SKU:

CS-HP--826A-Y

Printer Brand:

Hewlett Packard

OEM Number:

CF312A

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

Color: 31500

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the CF312A cartridge?

CF312A is the yellow cartridge in the HP 826A series — the supply your Color LaserJet M855dn or other M855 model lists on its supplies screen when yellow runs low. It is sold under its part number so there is no guesswork: the code on this listing is the code on the yellow cartridge in your printer.

What yield is the yellow rated for?

31,500 pages under the standard test method, the same basis as the rest of the 826A color family. Everyday office printing uses yellow in small, constant amounts, so it tends to decline steadily rather than in bursts. Watch the supplies status page rather than the calendar to time your replacement.

Our pages have started looking cold and bluish — could yellow be empty?

Yes, that is exactly how an empty yellow announces itself. Yellow provides the warmth in a print: without it, whites go cold, oranges collapse toward red-brown and photographs take on a blue cast. If the whole output has cooled down rather than one color changing, check the yellow level before anything else.

We print mostly black text — why is the yellow cartridge dropping at all?

Because 'mostly black' pages still use yellow in the background. Warm gray shading, table fills, highlighted passages, form boxes and the tint in a letterhead are all built partly from yellow, and many office templates are full of them. Add the printer's own periodic calibration cycles and yellow declines steadily even in a text-led office — it is normal, not a leak.

Does the printer stop when yellow runs out?

The M855 warns you in stages — a low alert first, then an empty message — and color work cannot continue correctly once yellow is gone. If your output is client-facing, swap at the low warning rather than squeezing the cartridge to empty; the last stretch of a dying yellow is where the cold, off-color pages appear.

What happens if the cartridge is defective out of the box?

It is covered by a 1-year warranty, and our shipping and returns terms give you 1-year free returns, so a bad unit costs you nothing but the phone call. We dispatch from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and our support team is on hand Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Yellow Cartridge (CF312A)

Yellow is the cartridge nobody thinks about until it is gone — then every page looks wrong at once. It warms photographs, builds golds and oranges, and underpins the highlights and form elements that fill office documents, all while being nearly invisible on the page itself.

Priced at $151.71, this compatible CF312A gives your M855 the full 31,500-page yellow yield of the 826A specification. Keep one sealed spare and the cold-print surprise never reaches a deadline.