MC860

The Okidata MC860 is a color multifunction built for workgroups that need tabloid-size color alongside scanning, copying and faxing. In the US it belongs to the OKI Type C14 family: black 44059216, cyan 44059215, magenta 44059214 and yellow 44059213. One four-cartridge set covers both printing and copying, and each color can be reordered under its own number when it fades.

Machines like this usually land in offices that produce their own oversized handouts, posters and presentation boards rather than sending them out. Wide-format color is exactly the work that makes compatible cartridges pay: the pages are big, the coverage is rich, and the cost gap against original supplies shows up on every run. Keeping the MC860 fed with sensibly priced toner is what keeps the in-house option cheaper than the print shop.

Toner Cartridges for MC860

Which cartridge should you buy?

Buy the color that is actually low. The four slots drain independently, and on an MFP the pattern is predictable: black carries the everyday document load, while the colors go in bursts when wide-format work comes through. Text-heavy offices should look at the black multipacks listed here — two, three or five black cartridges in one order — because black is the slot that stops ordinary work. The full four-color set makes sense when several colors are low together or before a known heavy run. If only the three colors are down, the color-only sets cover them without buying a black you do not need yet.

Chip, toner and everyday use

The compatible cartridges are chipped for the MC860, so levels display normally and a fresh cartridge registers as full after installation. Change colors one at a time, let each new cartridge seat completely, and print a single test sheet before a long tabloid run — a mis-seated cartridge is cheaper to catch on one page than on fifty. Toner that has sat in storage benefits from a slow rock end to end before it goes in. Keep spares bagged, flat and away from sunlight, and remember that copying draws on these same cartridges, so copy volume counts against your levels too.

Frequently Asked Questions

What cartridges does the Okidata MC860 use?

Yellow 44059213, magenta 44059214, cyan 44059215 and black 44059216 — the Type C14 set. Printing, copying and faxing all draw on these four cartridges, and each one installs in its own slot.

My copies have a background tint the originals lack. Why?

On copies, a tint usually comes from the copy exposure settings rather than toner. Lower the background removal or exposure level and test again. If prints from a computer show the same tint, then check whether one color cartridge is running depleted.

Should I buy the full set or individual cartridges?

Individual cartridges, in most weeks. Each color empties at its own pace, so a set often replaces toner that still has pages left in it. Reserve the set for the times several colors are low together, and use the black multipacks if black is the slot your office burns through.

Do the larger sets change how the cartridges install?

No. Whether a cartridge arrives alone or inside a multipack, it is the same chipped cartridge going into the same slot. The packs simply change how many spares land on your shelf in one delivery.

More printers that use the same cartridges

Every MC860 variant below runs on the same Type C14 cartridges:

MC860CDTN, MC860CDXN, MC860DN, MC860T1, MC860T2, MC860T3