Frequently Asked Questions

What does this 5-pack bring the C1660's black cost down to?

About 0.69 cents per rated page — the lowest figure in this cartridge's family. The pack is $43.17 for five 332-0399 black cartridges, 1,250 rated pages each, so the per-cartridge average is $8.63 against $23.43 for a cartridge bought alone, and the total saving against five singles is $73.98. A single cartridge costs about 1.87 cents per page; this pack cuts that by nearly two-thirds. Each cartridge past the first effectively adds $4.93, which is the whole mechanism behind the discount.

Can one pack keep more than one C1660 supplied?

Yes, and that is one of its natural uses. Every machine in the C1660 and C1660w family takes the same black cartridge — the 332-0399 — so a small fleet of two or three machines can draw from a single shelf stock instead of each keeping its own spare. Five cartridges shared across several printers also turn over faster than five behind one machine, which keeps the stock fresh and the $8.63 average working across the whole office rather than one desk.

How long is 6,250 pages of cover, in calendar terms?

It depends on the combined appetite of the machines drawing on it. One C1660 printing 200 black pages a month would take over two and a half years to finish this pack; two machines at the same rate halve that; a single busy desk at 500 pages a month gets through it in about a year. Ratings assume standard 5% coverage, so treat those as planning figures, not promises — but for stocking purposes, this pack is a year-or-more decision for most buyers, not a monthly one.

What is the sensible way to hold a five-cartridge stock?

Label the shelf, not the cartridges: keep the boxes sealed and stacked in arrival order, take from the front, and reorder when two remain rather than when the last one is fitted. That reorder point, at typical C1660 consumption, leaves months of margin, so a replacement pack arrives long before the shelf is bare. Stored cool, dry and sealed, the cartridges simply wait their turn — no special conditions, no rotation diary, just first-in, first-out.

If one cartridge in five turns out faulty, what then?

It is covered on its own merits. Every cartridge in the pack carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns individually, so a single bad unit does not sour the other four or force a pack-level argument — the faulty cartridge comes back to us under the terms on our shipping & returns page. Support is reachable Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

Is this pack's cartridge the same as Dell's genuine version?

It serves the same machine and the same slot, but it is a compatible cartridge — the 332-0399 made by a third-party manufacturer to the specification of the black cartridge the C1660 takes, not Dell's own branded unit. That distinction is exactly where the $8.63 average price comes from. Everything quoted here — 1,250 pages per cartridge, 6,250 in the pack, $43.17 for five — describes this compatible product, and orders ship from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses. The full Dell range is on our Dell page.

What should be verified when a 5-pack of black cartridges arrives?

Count and identity, before the pack joins the shelf: five boxes, the number 332-0399 on every label, seals unbroken, and the delivery date marked on the outer carton. With five identical units entering stock at once, that two-minute check is what stands between an orderly shelf and discovering a short or wrong delivery months later, one disappointing fitting at a time.

Why will busy desks see less than the rated 1,250 pages from each cartridge?

The rating is struck at roughly 5% page coverage — a light text page. Desks printing dense documents, heavy headings, shaded forms or graphics push coverage well beyond that on page after page, and the 332-0399 spends itself in proportion. Across several machines drawing on this pack, the ones doing the darkest work will cycle cartridges fastest; that spread is the workload talking, not uneven cartridges.

How long is a machine out of action when a cartridge from this pack is fitted?

Minutes. The finished 332-0399 slides out, the sealed spare slides in and seats, and one familiar page printed as a proof confirms the machine is back. No tools, no settings, no recalibration — which is precisely why a shared shelf stock works: any user who finds a machine faded can restore it on the spot instead of logging a fault and waiting.

Empty cartridges are coming back from several machines — how should they be collected?

One carton, at the same shelf the full stock lives on, marked clearly as empties. Whoever fits a fresh 332-0399 drops the spent one into that carton as part of the same job, so empties never accumulate beside machines or migrate into cupboards. When the carton fills, the whole batch leaves together — and the shelf holds only two kinds of cartridge: sealed stock and a box that is plainly finished.

About This Dell C1660 Black Toner 5-Pack (332-0399)

Five compatible 332-0399 black toner cartridges for the Dell C1660 and C1660w — 1,250 rated pages each, 6,250 pages in total — for $43.17: $8.63 per cartridge, about 0.69 cents per rated page, and $73.98 saved against buying the same cartridges one at a time. Stock ships from IL, PA, GA or CA, and every cartridge is backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.