SKU:

Dell-1250CNW-Premium

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

331-0778, 331-0777, 331-0780, 331-0779

Ink Color:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Page Yield:

Black: 2,000, Colors: 1,400 Each

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge Set

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

I'm restocking the shared 1250cnw for the whole team — Premium or standard, when both are $46.23?

Either, and here is the honest reason why: this Premium Quality listing and the standard listing describe the same set. Same four part numbers — black 331-0778, cyan 331-0777, magenta 331-0780, yellow 331-0779. Same ratings — 2,000 pages for the black, 1,400 each for the colors. Same $46.23 price, same 1-year warranty, same 1-year free returns. Premium Quality is part of this listing's name, not a separate specification, and no different performance is claimed for it. For a purchasing decision, that is genuinely good news: you cannot pick the wrong one, so order whichever listing you are standing on and move on to more important work.

How many sets should a small team keep on the shelf?

For most small teams, one working set in the printer plus one full set in reserve is the sweet spot. A set carries 2,000 pages of black and 1,400 pages of each color at 5% coverage, and a team of five printing steadily will work through the colors first. The reserve set means a faded cartridge is a two-minute swap, and the reorder can happen calmly the same week. Buying deeper stock than that ties up money in a cupboard; buying none guarantees the eventual urgent order. At $46.23 a set, the reserve-set habit is cheap insurance for a shared machine.

Which part numbers will I be reordering each time?

Always the same four: 331-0778 for black, 331-0777 for cyan, 331-0780 for magenta and 331-0779 for yellow. Put them on the team's supply list once and reordering becomes a copy-and-paste job. The numbers are shared across Dell's compact color platform, so they also cover the Color Laser 1250c, 1350cnw, 1355cn, 1355cnw, 1755nf, 1755nfw, C1760nw and C1765nf if your office runs more than one model. Ordering by part number rather than by printer nickname is what keeps the wrong box from ever arriving.

One color is fading on the shared printer — which cartridge do I check first?

Let the symptom name it. Blues and greens going dull or gray points to the cyan 331-0777. Reds turning orange and skin tones looking sunburned point to the magenta 331-0780. Prints that look washed out and lose their warmth, with greens drifting blue, suggest the yellow 331-0779. Print the machine's color test page and compare the four blocks — the pale or streaky block is the tired cartridge. Because the colors share a 1,400-page rating and a workload, check the other two colors while you are in there; they are frequently close behind.

What does a page from this set cost the office?

The set is $46.23 across four cartridges — about $11.56 per cartridge. Allocated against the black cartridge's 2,000-page rating, that per-cartridge share works out to a little over half a cent per black page; the colors, at 1,400 pages each for the same per-cartridge share, come in at a little under a cent per color page at standard coverage. Real pages mix black and color, so treat those as yardsticks rather than an invoice figure — but they explain why a small team's entire toner budget for this printer is a modest, predictable number rather than a recurring surprise.

What is our protection if a cartridge fails mid-quarter?

The same as on the standard listing, in full: a 1-year warranty against defects on every cartridge and 1-year free returns if one does not perform, with the terms on our shipping and returns page. These are compatible cartridges, not Dell-manufactured ones, and that cover is the substance behind the sale. Support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and orders ship from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California — so a replacement, like the original order, comes from inside the US.

Can I swap a cartridge between print jobs without disrupting the team's work?

Yes — each slot is independent, so a single cartridge change is a job of a couple of minutes between print runs. Pause, swap only the slot the machine is asking for — say the magenta 331-0780 — and the other three cartridges are untouched and the printer is straight back in service. There is no need to power through a full four-cartridge session in office hours unless every slot happens to be due at once.

How should our reserve set be stored in an office environment?

Sealed in its boxes, flat, in a cool dry cupboard — and specifically away from radiators, sunny windowsills and the top of the printer itself, where heat collects. Toner is a dry powder, so the 331-0778, 331-0777, 331-0780 and 331-0779 do not dry out while they wait; heat and damp are the only real enemies. Stored that way, a reserve set bought this quarter is in the same condition when its turn comes next quarter.

Why do the colors run out ahead of the black on our team printer?

Look at what the team prints. Decks, dashboards and web pages are color work, and each color is rated at 1,400 pages against the black 331-0778's 2,000 — and those ratings assume only 5% coverage, which a presentation slide exceeds many times over. The black mostly prints text and stays nearer its rating. It is arithmetic, not a fault: color-heavy teams simply live on the colors' side of the split.

Is there a simple way for the team to learn its real toner consumption?

Write the fitting date on each cartridge's box as it goes in. After one full cycle — black 331-0778, cyan 331-0777, magenta 331-0780, yellow 331-0779 — those dates tell you exactly how long each slot lasts in your office's real mix of work, which no rating can. From then on, reordering stops being a reaction to a faded page and becomes a date you can see coming weeks ahead.

About This Dell 1250cnw Premium Quality Set

This is the Premium Quality listing of the four-cartridge compatible toner set for the Dell Color Laser 1250cnw: black 331-0778 rated at 2,000 pages, cyan 331-0777, magenta 331-0780 and yellow 331-0779 rated at 1,400 pages each, at $46.23 — identical in specification, price and cover to the standard listing. It ships from one of our US warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The full compatible range for this family is on our Dell toner page.