SKU:

CLS-Dell-5110-C

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

310-7892

Ink Color:

Cyan

Page Yield:

Color: 8000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Our 5110 prints have gone dull and the blues look pale — is the cyan cartridge the cause?

Very likely, yes. Cyan is the base of every blue and green the printer makes, so when the 310-7892 runs low the symptoms show up as washed-out blues, greens that drift yellow, and color that generally looks tired while black text stays crisp. If your blacks are still sharp, the black cartridge is fine and cyan is the first place to look.

What does cyan printing cost with this cartridge?

The 310-7892 is $51.72 and rated at 8,000 pages, which is roughly 0.65 cents per page — about $6.47 per 1,000 pages of rated life. That rating assumes standard coverage; photo-heavy and graphics-dense work leans on cyan much harder, so a design or marketing user will see fewer pages than an office printing the odd color chart.

Why does cyan run out when we "hardly print any blue"?

Because cyan is quietly present in far more than blue. It is mixed into greens, teals, many grays and most photographic tones, and the printer also lays down small amounts during cleaning and calibration cycles. A Dell Color Laser 5110, 5110cn or 5110n can work through a surprising share of its cyan on output that never looks blue at all.

Do I have to change the other colors when I replace the cyan?

No. Every position in the 5110 series is independent — pull the empty 310-7892, seat the new one, and leave magenta, yellow and black untouched until each reaches its own end. Changing one color at a time is the cheapest way to run the machine, and the black position, when its turn comes, takes the 310-7890.

How do I make sure I reorder the right cartridge next time?

Match the code, not just the color. The cyan for this printer family is the 310-7892; the old cartridge's label carries the same number, and quoting it when you order removes any guesswork between Dell's several cyan cartridges for different machines. The code is also the quickest thing to give our support team if you want us to confirm before you buy.

Is this a genuine Dell cartridge, and what cover does it carry?

It is a compatible cartridge made to the 310-7892 specification rather than a Dell original, and it carries a one-year warranty with free returns for a full year if it underperforms — the details are on our shipping and returns page. Stock ships from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses, help is available Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Central, and the rest of the family is listed on our Dell toner page.

About This 310-7892 Cyan Cartridge

This is a single compatible cyan toner cartridge for the Dell Color Laser 5110 family — the 5110, 5110cn and 5110n. It is rated at 8,000 pages and priced at $51.72, putting rated cyan output at roughly 0.65 cents a page. Order by the code 310-7892 for the cyan position; on this printer the colors are separate cartridges with separate codes, and each is replaced on its own schedule as it empties.