C5450N

A networked color printer for small workgroups, the Okidata C5450N shares its Type C6 toner with the C5100 through C5400 series: black 42804504, cyan 42804503, magenta 42804502 and yellow 42804501. It is a widely stocked cartridge set, which keeps this older workhorse economical to run. Owners who lean on its color output can step up to high-yield cartridges — cyan 42127403, magenta 42127402 and yellow 42127401 — stocked on this page instead of the standard-capacity colors.

A workgroup printer serves several people's habits at once, and the colors drain unevenly because nobody prints the same documents. One person's slide decks burn cyan and magenta, another's invoices barely sip yellow, and the black cartridge quietly outpaces them all on correspondence. The useful habit with a machine like this is watching the levels per color rather than thinking of 'the toner' as one thing — it is four supplies sharing a chassis.

Toner Cartridges for C5450N

42127401 — high-yield yellow, for groups whose charts and highlights run through yellow first.
42127402 — high-yield magenta, the presentation color that rarely lasts as long as expected.
42127403 — high-yield cyan, sized for steady shared color work.

The standard-capacity colors for these same slots are the 42804503, 42804502 and 42804501 numbers, with black on 42804504 — the original Type C6 lineup this printer was sold with.

Which cartridge should you buy?

Swap only the color that is empty — that rule never changes in this family. The capacity question is per color as well: step the colors your group actually prints up to the high-yield numbers and leave a rarely touched color on standard fills. A workgroup that lives in presentation software will feel the difference in cyan and magenta first; a group printing color-coded forms may drain yellow ahead of everything. Either way, moving to high-yield one slot at a time, as each standard cartridge finishes, spreads the cost and needs no single big restock.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Before a big group job, glance at all four levels — a color that is nearly out will not survive a long run just because it survived last week. If a freshly fitted color is not recognized, reseat it firmly and let the machine re-read the chip before concluding anything is faulty. Keep one spare of the fastest-draining color in the office rather than a full set; per-color restocking matches how this printer actually consumes. And when the machine prints labels or transparencies, the media-type setting in the driver matters as much as the toner — it sets the fuser temperature the cartridge's work depends on.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which toner does the Okidata C5450N use?

The Type C6 set: 42804501 yellow, 42804502 magenta, 42804503 cyan and 42804504 black — the same family used by the C5300 and C5400 series. The high-yield colors stocked here are 42127401, 42127402 and 42127403.

What is the difference between the C5450 and the C5450N?

The N adds built-in networking; otherwise the two are the same machine running the same 42804501–42804504 toner. An external print server gives a plain C5450 the same sharing, while the C5450N has it built in from the start.

Can the C5450N print on transparencies or labels?

Yes, through the multi-purpose tray. Feed one media type at a time and select the matching type in the driver so the fuser temperature is right — toner adhesion on labels and transparencies depends on that setting being correct.

Should a workgroup choose standard or high-yield colors?

High-yield for the colors the group prints heavily, standard for any color that barely moves. Because each slot is independent, the C5450N lets you make that call color by color instead of committing the whole set at once.