SKU:

Dell-3000-HY

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

310-5726, 310-5731, 310-5730, 310-5729

Ink Color:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Page Yield:

Black: 4,000, Colors: 4,000 Each

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge Set

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Our Dell 3000 is an old machine — does a full four-cartridge set still make sense for it?

Yes, if the printer itself is still working well. The Color Laser 3000 has been out of production for years, but a set is a consumable decision, not a hardware one: for $117.06 you get all four high-yield cartridges — the black 310-5726, cyan 310-5731, magenta 310-5730 and yellow 310-5729, each rated at up to 4,000 pages — and an older printer that still prints cleanly keeps earning its desk space. If the machine has mechanical faults beyond toner, that is a different calculation, but toner alone is rarely the reason to retire one of these.

What does one cartridge in this set cost?

The set is $117.06 for four cartridges, which works out to about $29.27 per cartridge. Each one is rated at up to 4,000 pages, so across the set you are holding 16,000 pages of total cartridge capacity. On older Dell color lasers like this one, compatible cartridges cost a fraction of what the Dell-branded equivalents did when they were still sold — that gap is the entire reason sets like this exist.

Do all four cartridges wear out at the same rate?

No. The black 310-5726 does most of the work in a typical office — text pages, emails and forms draw on black far more than on color — so it usually runs low first, while the cyan 310-5731, magenta 310-5730 and yellow 310-5729 last longer in document-heavy use. A shop printing color brochures all day will see the opposite pattern. Either way, each cartridge is replaced on its own schedule; the set is a way to have all four on hand, not a requirement to change them together.

Is this a genuine Dell set?

No — this is a compatible set, made by a third-party manufacturer to fit and perform in the Dell 3000 rather than made by Dell. The part numbers, yields and fit are the same as the Dell originals: 310-5726 black, 310-5731 cyan, 310-5730 magenta and 310-5729 yellow, 4,000 pages each. What differs is the badge on the box and the price you pay.

What if one cartridge in the set prints badly?

Every cartridge is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a cartridge that fades, streaks or fails early comes back to us — you are not stuck with a bad one because it arrived in a set. Support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the full terms are on our shipping & returns page.

How should we store the cartridges we are not using yet?

Keep them sealed in their bags, flat, in a cool dry cupboard away from direct sunlight. Toner cartridges are not perishable on any short timescale, so holding the colors you have not reached yet — often the 310-5730 magenta and 310-5729 yellow — for months is normal. Open a cartridge only when the printer asks for it.

About This Dell 3000 Four-Color Toner Set

One compatible four-color set for the Dell Color Laser 3000: 310-5726 black, 310-5731 cyan, 310-5730 magenta and 310-5729 yellow, each a high-yield cartridge rated at up to 4,000 pages, $117.06 for the set — about $29.27 a cartridge. Orders ship from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA, and every cartridge carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. The compatible singles and the rest of the range are on our Dell page.