Frequently Asked Questions

How fast will our 1320 go through 2,000 pages of magenta?

Picture four standard reams of paper — that is the physical scale of this cartridge's rating. A home user printing a few color pages a week may not finish it for well over a year. A small office printing color handouts daily could work through it in a few months. Magenta consumption tracks your subject matter more than your page count: presentations with red charts and photo prints drink it quickly, while documents that are mostly text and blue graphics barely sip it.

What are the early signs that the magenta is running low?

Watch the warm colors. Reds start printing orange or salmon, skin tones turn pale and slightly green, and purples flatten toward blue. Black text and yellow-heavy images still look fine, which is why people often blame the paper or the printer first. On the Dell 1320, that specific pattern — warm colors wrong, everything else right — is the magenta cartridge (part 310-9064) asking to be replaced.

Do all four colors have to be replaced together?

No. The 1320 takes four separate cartridges — black 310-9058, cyan 310-9060, yellow 310-9062 and this magenta 310-9064 — and each is changed independently when it empties. Replacing only the spent color is the normal, economical way to run this printer; there is no benefit to swapping colors that still have life in them.

Is the cartridge in this listing the same as the one sold as "310-9064"?

It is the same cartridge, listed two ways. This page names the printer — Dell 1320 — because many people shop that way; the other listing leads with the part number. Both describe the identical magenta unit: 2,000-page rating, $23.74. If the cartridge you removed is stamped 310-9064, this is its replacement regardless of which listing you order from.

Our prints look streaky rather than faded — could it still be the cartridge?

It can be. Fading is the usual end-of-life sign, but a cartridge near empty can also lay toner down unevenly, which shows up as streaks or patchy color in one channel only. A quick test: print a page that is mostly red. If the reds are streaky or banded while other colors print evenly, the magenta unit is the problem. If you want a second opinion before ordering, our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

What am I covered by if I order the wrong thing or it underperforms?

Every cartridge we sell carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, set out on our shipping & returns page. This is a compatible cartridge for the Dell 1320 — you can browse the rest of the machine's supplies in our Dell range — and orders are dispatched from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA.

About This Dell 1320 Magenta Cartridge (310-9064)

Listed here under its printer name, this is Dell part 310-9064: the magenta cartridge for the 1320 color laser, rated at 2,000 pages and priced at $23.74. Magenta does the heavy lifting for reds, skin tones and purples, and when it fades the whole palette tips cold — a specific, recognizable failure that a single-cartridge swap fixes. This compatible unit is replaced independently of the other three colors, is warranted for one year, and can be returned free for one year, which makes restocking an aging but capable 1320 a straightforward decision.