TASKalfa Series

Kyocera TASKalfa Series printer

TASKalfa is Kyocera's departmental multifunction line: the floor-standing systems at the top of this catalog, in color (the ci models) and monochrome (the i models). Thirty-two model pages sit below. These machines consume toner at a departmental rate, so the families here are the high-capacity ones — the TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0), the TK-7107 (1T02P80US0), the TK-8307K (1T02LK0US0) and their color companions — each sold as separate cartridges by color.

A TASKalfa is bought to be shared — one system copying, printing and scanning for a whole department — and its supplies are planned the way facilities plan paper: ahead of need, not at the empty warning. The color machines add a second discipline, because a department that prints color daily runs through one color long before the others; the table below therefore lists every color of every family separately, so the storeroom can restock exactly the cartridge that is low. One family breaks the catalog's naming habit: the TASKalfa 250CI and 300CI run on a color set whose US listings on this shelf are the TK-867C cyan and TK-867M magenta singles.

Popular cartridges for the TASKalfa Series

One representative cartridge per family and color, taken from the 115 products on this series shelf. The model pages carry the full shelf for each system.

Cartridge	Color/Type	Page Yield
TK-477 (1T02K30US0)	Black	See product page
TK-6307 (1T02LH0US0)	Black	See product page
TK-7107 (1T02P80US0)	Black	See product page
TK-7207 (1T02NL0US0)	Black	See product page
TK-8307K (1T02LK0US0)	Black	See product page
TK-8307C (1T02LKCUS0)	Cyan	See product page
TK-8307M (1T02LKBUS0)	Magenta	See product page
TK-8307Y (1T02LKAUS0)	Yellow	See product page
TK-8327K (1T02NP0US0)	Black	See product page
TK-8327C (1T02NPCUS0)	Cyan	See product page
TK-8327M (1T02NPBUS0)	Magenta	See product page
TK-8327Y (1T02NPAUS0)	Yellow	See product page
TK-8507K (1T02LC0US0)	Black	See product page
TK-8507C (1T02LCAUS0)	Cyan	See product page
TK-8507M (1T02LCBUS0)	Magenta	See product page
TK-8507Y (1T02LCCUS0)	Yellow	See product page
TK-867C (1T02JZCUS0)	Cyan	See product page
TK-867M (1T02JZBUS0)	Magenta	See product page
TK592	Color set	See product page
TK5242	Color set	See product page
TK8309K	Black	See product page
TK8309C	Cyan	See product page
TK8309M	Magenta	See product page
TK8309Y	Yellow	See product page
TK897	Color set	See product page
TK5197K	Black	See product page
TK5197C	Cyan	See product page
TK5197M	Magenta	See product page
TK5197Y	Yellow	See product page
TK717	Black	See product page

Which cartridge should you buy?

Start with the system, not the storeroom shelf. Open your model page — the TASKalfa 3500i page for a monochrome departmental machine, the TASKalfa 3050ci page for color — and match the family named there before looking at pack sizes. On a shared system, the cost of the wrong cartridge is not the price of the part; it is a department standing idle, so the two minutes spent confirming the code on the model page is the cheapest step in the process. For color systems, keep the four colors on separate restock cycles: a color that runs out mid-job stops the machine just as surely as black does.

Chip, toner and everyday use

A departmental machine reads the cartridge chip the moment the door closes, and it will not accept a cartridge from a neighboring family, however close the numbers look. Fit replacements during a quiet window rather than mid-job, let the system finish its calibration cycle, and run a test copy before releasing the queue. Keep one full change of cartridges in the storeroom as a floor, sealed and flat; at departmental volumes, a spare kept "on order" is a spare that arrives after the outage. Every compatible cartridge on this page is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between the ci and i models?

The ci models print in color; the i models are monochrome. Both are multifunction systems — print, copy and scan — and the naming carries through the cartridge families: a color system takes four cartridges, a monochrome system takes one black. The model page names the exact family either way.

Do TASKalfa cartridges fit FS or ECOSYS machines?

No. The TASKalfa families are high-capacity parts built for departmental systems, and they do not interchange with the desktop lines. The one small exception on this shelf is the TK-477, which belongs to the CS255-class machines that sit alongside the TASKalfa range here; as always, the model page is the authority.

The 250CI's cartridges are called TK-865 in some places and TK-867C/TK-867M in others. Which is right?

Both names point at the same set. The family name is TK-865, and in US numbering its color cartridges are sold as the TK-867C cyan and TK-867M magenta — the listings carried on this page and on the 250CI and 300CI model pages. Search either name and check it against the model page.

How should a department stock TASKalfa toner?

One full change ahead, per color. Black turns over fastest on shared systems, but a color running dry stops a ci machine just as completely, so the storeroom should hold the next black and the next set of colors together. The model pages list the multi-packs that suit that pattern.