Color 3700N
The HP Color 3700N brought the 3700's color performance onto the office network, and shared printing kept per-page costs reasonable for the whole team. Powering it are the Q2670A black cartridge (HP 308A) — the listing titled Compatible HP 309A (Q2670A) Toner Cartridge Black on this page — and the 311A color cartridges Q2681A, Q2682A and Q2683A. Black is stocked here; color for this model comes with a warning worth thirty seconds of your time.
An N-model lives or dies by its queue: everyone in the office sends it work, so its supplies have to be managed like shared infrastructure. The 3700N's generation earned its place in exactly that role — fast enough for a team, simple enough that whoever stood nearest could change a cartridge without a manual.
Toner Cartridges for Color 3700N
| Cartridge | Color | Page Yield |
|---|---|---|
| Q2671A / Q2672A / Q2673A — 3 Color Set | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | See product page |
| Q2670A | Black | See product page |
One caution about this page's color stock: the set shelved here is the Compatible HP 3550 (Q2671A Q2672A Q2673A) Toner Cartridge 3 Color Set, built for the 3550 line's 309A colors and carried on this page as an also-stocked item. It does not fit the 3700N, whose colors are the 311A cartridges Q2681A, Q2682A and Q2683A — not stocked here. Black buyers are in the right place; color buyers should order the Q268 codes.
Which cartridge should you buy?
Shared machines punish two mistakes: running the black dry, and buying color by family resemblance. Avoid the first by keeping a spare Q2670A beside the printer — on a networked machine the person who discovers the empty cartridge is rarely the person who can wait for a delivery. Avoid the second by remembering that this model's colors are the 311A line, Q2681A, Q2682A and Q2683A, changed individually as each slot empties. The 309A set stocked on this page belongs to the smaller 3550 family. Every compatible cartridge carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year returns.
Chip, toner and everyday use
On a shared printer, supplies etiquette is a system: whoever sees the low warning starts the replacement process, because the chip's estimate assumes average pages and a busy queue can burn the reserve faster than expected. Fit the new cartridge with its seal fully out and let the machine calibrate before sending a big color job. If output from a fresh cartridge streaks, reseat it once before suspecting the cartridge itself. Spares live sealed and upright next to the machine — a network printer's spares do nobody any good in a locked cabinet across the floor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Same toner as the other 3700 models?
Yes. The N only adds networking. Black is the Q2670A; colors are the 311A cartridges Q2681A, Q2682A and Q2683A across the whole 3700 family.
Why is a 3550 set listed on a 3700N page?
It is an also-stocked shelf item for the sibling family, not a cartridge for this printer. Your color codes are the Q268 series; the set's Q267 color codes belong to the 3550 line.
Can different people's print jobs really empty a cartridge at different rates?
Yes — coverage decides it. A week of spreadsheets barely touches color; one marketing run can drain a color cartridge. That is why the machine tracks each cartridge by its own chip rather than by page count alone.
More printers that use the same cartridges
The models below sit in the same cartridge family — useful if you run more than one of them or are comparing a sibling machine:
COLOR LASERJET 3700DN, COLOR LASERJET 3700DTN, COLOR LASERJET 3700N, Color 3500, Color 3500N, Color 3500dn, Color 3500dtn, Color 3550, Color 3550N, Color 3700, Color 3700DN, Color 3700DTN, Color 3750, Color 3750DN
Color 3750DTN, Color 3750N, Color LaserJet 3500, Color LaserJet 3500N, Color LaserJet 3500dn, Color LaserJet 3500dtn, Color LaserJet 3550, Color LaserJet 3550N, Color LaserJet 3700, Color LaserJet 3750, Color LaserJet 3750DN, Color LaserJet 3750DTN, Color LaserJet 3750N, HP 308A-309A, HP 308A-311A