Frequently Asked Questions

Who buys toner for a small printer eight cartridges at a time?

Someone whose C1660 prints every day and who would rather think about toner twice a year than every few weeks. This set stocks eight cartridges from the family of four — 332-0399 black, 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta and 332-0402 yellow — so a busy home office, a small retail counter or a home-school desk can run for a long stretch on one order. It is a stock-up format, bought for continuity rather than novelty.

What does the eight-cartridge set save over buying smaller sets?

Two standard four-cartridge sets would cost $87.82; this set is $69.31, a saving of $18.51. Averaged out, each cartridge costs $8.66 — the lowest per-cartridge price in this family — because the larger box spreads the same four cartridge types over a bigger single order.

What are the yields across the set?

Every cartridge keeps its family rating: the 332-0399 black at 1,250 pages, and the 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta and 332-0402 yellow at 1,000 pages each. We state them per cartridge rather than adding them into one headline number, because the black and the colors are consumed at different rates and a combined figure would mislead you about how the box will actually be used up.

Should a light user buy this set to get the lower per-cartridge price?

Honestly, no. The saving is real but small in absolute terms, and a cartridge only delivers its rating when it is used. If your C1660 prints a few pages a week, a four-cartridge set already lasts you many months; stocking eight means money parked in a drawer. This pack rewards steady, regular printing — that is who it is priced for.

What warranty and returns cover a set this size?

Each of the eight cartridges is a compatible unit covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, on the terms published on our shipping & returns page. Buying in bulk does not shorten or dilute that coverage.

Where does an order ship from, and how do I get help?

From whichever of our warehouses — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California — is closest to you. Our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and smaller pack sizes for this printer are listed on our Dell toner page.

With eight cartridges in a drawer, how do we make sure the oldest are used first?

Date every box the day it arrives and stack the boxes oldest at the front. A set this size can span a year or more of printing, and a simple first-in, first-out habit stops a cartridge from lingering undated at the back of the drawer. When you take a 332-0399, 332-0400, 332-0401 or 332-0402 out to fit it, take the front box of that color — the rotation then looks after itself.

Is there a useful check to run halfway through a box this size?

Yes — compare the printer's page counter with the family ratings, 1,250 pages for black and 1,000 for each color. If the first round emptied well before the counter reached those figures, your pages carry heavier coverage than the standard the ratings assume, and the second half of the box will disappear at the same faster pace. Knowing that at the halfway point is far more useful than discovering it when the last cartridge runs dry.

Can one eight-cartridge set supply two printers in different rooms?

It can. Every cartridge in this family installs independently, so the box can sit on a shared shelf and feed a C1660 in the office and another family machine at a second desk. The only discipline needed is a note on the carton each time a cartridge leaves it — which color, which machine, what date. Without that tally, a shared box quietly becomes nobody's stock record, and the reorder conversation starts from guesswork.

When this set is finally used up, how do we judge whether to buy eight again?

Look at how long the box actually lasted. If eight cartridges stretched comfortably across a year or more, a smaller set would have done the same job with less money parked in the drawer. If the box vanished in a few months of daily printing, the $8.66 average per cartridge was doing real work and the eight-pack remains the right format. Your own calendar, not the headline saving, is the honest measure.

About This Dell C1660 8 Color Set (332-0399, 332-0400, 332-0401, 332-0402)

This eight-cartridge set doubles up on the Dell C1660's toner family — the 332-0399 black rated at 1,250 pages and the 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta and 332-0402 yellow rated at 1,000 pages each — for $69.31, saving $18.51 against two four-cartridge sets and bringing the average cost down to $8.66 per cartridge. It is meant for the small printer that works daily, where the real cost of toner is the interruption when a slot runs dry. All eight cartridges are compatible units, each backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.