C3600N

The Okidata C3600N is a compact color laser printer built to sit on a shared office network and handle everyday color documents for a small team. It runs four separate cartridges: the 43459404 black cartridge, rated at 1,500 pages, and the three color cartridges 43459401, 43459402 and 43459403 at 1,000 pages each. High-yield versions of the colors are also made for this machine as print volume grows, and the high-yield yellow, 43459301, is the cartridge stocked on this page.

A networked printer earns its keep differently from a personal one: several people send it work, nobody owns its upkeep, and color pages accumulate quietly in shared reports, invoices and handouts. The C3600N suits that pattern because its consumables split cleanly by color — a heavy month of black-and-white paperwork drains only the black cartridge, while a run of color presentations draws down just the colors involved. Watching which of the four cartridges actually empties first tells a small office more about its real printing habits than any page counter.

Toner Cartridges for C3600N

The standard cartridges for this printer — 43459404 black and the 43459401, 43459402 and 43459403 colors — are listed across the C3300/C3600 family pages in this store. The high-yield cartridge sold on this page is:

Which cartridge should you buy?

Start from how much color the office really prints. The standard color cartridges, at 1,000 pages apiece, fit teams whose color output is occasional — a logo on correspondence, a chart in a weekly report. When color becomes a daily habit, the high-yield versions earn their place: each one holds more toner, so swaps come less often and the cost of each printed page drops. Black follows its own rhythm at 1,500 pages in standard form, and because every color is a separate cartridge, there is never a reason to replace a color that still has toner in it. Buy the yield tier that matches the cartridge you are actually changing, color by color.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Each cartridge carries a chip the C3600N reads to report its level, so the printer's status page shows which of the four supplies is genuinely low before print quality gives the game away. When a color starts to look thin, take that cartridge out and rock it gently from side to side; the toner inside settles during long runs, and redistributing it often restores even coverage for a while. Yields are estimates worked out at 5% page coverage, so a month of dense color graphics will empty a cartridge faster than the rating suggests. Keep one spare of the color your office burns through fastest.

Frequently Asked Questions

What toner cartridges does the C3600N use?

Four individual cartridges: black 43459404, plus the color cartridges 43459401, 43459402 and 43459403. High-yield versions of the colors exist for busier offices, and the high-yield yellow 43459301 is sold on this page. Each cartridge is replaced on its own when it runs out.

My C3600N prints washed-out color pages. What should I check?

Washed-out color usually means one of the four cartridges is running low, so check the supply levels on the printer's status page first. If the levels look healthy, print a color test page: a single faded color points straight at the cartridge responsible for it, and that one cartridge is all you need to change.

Can I replace just one color cartridge on the C3600N?

Yes — that is how the machine is designed to run. The black, and each of the three colors, sits in its own slot with its own level reading, so a depleted color never forces you to discard toner remaining in the others.

More printers that use the same cartridges

The C3600N shares its cartridge family with a wide run of Okidata color models. If you keep more than one of them, the same shelf stock covers all of these: MC360 MFP, MC630MFP, C3300, C3300N, C3400, C3400N, C3430N, C3520, C3530 MFP, C3530, C3530MFP, C3530N MFP, C3530N, C3600.