Color Laser 5110CN

Around 25 pages per minute in color, with the paper capacity and duty cycle for daily departmental use, the Dell 5110CN is a color laser workhorse — and its cartridge numbers reward a second look. The family's black cartridge is 310-7890 and its standard-yield color list runs 310-7892, 310-7894 and 310-7896, while the color cartridges stocked on this page are cyan 310-7891, magenta 310-7893 and yellow 310-7895. Each of those three numbers appears here twice: once as a standard listing and once as a high-yield listing, so the same slot can be fed at two different capacities.

The 5110CN earns its keep on the documents a business shows other people — marketing collateral, presentations, client-facing paperwork produced day in and day out. That workload is color-first, which is why this page concentrates on the color side of the family: three colors, two yield tiers each, and the freedom to match capacity to how fast your office actually burns through a given color. An office heavy on charts and covers may run magenta at high yield while yellow, sipped slowly, stays standard.

Toner Cartridges for Dell 5110CN

Which cartridge should you buy?

Treat each color as its own small decision. Start with the standard listing of the color you need if your 5110CN prints color lightly or you are replacing a cartridge for the first time and want to gauge consumption. Step up to the high-yield listing of that same number for any color your office cycles quickly — the cartridge lasts longer between changes and the cost per page drops, which is where a 25-page-per-minute department machine quietly saves real money over a year. Both tiers of a color fit the same slot, so you can mix freely: high yield in the fast color, standard in the slow ones. Every compatible cartridge here carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Numbers in this family differ by a single digit, so the ten-second habit that prevents nearly every wrong order is reading the number off the cartridge you are removing before you buy its replacement. Note which tier is installed, too — a shelf holding both standard and high-yield versions of one color invites mix-ups, and a sticky note inside the cabinet door ends them. Seat replacements fully so the printer registers the fresh cartridge, and rock a fading unit gently side to side to redistribute toner while its successor is in transit. Store spares sealed, flat and oldest-first.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which color cartridges are stocked for the Dell 5110CN on this page?

Cyan 310-7891, magenta 310-7893 and yellow 310-7895 — each in a standard listing and a high-yield listing, as shown in the table above.

What is the difference between 310-7891 and 310-7892?

Both numbers belong to this printer's family: 310-7892 sits on the standard-yield color list alongside 310-7894 and 310-7896, while the cartridges stocked here are the 310-7891, 310-7893 and 310-7895 listings. Always match the number printed on the cartridge you are replacing.

What is the 5110CN's black cartridge number?

Black in this family is 310-7890. This page stocks the three color cartridges; the black number is listed here so you can confirm the full set of numbers your machine uses.

Can I mix standard and high-yield cartridges in one machine?

Yes. Each slot is independent, so any combination of tiers works — offices commonly run the high-yield version of their fastest-moving color and standard versions of the rest.

More printers that use the same cartridges

The 5110CN sits in a family of related workgroup models using these cartridge numbers: Color Laser 5100, Color Laser 5100CN, Color Laser 5110, Color Laser 5110N, Dell (310-5807, 310-5810, 310-5809, 310-5808), Dell (310-7889, 310-7891, 310-7893, 310-7895).