Ricoh Aficio MP C3004 Toner Cartridges (Compatible)

Aficio MP C3004

Like its C3003 sibling, the Ricoh Aficio MP C3004 is a departmental color multifunction that feeds on the 841813-series toner family. The black station takes 841813, rated for as many as 29,500 pages, and the color stations take 841814 for yellow, 841815 for magenta and 841816 for cyan, each rated for 18,000 pages. Compatible cartridges here deliver those same page counts at a fraction of the OEM cost per cartridge.

Departments with steady color volume are the natural home for this machine, and its toner rhythm reflects that: black orders are few and far between, while colors turn over on their own schedules depending on what the team prints. Anyone who has managed a shared copier knows the real cost is the interruption, not the cartridge — a station that runs dry on a deadline day. Keeping one black and the fastest-moving color in the supply cabinet turns toner from a recurring emergency into a background task, and every cartridge on this page is backed by a satisfaction guarantee.

Toner Cartridges for Aficio MP C3004

841813 Black — the everyday black single, rated for up to 29,500 pages.
841813 Black (C3003 (841813) listing) — the same black cartridge under its alternate single listing, also 29,500 pages.
841813 Black — second alternate listing — a further listing of the 841813 black single.
841814 Yellow — yellow single, rated for up to 18,000 pages.
841815 Magenta — magenta single, rated for up to 18,000 pages.
841816 Cyan — cyan single, rated for up to 18,000 pages.
841813 — 2 Black — two black cartridges for offices that keep a reserve.
841813 — 3 Black — a three-count black pack for heavier mono volume.
841813 — 5 Black — five black cartridges, the deepest black reserve on this page.
3 Color Set (841816, 841815, 841814) — cyan, magenta and yellow together, no black.
4 Color Set (841813, 841816, 841815, 841814) — one of each station, black included.
5 Color Set (841813, 841816, 841815, 841814) — a four-station refresh with an extra cartridge.
6 Color Set (841816, 841815, 841814) — a color-only bundle for color-heavy departments.
8 Color Set (841813, 841816, 841815, 841814) — the largest bundle here, for multi-machine sites.

Which cartridge should you buy?

Match the order to the warning on the panel. A single low station calls for a single cartridge — resist the urge to replace colors in groups, because the surviving cartridges usually have thousands of pages left in them. Black is the exception worth planning around: at up to 29,500 pages per cartridge, a 2, 3 or 5-count black pack can cover a department for a very long time and removes the most common reorder from your list entirely. Full sets earn their place at changeover moments — a new team inheriting the machine, a service visit, a relocation — when starting every station from full is worth more than squeezing the last pages out of three half-used colors. Between those poles, the 3-color set is the right call when the colors fade together but black is still healthy.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Every cartridge here is made for the Aficio MP C3004 and ships with a compatible chip, so the machine reads it and tracks its level like an original. Fit replacements with the power on and the front cover opened in the normal way, and pull the protective seal straight out before the cartridge goes in — a half-removed seal is the most common cause of a brand-new cartridge printing blank pages. Toner settles during shipping; a few gentle rocks end to end before installation evens it out. Finally, remember the rated yields are measured at 5% coverage: departments printing dense color documents will see colors finish well ahead of the black, which is normal and not a defect.