Frequently Asked Questions

Our colour prints have gone cold and blue, though black-and-white is perfect — which cartridge is that?

Yellow, in most cases. Black printing perfectly rules out a general printer fault, and a cold, blue cast across colour pages is the signature of yellow running dry: without it, greens cannot form and warm tones lose their base. The cartridge responsible is this Canon 131 yellow, short code 131Y. If instead the reds were wrong, you would look at magenta; weak blues point to cyan.

131Y and the Canon part-number listing — two different cartridges?

No, one cartridge with two catalogue doors. 131Y is the short code; the same Canon 131 yellow is listed elsewhere by its Canon part number, 6269B001AA. Both pages describe a compatible yellow cartridge rated at up to 1,500 pages and priced at $34.70, so whichever listing you order from, the same product is picked and shipped.

How long will this cartridge last in a typical small office?

Its rating is up to 1,500 pages at 5% coverage, level with the 131C cyan and 131M magenta. Yellow tends to be the slowest-draining colour in document-heavy offices — it is a supporting colour in most pages rather than the headline — so in calendar terms it often outlasts expectations set by busier colours. Photo and graphics work reverses that, using yellow steadily on every page.

What is the per-page cost of the yellow?

About 2.31 cents: $34.70 divided across the 1,500-page rating. Every colour in the Canon 131 family shares that same price and rating, so colour pages have one predictable toner cost. The economy member of the family is the black 131BK — 2,400 pages at roughly 1.45 cents a page.

Is it worth keeping a spare yellow in the drawer?

For most offices, yellow is the one colour where a spare earns its shelf space precisely because its failure is so easy to miss — the drift to blue creeps up over weeks. A sealed spare, stored flat in a cool dry place, prints as well after months in the drawer as it would today, and swapping takes minutes when the symptom finally gets noticed.

What warranty and returns cover does it have?

A 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns: if the cartridge leaks, fails early, or prints poorly from the start, we replace it or refund you — the terms are set out on our shipping and returns page. Orders ship from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and our team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Canon 131 Yellow Toner Cartridge

One compatible Canon 131 yellow toner cartridge under its short code 131Y — the same cartridge carried by Canon part number 6269B001AA — rated at up to 1,500 pages for $34.70, roughly 2.31 cents a page. Family partners are the black 131BK (2,400 pages), cyan 131C and magenta 131M. The full Canon 131 family and the wider Canon range are in our Canon toner collection.