Cross-reference: Genuine cartridge numbers (Type MPC4500A): Black 888604 (same cartridge as 841342), Yellow 888605 (841343), Magenta 888606 (841344), Cyan 888607 (841345). Yields: Black 23,000 pages, Yellow/Magenta/Cyan 17,000 pages each. Fits Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 and MP C4500; also sold for Gestetner DSc535, DSc545, Lanier LD435c, LD445c and Savin C3535, C4540.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why have our prints lost their warmth — everything looks faintly blue?

That cool, washed-out cast is the classic fingerprint of a yellow cartridge running dry. Yellow is what warms up skin tones, wood, food photography, and highlighted sections in reports; when it fades, blues and greens dominate and prints look cold even though nothing else changed. If your black text is still crisp while color pages look off, yellow is the first suspect.

What does yellow toner add to the cost of a color page?

This cartridge is $62.51 and rated at 17,000 pages, which works out to roughly 0.37 cents per page at standard coverage. Full-bleed marketing pieces and photo-heavy pages pull more yellow than the 5% test standard assumes, so real cost per page runs higher on that kind of work — but for everyday office color, yellow stays one of the cheaper lines in your supply budget.

Do I have to swap yellow at the same time as the other colors?

No. On this platform every color is its own cartridge with its own life, and they almost never empty together. Replace yellow when yellow runs out and leave cyan, magenta, and black in place while they still have toner. This single-cartridge listing exists for exactly that situation.

Which machines take this yellow cartridge?

It is the yellow cartridge for Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 and MP C4500. The two models share the same color cartridge set, so this one cartridge covers both machines. If you are reordering, it is worth a quick check of the number on the yellow cartridge you pull out against your order before you open the new one.

The copier says yellow is low but prints still look fine — should I wait?

You can usually keep printing for a while after the first low warning; the machine flags yellow early. The honest signal is in the output: warm colors start shifting, yellows look greenish, and highlights lose their glow. Ordering when the warning first appears and swapping when the color actually shifts means no gap in production and no cartridge pulled early.

What if the new yellow cartridge is faulty out of the box?

Every cartridge we sell is covered by a one-year warranty, and returns are free for a full year. A cartridge that streaks, leaks, or produces off-color output from the first page is a warranty case, not your problem — reach out and we will replace it or refund you. The details live on our shipping and returns page.

About This Ricoh Yellow Toner Cartridge

This single yellow cartridge serves the Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 and MP C4500 platform, rated at 17,000 pages for $62.51 — about 0.37 cents per page. It is the targeted fix when warm tones and highlights go cold but the other colors still have life, since each color on this platform swaps independently. Orders ship from our IL, PA, GA, and CA warehouses, support runs Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and every cartridge is backed by a one-year warranty with one-year free returns.