SKU:

CLT-M409S

Printer Brand:

Samsung

OEM Number:

CLT-M409S

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

1,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do faces look sunburned and reds look wrong in our printed photos?

Magenta is the cartridge behind red — every red, pink and flesh tone on the page is built with a heavy share of it. When the CLT-M409S starts running down, photos are the first place it shows: skin takes on an odd orange or green cast, reds dull toward brown, and purples lose their richness. Documents with charts and text may look perfectly fine at the same time, which is why a photo is the best early warning that magenta is nearly empty.

What part does magenta play in this printer's color mixing?

Your printer builds its entire palette from four toners. Magenta is one of the three true colors, partnering with cyan to make blues and purples, and with yellow to make reds and oranges. Remove or weaken it and the whole warm half of the spectrum collapses — that is why a single low magenta cartridge can make a printer look far more broken than it actually is.

Will photo printing use this cartridge up faster than documents?

Yes, noticeably. The 1,000-page rating assumes about 5% of the page is covered, but a photograph covers most of the sheet, and magenta carries a large share of typical photo content. A run of photo prints can consume in dozens of pages what office documents would spread over hundreds. If you print pictures regularly, keeping a spare CLT-M409S on hand is a sensible habit.

How does the price break down per page?

This magenta is $55.17, rated at 1,000 pages, which comes to about 5.52 cents per page at the standard coverage measure. That is the honest arithmetic for color printing on this platform: color pages cost more than black ones, and knowing the per-page figure up front helps you budget for photo-heavy or presentation-heavy months without surprises.

How can I be certain I am ordering the magenta and not a look-alike?

Read the code on the cartridge coming out of your printer. The magenta for this family is stamped CLT-M409S — the M in the middle of the code is what identifies it, since all four 409S cartridges share a similar shape. Ordering by that full code, rather than by color name alone, guarantees the replacement matches your machine.

What protection do I get with this compatible cartridge?

A 1-year warranty backs the cartridge, with free returns for the whole of that first year if anything about it disappoints. The process is explained on our shipping & returns page. Support is staffed Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and orders leave from our warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California.

About This Samsung CLT-M409S Magenta Toner Cartridge

Magenta is the storyteller of the 409S family — the cartridge that decides whether printed faces look alive and whether reds carry any conviction. This CLT-M409S serves Samsung's CLP-310 series printers (CLP-310, CLP-310N, CLP-315, CLP-315W) and the CLX-3170 multifunction line (CLX-3170, CLX-3175, CLX-3175FN, CLX-3175FW), with a rated yield of 1,000 pages at a price of $55.17. It is sold as a Clever Supplies compatible, warranted for one year with returns free throughout that year. You will find the rest of this printer family's cartridges among our Samsung listings.