Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the GPR-36 ladder end?

Here, at about $63.23 a cartridge and roughly 0.33 cents a page — the floor of this family. Five cartridges at $316.15, against $390.10 if the same five were bought as singles, save $73.95. There is no 10-pack above this rung and no deeper discount beyond it, so if this is your family's volume, this is the best price the ladder offers. Everything above this rung is a trade of price for shallower stock, made deliberately.

95,000 pages from a family of 19,000-page cartridges — who needs that?

Buyers whose demand is spread or intense: several mid-volume imageRUNNER machines drawing GPR-36BK from one shelf, or one machine worked genuinely hard. At 5,000 pages a month across the shelf, the pack lasts about nineteen months; at 8,000 a month, about a year. A single lightly-used machine is not the audience — it would take years to finish this pack, and the smaller rungs exist for exactly that case.

What should we check before ordering five cartridges?

Two things, both honestly. First, the page counters: is the combined volume of the machines this shelf feeds really going to consume 95,000 pages within a sensible horizon — a year to eighteen months? Second, the machine plans: any replacement, lease change or department move on the calendar that could strand sealed stock? If both answers are comfortable, the 5-pack is the family's best arithmetic. If either is doubtful, the 3-pack carries most of the saving with half the commitment.

How is a pack of this size issued and tracked?

The way small stores have always worked: one cartridge out at a time, the rest sealed and flat in a cool dry cupboard, issued oldest first. Write the arrival month on each box, and keep a simple note — machine, date, cartridge out — if several machines draw from the stock. When the shelf count reaches one, that is the reorder point. Five cartridges is real money sitting in boxes; a two-minute system is all it takes to keep it accounted for.

Do the last cartridges suffer from waiting behind the first four?

Not if they wait properly. Sealed in their bags, in a cool dry place away from heat and sunlight, compatible cartridges hold up for long shelf stretches — condition matters far more than the calendar. Rotation does the rest: issuing oldest first means no single cartridge waits the entire life of the pack. The one genuine watch-out is a shelf near a heat source or in a damp room, which ages any cartridge regardless of how quickly it is used.

What cover stands behind a pack this size?

The same cover as behind a single: every cartridge we sell carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, applied individually. One underperforming unit is returned on its own at no cost; the rest of the pack is unaffected, and the machine it came out of is fed from the shelf in the meantime. The full terms are on our shipping and returns page, and support answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Canon GPR-36 Black Toner 5 Pack

Five compatible Canon GPR-36 black cartridges (GPR-36BK), 19,000 pages each — 95,000 pages at about $63.23 a cartridge and roughly 0.33 cents a page, the deepest rung of the GPR-36 ladder, for the mid-volume imageRUNNER machines built around this family. Orders ship from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, routed from whichever is closest to you. Smaller rungs and the wider range are in our Canon toner range.

This black 5 pack is built for the ImageRunner C2020, ImageRunner Advance C2020, ImageRunner Advance C2030, and ImageRunner Advance C2225. The rest of the GPR-36 family: the black cartridge (GPR-36BK) and the GPR-36 4-cartridge set.