Frequently Asked Questions
How do I know this cyan is the right one for my printer?
Go by the code on the cartridge you are taking out: it should read 1T02HNCUS0, which is the TK-562C. That is the cyan built for the FS-C5300DN and FS-C5350DN. Codes that look close — the TK-562 family also has a K, M and Y — belong to the other three slots, so a two-second code check is what keeps the wrong color out of your order.
My blues and greens have gone washed out — is that the cyan running dry?
Very likely. Cyan does the quiet work in skies, logos and anything green, and as it fades the prints lose depth in exactly those tones while black text still looks fine. Before you replace it, take the current cartridge out and rock it gently side to side a few times — that can pull the remaining toner forward for a short run of better pages.
How much printing does this cartridge cover?
The TK-562C is rated at 10,000 pages at the standard 5% coverage, and this is a full-capacity cartridge, not a reduced starter unit. On a mixed office workload that rating usually carries a color slot for a long stretch, since most pages use cyan sparingly compared with black.
Do I need to touch the other colors when I change this one?
No. Each color sits in its own slot and is replaced on its own. Slide the old cyan out, fit this 1T02HNCUS0 until it seats, and leave the black, magenta and yellow exactly where they are — disturbing healthy cartridges gains nothing.
Is it worth keeping a spare cyan on the shelf at $55.20?
For a machine that prints color regularly, yes. Color slots rarely announce themselves far in advance, and a sealed spare stored flat in a cool, dry place keeps indefinitely until its turn. At $55.20 it is cheap insurance against a stopped printer in the middle of a deadline.
What cover comes with this cartridge?
The cover is a 1-year warranty together with 1-year free returns — the details live on our shipping & returns page. If a unit ever prints badly, the cover applies to that cartridge on its own — you are not returning anything else with it.
What does the 5 percent coverage figure mean for a color like cyan?
It means the 10,000-page rating for the TK-562C assumes each page carries cyan over only about a twentieth of its area. Most office pages use cyan that sparingly — a logo here, a chart there — which is why this cartridge often serves far longer than the black beside it. Full-color pages are the exception: they lay cyan down heavily and pull the real total below the rated one.
How do I confirm the new cyan has actually fixed the problem?
Reprint a document whose blues and greens you know well — the same page that looked washed out before the swap. The depth should be back within the first few pages as the fresh 1T02HNCUS0 settles in. If those tones are still weak with a new cyan fitted and seated, the fading sits in another slot or in the machine itself, not in this cartridge.
When the shelf spare goes into the printer, what should happen next?
Order its replacement. The spare habit only protects you if fitting the spare is the trigger for restocking the shelf — otherwise the next low-cyan surprise finds the cupboard bare and the whole exercise starts again. With a fresh TK-562C now in the machine, you have the longest possible window to bring in the next one at ordinary pace rather than as a rush order.
What do I do with the spent cyan cartridge?
Seal it inside the packaging the new cartridge came out of, so the residue stays in the shell and off your hands and shelves, and route it to toner recycling rather than household trash. A color cartridge holds less leftover toner than a black one, but the routine is the same. Packed away promptly, the empty stops being clutter the day it comes out.
About This TK-562C Cyan Cartridge
This is the single cyan cartridge, 1T02HNCUS0 (TK-562C), for the Kyocera FS-C5300DN and FS-C5350DN, rated at 10,000 pages and priced at $55.20 on its own so you replace only the color that has actually run dry. Built as a compatible match for the original TK-562C specification, it sits in our Kyocera Mita compatible range. It ships from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA; if you would like the code confirmed first, our support team is there Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
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