Frequently Asked Questions
We have several 1710s around the office — is one shared 5-pack better than a cartridge kept at each desk?
For most offices, yes, decisively. A cartridge at each desk means five separate small stocks, each bought at or near single prices, each someone's private responsibility, and each liable to be forgotten until its machine stops. One central 5-pack costs $319.92 — $63.98 per cartridge instead of $78.57 — and puts the stock where it can be counted, controlled and drawn on by whichever Dell Laser 1710 runs dry first. Desk-level hoarding also hides consumption; a shared shelf shows you, in one glance, how fast the office is really printing.
How does the pack's maths compare with buying singly for each machine?
Five singles total $392.85; this pack is $319.92; the saving is $72.93. Per page, the office's rate drops from 1.31¢ to about 1.07¢ across all five machines' output. The cartridges are identical either way — the same 310-5402, the same 6,000-page high-yield rating, the same warranty — so the comparison is purely about the route of purchase. Centralising through the pack is worth roughly one free cartridge in every five the office uses.
What happens when two machines run dry in the same week?
With a shared 5-pack, nothing dramatic — and that is the point. Coincidences like that are exactly what desk-level stocking handles badly: one machine gets its private spare, the other waits for an order. A central stock of five absorbs simultaneous demand without thought, because the cartridges are interchangeable across the Laser 1710 and its family. Stock depth, not luck, is what keeps several printers running, and five cartridges is genuine depth for a small fleet.
Which printers can the five cartridges be fitted to?
Every machine on the 310-5402 platform: the Laser 1710 on this listing, the Laser 1700 and the Laser 1700n. If your office's fleet includes any mix of those three, the whole pack is usable everywhere. The code on the label of any spent cartridge in the office will confirm it — 310-5402 is the only number the shelf needs to know.
How do we keep track of usage across several machines?
Simply, because there is only one cartridge type to track. Note the date each cartridge from the pack is fitted and to which machine; the pattern that emerges over two or three cycles tells you each printer's true appetite and the office's real reorder interval. Most small fleets discover one machine does most of the printing — useful knowledge when the next hardware decision comes up. When the pack's last cartridge is fitted, that is the standing reorder signal.
What cover applies to cartridges used across a fleet?
Each cartridge carries a 1-year warranty against defects and 1-year free returns if it does not perform as it should, regardless of which machine it is fitted to — the terms are on our shipping and returns page. These are compatible 310-5402 cartridges, built to specification rather than manufactured by Dell, and the cover follows the cartridge, not the printer. Our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
About This Dell 1710 5-Pack
A 5-pack of compatible high-yield black cartridges for the Dell Laser 1710: five 310-5402 cartridges at 6,000 rated pages each — 30,000 pages in total — for $319.92, which works out to $63.98 per cartridge and about 1.07¢ per page. Because the same cartridge serves the Laser 1700 and Laser 1700n, one pack can stock a whole small fleet. It ships from one of our four US warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The rest of the family's range is on our Dell toner page.
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