SKU:

Dell-593-BBBR-HY

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

593-BBBR

Ink Color:

High Yield Yellow

Page Yield:

4,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the code 593-BBBR tell you that a printer name does not?

It pins down one exact supply: the high-yield yellow cartridge for Dell's Color Laser C2660dn and C2665dnf. Printer names cover whole families and several supply generations; the 593-BBBR code is what the C2660dn's own supply list asks for in the yellow slot. Its companions in the same series are 593-BBBU black, 593-BBBT cyan and 593-BBBS magenta. When you reorder against the code on the cartridge you removed, there is no ambiguity about color, yield class or machine — which is how fleet and office reordering is normally done.

What makes this the high-yield yellow, in practical terms?

Capacity. The 593-BBBR is rated at 4,000 pages, where standard-yield color cartridges in this class carry a fraction of that. For the buyer, the difference shows up as fewer changeovers and a lower cost per page: at $31.82 for 4,000 rated pages, this listing works out to about 0.80 cents per page — roughly $7.96 per thousand pages. High yield is the right choice when the C2660dn prints color as a daily habit rather than an occasional event; the cartridge body is the same slot-fit, it simply holds more toner.

How long does 4,000 pages of yellow last on a working C2660dn?

Eight reams of paper, at the 5% coverage the rating assumes. An office putting 300 color pages a month through the machine is looking at a little over a year from one 593-BBBR; at 600 color pages a month, roughly six to seven months. Yellow participates in most color work — greens, warm grays, charts, highlighted documents — so it rarely outlasts the set. Heavy full-color pages run well above 5% coverage and shorten every one of those estimates.

How do we spot that it is yellow, specifically, that has run out?

The color balance goes cold. Reds flatten toward magenta, greens turn teal, skin tones gray out, and anything yellow or gold prints weakly or not at all — while black text stays crisp. On the C2660dn that symptom points at the yellow slot and the 593-BBBR in it. Swapping a cartridge that still has life left is wasteful, so use the machine's toner gauge to confirm yellow is the low one before you order; the gauge and the symptom together are a reliable diagnosis.

Is $31.82 a fair price for this cartridge?

Judge it per page, not per box: 0.80 cents per rated page is proper workgroup economics — a third of what compact desktop color toner costs per page — because the 593-BBBR spreads its price across 4,000 pages. It is sold here as a single cartridge, so there is no bundle arithmetic to untangle. For an office already running a C2660dn or C2665dnf, the high-yield yellow is the economical way to feed it; the only wrong version of this purchase is buying high yield for a machine that prints color a few times a month, where the toner will sit for years.

Is this a genuine Dell cartridge, and what cover comes with it?

No — the 593-BBBR on this listing is a compatible cartridge built to Dell's specification for the C2660dn and C2665dnf yellow slot. It carries our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns; the procedure is set out on our shipping and returns page, and support answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. Orders ship from the nearest of our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses, and the machine's other supplies are listed on our Dell toner page.

Do the other colors have to come out when we change the yellow?

No. The four slots on the C2660dn work independently, so a yellow change touches only the 593-BBBR. Leave the black, cyan and magenta cartridges exactly where they are: pulling healthy cartridges disturbs toner that still has life in it and buys you nothing. Fit the new yellow, close the machine up, and let the other three finish their own cycles in their own time — each gets replaced when its own gauge and symptoms say so.

With codes this similar, how do we make sure the cartridge in hand is really the yellow?

Read the last letter. In this series the final character carries the color: 593-BBBR is yellow, 593-BBBS is magenta, 593-BBBT is cyan and 593-BBBU is black. Check the code on the cartridge you removed against the code on the new box before you break the seal — the two should match letter for letter. That ten-second check is the whole defense against the classic mistake of fitting a near-identical cartridge into the wrong slot.

What should the first pages look like after the new yellow goes in?

Print something with known colors — a chart, a logo page or a photograph you print often. Yellows and golds should be back at full strength, greens should lose the teal cast, and reds should no longer flatten toward magenta. Give it a page or two: output from a freshly fitted 593-BBBR can take a sheet or two to settle to full, even density. If the familiar document looks right, the swap is proven and the machine can go back to work.

Should the old yellow cartridge go straight in the trash?

Not immediately. Keep the removed 593-BBBR for a few days while the replacement proves itself across your real work. If a color problem appears in that window, the old unit is evidence: refitting it briefly shows whether the fault followed the cartridge or lives in the machine. Once the new cartridge has a few clean days behind it, let the old one go to your usual toner recycling route and record the code for the next reorder.

About This 593-BBBR High-Yield Yellow Cartridge

The high-yield yellow supply for Dell's Color Laser C2660dn and C2665dnf: one compatible 593-BBBR cartridge rated at 4,000 pages, priced at $31.82 — about 0.80 cents per rated page, the per-page economics that make high yield the sensible default for a working color machine. It ships from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouse and carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.