Aficio SP C811DN
The Ricoh Aficio SP C811DN brought production-style color down into the office printer class, and its running costs hinge on a long-life toner family: black 820000 rated for up to 20,000 pages, with cyan 820024, magenta 820016 and yellow 820008 each rated for up to 15,000 pages. This page lists the compatible range for the SP C811DN — the four singles, black multipacks and the widest choice of color sets in the series, from a straight one-of-each set up to an 8-piece stock-up box.
Printers in this class tend to be bought by offices that want polished color — bound reports, proposals, customer documents — produced in-house instead of sent out. That kind of work is planned rather than occasional, and planned printing rewards planned toner buying: long cartridge life, a spare set on the shelf, and no emergency orders. The listings below are arranged for exactly that way of running the machine.
Toner Cartridges for Aficio SP C811DN
| Cartridge | Color | Page Yield |
|---|---|---|
| 820000 | Black | Up to 20,000 pages |
| 820024 | Cyan | Up to 15,000 pages |
| 820016 | Magenta | Up to 15,000 pages |
| 820008 | Yellow | Up to 15,000 pages |
| 820000 — black 2-pack | Black | Up to 20,000 pages per cartridge |
| 820000 — black 3-pack | Black | Up to 20,000 pages per cartridge |
| 820000 — black 5-pack | Black | Up to 20,000 pages per cartridge |
| 820000, 820024, 820016, 820008 — 4 color set | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | Up to 20,000 pages black, 15,000 per color |
| 820000, 820024, 820016, 820008 — 5 color set | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | Per-cartridge yields as listed for the singles |
| 820000, 820024, 820016, 820008 — 8 color set | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | Per-cartridge yields as listed for the singles |
| 820024, 820016, 820008 — 3 color set | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | Up to 15,000 pages per cartridge |
| 820024, 820016, 820008 — 6 color set | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | Up to 15,000 pages per cartridge |
Which cartridge should you buy?
Match the order to the workload. A single 820000 black (up to 20,000 pages) already covers a long stretch of everyday printing, and the black 2-pack, 3-pack and 5-pack stretch it further for offices that never want to reorder mid-quarter. Colors deplete unevenly — the cyan, magenta and yellow cartridges are each rated up to 15,000 pages but real life depends on what your documents look like — so singles are the right answer when exactly one color fades. Sets earn their place as planned refreshes: the 4 color set replaces one of everything, the 3 and 6 color sets cover the colors only, and the 5 and 8 color sets are stock-up options for heavy users who would rather hold toner than chase it. Every cartridge here is a compatible replacement with a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.
Chip, toner and everyday use
Cartridges for the SP C811DN are chipped, and the printer reads the chip as soon as a cartridge is seated, so toner levels on the panel stay meaningful from the first page to the last. When you install one, strip off all of the packaging and the sealing tape before it goes in, and push it fully home. Yield ratings are set at roughly 5% page coverage; a page filled edge to edge with color can use several times that, which is why graphics-heavy offices cycle cartridges faster. Near the end of a cartridge's life, a gentle end-to-end rocking motion levels the remaining toner and often clears up fading. Spares keep best in their sealed boxes, flat, in a cool dry cabinet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which toner cartridges does the SP C811DN take?
Four: the 820000 black, 820024 cyan, 820016 magenta and 820008 yellow. Those four numbers cover everything this printer uses, in singles, multipacks and sets.
What is the difference between the color sets?
The 4 color set holds one cartridge of each color including black. The 3 and 6 color sets hold only cyan, magenta and yellow. The 5 and 8 color sets are larger stock-up combinations. All of them draw on the same four part numbers listed in the table.
Do these cartridges fit the other SP C811DN variants?
Yes. The same 820000-family cartridges serve the whole SP C811DN series, including the tray configurations and the HA model listed at the bottom of this page.
Are these genuine Ricoh cartridges?
No — they are compatible replacements made for the SP C811DN, fitted with a working chip, and supported by a 1-year warranty and 1-year returns.
More printers that use the same cartridges
The SP C811DN heads a family of tray and availability configurations, and every one of them drinks from the same toner shelf: Aficio SP C811DN-DL, Aficio SP C811DN-T1, Aficio SP C811DN-T2, Aficio SP C811DN-T3, Aficio SP C811DNHA.