Color Laser

The Color Laser family is the color half of Dell's laser range: printers that carry four separate toner cartridges — black, cyan, magenta and yellow — so one spent color never forces you to replace the other three. Most of the cartridges stocked for this family are high-yield singles. One long-running four-color set is built around the black 310-8092, cyan 310-8094, magenta 310-8096 and yellow 310-8098, while the newest models have moved to short codes such as the 042T1 magenta and 2RF0R yellow. In total this family holds 449 compatible cartridges across 202 model pages, and the model page — not the cartridge box — is where an exact match is confirmed.

The model list at the bottom of this page reads like a history of Dell color printing. It opens with the early 1230 and 1320 desktop machines, runs through the 2130, 3110 and 5100 workgroup lines, and ends with the lettered generations: the compact C models, the H models and the S models. Each generation brought its own cartridge families with it, and the families do not carry across — a cartridge made for a 2130CN will not fit a C2660DN, however similar the two printers appear. Treat the generations as separate ranges that happen to share a shelf, and let your model number, read off the printer itself, decide which part of the list is yours.

Cartridges in this series

Representative cartridges from across the Color Laser generations — your model page carries the exact list for your machine.

Cartridge	Color / Type	Page Yield
042T1	Magenta	See product page
2RF0R	Yellow	See product page
310-4133	High-yield black	See product page
310-5729	High-yield yellow	See product page
310-5730	High-yield magenta	See product page
310-5731	High-yield cyan	See product page
310-5807	High-yield black	See product page
310-5808	High-yield yellow	See product page
310-5809	High-yield magenta	See product page
310-5810	High-yield cyan	See product page
310-7945	High-yield black	See product page
310-8092	High-yield black	See product page
310-8094	High-yield cyan	See product page
310-8096	High-yield magenta	See product page
310-8098	High-yield yellow	See product page
310-9058	Black	See product page
310-9060	Cyan	See product page
310-9062	Yellow	See product page
310-9064	Magenta	See product page
330-1199	High-yield cyan	See product page
330-1200	High-yield magenta	See product page
330-1204	High-yield yellow	See product page
330-1433	High-yield magenta	See product page
330-1436	High-yield black	See product page

Which cartridge should you buy?

Open your model's page first — the Color Laser C3760DN, the Color Laser 2130CN and the Color Laser H625CDW each list only the cartridges that fit them — and match the code there against the cartridge you are replacing. Because the four colors are separate cartridges, buy the single color the printer is asking for; there is no need to change a set. For a machine that prints mostly text documents with the occasional color page, a high-yield black paired with standard colors is the economical pattern, since black does most of the work. If the printer is shared by a whole office, keeping one spare of each color on the shelf avoids a stalled machine mid-job.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Every color cartridge in this family has its own chip, and the printer reports the four toner levels separately, so the display tells you exactly which color to order. When you swap a cartridge, slide it straight in until it seats with a click; a half-seated color cartridge is the usual cause of a missing-color error. Before installing a new cartridge, rock it gently end to end a few times — toner settles in storage, and loosening it first keeps the first pages even. Store spares upright in their sealed packaging, away from heat. Quoted yields assume 5% coverage, and color pages with large filled areas use far more than that, so a color cartridge on a graphics-heavy machine will finish well ahead of its headline figure.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do all Dell Color Laser printers use the same four cartridges?

No. Each model family has its own set of four cartridges, and the sets differ between generations. Two printers in this list may share a black cartridge yet take different colors, which is why the check has to happen on the model page, cartridge by cartridge.

Only one color has run out. Do I have to replace all four?

No — that is the advantage of the four-cartridge design. The printer tracks each color on its own, and you replace only the cartridge it flags. The remaining colors stay in the machine until their turn comes.

Should I choose standard or high-yield cartridges for a color printer?

It follows your mix of work. Black carries most everyday printing even on a color machine, so a high-yield black usually pays back first; colors that are used lightly can stay standard. Where both versions of your cartridge exist, the high-yield one works out cheaper per page but costs more up front.

Are Color Laser cartridges covered by a warranty?

Yes. The compatible cartridges in this family carry a 1-year warranty with 1-year returns, matching the cover on the rest of the Dell range, so a cartridge that fails early can be returned rather than written off.