Frequently Asked Questions

Why does this C5500 set contain five cartridges instead of four?

A C5500-family printer has four cartridge positions — black, cyan, magenta and yellow — so a five-cartridge set gives you the full set plus one extra cartridge to keep on the shelf. It is a stock-up option for offices that would rather have the next change already in the building than reorder mid-job. The five cartridges are drawn from the same four Oki part numbers the four-color set uses: 43324401, 43324402, 43324403 and 43324404.

How are the five cartridges divided between black and the colors?

Honestly, this listing does not spell out the exact split — it does not say, for example, whether the extra cartridge is a black or a particular color. Before you order, contact our support team (Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST) and confirm the exact mix, so the spare on your shelf is the one your printer actually goes through fastest.

What does the fifth cartridge do to the price?

The set is $179.57 — that is $23.99 more than the $155.58 four-color set in this family — and spread across five cartridges it averages roughly $35.91 per cartridge, a little less per unit than the four-color set's average. You are paying for the convenience of the built-in spare, and the per-cartridge math improves slightly for taking it.

Which printers does this five-cartridge set fit?

The same C5500 family group as the rest of the 43324401–43324404 range: models including the C5500n, C5650dn, C5650n, C5800 and C5800Ldn. Every cartridge in the box is one of the part numbers 43324401, 43324402, 43324403 or 43324404, so if those numbers appear in your printer's supply list, the set is the right family.

How are the cartridges rated for page yield?

In this cartridge family the black is rated at up to 6,000 pages and each color at up to 5,000 pages, both at the standard 5% page coverage. Real-world results vary with what you print — dense color pages use toner far faster than plain text — but those are the ratings the cartridges in this set carry.

What guarantee backs this set?

All five cartridges are Clever Supplies compatibles covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, including the spare you may not open for months. If any cartridge in the set underperforms within that year, we make it right — see our shipping & returns page for the details.

About This C5500 Five-Cartridge Set

This compatible Okidata five-cartridge set for the C5500 printer group builds on the four-color family — part numbers 43324401, 43324402, 43324403 and 43324404, with black rated up to 6,000 pages and colors up to 5,000 — and adds a fifth cartridge as a ready spare for printers like the C5500n, C5650dn, C5650n, C5800 and C5800Ldn. Because the listing leaves the exact color mix unspecified, a quick call to our support team (Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST) before ordering is worth it. Orders ship from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses, and the wider range for these printers is on our Okidata brand page.