FS-1920
From Kyocera's earlier FS generation, the FS-1920 is a straightforward monochrome desktop printer with no interest in being anything else: paper in, sharp black pages out. It is built around the TK-55 black cartridge — the listings on this page carry Kyocera's factory numbers 370QC0KM and 370QD0KM — rated at 15,000 pages per ISO/IEC 19752 at about 5% coverage. That is a generous yield for a desktop machine, and it pairs with Kyocera's long-life drum design to make toner the only routine consumable the printer ever asks for.
The natural home for this printer is a single workstation, a home office, or a legacy setup where one person prints all day and nobody wants a learning curve. There are no menus to master and no features competing for attention; the design favors reliability over frills, which is exactly why so many of these machines are still in daily service long after newer models have cycled through the same desks.
Toner Cartridges for FS-1920
Which cartridge should you buy?
At 15,000 pages per cartridge, the arithmetic differs from modern small machines: a single unit can carry a one-person office through many months, so most FS-1920 owners should simply keep one spare and reorder when it goes in. The 2-pack suits a workstation that prints daily statements or records and cannot pause; the 4-pack is for the office that inherited several of these printers and wants one supply order a year. Both listing styles — names written with and without the hyphen in FS-1920 — are the same cartridge under the same factory numbers, so order by whichever label matches your records.
Chip, toner and everyday use
Older Kyocera desktops are forgiving machines, and the care routine is short: swap the cartridge when output lightens, rock the old unit gently first to squeeze out its last even pages, and keep the replacement sealed until the moment it is needed. The rated 15,000 pages assumes text-like coverage; big shaded forms will use toner faster. What you never need to schedule is a drum change — the long-life drum is designed to last the life of the machine under normal use, so every supply order for this printer is toner, full stop. The compatible cartridges listed here carry a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which toner does the Kyocera FS-1920 use?
The TK-55 black cartridge, sold here under its factory numbers 370QC0KM and 370QD0KM and rated for 15,000 pages per ISO/IEC 19752.
Does the FS-1920 print in color?
No. It is an A4 monochrome printer — black and white only — which is precisely why a single cartridge and a 15,000-page rating keep its running costs so low.
Do I ever need to replace a separate drum unit?
No. The FS-1920 uses Kyocera's long-life drum technology, engineered to last the life of the machine under normal use. Toner is the only routine consumable.
How long will one cartridge last a small office?
At 15,000 rated pages, even a few hundred pages a week stretches a single cartridge across many months. That long interval is the practical charm of this generation — supply orders become rare events.
More printers that use the same cartridges
The same cartridge family keeps the larger siblings of this generation running: FS-3820, FS-3820N, FS-3830, FS-3830N.