Frequently Asked Questions

How far does one cartridge stretch in an ML-1500 that prints a few pages a day?

Surprisingly far. The cartridge in this listing carries a 3,000-page rating; an ML-1500 that prints perhaps ten pages daily uses roughly 300 pages monthly, so a single unit can carry a light home user through the better part of a year. Dense pages shorten the run, plain text extends it, and the rating sits sensibly in the middle as a planning figure.

What does the toner in this cartridge cost per printed page?

Take the $41.62 price and spread it over 3,000 rated pages: you land near 1.39 cents per sheet. For a compact personal printer of this vintage that is a modest, sustainable figure - and a clear improvement on what the small starter unit originally bundled with the ML-1500 cost per page.

The listing is titled by printer model - which cartridge number is on the box?

The box holds an ML-1710D3; the heading simply leads with ML-1500 because that is the term most buyers type into search. Check the label of the cartridge you are throwing away - if it reads ML-1710D3, the unit here is its straight replacement, regardless of which model the listing title puts first.

My ML-1500 output has started to look washed out - is a new cartridge the answer?

In most cases, yes. A page that fades evenly from top to bottom is the classic signature of a fill running out. Rock the unit gently from side to side and you will often coax a few dozen respectable pages from what remains; once the weakness returns, the powder is spent and a new cartridge closes the question.

Besides the ML-1500, which printers run on this same cartridge?

A whole cohort of its contemporaries. The ML-1710P, ML-1710D, ML-1710B and ML-1710 take it, and so do the ML-1750, ML-1740, ML-1520, ML-1510B and ML-1500's close sibling the ML-1510. Households running two machines of the era find one spare on the shelf quietly covers both.

What protection comes with this cartridge if something goes wrong?

Twelve months of it on both fronts: a warranty lasting a year, and return carriage paid by us for a year as well, should a cartridge leak, streak or die young. The complete terms live on the shipping and returns page. Parcels leave from whichever of our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses is quickest, and a human answers questions Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Samsung ML-1500 Cartridge (ML-1710D3)

One compatible ML-1710D3 cartridge matched to the Samsung ML-1500: 3,000 rated pages, $41.62 on the tag, near enough 1.39 cents per printed sheet. It belongs to our Samsung compatible family for these durable personal lasers, travels under a one-year warranty with a year of returns on us, and ships from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA.