Also fits: This cartridge fits the Ricoh Aficio MP C306, MP C307, MP C406 and MP C407 — the same machines also sold under the Savin and Lanier brands with the same model names. Ricoh's rated yields for this platform are 17,000 pages for black and 6,000 pages for each color.

Frequently Asked Questions

We print a lot of full-color flyers — will we really see 6,000 pages?

Probably not, and it is better to plan that way. The 6,000-page rating assumes the standard 5% page coverage; a flyer with full-bleed color can use several times that much toner per sheet. Offices doing heavy promotional work should budget well under the rating and keep a spare ready rather than being caught mid-run.

Which parts of a page lean hardest on magenta?

Reds, oranges, purples and skin tones all draw heavily on magenta, and photographic images use it across almost every square inch. A company logo in a deep red can be a surprisingly steady consumer on letterhead and invoices. Plain text, by contrast, uses almost no magenta at all — coverage, not page count, is what empties this cartridge.

What does magenta cost per page on this machine?

At $53.88 for a rated 6,000 pages, the toner works out near 0.90 cents per color page at standard coverage — and higher on the dense pages described above. That is the honest arithmetic of color on this compact platform: fine for the pages that need color, wasteful for everyday drafts that do not.

Is the 842093 magenta cartridge specific to the MP C307 in the title?

No. Listings are titled by one model, but the 842093 magenta cartridge serves the whole Ricoh MP C306, MP C307 and MP C406 compact color MFP platform. Any machine in that family takes this same magenta cartridge, so order by the cartridge number with confidence.

How can we tell low magenta apart from a print-quality problem?

Low magenta shows up as color shifts first: reds go orange, faces look sunburned or washed out, and purples lean blue. Streaks, spots or banding that appear in every color point more toward the machine than one cartridge. Check the panel percentage — if magenta is near empty and the shifts match, a fresh cartridge settles the question.

What happens if this cartridge arrives damaged or fails early?

It is covered by a one-year warranty and one-year free returns; the process is laid out on our shipping and returns page. Contact us rather than discarding it, and we will arrange the remedy the policy provides. Support hours are Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Ricoh MP C307 Magenta Toner Cartridge (842093)

This compatible magenta cartridge for the Ricoh MP C307 is rated at 6,000 pages and costs $53.88 — about 0.90 cents per color page at standard coverage, less on light pages and more on photo-dense ones. It works alongside the 17,000-page black cartridge and the matching cyan and yellow in this compact color platform. We ship from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA; the rest of the family is on our Ricoh toner page. Backed by a one-year warranty and one-year free returns.