Aficio SP C222

A touch more capability than the Aficio SP C221 it follows, the Ricoh Aficio SP C222 keeps the compact color LED footprint that made Ricoh's small-office line popular. Toner remains the family standard — black 406046, cyan 406047 and magenta 406048, each rated for up to 2,000 pages. It is the natural middle step for offices outgrowing entry-level color but not ready for a departmental machine.

Growth is the context here: a business adding staff and color work steps up its printer while the consumables stay constant. That constancy keeps budgeting boring in the best way — the cartridge shelf, the part numbers and the yields your office already knows carry across the whole line, so a hardware upgrade never triggers a supplies rethink.

Toner Cartridges for Aficio SP C222

Cartridge	Color	Page Yield
406046 Black — single cartridge	Black	2,000 pages
406046 Black — 2-pack	Black	2,000 pages each
406046 Black — 3-pack	Black	2,000 pages each
406046 Black — 5-pack	Black	2,000 pages each
406047 Cyan — single cartridge	Cyan	2,000 pages
406048 Magenta — single cartridge	Magenta	2,000 pages

Which cartridge should you buy?

As volume grows, the black decision shifts first. A single 406046 suits the C222 in a quiet corner, but offices printing more each month usually move to the 2-, 3- or 5-packs so reordering stops being a recurring errand; the cartridge is the same 2,000-page unit in every box. Keep buying cyan 406047 and magenta 406048 as singles — color consumption rarely grows in lockstep with black. Every compatible cartridge here comes with a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Growing offices should rotate stock deliberately: newest spares at the back, oldest at the front, and everything stored flat, bagged, and away from heat. The chip in each cartridge reports its remaining level to the printer, which makes planning easy — when black dips low and a multipack is already on the shelf, the swap takes a minute and work never pauses.