SKU:

TK-5152K

Printer Brand:

Kyocera-mita

OEM Number:

1T02NS0US0

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

12,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Which part number should I match on my old black cartridge?

1T02NS0US0 (TK-5152K). The K marks it as the black member of the TK-5152 family; the color cartridges in the same family end in C, M and Y and will not substitute for it. If the label on the cartridge you pulled out reads 1T02NS0US0, this $35.21 cartridge is its replacement.

Why is the black rated at 12,000 pages when the colors are 10,000?

Black carries the bulk of everyday office printing — emails, invoices, reports — so the TK-5152 black cartridge is built and rated for a longer run: 12,000 pages against 10,000 each for cyan, magenta and yellow. It is a difference in the cartridge's rating, not a printing trick, and it is why black usually outlasts any single color in mixed office use.

Is this a full-capacity cartridge or a small starter unit?

Full capacity. This is the standard 12,000-page black cartridge for the family, not a reduced-fill introductory cartridge of the kind that ships inside a new printer. You are buying the complete rated life from the first page.

The first pages after installing look pale — should I be worried?

Usually not. Take the cartridge back out, rock it gently from side to side over a sheet of paper to level the toner inside, and reseat it until it clicks home. Print a few pages and density normally comes up to full. If output stays pale after that, get in touch — the cartridge is under warranty.

How long does the changeover actually take?

About two minutes: open the front cover, pull the old black unit straight out, unwrap the new one, shake it once gently, slide it in until it seats, close the cover. No tools, no settings to change, no technician visit. Keep the old cartridge in the new one's box for tidy disposal or recycling.

What if the cartridge develops a problem months from now?

It is covered by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns — the details are on our shipping & returns page. A defect that shows up mid-life is still a defect; contact us and we will make it right.

What does this black cartridge cost per page?

At $35.21 against a 12,000-page rating, the 1T02NS0US0 (TK-5152K) works out at roughly 0.29 cents per page at standard coverage. Dense pages — bold forms, shaded tables, heavy graphics — push the real figure up because they lay down more toner per sheet, while plain text correspondence tracks the rating closely. For budgeting a workgroup's running costs, that sub-third-of-a-cent figure is the number to plan around.

How can I measure the yield I actually get?

Write the install date and the printer's page counter reading on the box when you fit the cartridge, and note the counter again when it empties. The difference is your office's true yield for the TK-5152K — most offices land somewhere near the 12,000-page rating, and knowing your own figure turns the next reorder from a guess into a date you can put on the calendar.

My office prints mostly text — how long will this cartridge last on the calendar?

Text work is the gentle case for a black cartridge: at a few thousand pages a month, a 12,000-page rating stretches across several months, and lighter offices see a single 1T02NS0US0 last the better part of a year. Copies count against it exactly like prints, so include the machine's copying volume in your estimate — on a multifunction unit, the copy function is often the hidden half of black consumption.

What should I do with the old black cartridge once the new one is in?

Keep it in the new cartridge's box and route it to recycling or disposal — the swap itself takes about two minutes, and boxing the empty straight away keeps it from being confused with stock. If the old unit still had life left and you removed it while diagnosing pale output, label it clearly as part-used before it goes on any shelf, so nobody later mistakes it for either a full spare or an empty.

About This TK-5152 Black Cartridge

Black is the cartridge a workgroup printer lives on, and the 1T02NS0US0 (TK-5152K) is the 12,000-page black unit for the Kyocera ECOSYS M6035cidn and M6535cidn, priced at $35.21. It sits in our Kyocera Mita compatible range alongside the three TK-5152 colors, and it can be ordered alone or as part of the four-color set depending on what your printer actually needs.

Because black empties first in most offices, many customers keep one sealed spare next to the machine — at this price, a spare costs less than the downtime of an idle printer. Your order ships from whichever of our IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses gets it to you fastest. Support runs Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if you want us to double-check the match before you order.