HP LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475DW Toner Cartridges

LaserJet Pro 400 color MFP M475DW

HP aimed the LaserJet Pro 400 Color MFP M475DW squarely at small businesses when it launched this 2012-era color print, scan and copy unit, and it still does the fundamentals well: clean text, even coverage, no fuss. Underneath, the black slot takes CE410A, the 305A black or its longer-running sibling CE410X, the 305X high-yield black, and the color work falls to CE411A for cyan, CE412A for yellow and CE413A for magenta.

The DW build is the one that goes where the team works rather than where the network point happens to be, which makes it a natural fit for small offices that rearrange desks more often than they rewire. Print, scan and copy in one unit also means one toner shelf to manage, and because a wireless machine is easy to forget in a corner, a spare black within reach matters more here than raw capacity.

Toner Cartridges for LaserJet Pro 400 color MFP M475DW

CE410A — black — yield: see product page
CE410X — black, high yield — yield: see product page
CE411A — cyan — yield: see product page
CE412A — yellow — yield: see product page
CE413A — magenta — yield: see product page
305A 4 Color Set (CE410A, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A) — all four — yield: see product page
305X & 305A 4 Color Set (CE410X, CE411A, CE412A, CE413A) — all four, high-yield black — yield: see product page
Pro 400 Color MFP M475dw 4 Color Set — all four — yield: see product page

The full shelf runs much wider than the core range; every remaining listing for this family is linked here, in reverse shelf order:

Which cartridge should you buy?

Think in terms of who notices an empty cartridge. On a machine tucked into a shared corner, the swap nobody has to make is the best one, so heavier users should default to the high-yield black and replace colors singly as each one fades. Lighter offices can run the standard black and keep the change from each cartridge in the budget instead. Sets are for the day several levels land in the red together; until then, singles keep cash and cupboard space free. Compatible cartridges here carry a 1-year warranty with 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

When a fresh cartridge is not recognized, lift it out and check that the protective seal came away completely, then reseat it firmly; a sliver of seal left behind is the classic cause. Because this machine often lives away from the IT cupboard, store its spares in the same room, sealed and upright, so the person who finds it empty can fix it on the spot. Yield figures are estimates at 5% coverage, so a graphics-heavy month will always drain color faster than the box suggests.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the M475DW need all four cartridges installed to print in black?

Yes, all four must be present, even for black-only jobs. For everyday documents, choose grayscale or black-only in the print dialog so the CE411A, CE412A and CE413A cartridges are preserved for work that actually needs color.

Which black cartridge lasts longer in the M475DW?

The CE410X is the high-yield fill of the same black slot, so it runs longer between changes than the standard CE410A. Both fit the same machine; pick by how often you want to think about toner.

Does scanning use toner on the M475DW?

Scanning itself uses none; copying does, because a copy is a print. A week of heavy copying can move the black level more than the print queue does, which is worth remembering when levels drop faster than expected.

A color ran out in the middle of a job. What now?

Replace only that color and resend the job; the other cartridges stay where they are. The machine reports each level separately, so the supplies screen names the empty one, for example the CE412A yellow.