SKU:

Dell-C1660-4Set

Printer Brand:

Dell

OEM Number:

332-0399, 332-0400, 332-0401, 332-0402

Ink Color:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Page Yield:

Black: 1,250, Colors: 1,000 Each

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge Set

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

How long will this set actually last in a home office?

Longer than the ratings make it sound, if your volume is typical. The black 332-0399 is rated at 1,250 pages and the colors at 1,000 pages each. A home office printing around a hundred pages a month — mostly documents, with color used sparingly — would take roughly a year to work through the black, and the 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta and 332-0402 yellow would likely last longer still, because most home-office pages barely touch them.

Why are the yields so much lower than the big office printers?

Because the C1660 is a small personal color laser, and its cartridges are sized for that class of machine. We are not going to dress 1,250 and 1,000 pages up as high capacity — they are not. What the set offers instead is a low entry price: $43.91 puts a fresh cartridge in all four slots, which suits a printer that prints in modest bursts rather than all day.

Which cartridge in the set runs out first?

It follows your documents, not the ratings alone. Text-heavy printing drains the 332-0399 black while the colors idle. Color-heavy work — presentations, flyers, photos — draws on the three 1,000-page colors, and whichever color your documents favor most will empty first. The ratings differ by only 250 pages between black and colors, so in practice your print mix decides the order.

What does the set cost per cartridge?

Four cartridges for $43.91 averages $10.98 per cartridge. Spread over the rated yields, that is well under a cent per page for the black's 1,250 pages and a little over a cent per page for each color's 1,000 pages — reasonable economics for a small color printer, as long as your expectations match the machine's light-duty class.

Is this a Dell-made set?

No — these are compatible cartridges built to the same 332-0399, 332-0400, 332-0401 and 332-0402 numbers as the originals they replace. What stands behind them is ours: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, set out in full on our shipping & returns page.

Where will my order ship from?

From the closest of our four warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California. If you need help, our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the wider range for this printer family is collected on our Dell toner page.

Do the four cartridges have to go in in a particular order?

No particular order — but one at a time, each into its own slot. The 332-0399 goes in the black slot and the 332-0400, 332-0401 and 332-0402 in the cyan, magenta and yellow slots respectively. Once all four are seated, print one page that uses every color; clean, even output confirms the whole set is sitting correctly before real work starts.

How should the set be stored if it will not be fitted for a while?

Leave all four cartridges sealed in the set's box, indoors, away from radiators, sunny windows and damp. Sealed toner cartridges wait patiently for months, and this small set asks for nothing more elaborate — just do not open a cartridge early to look at it, because an opened seal starts a clock that a sealed box never does.

The first pages after fitting the set look a little pale. Should we worry?

Not immediately. A freshly fitted cartridge often needs a few pages to settle, so print a short run of ordinary documents and watch the output firm up. If one color stays weak while the others are solid, take that cartridge out and reseat it firmly. Even, slightly light output that improves page by page is settling; output that never improves is worth a call to support.

What should we do with the four cartridges that come out?

Put the empties back in the set's box as they come out, so all four leave together rather than one at a time into desk drawers and cupboards. Keep the box for a day or two if there is any question about the last pages the old set printed — the cartridges are the evidence — then dispose of the four as one batch.

About This Dell C1660 4 Color Set

This set loads a Dell C1660 with all four of its cartridges at once: the 332-0399 black at 1,250 pages and the 332-0400 cyan, 332-0401 magenta and 332-0402 yellow at 1,000 pages each, for $43.91. Those yields are modest because the printer is modest — a compact color laser for a desk, not a department. For the home office that prints letters, invoices and the occasional color document, a full set at under eleven dollars a cartridge is the economical way to keep all four slots fresh, and every cartridge carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.