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Aficio MP C3500 SPF

The SPF badge on the Ricoh Aficio MP C3500 SPF means this 35-ppm-class color multifunction adds fax to the scan, print and copy core of the MP C3500. Under the hood nothing about the supplies changes: it takes the same high-yield set, headed by 888604 black at up to 23,000 pages and completed by 888605 yellow, 888606 magenta and 888607 cyan at up to 17,000 pages each. This page carries the compatible cartridges for the SPF in singles, sets and bundles.

Fax-equipped machines tend to live in offices where paper still arrives from the outside world — signed forms, orders, documents that get printed the moment they land. That makes dependable toner part of the machine's basic job: a fax that cannot print is a message lost. The consolation is how undemanding the supply side is. The SPF shares its entire cartridge family with the plain MP C3500 and several other models, so a site running both variants stocks one shelf, and the long yields keep that shelf small.

Toner Cartridges for Aficio MP C3500 SPF

888604 Black — black single; the same cartridge the base MP C3500 takes, up to 23,000 pages.
888605 Yellow — yellow single, up to 17,000 pages.
888606 Magenta — magenta single, up to 17,000 pages.
888607 Cyan — cyan single, up to 17,000 pages.
888604 — 2 Black — a two-count black reserve for fax-heavy desks.
888604 — 3 Black — three blacks, for longer unattended stretches.
888604 — 5 Black — the deepest black stock on this page.
3 Color Set (888607, 888606, 888605) — colors only, when black is still strong.
4 Color Set (888604, 888607, 888606, 888605) — every station refreshed in one order.
5 Color Set (888604, 888607, 888606, 888605) — full set plus one spare cartridge.
6 Color Set (888607, 888606, 888605) — a color-only bundle with spares built in.
8 Color Set (888604, 888607, 888606, 888605) — bulk cover, aimed at shared supply rooms.

Which cartridge should you buy?

Buy for the base machine, because that is what the SPF is, supply-wise. Black singles — or the 2, 3 and 5-count packs if incoming fax and copy volume is heavy — cover the station that does most of the work, while color singles should be ordered individually as the panel calls for them. A fax-centric office has one extra reason to keep a spare black on the shelf: incoming pages do not wait for business hours, and an empty black station overnight means a queue of unprinted faxes in the morning. Color sets belong to planned refreshes rather than emergencies; the 4-color set is the clean way to zero the counters on all four stations at once.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Each cartridge carries a chip the machine reads for its level reporting, so the SPF tracks the four stations independently just like the base model. Fit a replacement with the seal fully removed and the cartridge leveled with a gentle rock; toner that sat in a warehouse prints unevenly until it is redistributed. Rated yields assume 5% coverage, which fax and copy traffic — mostly text — actually comes close to, so black life on this variant tends to track the rating honestly. Keep spares sealed and stored flat, and replace a fading cartridge promptly: a fax machine that runs a station dry mid-transmission helps no one.