Color Laser 3115 MFP

The Dell 3115 MFP is a complete color office station built on the 3110cn print engine: one networked unit that prints, copies, scans and faxes for a whole workgroup. Its toner system is four high-yield cartridges — black 310-8092, cyan 310-8094, magenta 310-8096 and yellow 310-8098 — each swapped on its own schedule as its color is consumed.

This is a genuine workgroup machine rather than a personal printer with extras: up to 31 pages per minute in black and white, 17 ppm in color, a 60,000-page monthly duty cycle and an input path that expands to 950 sheets. That pace means toner is a planned supply, not an emergency purchase — the morning rush and the end-of-day reporting run both pass through the same four cartridges, and the high-yield design keeps changeovers infrequent even when the machine works all day.

Toner Cartridges for Color Laser 3115 MFP

Which cartridge should you buy?

Every listing on this page is the high-yield version, which simplifies the decision: there is no standard-yield cartridge to underbuy by accident. For a machine with this duty cycle, high yield is the right default — each cartridge prints more pages before it needs attention, so the cost per page drops and the workgroup stops losing time to toner swaps during busy stretches.

Choose between singles and sets by watching which colors your office actually burns. Presentation-heavy teams drain cyan and magenta first; contract and correspondence shops mostly consume black. Buy singles for the fast-moving colors and keep one full set — standard or Premium Quality — as the reserve that covers a surprise empty on a deadline day. Remember that copying draws on the same cartridges as printing, while scanning a document to a file uses no toner at all.

Chip, toner and everyday use

The four cartridges rarely empty together, and that is normal: every document carries its own color mix, so one color can be at the warning stage while another still shows half full. Replace only the spent color. If printed pages develop horizontal bands that repeat at regular intervals, the spacing points at a worn drum or roller inside one cartridge — the cartridge for the banded color is the one to replace, not the whole set.

When a new cartridge goes in, the MFP reads its chip during a short recognition cycle; give it a moment before sending the next job. Keep unopened spares in their packaging, stored flat and away from direct light, and shake a cartridge gently from side to side before installing it if it has sat in storage for months — settled toner distributes again and the first pages come out even.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which toner cartridges does the Dell 3115 MFP take?

The high-yield family of four: 310-8092 in black, 310-8094 in cyan, 310-8096 in magenta and 310-8098 in yellow. Match the part number on the cartridge you removed to be certain of the color slot.

Is it normal for the four cartridges to run out at different times?

Completely normal. A month of invoices uses mostly black; a month of brochures leans on the colors. Separate cartridges exist precisely so you replace one at a time instead of discarding toner that is still usable.

What causes repeating horizontal bands on 3115 MFP prints?

Repeating marks at fixed intervals usually trace to a damaged drum or roller inside one of the toner cartridges. Measure the spacing between marks to identify the suspect cartridge, then replace that single color.

Does scanning or faxing drain the toner?

Scanning a page to a computer file uses no toner at all. Toner is only consumed when the machine puts an image onto paper — prints and copies — so heavy scanning workflows cost the cartridges nothing.

More printers that use the same cartridges

These Dell models run on the same four-cartridge family: Color Laser 3110, Color Laser 3110CN, Color Laser 3115, Color Laser 3115CN, DELL (310-8092, 310-8094, 310-8096, 310-8098), Multifunction 3115cn.