Multifunction B1265DNF

Four office functions in a footprint a small team can spare: the Dell B1265DNF prints at up to 28 pages per minute, scans in color, copies, and faxes, with automatic two-sided printing and wired networking fitted as standard and a 40-sheet document feeder up top for multi-page originals. All of it runs on one black toner family — the 1,500-page standard 331-7327 or the high-yield 331-7328 at about 2,500 pages.

The feeder and the fax change how this machine consumes toner. A printer waits for someone to send a job; a hub like this also prints whatever arrives by fax and whatever gets stacked on the glass, so its cartridge empties on the office's rhythm rather than one user's. That is the context the yield figures below deserve to be read in.

Toner Cartridges for B1265DNF

The MICR high-yield row is a specialist check-printing build with magnetic toner, listed for completeness; everyday printing belongs to the standard cartridges around it.

Which cartridge should you buy?

Do the division honestly: an office putting 1,000 pages a month through this machine empties the standard 331-7327 in about six weeks, while the high-yield stretches the same work to roughly two and a half months per cartridge — fewer swaps, fewer orders, lower cost per page. Light-duty desks can stay with the standard cartridge and lose nothing. The B1260-B1265 combo listings are the same standard cartridge under the platform's joint name, useful when one spare must cover several machines. Every cartridge here carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Two habits stretch this machine's toner noticeably. Default the driver and copy settings to duplex — four-function machines print a surprising share of their pages as internal copies and faxes, and two-sided output halves that paper-and-toner habit at a stroke. And when the chipped cartridge is changed, let the machine finish its recognition cycle before sending the queued jobs; interrupting it is the commonest cause of a false low-toner reading on a fresh cartridge.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which cartridges does the B1265DNF take?

The standard 331-7327 and high-yield 331-7328, including the listings sold under the B1265DNF and B1260-B1265 names. It is the same set the B1260DN and B1260DNF use, so spares interchange across all three.

How is the B1265DNF different from the B1260DNF?

Both are duplex, network and fax multifunctions drinking from the identical cartridge shelf; the differences live in engine speed and feature trim, not in toner, which is why a mixed fleet needs only one spare type.

Where does this machine's toner actually go?

Print jobs are only part of it — received faxes print automatically and copies draw on the same cartridge, so a fax-heavy or copy-heavy week can empty a cartridge that pure printing would have stretched much further.

More printers that use the same cartridges

The B1260/B1265 platform's other members share this shelf:

Laser B1260DNF, Laser B1265DFW, Laser B1265DNF, Laser B1260DN, Dell 331-7328, Laser B1260, Laser B1265, Laser B1265DFW, Multifunction B1260DN, Multifunction B1260DNF