Frequently Asked Questions

Who actually buys black toner five cartridges at a time?

Offices that run a Dell 1250-series printer as a genuine workhorse — a front desk 1355cnw printing all day, a C1765nf handling copies and faxes as well as prints — and offices that stock several of these machines at once. For them a cartridge every month or two is normal, and this 5-pack of 331-0778 cartridges is simply the economical way to feed that pace. It is also bought by anyone who has done the arithmetic below and decided their printer is staying.

What does the 5-pack do to the price of each cartridge?

It nearly halves it twice over. Five singles would cost $129.90; this pack is $55.94, saving $73.96. Per cartridge that is $11.19 instead of $25.98, and per rated page about 0.56 cents instead of 1.30 cents. The mechanism is this family's pricing ladder: after the first cartridge at the single price, each additional one adds only about $7.49, so cartridges two through five in this pack effectively cost $7.49 each.

How far does 10,000 pages of black toner go?

Five cartridges at up to 2,000 pages each is 10,000 pages of black printing. On one 1250-family machine at 300 pages a month that is close to three years of supply; across two or three machines sharing the same 331-0778 — a 1250c here, a 1755nfw there — it is a year or more of never thinking about black toner. Heavy coverage shortens those spans, light text stretches them, but at any realistic pace this pack ends reordering as a recurring chore.

Who should not buy this pack?

Honestly: anyone whose printer may be retired soon, and light users generally. If your 1250c prints a few pages a week, five cartridges could outlast the machine itself, and the saving per cartridge buys you nothing on units never installed. The same caution applies if you are trialling compatible cartridges for the first time — start with one or two, confirm the quality in your own machine, and let the 5-pack be your second order, not your first.

How do we store five cartridges without wasting any?

Keep them sealed, flat and in arrival order in a cool, dry place, and always install the oldest first. A sealed toner cartridge holds its quality over a long shelf life, so a 5-pack consumed across a year or two loses nothing to storage. Date each box as it arrives and the rotation runs itself; the only real enemy is heat, so keep the stock away from radiators and sunlit windowsills.

What cover applies across the whole pack?

Every one of the five cartridges carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns on the same terms as a single purchase, so a unit that fades or fails — first out of the box or last — comes back to us rather than costing you. Read the full policy on our shipping & returns page; help is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the pack ships from IL, PA, GA or CA.

About This Dell 1250 Black 5-Pack (331-0778)

Five compatible high-yield black toner cartridges for Dell's 1250 series under part number 331-0778, each rated at up to 2,000 pages — 10,000 pages in total — for $55.94: $11.19 per cartridge, about 0.56 cents per rated page, and $73.96 less than five singles. The pack stocks the 1250c, 1350cnw, 1355cn, 1355cnw, 1755nf, 1755nfw, C1760nw and C1765nf, ships from IL, PA, GA or CA, and every cartridge is backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. The wider range is on our Dell page.