SKU:

Dell-B3465

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

331-9805

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

8,500 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a printed page cost on the B3465 with this cartridge?

About 1.07 cents in toner. The B3465's cartridge — Dell 331-9805 — costs $91.20 and is rated at up to 8,500 pages, so the per-page figure is simple division, and it stays constant whether your cost center prints a hundred pages a month or ten thousand. For internal chargeback, that 1.07-cent toner figure is the line to use.

How does a heavy-duty machine's appetite change the replacement rhythm?

It compresses it. The 8,500-page rating is fixed, so on a B3465 doing high-volume work the cartridge changes come around faster — what lasts a small office most of a year might last a busy department a couple of months. The sensible response is rhythm, not worry: log the page count at each change and the next reorder date predicts itself.

Is the B3465's cartridge the same 331-9805 the smaller models use?

It is. One cartridge code — 331-9805 — supplies the B2360, B3460 and B3465 mono families alike, so the cartridge that feeds a desktop B2360d is the same one that feeds the B3465. Read it off the label of the cartridge you take out; if it says 331-9805, this listing is its replacement.

Our finance team wants a per-cartridge budget line — what figures do I give them?

Three numbers cover it: $91.20 per cartridge, up to 8,500 pages per cartridge, and roughly 1.07 cents per page in toner. Multiply your B3465's expected annual pages by 1.07 cents and you have a defensible annual toner budget for the machine, before paper and power enter the conversation.

Genuine or compatible — which is this?

Compatible. This cartridge is manufactured to the 331-9805 specification by a third party, not by Dell, and priced accordingly at $91.20. The specification it is built to — fit and the 8,500-page rating — is the same one the Dell original works to, and it carries our standard cover described next.

How do delivery and returns work?

Your order is dispatched from whichever of our warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA gets it to you soonest. The cartridge is covered by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns, the process is explained on our shipping & returns page, and our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

What is the sensible routine for the first change on a new B3465?

Before the old cartridge comes out, note the page counter — that reading is the baseline for judging the new 331-9805. Fit the replacement, then print a document you know well and compare it against output from the old cartridge. A fair judgment needs a handful of pages, not one: let the fresh toner settle over the first short run, then assess density. Record the counter again at the next change and you will know this machine's real pages-per-cartridge rather than the rating's promise.

The low-toner warning is showing — how much printing is actually left?

The warning is a heads-up, not a hard stop: it is triggered at a threshold, and a 331-9805 typically has useful toner beyond it. Treat the warning as your ordering trigger rather than your change trigger — get the spare into the building, then run the fitted cartridge until output genuinely fades. Swapping at the first warning throws away the tail of every cartridge; across a busy B3465's year, that habit quietly costs a meaningful share of the 8,500-page rating.

Does double-sided printing halve what one cartridge delivers?

No — the rating counts pages, and in printer terms a page is one side of a sheet. A duplex job of fifty sheets is one hundred pages of toner work, because both faces receive toner. Offices that budget by sheets underestimate consumption on two-sided work by half and then wonder why the 331-9805 ended early. Read the machine's counter in impressions, not sheets, and the arithmetic lines up with the 8,500-page rating again.

The B3465 sits idle over weekends — does standing time hurt the cartridge?

No. Toner is a dry powder; it does not dry out, skin over or go stale over a quiet weekend or even a quiet month. A 331-9805 fitted on Friday is in the same condition on Monday. If the first prints after a long idle spell look slightly light, that is settled toner redistributing — a gentle rock of the cartridge or a few pages of normal work restores even output. Idle time is not a reason to change or discard a cartridge.

About This Dell B3465 Black Toner Cartridge (331-9805)

One compatible black toner cartridge for the Dell B3465 mono laser, Dell part number 331-9805, rated at up to 8,500 pages and priced at $91.20 — around 1.07 cents per page. It is the shared cartridge of the B2360, B3460 and B3465 mono families. Orders ship from one of our warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA, and every cartridge is backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns. See the wider range on our Dell page.

Companion listings in the same family: the black cartridge and the black five-pack. Owners of the Laser B2360dn, Laser B3460dn, Laser B3465dn and Laser B2360d all run on this same cartridge.