SKU:

Dell-593-BBBS-HY

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

593-BBBS

Ink Color:

High Yield Magenta

Page Yield:

4,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Our C2660dn prints have lost their reds — blues look fine but everything warm looks washed out. Is the magenta cartridge the cause?

Very likely, yes. Magenta is the warm half of the color mix: when the 593-BBBS runs low, reds collapse toward orange-brown, pinks and skin tones go gray, and purples slide toward blue — while blues, greens and black text still look normal, which is exactly the pattern you describe. The Dell 593-BBBS is the high-yield magenta supply for the Color Laser C2660dn and C2665dnf. Check the machine's toner gauge to confirm magenta is the depleted slot before ordering; if the gauge agrees with the symptom, this is the cartridge to replace.

Why reorder by the 593-BBBS code instead of asking for "C2660 magenta"?

Because a printer name spans more than one supply. The C2660dn family takes a standard-yield and a high-yield magenta, plus the black, cyan and yellow companions in the same 593-BBB series — 593-BBBU black, 593-BBBT cyan, 593-BBBR yellow. The code on the cartridge you pull out is the one unambiguous identifier: 593-BBBS always means the 4,000-page high-yield magenta, never the standard-yield version or a different color. Reordering against the code removes the two classic mistakes — wrong yield class and wrong slot.

What does 4,000 pages of magenta actually cost us per printed page?

This listing is a single 593-BBBS at $31.82, rated at 4,000 pages, which works out to about 0.80 cents per page — roughly $7.96 per thousand pages. That is workgroup-grade economics: the high-yield body spreads its price over far more pages than a standard-yield cartridge, so the per-page figure lands at a fraction of what compact desktop color toner costs. There is no pack arithmetic here — one cartridge, one price, one rating.

How fast will a working office burn through those 4,000 pages?

At the 5% coverage the rating assumes, 4,000 pages is eight reams of paper. An office sending 250 color pages a month through its C2660dn gets well over a year from one 593-BBBS; at 500 color pages a month, around eight months. Magenta rarely survives longer than its companions because it is consumed in nearly every warm tone, chart and photo. Dense, full-bleed color pages run far above 5% coverage and will shorten those timelines noticeably.

Should we keep a spare 593-BBBS on the shelf?

If the C2660dn is a shared workgroup machine, yes — magenta is one of the cartridges whose absence stops color work entirely, and a spare turns a two-day wait into a two-minute swap. Keep the spare sealed in its bag, stored flat at room temperature away from direct sunlight; toner does not spoil on office timescales, but heat and light are unkind to it. Rotate stock so the oldest cartridge goes into the machine first.

Is this a genuine Dell cartridge, and what happens if something goes wrong?

No — this 593-BBBS is a compatible cartridge manufactured to Dell's specification for the C2660dn and C2665dnf magenta slot, not a Dell-branded original. It is covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns; the full procedure is on our shipping and returns page. Support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and orders ship from whichever of our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouses is nearest to you. The rest of the machine's supplies are collected on our Dell toner page.

Why do photographs show magenta running low before documents do?

Because photographs lean on magenta harder than text pages ever do. Skin tones, sunsets, food, warm interiors — the subjects that fill photo printing — are built largely from magenta mixed with yellow, so a weakening 593-BBBS shows there first: faces go gray-green and reds lose their fire while a letter or invoice still looks perfectly normal. If you want the most sensitive test of the magenta slot, print one familiar photograph rather than a page of text.

How do we tell a low magenta cartridge from a print-quality fault?

Look at the shape of the problem. A cartridge running dry fades evenly and gradually: the whole page loses warmth in step, getting a little worse each week. Sharp streaks, repeating bands, marks in the same place on every sheet, or one edge of the page failing while the other stays strong point at the machine instead — and a new 593-BBBS will not cure them. Even fade plus a low magenta reading on the gauge is a supply problem; anything patterned is worth a service look first.

What should we do in the first minutes after fitting the new magenta?

Seat the 593-BBBS fully in the magenta slot until it clicks home, then print a page that uses reds and warm tones before returning the machine to general work. A partly seated cartridge can print pale even when it is full, so that first proof page matters: reds should be red again and skin tones warm. Judge it on the second or third sheet if the first looks slightly uneven — fresh cartridges commonly take a page or two to settle to full density.

Which everyday documents drain magenta faster than the rating assumes?

Anything warm and dense. Full-page photographs, menus and flyers with red branding, presentation decks with warm charts, marketing handouts — these run far above the 5% coverage behind the 4,000-page rating, and magenta carries more of that load than any other color. An office whose output leans warm should expect the 593-BBBS to finish well ahead of the calendar estimates and keep its reorder trigger on the gauge, not on the month the cartridge was fitted.

About This 593-BBBS High-Yield Magenta Cartridge

One compatible 593-BBBS high-yield magenta cartridge for Dell's Color Laser C2660dn and C2665dnf, rated at 4,000 pages and priced at $31.82 — about 0.80 cents per rated page. When warm colors fade while blues stay strong, this is the slot to check. It ships from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California warehouse and carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.