Frequently Asked Questions

How far does 2,000 pages of cyan go on a Dell 1320?

Farther than most people expect, because cyan is only consumed when a page actually contains color. A 1320 that prints 300 pages a month with color on maybe a third of them might take well over a year to finish a 310-9060. A 1320 printing color flyers daily will finish it in a few months. The 2,000-page rating is measured at standard coverage, so your mix of documents decides the real number.

The cartridge we pulled out is marked 310-9060. Is this the same one?

Yes. 310-9060 is the supply number for the cyan cartridge in the Dell 1320, and this listing — filed under the printer name — is that exact cartridge. Matching the number on the old cartridge's label to the number in this listing is the simplest confirmation there is.

What does this cartridge cost per page, honestly?

$23.74 divided by its 2,000-page rating comes to roughly 1.19 cents per page of cyan. We will not dress that up as a bargain per-page rate — compact-printer cartridges carry higher per-page costs than big production cartridges. The honest case for the 310-9060 is a low single purchase price, the correct fit for your 1320, and the warranty and returns backing below.

When is the right moment to order a replacement?

Order when prints first start drifting warm — blues losing their depth is the early warning, well before cyan gives out completely. Because a 1320 is usually a one-printer office, waiting until the cartridge is empty means color printing stops until the delivery arrives. Ordering at the first color shift keeps that from happening.

Should a spare be kept on the shelf?

For most 1320 owners, one spare is a sensible ceiling. A sealed 310-9060 stored flat in a cool, dry place keeps well, and having it means a two-minute swap instead of a paused workday. Buying deep stock makes less sense at this cartridge's 2,000-page size and $23.74 price — one spare covers the gap between a low warning and your next regular order.

What backing does this compatible cartridge carry?

A 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, as with all our compatible cartridges — full terms on our shipping & returns page. Your order ships from one of our warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA, and support is available Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if you need help.

What should happen in the first minutes after the new cyan clicks into place?

Print a page with strong blues — a sky photo or a chart with deep blue blocks. The first sheet or two can look marginally uneven while the toner inside the 310-9060 distributes itself, so make your judgment on the third or fourth page. By then the blues should be full and even; if they are, the cartridge has settled and there is nothing further to adjust or configure.

Which documents draw on the cyan cartridge hardest?

Anything blue, and anything photographic. Corporate-blue branding, charts, sky and water in photos, and blue-heavy presentations all spend cyan at a rate plain documents never approach. That is why cyan's real life varies so much between offices sharing the same rating: a month of chart-heavy reporting can empty a 310-9060 while the magenta and yellow beside it have barely moved.

Does double-sided printing change how far this cartridge goes?

It changes the paper arithmetic, not the toner arithmetic. The 2,000-page rating counts printed sides, and a duplex sheet holds two sides, so the cartridge covers about 1,000 double-sided sheets. Each printed side draws the same amount of cyan whether its partner side is blank or full. Judge the cartridge's remaining life by pages printed, and you will never be surprised by how fast the paper stack falls.

What is the sensible way to deal with the spent cyan afterward?

Hold it briefly, then let it go with the rest of your empties in one batch. The brief hold is the useful part: until the replacement 310-9060 has printed a few days of real work, the old unit is evidence if colors still look wrong. After that it has served its purpose — and a spent cartridge stored among sealed spares is just a future mix-up waiting to happen.

About This Dell 1320 Cyan Cartridge (310-9060)

Filed under the printer it feeds, this listing is the compatible cyan cartridge 310-9060 for the Dell 1320: a single cartridge at $23.74, rated at 2,000 pages, working out to about 1.19 cents per page for the cyan position. It is a compatible (not Dell original) supply from our Dell range, covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns — a straightforward, correctly numbered cyan replacement for everyday 1320 color printing.