code 131M — identical to the listing carrying Canon part number 6270B001AA — rated at up to 1,500 pages for $34.70, about 2.31 cents a page. It sits alongside the black 131BK (2,400 pages), cyan 131C and yellow 131Y in the 131 family. Singles and multi-packs across the range are in our Canon toner collection.

Owners of ImageClass LBP7110Cw, ImageClass MF624Cw and ImageClass MF628Cw all reorder this same Canon 131 range. Capacity and colour choices around it include the standard-yield 131 black cartridge, the 131 yellow cartridge, the 131 cyan cartridge and the 131 four-colour set.