Frequently Asked Questions

Is roughly 1.24 cents a page a good deal for this yellow cartridge?

Let us give you the honest version. The 593-BBOZ costs $31.12 and is rated at 2,500 pages, so the arithmetic is about 1.24 cents per page for yellow. That is not the lowest per-page figure in toner — large office machines beat it easily. What it is, is a fair compatible-cartridge price for the H625's compact class, without the original-brand premium, and with a one-year warranty and one-year free returns standing behind it.

Who is the 593-BBOZ right for — and who should skip it?

It suits an H625 owner whose yellow gauge has dropped and who wants the correct cartridge for the yellow slot of the H625-H825 family without buying colors they do not need. If your printer is a different Dell family, skip this one: Dell's color cartridges are not interchangeable between ranges, and the code on your old cartridge's label is the authority — for this printer's yellow position, that code is 593-BBOZ.

What do prints look like when the yellow is nearly gone?

Expect greens to slide toward blue, skies and blues to pick up a purple cast, and warm colors to look cold and thin. Yellow failures are subtle — nothing looks broken, everything just looks wrong. The H625 supplies page confirms it: if yellow is the lowest gauge, the 593-BBOZ is the cartridge that restores the balance.

How much paper is 2,500 pages, in real terms?

About five standard reams. On the 5%-coverage rating basis, that is what the 593-BBOZ is filled to deliver; a graphics-heavy workload will see fewer pages, a text-heavy one more. Either way, the rating is the right yardstick for comparing this cartridge against any other yellow claiming to serve the same printer.

Can I return it if I ordered the wrong color?

The 593-BBOZ carries one-year free returns alongside its one-year warranty, so a mistaken order is a fixable problem rather than a sunk cost. The process is spelled out on our shipping and returns page, and support is on hand Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Central.

Does buying this cartridge commit me to a set or a subscription?

Neither. This is one yellow cartridge at $31.12, shipped from whichever of our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California is closest to you. Order the next one when the printer asks for it — that is the whole arrangement.

How do I make sure I open the right box when all four colors sit on the shelf?

Read the code on the unopened box, not just the color word. The yellow position in the H625-H825 family is the 593-BBOZ, and its sibling colors come in near-identical packaging under their own codes. Matching the box code against the code on the cartridge you just removed takes seconds and keeps the seal intact on any box you picked up by mistake — a cartridge opened in error is a needless complication a quick label check avoids.

The low-yellow warning is showing, but prints still look fine — swap now or keep going?

The gauge is an estimate, and the page is the authority. If warm tones still look right, keep printing and let the symptoms decide; rocking the 593-BBOZ gently can even out the remaining toner when the first real fading starts. Swap when greens actually slide toward blue or photographs turn cold, not simply because the warning appeared — changing on the warning alone throws away whatever pages were still in the cartridge.

Why does a graphics-heavy month get through the 2,500 pages so much faster?

Because the rating is measured at modest coverage, and graphics are anything but modest. Yellow is laid down across photographs, warm backgrounds and every green on the page, so a month of flyers and presentation decks can draw two or three times the toner per page that a month of letters does. The 593-BBOZ is filled to the same 2,500-page benchmark either way — it is the pages themselves that change size, in toner terms.

If I buy this cartridge ahead of need, how should the spare wait?

Leave it sealed in its bag, lying flat in a cool, dry cabinet away from radiators and sunlit windows, and it will wait months without losing anything. Toner is a dry powder, so there is no drying-out clock running the way there is with ink. Buying the 593-BBOZ when the gauge first drops — rather than when it empties — is the simplest way to make sure the replacement is already in the building on the day yellow actually gives out.

About This 593-BBOZ Yellow Cartridge

The 593-BBOZ is the yellow cartridge for Dell's H625-H825 color laser family, including the Color Laser H625cdw, rated at 2,500 pages. This compatible cartridge is sold singly for $31.12, so the yellow position can be renewed on its own schedule instead of waiting for a full set change. Cyan, magenta and black for the same printers are available individually in our Dell toner range.