Frequently Asked Questions

What does 7,500 pages look like as a planning horizon for our 2130?

This pack holds three 330-1436 cartridges at 2,500 rated pages apiece — 7,500 pages of black toner in one order. On a Dell 2130 printing around 300 pages a month, that is roughly two years of supply; at 750 pages a month, about ten months. Framing it that way is the point of a 3-pack: instead of three separate toner decisions scattered across the year, you make one, and the reorder conversation disappears until the last cartridge is loaded.

What does the 3-pack do to the price of each cartridge?

It cuts it nearly in half. Three singles would cost $81.90; this pack is $44.92, a saving of $36.98, which works out to about $14.97 per 330-1436 instead of $27.30. The per-page figure falls with it — roughly 0.60 cents a page against about 1.09 cents when the cartridge is bought one at a time. In this family the price ladder rewards commitment steeply, and the third cartridge is where the per-unit price drops hardest.

Who should not buy three at once?

Anyone whose 2130 is close to retirement, and genuinely light users. If your printer is on its last year of service, three cartridges risk outliving the machine they fit — the 330-1436 serves the 2130, 2130cn, 2135 and 2135cn, and nothing else in the building is likely to take it. Likewise, if you print a few dozen pages a month, a single cartridge already lasts a very long time, and tying up money in two spares buys you little. The 3-pack earns its place at steady, continuing volumes.

How should three cartridges be rotated and stored?

Use them in the order they arrived — oldest stock first — and keep the waiting units sealed in their bags and boxes, flat, cool and dry, out of direct sunlight. Toner keeps well under those conditions, so a pack bought today prints just as well from its last cartridge as its first. The only real enemy is a hot, damp storage spot or a bag opened months before the cartridge is needed.

Are all three cartridges full high-yield units?

Yes. Each of the three is a complete compatible 330-1436, rated at up to 2,500 pages at standard 5% coverage — the same cartridge sold singly on this site, three times over. Nothing in the pack is a reduced-fill or starter unit, and the 7,500-page total is simply the three full ratings added together.

What cover applies across the pack?

Each cartridge carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns in its own right, so a problem with any one of the three is handled the same way. Support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, with the details on our shipping & returns page. Orders are dispatched from IL, PA, GA or CA.

About This Dell 2130 Black Toner 3-Pack (330-1436)

Three compatible black toner cartridges for the Dell Color Laser 2130 under part number 330-1436, each rated at up to 2,500 pages — 7,500 pages in all — for $44.92. That is about $14.97 a cartridge, roughly 0.60 cents per rated page, and $36.98 less than buying the same three cartridges singly. The pack ships from IL, PA, GA or CA and is backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. The rest of the range is on our Dell page.