Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of operation does a 5 pack of TK8507K make sense for?

Facilities and purchasing staff who stock a central supply closet for several departments — or several sites. Five cartridges at $549.71 turn black toner for your TASKalfa fleet into one line item, one approval and one delivery, instead of a stream of small emergency orders.

Which machines will draw from this stock?

Any of the three models this cartridge serves: the TASKalfa 4550ci, the TASKalfa 4551ci and the TASKalfa 5550ci. A mixed fleet can share one shelf stock because all three take the same TK8507K black cartridge.

How long can five cartridges sit in a supply closet?

Toner is a dry powder, not a liquid ink, so sealed cartridges keep well for extended storage in a cool, dry cabinet away from heat sources and sunlight. There is no use-it-or-lose-it clock ticking on the unopened boxes.

What yield should our consumption planning assume?

Plan around the rated 30,000 pages per TK8507K cartridge at standard coverage, then adjust with your own page counters: offices printing dense statements and graphics-heavy documents will cycle through cartridges faster than offices printing plain text.

How does the warranty work across a pack this size?

Each cartridge is covered individually by the 1-year warranty, and returns are free for a year. If one unit out of the five misbehaves, that unit is the one dealt with — the remaining stock stays on your shelf, unaffected.

Can a pack be divided between two office addresses?

The five cartridges ship together to one address from the closest of our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA; from there, internal distribution is up to you — the boxes are individually sealed for exactly that kind of handling. Questions are answered Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and delivery and return details are on our shipping and returns page.

What does each cartridge in the five-pack cost?

At $549.71 for five, each TK8507K in this pack costs about $109.94 — the lowest per-cartridge figure in this black's pack sizes — which against the 30,000-page rating is roughly 0.37 cents per page at standard coverage. For a facilities budget covering several departments, that unit figure is the one to forecast with: multiply it by the number of cartridges your page counters say the fleet consumes in a quarter, and the black toner line is essentially written.

How should a central stock of five be issued and tracked?

Treat the supply closet like a small stores counter: a simple issue note each time a TK8507K leaves the shelf — date, the department or machine taking it, and who signed it out. Five cartridges is enough stock for units to drift between floors informally, and the note is what keeps the count honest, so the reorder point arrives on evidence rather than on the surprise of an empty shelf. It also shows which machines are consuming black fastest.

How do we forecast when the five will be used up?

Work from the machines' own counters. Each of the TASKalfa models this stock serves reports its page totals, and dividing your fleet's combined monthly black volume into the pack's 150,000 rated pages gives the expected lifespan of the stock — then refine it after the first cartridge change, when a measured life under your coverage replaces the rated figure. Dense statement runs will shorten the forecast; plain correspondence lengthens it, and the counters will tell you which way it is moving.

What happens to five empty cartridges over time?

Give the empties a single collection point — the same supply closet the full TK8507K stock lives in works well — so spent units accumulate in one place, boxed, instead of scattering across departments. Hold any unit that misbehaved separately and marked, since a faulty cartridge is dealt with on its own under the 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The collected empties then leave together through your site's normal used-cartridge disposal route, a few at a time.

About This 5 Pack

A facilities-grade stock of five compatible Kyocera-Mita TK8507K black toner cartridges for the TASKalfa 4550ci, 4551ci and 5550ci, rated at 30,000 pages each and priced at $549.71 for the pack. Built for centralized purchasing: one order keeps every department's black toner covered, with a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns on every cartridge.