Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly is inside this 3 color set?

Three cartridges, one of each color your C1660 prints with: a 332-0400 cyan, a 332-0401 magenta and a 332-0402 yellow. Each one is rated at 1,000 pages, so the box covers one full round of color changes. Nothing else is in the box — no black cartridge, no extras — just the three color positions filled once.

Why is there no black cartridge in the box?

Because this set was put together for the moment your colors run low, and black lives on its own schedule. The C1660's black cartridge (332-0399) is sold separately on this site, and most owners find black and color never empty at the same time. Selling the colors as their own set keeps you from paying for a black cartridge you do not need yet.

What does the set save against buying the three colors one by one?

Bought separately, the 332-0400, 332-0401 and 332-0402 singles add up to $75.95. This set is $38.96, so it saves $36.99 — that works out to about $12.99 per cartridge instead of roughly $25 each. It is the same three cartridges, just priced as a bundle.

Do all three cartridges have to go in at the same time?

No. Each color sits in its own slot and reports its own level, so you can change only the one the printer flags and keep the other two sealed on the shelf. Plenty of owners install the full round at once for a clean reset, but nothing about the set requires it.

How long does a 1,000-page color round last in a home office?

It depends entirely on how much color you print. A household printing a few color pages a week can stretch a round well past a year, while a home office running color handouts daily will move through it in a few months. Black text printing does not touch these cartridges at all — pages that are pure black and white draw on the black cartridge only.

What cover comes with these cartridges if one misbehaves?

These are Clever Supplies compatible cartridges, and every one is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns — a full year to send a cartridge back if it fails you, as set out on our shipping & returns page. Orders leave whichever of our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses gets them to you fastest, and support answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

What should we check the moment this set arrives?

Before breaking any seal, match the three numbers on the boxes — 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta, 332-0402 yellow — against the cartridges you are about to remove, or against the printer's supply screen. Ten seconds of matching rules out a wrong box while everything is still sealed and exchangeable. It is a dull habit that quietly prevents the most common ordering mistake with multi-color sets: assuming the box is right because the printer model sounded right.

Which of the three colors is likely to call for replacement first?

Whichever one your documents lean on. Pages built around blue charts and logos draw hardest on the 332-0400 cyan; warm artwork, skin tones and autumn colors lean on the 332-0402 yellow; reds and purples work the 332-0401 magenta. Watch the gauges for the first few weeks and your own artwork will identify its favorite color — that is the slot to check first whenever output starts to look thin.

How can we tell the new colors are printing properly once they are in?

Reprint a color document you know well — a photograph or a logo page whose correct appearance is already in your head — and compare it against how it used to look. A familiar image exposes a weak channel far faster than a test pattern does, because you notice a wrong green or a washed-out sky immediately. If one color looks off, reseat that cartridge and print again before suspecting anything more serious.

If we only change one color now, how should the other two cartridges be kept?

Leave them sealed in the set box, stored flat in a cool, dry cupboard away from sunlight and heat. An unopened 332-0400, 332-0401 or 332-0402 loses nothing by waiting — toner is a dry powder and does not dry out on the shelf. Mark the box with the date the set arrived, fit the remaining colors as their gauges call for them, and the box stays a tidy, known quantity instead of three loose cartridges in a drawer.

About This C1660 3 Color Set

This set gathers the three color cartridges of the Dell C1660 family — 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta and 332-0402 yellow, 1,000 pages each — into a single $38.96 box, $36.99 less than the same cartridges bought one at a time. It suits owners who like to refresh all three colors together or keep a complete round ready on the shelf. It is a colors-only set by design: the black 332-0399 is a separate purchase, listed alongside the rest of our Dell range. Every cartridge is a Clever Supplies compatible covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.