Laser B3460DNF

Some printers print; the Dell B3460DNF runs a department's paperwork. It bolts copy, scan and fax functions onto a high-volume monochrome laser engine, with duplexing and networking standard, and every one of those jobs drinks from the same toner supply. The standard cartridge is the 331-9805 at 8,500 pages; departments that copy heavily step up to the high-yield 331-9807, rated at 20,000 pages, and stop thinking about toner for months at a time.

Hub duty changes the buying math. A personal printer sips toner, but a machine that also prints every incoming fax and every copied form burns through cartridges on other people's schedules. That is why this shelf leans toward multi-packs and the big high-yield option: the cost of a mid-month outage, in a department queuing at one machine, dwarfs the saving from buying cartridges one at a time.

Toner Cartridges for B3460DNF

Cartridge	Color	Page Yield
331-9805	Black	8,500 pages
331-9805 3 Pack	Black	8,500 pages
331-9805 Premium 5 Pack	Black	8,500 pages
331-9807	Black	20,000 pages
331-9807 3 Pack	Black	20,000 pages
331-9807 5 Pack	Black	20,000 pages
B3460DNF	Black	8,500 pages
B3460DNF 5 Pack	Black	8,500 pages

Which cartridge should you buy?

Start with volume. If this machine mostly prints for a small team, the 331-9805 at 8,500 pages is a sensible default and the multi-packs keep a spare ready. Once copying and fax traffic join in — or the monthly count climbs past a few thousand pages — the 20,000-page high-yield cartridge wins on cost per page and on the simpler fact of fewer interruptions. Either way, the cartridges on this page are covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

On a shared hub, toner discipline is a team habit: keep one sealed spare beside the machine, and swap at the first persistent low-toner warning rather than nursing a cartridge through a week of fading faxes. The chipped cartridges here are recognized by the B3460DNF as soon as they seat. Store spares flat, out of direct sunlight, and give a cartridge that has sat for months a gentle rock before installing so the toner inside is evenly distributed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do the letters in B3460DNF stand for?

Duplex, network and fax: two-sided printing, an Ethernet connection and a fax modem are all built in. None of that changes the cartridge — every configuration of this model draws on the same black toner family listed above.

Do copies and faxes really use the same cartridge as printing?

They do. A received fax is a printed page, and a copy is a scanned page printed straight back out, so both draw on the installed toner exactly as a print job does. Heavy fax offices feel this first, which is why the high-yield option exists.

Which cartridge fits if my old one shows a different number?

Match by family rather than by a single code: this machine's shelf is built around the 331-9805 standard cartridge and the 331-9807 high-yield cartridge, including the model-named listings, which are the same cartridges sold under the printer's name.