SKU:

330-2666

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

330-2650

Ink Color:

High Yield Black

Page Yield:

6,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What does $90.57 buy you in printed pages?

It buys 6,000 pages of black toner. This is the high-yield 330-2650 cartridge listed here for the Dell Laser 2350D, and dividing the price by the rating puts toner at about 1.51 cents per page. We will be straight about that figure: it is not bargain-basement per-page pricing, and larger departmental cartridges elsewhere in the Dell range run lower. What the money buys here is a full 6,000-page fill for this class of machine, in a compatible cartridge that costs less than running the same pages through smaller fills.

How long does 6,000 pages last in calendar terms?

That depends entirely on your monthly volume. At roughly 250 pages a month, one 330-2650 lasts about two years. At 500 pages a month it is a year of printing; at 1,000 pages a month, around six months; a busy desk printing 2,000 pages a month will finish one in about three months. The rating is the fixed part — your calendar is set by how hard the 2350D works.

Why does this one cartridge serve three different printer names?

Because Dell built the Laser 2330d, Laser 2330dn and Laser 2350d on the same supply platform, and all three take the 330-2650. The printer names describe different machines; the toner bay underneath them is shared. For a buyer, that means the code is the reliable identifier: if the machine is one of those three, this is its cartridge, whichever badge is on the front panel.

Why might you see fewer than 6,000 pages from it?

The rating is measured at the industry-standard 5% page coverage — a typical page of text. Pages carrying dense graphics, large solid-black areas, forms with heavy headers or scanned images use more toner per sheet, so real-world yield drops on that kind of work. Toner-saving modes stretch the cartridge the other way. The 6,000 figure is a comparison yardstick, not a promise tied to any one office's documents.

Should you keep a spare on the shelf?

For a printer the office depends on, yes — a cartridge always runs out mid-job rather than between jobs. Store the spare sealed in its packaging, flat, in a cool dry cupboard away from sunlight and heat. Toner is a sealed powder and keeps well under ordinary office conditions, so a spare bought today will print properly when its turn comes. One spare is enough for most desks; heavy users should look at the multi-packs in this same family.

What stands behind this cartridge after you buy it?

This is a compatible cartridge, not a Dell-manufactured unit, and it is covered by a 1-year warranty against defects and 1-year free returns if it fails to perform — see our shipping and returns page for how that works in practice. Questions before or after ordering are answered by our support team Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

We have a 2330dn in one room and a 2350d in another — can one shelf stock serve both?

Yes. The two machines sit on the same supply platform and both take the 330-2650, so a single spare on the shelf covers the black slot of whichever printer runs dry first. That is the practical payoff of the shared platform: one stocking decision protects two machines, and there is no risk of the wrong cartridge being carried to the wrong room. Keep the spare somewhere both rooms can reach, labeled with the part number so anyone can identify it at a glance.

What should the first pages from a new 330-2650 look like?

Print a document you know well — the same page you printed before the swap is ideal — and judge density across several pages rather than the very first. A newly installed cartridge settles over its first small run of output, so page one can look marginally different from page ten. By then, text should be uniformly dark with no pale patches. Comparing against a known page removes guesswork: you are checking the new cartridge against your own standard, not against an abstract idea of black.

Instead of guessing by the calendar, how do we time the next order?

Let the machine count for you. Note the page counter when the cartridge is installed; once you know your monthly volume — and this cartridge's calendar life at that volume — the counter tells you how far through the 6,000 pages you are at any moment. When the remaining estimate drops below a month of your normal printing, order. That method adapts automatically when a busy month burns through toner faster, which a fixed calendar reminder never does.

Our printer sits idle for weeks between busy spells — does a half-used cartridge suffer from the pauses?

No. Toner is a dry powder sealed inside the cartridge, and it keeps just as well installed in the machine as it does on the shelf. Quiet weeks do not consume the 330-2650 in any meaningful way, and a cartridge that was half used in March will print the same in May. What matters is the total page count it delivers across its life, not how that printing was spaced out — sporadic users simply stretch the same 6,000 pages over a longer calendar.

About This Dell 2350D Cartridge (330-2650)

The Dell 330-2650 is the high-yield black cartridge behind the Laser 2330d, 2330dn and 2350d printers: 6,000 pages at about 1.51 cents a page, priced at $90.57 as a quality compatible unit. It ships from one of our four US warehouses — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California — and is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The rest of the compatible range for these machines is on our Dell toner page.