Ensure professional-grade prints with the Ricoh MPC501SP toner cartridge series, which includes 842243 Black, 842244 Cyan, 842245 Magenta, and 842246 Yellow. These cartridges are engineered to deliver sharp black text and rich, vibrant color output for all your printing needs.
Designed for reliable performance, the Ricoh MPC501SP toner cartridge provides consistent print quality from the first page to the last. Whether you're producing detailed graphics or everyday office documents, these cartridges offer excellent clarity and color accuracy.
Compatible with the MPC501SP printer, these toner cartridges install easily and function seamlessly within your Ricoh device. Their high-quality formulation ensures minimal maintenance, reducing downtime and maximizing productivity.
Depend on the Ricoh MPC501SP toner cartridge to support your businesss printing demands. With long-lasting performance and outstanding print results, these cartridges are ideal for any professional printing environment.
Also fits: this cartridge fits the Ricoh MP C501SP. Ricoh's rated yields for this platform are 14,000 pages for black and 12,000 pages for each color.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do blues and greens on our prints look washed out while everything else still looks fine?
Because cyan is the cartridge doing the heavy lifting in every blue, green and teal on the page. When the cyan supply runs low, skies go pale, logos lose their punch and greens drift toward yellow — often weeks before reds and blacks show any weakness. If your MP C501SP output looks like the blue channel quietly left the room, this single cyan cartridge is the usual fix, rated for up to 12,000 pages at standard coverage.
How can I tell if it is really the cyan cartridge and not the machine?
Print a page with a solid block of cyan or a photo with a large sky area. Fading that is even across the page, or streaks that run in the print direction only in blue-heavy areas, point to the cartridge running dry. Try lifting the cartridge out and rocking it gently side to side a few times to redistribute the toner; if the blues come back for a few dozen pages, the cartridge is simply at the end of its life and a fresh one is the answer.
Which printers does this cyan cartridge work in?
It is made for Ricoh MP C501SP and is sold as a single cyan cartridge — one cartridge in the box, no black, magenta or yellow included. If your machine is a different model, check the cartridge code your manual asks for before ordering, since Ricoh color cartridges are not interchangeable across series.
At $131.58, is the price per page reasonable?
Honest answer: at about 1.10 cents per page, this is not the cheapest cyan you will ever buy, and we will not pretend otherwise. What the price buys is a cartridge that is actually in stock for a machine many suppliers have quietly stopped supporting, backed by a real returns policy. For offices that bill clients on printed work, one day of washed-out proposals costs more than the cartridge does.
Do I have to replace the other colors at the same time?
No. Each color in the MP C501SP is its own cartridge and can be changed on its own schedule. Magenta, yellow and black keep whatever life they have left when you swap the cyan. Replacing only the color that is actually failing is the whole point of a four-cartridge system — anything else is paying for toner you have not used yet.
What protection do I get if the new cartridge prints badly?
Every cartridge we sell is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a defective unit is replaced or refunded rather than argued about — the full terms are on our shipping and returns page. If the first pages look wrong, contact us before assuming the machine is at fault; support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
About This Ricoh MP C501SP Cyan Cartridge
This is a single compatible cyan toner cartridge for the Ricoh MP C501SP, rated at up to 12,000 pages and priced at $131.58. It is the right order when blue-heavy output — charts, logos, photos, sky and sea tones — has gone pale while the other colors still print strong. Orders are fulfilled from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and you can see the rest of the range on the Ricoh brand page. The cartridge carries our standard 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.
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