Frequently Asked Questions

Three jobs, one cartridge - how do print, copy and fax share it on the SCX-4216F?

Every sheet the machine commits to paper draws on the same cartridge: pages printed from a computer, copies lifted off the glass, faxes arriving down the phone line. Scanning alone costs nothing in toner. The honest monthly volume of an SCX-4216F is the sum of all three streams, and that sum is what the cartridge's 3,000-page rating must feed.

Why does this machine's cartridge seem to run out ahead of schedule?

Because two of its three appetites are easy to overlook. Copies get estimated by whoever plans; received faxes simply accumulate, around the clock, uncounted. Add 300 fax pages monthly to 400 printed and copied ones and a cartridge's life is four months - brisk, surprising, and exactly what the arithmetic always said.

Received faxes are coming out pale - what does that point to?

A cartridge approaching empty. Incoming pages lose density just as prints do when the fill runs low, and since a fax cannot be asked to send itself twice, the first paleness on the SCX-4216F is worth acting on the same day - fit the spare, or get it ordered, before an important page turns illegible.

What does a page cost on this machine with this cartridge?

Roughly 1.39 cents - $41.62 divided by the 3,000-page rating - and remarkably it is the identical figure for a printed page, a copied page and a received fax page. One number covers the entire machine, which keeps any running-cost conversation admirably short.

Which other printers can use this same cartridge as a spare?

All the machines built around it: ML-1500, ML-1510, ML-1510B and ML-1520, ML-1710, ML-1710B, ML-1710D and ML-1710P, and ML-1740 with ML-1750. A unit stocked for the SCX-4216F is therefore never stranded - it fits whichever of the family happens to run dry first.

What warranty and returns cover applies here?

Warranty protection for a year, and returns free of charge for a year as well. A cartridge that leaks, streaks or fails early travels back at no cost to you, as described on the shipping and returns page. Orders are fulfilled from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA; help is on hand Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Cartridge for the Samsung SCX-4216F

A compatible ML-1710D3 cartridge for the Samsung SCX-4216F: 3,000 rated pages for $41.62, spanning printing, copying and fax reception at around 1.39 cents a sheet. Drawn from our Samsung compatible range, it carries twelve months of warranty with twelve months of free returns, and ships from our IL, PA, GA and CA depots.