Frequently Asked Questions

How far ahead does one 310-5808 let a 5100cn office plan?

Quite a long way. The 310-5808 is rated at 8,000 pages, so a single yellow cartridge typically covers months of ordinary color output on a Dell Color Laser 5100cn — and for a lighter-use office, the better part of a year. That long horizon is the practical point of the high-yield fill: yellow stops being a recurring errand and becomes something you think about a few times a year. Heavy color coverage shortens the interval, of course, since a full-bleed page spends many times the toner of a text page, but even busy departments find the 8,000-page rating stretches reorder cycles out considerably.

When is the right moment to reorder the yellow for our 5100cn?

When the printer first reports low toner, not when it stops. The low warning arrives with a useful reserve still in the cartridge, and that window is the time to order — the 310-5808 then arrives and waits on the shelf while the old cartridge finishes its last pages. Offices that reorder at the warning never lose a print run mid-job; offices that wait for empty usually lose one at the worst possible moment. One spare on the shelf is the whole system.

What will we pay per page if we standardize on this cartridge?

The cartridge is $45.79, and divided across its 8,000-page rating that is about 0.57 cents per page — around $5.72 for every 1,000 pages. For budgeting purposes that is the number to carry: predictable, low, and a direct consequence of the high-yield fill putting so many pages under one cartridge price. It makes the yellow line on a 5100cn cost report one of the least interesting lines on it.

Does replacing the yellow mean replacing the other colors too?

No. The 5100cn's four cartridges are independent — each color is its own unit with its own part number, and the 310-5808 is yellow. You slide out the spent yellow, seat the new one, and the black, cyan and magenta cartridges carry on exactly where they were. Replacing colors individually as they empty is both how the machine was designed to be run and the cheapest way to run it.

How does ordering and delivery work for this cartridge?

Your order ships from the nearest of our four warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA, and if anything about the order needs a human, our support team answers Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. Delivery options and timescales are covered in our shipping and returns policy. Because one 310-5808 lasts so long, most 5100cn owners simply add a spare to the order whenever the shelf runs empty and stay ahead of the printer permanently.

What protection do we get with a compatible yellow cartridge?

This 310-5808 is a Clever Supplies compatible cartridge, covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. A failure in service is covered, and if the cartridge turns out not to be the one your machine needed, sending it back costs nothing. The same cover applies across the whole Dell range we stock, which is why the reorder habit is low-risk: check the part number on the old cartridge, match it to 310-5808, and the warranty stands behind the rest.

About This Dell 5100 Yellow Cartridge (310-5808)

This listing is the yellow cartridge for the Dell Color Laser 5100cn, identified by its Dell part number 310-5808. It is the high-yield version: 8,000 pages from one compatible cartridge at $45.79, or about 0.57 cents per page. It serves the yellow position only — black, cyan and magenta are separate cartridges, each replaced on its own schedule. Every 310-5808 is covered by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.