Frequently Asked Questions

How many cartridge changes a year should an ML-1740 owner expect?

Let the monthly volume decide. Three hundred pages a month gives a cartridge life near ten months - effectively one change a year. Six hundred monthly pages halves it to five months, so two or three changes annually; a thousand a month brings a change roughly every quarter. The division is easy; the unknown is always your own output.

Does the ML-1740's toner-save setting really stretch a cartridge?

Genuinely, with a visible trade attached. Toner-save deposits less powder per page, so the fill lasts longer, but text emerges noticeably greyer - entirely serviceable for drafts and internal circulation, wrong for anything leaving the building. Drafts on the setting, finals off it, is the pattern most owners settle into.

Should I keep a spare cartridge on the shelf for the ML-1740?

Yes - it is insurance that charges no premium. A sealed cartridge keeps for years in a dry cupboard, whereas an empty ML-1740 in the middle of a deadline costs real hours. The spare spends nothing while it waits, and converts into value the moment it is fitted, which it inevitably will be.

Can the same spare serve a different Samsung printer in the office?

Provided that machine runs on this cartridge, yes. The shared range takes in ML-1500, ML-1510, ML-1510B and ML-1520, the ML-1710, ML-1710B, ML-1710D and ML-1710P, and the ML-1750. One spare line covering the clan is among the quieter pleasures of standardising on this generation.

What does a page cost from this cartridge in the ML-1740?

At the rated 3,000 pages for $41.62, about 1.39 cents - and less again on draft pages printed under toner-save, at the price of lighter type. Set against the cost of replacing a machine that still performs, the ML-1740 remains a notably cheap printer to keep fed.

What protection comes with this cartridge?

A warranty of a year, with returns free of charge through the same year. A unit that leaks, streaks or fails early comes back on our account by the procedure described on the shipping and returns page. Fulfilment is handled from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA; the support desk is open Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Cartridge for the Samsung ML-1740

A compatible ML-1710D3 cartridge for the Samsung ML-1740: 3,000 rated pages for $41.62, near 1.39 cents a page in normal mode and leaner still on draft settings. Within our Samsung compatible range it is protected by a year of warranty and a year of returns without charge, and ships from stock held across IL, PA, GA and CA.