MC860CDXN

The OKI MC860CDXN is a color multifunction for departments that need print, scan, copy and fax with serious color capacity. It takes US Type C14 toner — black 44059216, cyan 44059215, magenta 44059214 and yellow 44059213 — a high-yield cartridge family built for shared, high-volume use where the machine never really gets a quiet day.

Departmental duty brings two particular headaches, and this model meets both head-on. The first is confidentiality: sensitive pages sitting in an output tray. The second is silent color consumption, where documents that look black-and-white still sip color toner. Neither is a toner problem, exactly — both are settings problems, and both are cheaper to fix in the driver than at the cartridge shelf.

Toner Cartridges for MC860CDXN

44059216 — Black — See product page
44059215 — Cyan — See product page
44059214 — Magenta — See product page
44059213 — Yellow — See product page

Full sets are available as the Type C14 4 Color Set, the MC860CDXN 4 Color Set and the MC860CDXN Premium Quality 4 Color Set.

Which cartridge should you buy?

There is one Type C14 grade, and it is the high-yield one, so ordering reduces to watching four levels and replacing what is low. On a departmental machine black normally leads the decline; colors follow according to how much true color work your teams produce — which is often less than the levels suggest, once grayscale is enforced for drafts. Singles for routine swaps, a set when the whole machine is due. Every compatible cartridge on this page is sold with a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Keep a new cartridge sealed until the moment it goes in; the chip is read on first installation and a unit that has sat open in a dusty store room can misreport. When you swap, note which color actually came out — departments occasionally discover a magenta where they expected black to be the problem. And set the driver to grayscale by default for draft work: it is the single most effective everyday habit for stretching a shared machine's color cartridges.

Frequently Asked Questions

What toner set does the Oki MC860CDXN use?

Yellow 44059213, magenta 44059214, cyan 44059215 and black 44059216 — the Type C14 family shared with the MC860 and MC860CDTN. The CDXN suffix describes the configuration bundle and does not change cartridges.

My machine prints confidential documents. Does toner choice matter?

No. Any cartridge in this family prints identically, and toner choice has no bearing on document security. Use the secure-print release feature for sensitive pages so they only come out while the owner is standing at the machine.

Why does the MC860CDXN use color toner when I print a black-and-white PDF?

Some PDFs carry invisible color elements — a logo in a footer, a tinted background — that trigger color toner use. Force grayscale in the driver for such files; it is a common cause of unexpectedly fast color depletion.