Aficio SP C231SF
Small-office multifunction color grows up with the Ricoh Aficio SP C231SF, which folds printing, scanning and fax into the newer C231 chassis. The cartridges underneath are built for that workload: black 406475 at around 6,500 pages, with cyan 406476, magenta 406477 and yellow 406478 at around 6,000 pages apiece. One machine ends up covering the full color document cycle, from the page you print to the signed copy you scan and send back out.
Think of the desk by the door: this is the machine visitors' paperwork, delivery notes and outgoing faxes all pass through. A front-of-office unit like that cannot pause for toner every few hundred pages, and these ratings — thousands of pages per cartridge — are sized for exactly that steady, mixed traffic.
Toner Cartridges for Aficio SP C231SF
Which cartridge should you buy?
Match the purchase to what the machine reports. A single faded color calls for a single cartridge — cyan, magenta and yellow each come out and go back in on their own. Black, which carries the letters and forms, is worth holding in the 2, 3 or 5 packs so a spare is always in the cupboard. When the printer shows several cartridges low together, a full set is the tidy answer: the 4, 5 and 8 color sets refresh everything at once, and the 3 and 6 color sets handle the colors while leaving a healthy black in place. Nothing changes inside the cartridges from one format to another; only the count in the box changes. These are compatible cartridges, each with a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.
Chip, toner and everyday use
Because the chip reports remaining levels, the SP C231SF can tell you a cartridge is low before it is empty — use that warning to order, and the swap itself takes moments: remove the old cartridge, peel the seal from the new one, and slide it into the matching slot until it seats. Keep unopened spares standing upright somewhere cool and dry, away from windows; toner keeps best out of heat and sunlight. A cartridge that prints lightly near the end of its life often has toner settled to one side, and a gentle side-to-side rock spreads it again. And hold onto the rated numbers loosely — they are measured at 5% coverage, so a run of photo-heavy pages will always finish a cartridge sooner.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which toner does the Aficio SP C231SF need?
Black 406475, cyan 406476, magenta 406477 and yellow 406478 — rated at roughly 6,500 pages for the black and roughly 6,000 pages for each color.
Do the multipacks contain the same cartridges as the singles?
Yes. A 3-pack of black holds three of the identical 406475 cartridges, and the color sets bundle the same singles; the packaging and the per-cartridge price are the only differences.
How long does one cartridge last in a small office?
At the rated yields — about 6,500 black pages or 6,000 color pages at 5% coverage — most small offices measure cartridge life in months rather than weeks, though heavy color coverage shortens that.
Are the cartridges on this page compatible or original?
Compatible replacements, matched to the original cartridges for fit and yield, and backed by a 1-year warranty with 1-year returns.
More printers that use the same cartridges
This four-cartridge family is shared with a wide band of Ricoh color models: Aficio SP C231N, Aficio SP C232DN, Aficio SP C232SF, Aficio SP C242DN, Aficio SP C242SF, Aficio SP C310, Aficio SP C310A, Aficio SP C311N, Aficio SP C312DN, Aficio SP C320DN.