Frequently Asked Questions
How do I confirm this is the black my printer takes?
Look for the code 1T02KT0US0, also shown as TK-582K, on the cartridge you are pulling out. That is the black unit for the FS-C5150DN, priced at $30.73 and rated at 3,500 pages at the standard 5% coverage.
Why does the black carry a bigger rating than the color cartridges?
Because it does most of the work. Letters, invoices, reports and forms are overwhelmingly black text, so Kyocera rates the TK-582K at 3,500 pages against 2,800 for each color. In a text-heavy office the black is almost always the first slot to call for a change.
Is this the full-capacity version or a starter cartridge?
Full capacity. The cartridge in this listing holds the complete 3,500-page rating — it is not the reduced-fill starter unit supplied with a new machine — so the swap restores the printer's full run length, not a fraction of it.
The first pages after fitting look pale. Is the cartridge faulty?
Almost never. Toner settles in transit and in storage, so the first prints can come out light on one side. Remove the cartridge, rock it gently side to side a few times to level the toner, refit it, and the density evens out within a few pages.
Do I need a technician to change it?
No. The change is a two-minute, tool-free job: open the printer, lift the old black unit out, seat this one until it sits home, and close up. Nothing else in the machine needs to be touched, and the colors can be left exactly as they are.
What happens if this cartridge develops a fault months later?
It is covered individually, on the same terms as the whole range: a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the full conditions on our shipping & returns page. A fault in the black slot is sorted out on its own, without disturbing the rest of the printer.
What does this black cartridge work out to per page?
Priced at $30.73 against a full 3,500-page rating, the TK-582K lands at roughly 0.88 cents per page at standard 5% coverage — the cost of the black on an ordinary page of office text. Dense pages with shaded forms or large graphics pull more toner per sheet and push the real figure up a little; light correspondence pulls it down. As a running-cost yardstick for the FS-C5150DN's everyday work, that sub-cent figure is the number to hold on to.
How long might 3,500 pages last in calendar terms?
It follows your weekly volume. An office putting about 500 printed pages a week through the machine is looking at roughly seven weeks per cartridge; at 200 pages a week the same cartridge stretches past four months. Because the black does nearly all the text work, it is the slot whose calendar life you can predict most reliably — count a normal week's output once, and you know almost exactly when this cartridge will need company on the shelf.
When is the right moment to order the next black?
The practical rhythm for this printer is to keep one sealed TK-582K in reserve and place the next order the day that reserve goes into the machine. Ordering only when the fitted cartridge dies leaves the printer hostage to a delivery; ordering when the spare is fitted means a fresh cartridge is always either in the machine or on the shelf. On a text-heavy machine that empties its black first, that habit removes toner from your list of interruptions entirely.
What should happen to the empty black cartridge?
Hold it until the replacement has settled in and printed several days of normal documents cleanly — a faulty new unit is much easier to sort out when the cartridge it replaced is still to hand. Then the empty goes to a toner recycling collection point or office-supply take-back scheme rather than the general waste stream. It stands alone throughout: its 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns apply to this cartridge by itself, whatever the color slots are doing.
About This TK-582K Black Cartridge
The black cartridge does the bulk of the printing in most offices, and this TK-582K — part number 1T02KT0US0 — is the full-capacity replacement for the Kyocera FS-C5150DN, rated at 3,500 pages of text-dense output. It is sold under our Kyocera Mita compatible range and built to the original TK-582 specification. Orders leave from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
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