SKU:

Dell-330-5846-3Pack

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

330-5846

Ink Color:

Black 3 Pack

Page Yield:

18,000 Each

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 54,000 pages look like as a supply plan?

Three 330-5846 cartridges at 18,000 pages each give you 54,000 pages of black — roughly 108 reams of paper. For an office printing 3,000 black pages a month, that's about a year and a half of toner bought in a single order: one cartridge in the 5130, two staged behind it, and no reordering until the last one is well underway.

How does the 3-pack pricing break down?

The pack is $117.04, which is about $39.01 per cartridge. Three singles would run $154.02, so the 3-pack saves $36.98 and drops the per-page cost to roughly 0.22 cents — the lowest per-page figure in this group of listings. The savings come purely from bundling; each cartridge is the same 18,000-page 330-5846.

How should we rotate three cartridges so none sits too long?

Install them in the order they arrived — first in, first out. Keep the waiting cartridges sealed, flat, and in a cool, dry cabinet rather than on top of the printer where heat collects. When you open the second one, that's a good moment to note the date; at typical office volumes the third cartridge will still be well within its shelf life when its turn comes.

Is a 3-pack too much for a smaller office?

Honestly, it can be. If your 5130 prints a few hundred black pages a month, a single 330-5846 already lasts years, and tying up $117.04 in shelf stock buys you little. The 3-pack earns its keep at sustained volume — thousands of pages a month, or several printers in the same family sharing one supply shelf.

What protection covers all three cartridges?

Each 330-5846 in the pack is a new compatible cartridge covered by our one-year warranty, with free returns for a full year — the terms are spelled out on our shipping & returns page. Coverage applies per cartridge, so using the first two doesn't shorten the protection on the third beyond its own window.

Who is this pack really bought by?

Offices running a Color Laser 5120cdn or 5130cdn as a workhorse — billing runs, reports, packet printing — where a toner outage costs more than the toner does. Orders ship from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses, support is available Monday–Friday 9 AM–5 PM CST, and the wider range lives on our Dell toner page.

What should we check when the 3-pack arrives?

Count three boxes, confirm each one carries the 330-5846 number, and check that every seal is intact before the pack goes to the shelf. A two-minute receiving check catches a picking or shipping mistake while it is still effortless to fix, and it confirms that the stock your records now show — three cartridges, 54,000 pages — is physically what landed in the building.

Can the pack be split between a 5120cdn and a 5130cdn?

Yes. Every unit in the pack is the identical 330-5846, and both the Color Laser 5120cdn and 5130cdn take it, so the three cartridges can live wherever the volume is — two staged for the busier machine and one for the quieter one, for example. The pack is a purchasing unit, not a single-printer commitment; what matters is that each box stays sealed until it reaches the machine that needs it.

When should we review the pack halfway through?

At the moment the second cartridge goes in. That is the natural audit point: one 330-5846 is running, one is left, and you have a full cartridge's worth of real consumption data behind you. Compare the months the first unit lasted with your original estimate — if it burned faster than expected, the reorder conversation belongs now, while a full cartridge of buffer still sits on the shelf.

Where should the empty cartridges from the pack go?

Back into the pack's own carton as they come out. Keeping the three spent 330-5846 units together, separate from the sealed stock, prevents the classic storeroom mix-up of an empty being mistaken for a spare. Once the carton holds all three empties it can leave in one trip with your office recycling, and the shelf shows only what is genuinely still available to print with.

About This 330-5846 3-Pack

The Dell 330-5846 3-pack stages three high-yield black cartridges — 18,000 pages each, 54,000 pages total — for the Color Laser 5120cdn and 5130cdn. At $117.04 it undercuts three singles by $36.98 and brings black printing down to about 0.22 cents per page. It's a supply-plan purchase for production-volume offices: fewer orders, a spare always on hand, and a predictable per-page cost for the next year or more of printing. Every cartridge is a new Clever Supplies compatible with a one-year warranty and one-year free returns.