Dell 331-9797 Toner | Compatible & OEM Cartridges

Dell 331-9797

The 331-9797 is the standard black cartridge in the toner family for Dell's B5460 and B5465 workgroup printers — the 60-to-70-page-per-minute monochrome machines built for departmental volume. The same family steps up through the high-yield 331-9756 to the extra-high-yield 332-0131, rated at around 45,000 pages, giving these printers one of the widest cartridge ranges in their class. Matching the cartridge to the workload is the whole game on machines this fast.

A departmental printer at this speed can empty a standard cartridge with startling speed, which is why the family is built as a ladder: light departments are fine on the standard size, while a busy print room should go straight to the largest yield it can get. In compatible form, even the biggest cartridges cost far less per page than a genuine standard cartridge, so the ladder is affordable at every rung.

Toner Cartridges for Dell 331-9797

Cartridge	Color	Page Yield
331-9797	Black	See product page
Dell B5460	Black	See product page
331-9756 High Yield	Black	See product page
332-0131 Extra High Yield	Black	Approx. 45,000 pages
331-9756 High Yield	Black	See product page
331-9756 High Yield	Black	See product page
331-9797 Premium Quality	Black	See product page
Dell B5460	Black	See product page
332-0131 Extra High Yield	Black	See product page
332-0131 Extra High Yield	Black	See product page

Which cartridge should you buy?

Pick your rung by monthly volume. The standard 331-9797 is the sensible buy for a B5460 that serves a small team or works as a secondary printer — it keeps cash out of idle toner. The high-yield 331-9756 is the middle path for a department printer in steady daily use. The extra-high-yield 332-0131, at around 45,000 pages, is built for print rooms and shared machines where a cartridge change is an interruption dozens of people notice; it also delivers the lowest cost per page in the family. If you are unsure, time your current cartridge: if a standard cartridge lasts less than a month, you are buying the wrong rung — move up one.

Chip, toner and everyday use

High-speed printers burn through the last portion of a cartridge quickly, so treat the chip's low-toner alert as a same-week action item and keep the replacement in the building. When a cartridge goes in, let the printer run its full initialization before sending a large job; interrupting calibration is a common source of uneven first batches. All yield figures in this family assume 5 percent page coverage, and at departmental volumes the difference between rated and real yield shows up fast on graphics-heavy work. Store the big spare cartridges flat rather than on end, sealed and at room temperature, and mark the purchase date on the box so stock rotates in order.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find my cartridge in this long list of numbers?

Read the part number printed directly on your current cartridge and match it exactly. The family is catalogued under many numbers — the 331-9755 through 331-9797 cartridge numbers, their alternates, and kit numbers — and similar-looking numbers can belong to different capacities. The number on the cartridge is authoritative.

Are the 593-series numbers cartridges or something else?

Those are Dell's kit and order numbers for the same toner cartridges: each kit number, such as the 593-11185 through 593-11194 range and 593-BBYR, corresponds to one of the individual cartridges in this family. Whether you order by the cartridge number or the kit number, the same supply arrives.

Which capacity should a light department choose?

The standard 331-9797. Capacity only pays when the pages actually get printed: a light department gains nothing from a 45,000-page cartridge aging inside the machine. Move up to the 331-9756 or the 332-0131 when a standard cartridge starts lasting less than about a month in your printer.