Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the second cartridge in this 2-pack add only $4.93 to the price?

Because that is how this family's pricing ladder is built, and it is worth understanding before you choose a quantity. A single 332-0399 black cartridge for the C1660 is $23.43 on its own; this 2-pack is $28.36, so the second cartridge effectively costs $4.93. Against buying two singles at $46.86, the pack saves $18.50. Nothing about the cartridges changes — both are the same 1,250-page black unit — the saving is purely in buying the pair together rather than one at a time.

What does the 2-pack do to our cost per page?

It cuts it sharply. A single cartridge works out to about 1.87 cents per rated page; spread across this pack's 2,500 total pages, the $28.36 price works out to about 1.13 cents per page, and each cartridge averages $14.18 instead of $23.43. For a C1660 that prints black regularly, that difference accumulates over every cartridge cycle — the 2-pack is where this cartridge stops being an expensive way to print and starts being a reasonable one.

One cartridge in the printer, one on the shelf — how long does that cover us?

Between the two cartridges you hold 2,500 rated pages of black. On a C1660 printing 150 black pages a month, that is well over a year of cover; at 300 pages a month, around eight months. The operational benefit matters as much as the timeline: when the fitted cartridge fades, the replacement is already in the building, so the printer is down for the minutes a swap takes instead of the days a delivery takes.

Are both cartridges in the box identical?

Yes — two of the same cartridge, the compatible 332-0399 black rated at 1,250 pages each, the black unit for the Dell C1660 and C1660w. There is no second type, variant or surprise in the box; the pack exists to price two of the same unit more keenly than one, and to keep a spare on hand. Fit the first when your current black runs out and hold the second sealed until its turn comes.

Is a 2-pack too much for a very light user?

It can be, and we would rather say so. If your C1660 prints a handful of black pages a month, a single cartridge may last you years, and tying up even $28.36 in a spare you will not touch for a very long time buys you little. The 2-pack earns its place once black printing is a weekly habit — at that point the $18.50 saving against two singles and the never-empty shelf outweigh the small outlay.

What cover applies to a pack of two?

Each cartridge carries the same terms individually: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, whether it is the first one you fit or the spare you open months later. The full policy is on our shipping & returns page, help is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and packs ship from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses. The rest of the Dell range is on our Dell page.

How should the spare cartridge in this pack be stored until its turn comes?

Sealed in its box, stored flat indoors away from heat, sunlight and damp, with the arrival month written on the box end. A 332-0399 waiting on a shelf loses nothing — its 1,250-page rating is consumed by printing, not by time — so the spare can sit for the many months the fitted cartridge may take to finish without any special conditions.

What should we look for in the first prints after fitting the spare?

Run a document you know well and judge the new 332-0399 against memory of it. Expect the first page or two to settle; after that, text should be solid and even edge to edge. Even lightening across the whole page is how an old cartridge says goodbye, not how a new one should behave — if the spare prints weakly from the start, reseat it and print again before judging it.

Why might a cartridge from this pack finish before its 1,250-page rating?

The rating assumes the standard test coverage of about 5% of the page. Real documents differ: a page of dense contracts, bold headings or shaded tables can carry two or three times that coverage, and every such page spends the 332-0399 proportionally faster. Light correspondence can just as easily carry a cartridge past its rating. The figure is a yardstick — your own documents set the real number.

What do we do with the spent cartridge once the spare is fitted?

Set it aside, clearly separate from the sealed stock, and dispose of it with your next batch of empties. Do not leave it beside the printer where it can be mistaken for a usable spare, and do not refit it to squeeze out a few more pages — a finished 332-0399 swapped back in only interrupts the new cartridge's run and confuses the record of which unit printed what.

About This Dell C1660 Black Toner 2-Pack (332-0399)

Two compatible 332-0399 black toner cartridges for the Dell C1660 and C1660w — 1,250 rated pages each, 2,500 pages in total — for $28.36. That is $14.18 per cartridge and about 1.13 cents per page, saving $18.50 against two cartridges bought singly. The pack ships from IL, PA, GA or CA, and every cartridge is backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.