Frequently Asked Questions

How long will one cartridge actually last in our B5465?

Translate the 45,000-page rating into your machine's monthly count. At 3,000 pages a month, one cartridge runs about fifteen months; at 5,000 a month, roughly nine; a B5465 worked at 7,500 pages a month finishes one in about six. Those figures assume ordinary office coverage — pages dense with graphics and solid fills draw toner faster than the standard the rating is measured against.

Why does the B5465 take a cartridge rated this high?

Because it is a production-class monochrome machine, built for departments that print in volume rather than in occasional batches. A small cartridge in a printer like this would mean constant swaps and constant interruptions; the 331-9795's 45,000-page capacity matches the machine's appetite, so toner stops being a weekly chore.

What is the per-page cost on this listing?

$132.41 across 45,000 rated pages works out to roughly 0.29 cents per page. For a printer doing thousands of pages a month, that fractions-of-a-cent figure is where the running-cost argument for this cartridge is won — the price is in the cartridge, the economy is in the volume.

Is the cartridge in this listing made by Dell?

It is not. This is a compatible 331-9795 for the B5465, built by a third-party manufacturer to the same specification. What you can hold it to is printed here: the 45,000-page rating, the $132.41 price and the cover described below.

Our B5465 prints fine for weeks, then output suddenly looks washed out — is that the cartridge?

Most likely, yes. With a cartridge of this capacity the end is easy to forget about, and the fade can seem sudden simply because nobody was watching for it. A gentle side-to-side rock redistributes what toner remains and can sharpen things up briefly, but washed-out pages on a machine this busy should be treated as the reorder alarm, not a fault.

What happens if we get a bad one?

The cartridge carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns, and support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if anything needs sorting out. The details are set out on our shipping & returns page.

About This Dell B5465 Toner Cartridge (331-9795)

One compatible black toner cartridge for the Dell B5465, carrying Dell part number 331-9795. It is rated at up to 45,000 pages, priced at $132.41 — about 0.29 cents per rated page — and ships from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA. Cover is a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. Browse more for this printer family on our Dell page.