SKU:

Dell-331-0780

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

331-0780

Ink Color:

High Yield Magenta

Page Yield:

1,400 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 331-0780, in plain terms?

It is the high-yield magenta toner cartridge Dell assigns to this color laser family, sold here as a compatible cartridge for $25.24. The rating is 1,400 pages, and the supply number — 331-0780 — is the identifier to match against the label on the cartridge coming out of your printer. Magenta is one of four separate positions in these machines, and this listing covers that position only.

Why does magenta matter so much to print quality?

Magenta is the engine behind every red, pink and purple, and it does heavy lifting in photographs, where skin tones are largely a magenta-and-yellow blend. When the 331-0780 is healthy, reds are saturated and faces look natural. Because magenta participates in so many mixed colors, a fading magenta cartridge degrades a print long before it runs completely dry — the cartridge is often the real story behind output that suddenly looks tired.

How does the running cost of the 331-0780 work out?

Divide $25.24 by the 1,400-page rating and the magenta position costs roughly 1.8 cents per page. Honestly framed, that is a high per-page number — small cartridges for compact color lasers always are, and anyone promising rock-bottom per-page costs in this class is not doing the same arithmetic. The realistic case for this cartridge is a modest $25.24 single purchase that keeps a lightly used color machine printing well, not a volume-printing economy play.

Our reds have gone orange and prints look washed out. Magenta?

That is the textbook symptom. Red is magenta plus yellow, so as magenta fades the balance tips toward yellow and reds slide orange; purples thin out toward blue at the same time, and photos lose their depth. Black text will still look perfect, which misleads many people into suspecting the printer. Print a solid magenta test block: pale or banded output means the 331-0780 is finished.

How fast will a 1,400-page magenta cartridge be used up?

For text-led office printing with occasional color, one 331-0780 typically lasts for months, because magenta is only drawn down where color appears on the page. The rating assumes standard page coverage, so photo-heavy work, marketing pieces and full-color presentations consume magenta at several times the assumed rate. If your output is mostly color, treat 1,400 pages as an optimistic ceiling rather than a promise.

What protection comes with this compatible cartridge?

The 331-0780 carries the same cover as every compatible cartridge in our store: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, spelled out on our shipping & returns page. Stock ships from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and support is staffed Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Dell 331-0780 Magenta Cartridge

The compatible Dell 331-0780 is the high-yield magenta toner cartridge for this Dell color laser family, rated at 1,400 pages and sold singly at $25.24 — approximately 1.8 cents per page at the rated yield. It is a compatible cartridge, not a Dell original, offered within our Dell toner range and backed by a 1-year warranty together with 1-year free returns. It is the correctly numbered magenta supply for owners who print everyday color in modest amounts.

The cartridge is not tied to a single model — it serves the Color Laser 1755nfw, Color Laser C1760nw, Color Laser C1765nf, Color Laser 1250c, Color Laser 1350cnw, Color Laser 1355cn, Color Laser 1355cnw and Color Laser 1755nf. The family shelf also holds the black cartridge, the cyan cartridge, the yellow cartridge and the 4-color set.