Frequently Asked Questions

Who buys toner eight cartridges at a time?

Offices that have stopped wanting to think about toner. The eight cartridges here are drawn from the C2660dn's high-yield family — the 593-BBBU black, the 593-BBBT cyan, the 593-BBBS magenta and the 593-BBBR yellow — and they are shelf stock: as slots empty, replacements come off the shelf instead of off a delivery truck. For a busy shared machine, or several machines in the same family, an 8-pack turns toner from a recurring errand into a line that gets ordered a few times a year.

What does buying in bulk do to the price?

The 8-pack is $122.20, which averages about $15.28 per cartridge — against about $17.59 per cartridge in the $70.35 four-pack. Another way to see it: two separate 4-packs would cost $140.70, so the 8-pack puts the same shelf stock in the cupboard for $18.50 less. The cartridges and their ratings are unchanged — 6,000 pages for the 593-BBBU black, 4,000 each for the 593-BBBT, 593-BBBS and 593-BBBR — only the per-cartridge price moves.

How does the black-versus-color stagger play out across eight cartridges?

The same way it does in a single set, just over a longer horizon. Each color class is rated at 4,000 pages and the black at 6,000, so shelf stock is drawn down color-first: the cyan, magenta and yellow slots cycle sooner and more often, while the black's longer rating stretches its turn. Stocking eight at once doesn't change that rhythm — it simply means the rhythm plays out from your own shelf, with the next cartridge always already in the building.

How should a stock of eight be stored so the last cartridge prints like the first?

Keep them sealed in their packaging, stored flat in an ordinary room, out of direct sunlight and away from heat. Toner is a dry powder and keeps well under normal office conditions for the span an 8-pack is meant to cover. Unseal cartridges one at a time, as slots ask for them, and rotate the shelf so the earliest-bought stock is used first — the same discipline as any storeroom item.

Does the warranty cover all eight, including the ones used months from now?

Yes. These are compatible cartridges built to the 593-BBBU, 593-BBBT, 593-BBBS and 593-BBBR specifications — not Dell-manufactured — and our cover applies to each cartridge individually: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a cartridge that misbehaves when its turn comes is a replacement or a return under those terms. The full wording is on our shipping and returns page.

Where does the 8-pack ship from, and how do we reach support?

Orders leave from whichever of our four US warehouses — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California — is closest to you. Support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. Smaller pack sizes and the rest of the compatible range for the C2660dn family are on our Dell toner page.

Can the eight cartridges be shared across several machines in the same family?

Yes — that is one of the natural uses of this pack. Every cartridge is drawn from the one family the C2660dn platform uses — 593-BBBU black and the 593-BBBT, 593-BBBS and 593-BBBR colors — so the shelf stock serves any machine in the building that takes those codes. The management point is to track the shelf, not the machines: one central stock, drawn down as slots empty anywhere, with the count checked as cartridges leave. Shared stock is exactly how an 8-pack earns its lower per-cartridge price without any single machine needing unusual volume.

How often should we count what is left of an 8-pack?

Often enough that the count never surprises you — for most offices, a quick quarterly check against expectation is right. You know the draw pattern: the 4,000-page color cartridges cycle faster than the 6,000-page black, so the shelf should be thinning color-first. If the count shows colors gone while blacks remain, the stock is behaving normally and the reorder should be weighted accordingly. If everything is vanishing faster than the calendar suggested, your volume has grown, and the next order needs to come forward rather than arrive as an emergency.

A second 8-pack has arrived before the first is finished — how do we rotate the two?

Finish the older stock first, and make the order unmistakable. Mark each carton with its arrival date, stack or shelve them so the earlier box is the one hands reach for, and draw every replacement from it until it is empty. The cartridges themselves are identical and keep well sealed, so this is about discipline rather than chemistry — but without it, the tail of the first pack can sit at the back of the cupboard for a very long time while the newer box is consumed, and forgotten stock helps nobody.

Our color volume has dropped — does the 8-pack still make sense next time?

Judge it by the shelf, not by habit. The 8-pack's advantage is roughly $15.28 per cartridge, but that saving is only real for cartridges that actually get fitted; stock that outlives the machine or the office's needs saves nothing. If your count shows the last pack took far longer than expected to draw down, step down a size — the four-pack carries the same cartridges and ratings with less money parked on the shelf. If the pack emptied on a steady rhythm of a few orders a year, the arithmetic that justified it still holds.

About This Dell C2660DN 8-Cartridge Set

The bulk listing of the compatible high-yield family for Dell's C2660dn — the 593-BBBU black rated at 6,000 pages and the 593-BBBT cyan, 593-BBBS magenta and 593-BBBR yellow at 4,000 pages each — eight cartridges for $122.20, about $15.28 per cartridge. It ships from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouse, and every cartridge is covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.