SKU:

Dell-5120-4Set

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

330-5846, 330-5850, 330-5843, 330-5852

Ink Color:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Page Yield:

Black 18,000, Color 12,000 each

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge Set

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does one of these sets last in a department running a Dell 5120?

Translate the ratings into your own volume. The black cartridge (330-5846) is rated at 18,000 pages and the colors at 12,000 each, so a department printing around 1,500 pages a month is looking at roughly a year from the black and about eight months from each color — longer for lighter use, shorter for a busier floor. The point of a set rated this way is that toner stops being a monthly errand: changes become a few scheduled events a year.

Why change all four cartridges together instead of one at a time?

One opening of the machine instead of four, and four cartridges that then age together. When a 330-5846, a 330-5850, a 330-5843 and a 330-5852 all start on the same day, their levels fall in a predictable pattern and color output stays balanced, instead of one fresh cartridge printing beside three tired ones. For a shared departmental printer, that single planned interruption is worth more than the small amount of toner left in a cartridge changed early.

What exactly is in the box?

Four high-yield cartridges: the 330-5846 black rated at 18,000 pages, and the 330-5850 cyan, 330-5843 magenta and 330-5852 yellow rated at 12,000 pages each. Yields are measured at the standard 5% page coverage, so dense graphics work will move through them faster than plain text would.

What does the set bring a printed page down to?

The set costs $140.48, an average of $35.12 per cartridge. Spread evenly like that, the black's share comes to about 0.20 cents per rated page and a color's share to about 0.29 cents — the arithmetic behind most office printing being cheaper than it feels when a single cartridge price is all you look at.

Is this the right set for our 5120?

This listing is the 5120-named version of the set built on the 330-5846 black and the 330-5850, 330-5843 and 330-5852 colors, the same supply family used by the Color Laser 5120cdn and 5130cdn. If the codes on the cartridges coming out of your machine match those four, you are looking at the right box.

What protection comes with it?

These are compatible cartridges rather than Dell originals, covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the details on our shipping and returns page. Questions are answered Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

What should we check when the set arrives, before it goes on the shelf?

Match the box against the four codes: 330-5846 black, 330-5850 cyan, 330-5843 magenta and 330-5852 yellow, one of each, seals intact. A department that stocks ahead lives or dies by that thirty-second check — a wrong or damaged cartridge is far easier to sort out on delivery day than on the afternoon the 5120 stops mid-run with a deadline behind it.

Is there a simple way to verify the ratings against our own printing?

Write the machine's page counter reading on the box on the day the set is fitted, and read it again when the first cartridge gives out. The difference is your department's real consumption, which you can set against the 18,000-page black and 12,000-page color ratings. One cycle of your own numbers is worth more than any estimate when you plan the next order's timing.

Prints from a freshly fitted set look pale for the first few pages — is that a fault?

Usually not. New cartridges settle in over the first handful of pages, and output that starts light typically firms up as the set beds in. Judge the 330-5846, 330-5850, 330-5843 and 330-5852 on a normal document after a short run, not on the very first sheet. If paleness persists across a longer run, also check that no toner-saving or draft setting is active before suspecting a cartridge.

Once the new set is running, what happens to the four cartridges that came out?

Keep them together briefly rather than discarding them on the spot. Holding the spent set until the replacement set has printed cleanly for a few days gives you a fallback and a comparison point if anything looks off. After that, the four empties can go out in one carton — one planned swap at the front of the cycle and one tidy disposal at the back of it.

About This Dell 5120 Toner Set

A complete high-yield set for the Dell 5120 family: 330-5846 black at 18,000 pages plus 330-5850 cyan, 330-5843 magenta and 330-5852 yellow at 12,000 pages each, $140.48 for all four. Orders leave from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, and the set is covered by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. More for this printer line is on our Dell toner page.