Frequently Asked Questions

What does this cartridge cost per month on an ML-1520?

The division is friendly: $41.62 buys a 3,000-page cartridge, so 250 pages monthly costs about $3.47 of toner a month and 500 monthly pages about $6.94. Most ML-1520 owners will discover their cartridge is a quarterly or twice-yearly purchase - hardly a monthly budget event at all.

What does the 3,000-page rating actually assume about my pages?

It assumes the industry's conventional reference page, carrying toner over roughly five percent of its area - letters, invoices, plain forms. Dense reports and graphics-heavy pages sit far above that coverage and will pull the delivered count down accordingly. The rating exists so cartridges can be compared fairly; it cannot foresee your documents.

How do I know the cartridge is genuinely empty and not just struggling?

Give it the shake test: rock it softly side to side, refit it, print a page. Output that recovers then collapses again inside a few pages means the remaining fill truly is exhausted. Output that stays patchy from the first sheet of a new unit means something else entirely - a fault, which its year of cover exists to remedy.

How long can the spare cartridge sit unused?

Years, realistically, while it stays sealed in its bag somewhere cool, dry and shaded. Toner is a dry powder rather than a perishable liquid, so a spare bought today will print as faithfully in two years as tomorrow - the only enemies are heat, damp and a broken seal.

Which other printers does this cartridge fit?

It is the shared unit for ML-1500, ML-1510 and ML-1510B, for ML-1710, ML-1710B, ML-1710D and ML-1710P, and for ML-1740 and ML-1750. The ML-1520's cartridge is thus interchangeable with an entire shelf of its contemporaries, which makes standardising on spares unusually painless.

What warranty and returns cover applies to this cartridge?

Warranty cover for a year, and returns free of charge for a year to match. Units that leak, streak or fail early go back at no cost by the process set out on the shipping and returns page. Orders ship from our IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses, and the support team works Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Cartridge for the Samsung ML-1520

One compatible ML-1710D3 cartridge for the Samsung ML-1520: a 3,000-page rating at $41.62, about 1.39 cents per page and only a few dollars monthly at typical volumes. Sourced from our Samsung compatible range, it is warranted for a year with returns free across a year, and is dispatched from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA.