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Cross-reference: this cartridge belongs to the Ricoh Type 145 family — high-yield cartridges in this family are rated at 15,000 pages (standard yield 5,000 pages). It fits the Ricoh Aficio CL4000DN, SP C410DN, SP C411DN and SP C420DN — the CL4000DN was also sold as the Savin CLP26DN, Lanier LP126cn and Gestetner P7425dn; the SP C410DN as the Savin CLP27DN, Lanier LP226CN and Gestetner C7526DN; the SP C411DN as the Savin CLP31DN, Lanier LP231CN and Gestetner C7531DN; and the SP C420DN as the Savin CLP131DN and Lanier LP331CN.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does yellow often run out before the other colors?
Yellow hides inside far more of a page than people expect — it is a component of greens, oranges, skin tones, sky gradients, and the warm backgrounds behind presentation slides. Pages that look "mostly blue" still spend yellow in every green leaf and sunlit area. That is why, on color-heavy workloads, yellow is frequently the first of the three colors to hit empty even though it is the least visible on the page.
How can I tell the yellow cartridge is nearly finished?
Watch the greens: without enough yellow they slide toward blue, highlights lose their warmth, and yellow-heavy images come out pale and patchy. The CL4000DN also reports toner levels, and yellow dropping faster than its neighbors is normal rather than a fault. Ordering when the level warning appears keeps you ahead of the fade.
Which printer is this yellow cartridge made for?
Lanier LP226cn, Aficio CL4000DN, Aficio SP C410DN and Aficio SP C411DN This is the 888309 yellow cartridge for the Ricoh Aficio CL4000DN platform. Our listing names one model, but the cartridge is the standard yellow unit for the whole platform — it installs next to the 888308 black, 888311 cyan, and 888310 magenta. If your machine runs that black cartridge, this is its yellow companion.
How many months should one yellow cartridge cover?
It is rated at 15,000 pages at 5% coverage. An office whose color work is occasional can see a year or more from one cartridge, while a studio printing full-color pieces daily may get through one in a few months. Because yellow drains faster than cyan and magenta on photo-style work, its calendar life is the hardest of the three colors to predict from page counts alone.
What does yellow cost per page at this price?
At $108.71 across 15,000 rated pages, the math is about 0.72 cents per page at standard coverage. Since yellow is spent on a share of most color pages rather than all of them, the effective cost per printed page in a mixed office is lower still. Buying before the emergency keeps that cost steady instead of whatever an urgent order demands.
What if this cartridge does not perform as it should?
It is backed by a one-year warranty, and compatible cartridges from us include free returns for one year — see our shipping and returns page for the details. Stock ships from IL, PA, GA, and CA warehouses. Our support team is reachable Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, if anything looks off with your output.
About This Ricoh 888309 Yellow Cartridge
This compatible yellow cartridge (Ricoh part 888309) carries a 15,000-page rating for the Aficio CL4000DN color laser platform. Yellow is the quiet workhorse of the color set — built into greens, golds, and skin tones — and often the first color to run dry. At roughly 0.72 cents per rated page, a spare on the shelf is an inexpensive way to keep color work moving. The rest of the range is on our Ricoh toner page.
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