CS-5500I

At the top of Kyocera's monochrome copier platform sits the Copystar CS-5500I, the largest of the CS-badged machines — Copystar is Kyocera's brand in the United States — and the machine departments lean on hardest for black-and-white volume. For all its size, its toner could not be simpler: one cartridge, the TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0), sold here as a single and in 3 pack, 5 pack and Premium Quality 5 pack form. Nothing else on this page fits the machine, and nothing else needs to.

A flagship machine earns its place by not stopping, and toner planning is part of that. The CS-5500I shares its TK-6307 with the smaller CS-3500I and CS-4500I family and their Kyocera TASKalfa twins, so the spare that rescues this machine can come off a shelf stocked for any of them. High-volume work also burns through a cartridge faster than the yield estimates suggest — those figures assume roughly 5% page coverage, and statement runs, forms and dense reports cover far more of the page — which is why the multi-pack listings exist alongside the single.

Toner Cartridges for CS-5500I

Cartridge	Color	Page Yield
TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0), 5 Pack	Black	See product page
TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0), 5 Pack Premium Quality	Black	See product page
TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0)	Black	See product page
TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0), 3 Pack	Black	See product page

Which cartridge should you buy?

For the platform's hardest-working machine, buy ahead of the warning light. A single cartridge is a reasonable first purchase or an emergency top-up, but a CS-5500I in daily departmental use should never be one cartridge away from a standstill: the 3 pack restores a working reserve, and the 5 pack listings suit machines that cycle cartridges quickly or supply shelves shared with the smaller models in the family. The two 5 packs contain the same TK-6307 cartridges — the Premium Quality version is the alternative listing of the same five cartridges — so the real decision is quantity and reorder interval, not which cartridge the machine takes.

Chip, toner and everyday use

When a big run is under way and pages start to lighten, the cartridge is usually low rather than finished: take it out, rock it gently end to end to level the toner that remains, and it will often complete the job before the replacement is needed. The TK-6307's chip reports the level to the machine, so the low-toner warning is your ordering signal — act on it the day it appears and the swap becomes a thirty-second pause instead of a stalled queue. Seat every new cartridge firmly until the machine accepts it, and keep the spent one until the first prints confirm the new cartridge is performing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the TK-6307 for the CS-5500I really the same cartridge the smaller models use?

Yes — one cartridge serves the entire platform, from the CS-3500I up through the CS-5500I and across to the Kyocera TASKalfa twins. The TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0) you order for this machine is identical to the one stocked for its smaller siblings.

My CS-5500I stopped and says the toner is empty. Is that the chip?

The message comes from the machine reading the cartridge's chip and finding the toner spent. Rocking the cartridge can sometimes coax out a few more pages, but the real fix is the replacement cartridge; once a new TK-6307 is seated and recognized, the message clears and printing resumes.

Why are there two different 5 pack listings for the same cartridge?

One is the standard compatible 5 pack and the other is the Premium Quality listing of the same five TK-6307 cartridges. The cartridge that goes into the machine is the same either way; pick a listing and reorder from it so your purchase history stays tidy.

Does this page sell anything besides the toner cartridge for the CS-5500I?

No. Every product listed here is the TK-6307 toner cartridge in a different pack size. There is no drum or maintenance item on this page, so if a message on your machine names a different part, match the code printed on that part before ordering anything.