Frequently Asked Questions
Which cartridge number is the cyan for this machine?
Look for the pair 1T02JZCUS0 and TK-867C together — that is the cyan refill on this page. Kyocera prints both numbers on the cartridge label, and the C in the short code is the giveaway: it marks the cyan slot. If the cartridge you pulled out carries a different letter at the end, it belongs to one of the other color slots.
What does a fading cyan actually look like on the page?
Blues wash out first and greens slide toward yellow, because cyan is half of every green the machine makes. Solid blue areas go pale and streaky while black text stays perfectly sharp — that split is the classic sign the cyan is empty rather than the machine failing. A gentle side-to-side shake of the old cartridge sometimes buys a few more pages, but the color will not come back for long.
Can I change just the cyan and leave the other cartridges in?
Yes. Each color sits in its own slot on the TASKalfa 250ci, so you open the cover, swap the one cyan unit and close up — the black, magenta and yellow cartridges stay exactly where they are, and there is nothing to reset or re-enter afterwards.
Is this a full-size cartridge or a small starter?
Full size. It is rated at 12,000 pages at standard coverage, the complete replacement yield — not a reduced-fill starter cartridge. Text-heavy offices will land near that figure; pages dense with photos and graphics draw cyan down faster.
What does the $77.44 buy me if the cartridge misbehaves?
Every cartridge on this page carries a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns, set out in our shipping & returns policy. If a unit prints poorly or fails early, it goes back without a restocking fight — the cover runs from delivery, not from the day you install it.
How should I store a spare cyan before I need it?
Sealed in its box, flat, in a cool dry cupboard away from direct sunlight. Kept that way it waits happily for months, so ordering ahead of the low-toner warning costs you nothing in shelf life and saves a stalled color job later.
Before ordering, how can I be sure it is the cyan that has run out and not something else?
Use the machine's own color test pattern and read the bands. If the cyan band prints pale or broken while the black band stays solid and sharp, the TK-867C — part 1T02JZCUS0 — is the cartridge to replace. That one-page check separates a spent color from a machine fault before any money is spent, which matters on a shared printer where several people report the same fading.
What does the TK-867C work out to per page?
At $77.44 against a 12,000-page rating, the cyan lands at roughly 0.65 cents per page at standard coverage. Document-led offices will see a real figure close to that, since letterheads and charts sip cyan; photo- and graphics-dense work draws the cartridge down faster and raises the effective cost. Either way, the rated arithmetic gives a sound baseline for costing color work on the TASKalfa 250ci.
When I swap the cyan, is there anything else worth checking in the same visit?
Glance at the remaining levels for black, magenta and yellow before you close the cover. The four slots empty at different rates on the TASKalfa 250ci, and a cyan change is the perfect moment to spot the next cartridge approaching its warning. Noting it then turns the next replacement into a planned order rather than another interruption reported by whoever prints next.
How should the empty cyan cartridge be dealt with?
Set it aside until the new TK-867C has printed a few days of clean color. If the same washed-out blues appear with the fresh unit fitted, the spent cartridge helps demonstrate the fault is not the toner. If it simply ran its full life, it can go out with your usual disposal; a unit that failed early is covered by the 1-year warranty and free returns, so keep that one until the return is sorted.
About This TK-867 Cyan Cartridge
This is the single cyan refill — 1T02JZCUS0, marked TK-867C — for the Kyocera TASKalfa 250ci, rated at 12,000 pages and priced at $77.44 in the Kyocera-Mita compatible range. Cyan does quiet work in this machine: it is the base of every blue and half of every green, so its fading shows up as washed-out skies and yellow-shifted foliage long before any slot reads empty. Orders ship from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and our team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if you want the code checked against your old cartridge before you order.
See Compatible Printers
Read more about our ink!
