Frequently Asked Questions

Our SCX-6545N prints and copies all day — how long will one cartridge last us?

Work it back from your own counter. The SCX-D6555A is rated at 25,000 pages, so a machine averaging 3,000 pages a month across prints and copies together would take a little over eight months on one cartridge; at 6,000 a month it would be closer to four. The rating assumes standard five percent coverage, so report-heavy floors with charts and shaded tables should expect the shorter end of any estimate.

The cartridge we removed is stamped SCX-D6555A — is this listing that cartridge?

It is. This listing is named after the machine rather than the supply code, but the product is the same: the SCX-D6555A high-yield black cartridge, in compatible form, at $93.89. The stamped code on your old cartridge is the identity that matters, and it matches what is in this box.

What should the first pages look like after fitting it?

Full, even black from the first sheet. Because the toner and imaging components arrive combined in the one SCX-D6555A unit, a fresh cartridge resets the whole print path at once — there is no worn second part left behind to ghost or streak. If early pages show repeating marks or a grey film, that points at the machine rather than the new cartridge, and it is worth a call to support while the cartridge is new.

Does the copying side of the machine draw on this cartridge too?

Every copy does. Copying and printing spend the SCX-D6555A identically, page for page; only scanning leaves it untouched, since a scan produces a file instead of a printed sheet. Departments that mostly watch their print queue often undercount their true volume by forgetting the walk-up copying — the page counter on the machine itself is the honest total.

What is the sensible moment to reorder?

When the low-toner warning appears, not when the cartridge stops. A 25,000-page cartridge still holds a useful reserve after the warning, but a shared department machine can burn through that reserve in days. Ordering at the warning keeps the replacement on the shelf before the old one gives out, and the sealed spare stores flat and dry without any penalty for waiting.

What warranty and returns come with it?

A full year of warranty cover against defects, with free returns available throughout that first year — the complete wording is set out on our shipping and returns page. Orders leave from the nearest of our IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses, and our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This SCX-6545N (SCX-D6555A) Cartridge

Named for the machine it feeds: this is the SCX-D6555A high-yield black cartridge for the Samsung SCX-6545N — 25,000 rated pages at $93.89, roughly 0.38 cents a page, serving the printer and the copier from one combined unit while the scanner asks nothing of it. It is part of our complete Samsung toner cartridge range, and a year's warranty with a year of free returns stands behind every unit.