SKU:

CLT-M508S

Printer Brand:

Samsung

OEM Number:

CLT-M508S

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

2,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do faces in our photos start looking green and unwell as this cartridge runs down?

Because magenta is the color that keeps skin believable. Human skin tones are built mostly from magenta and yellow, with magenta supplying the warmth; as the CLT-M508S fades, that warmth drains away and the remaining cyan pushes faces towards a gray-green cast. It is one of the earliest and most reliable signs that the magenta cartridge, specifically, is nearing its end — the other colors can still be healthy while every portrait looks slightly seasick.

How many pages does the 2,000-page rating promise in real life?

The CLT-M508S is rated at 2,000 pages under the standard measure of five percent coverage — roughly a page of text with a modest graphic. Photographs are a different world: a full-page picture can lay down ten times that coverage, so a photo-heavy household or studio will turn the rating over far faster than an office printing charts. Treat 2,000 as the yardstick the industry measures with, and expect your own figure to follow what you actually print.

Which Samsung printers take this cartridge?

This magenta is the color supply listed for the Samsung CLP-620ND and CLP-670N color laser printers. If your machine's cartridge door names the CLT-M508S code, this is the cartridge it is asking for; it sits alongside the CLT-K508S black and the cyan and yellow cartridges of the same 508S generation.

If we print a document in black and white, does the magenta get used at all?

No. A page sent as monochrome is printed by the black cartridge alone, and the three colors — this magenta included — sit that page out entirely. That is why a printer can exhaust its black supply on correspondence while the colors barely move, and why choosing greyscale for internal drafts is the simplest way to save your magenta for work that genuinely needs color.

What does the magenta in one color page cost?

The cartridge costs $57.72, and across its 2,000-page rating that is about 2.89 cents of magenta per page at standard coverage. A dense photograph costs more, a letterhead with a red logo considerably less, but 2.89 cents is the figure to plan a photo budget around.

What protection comes with this compatible cartridge?

Every Clever Supplies compatible cartridge is covered by a one-year warranty against defects, and your purchase can be returned free of charge at any time within the first year — the full terms are on our shipping and returns page. It belongs to our wider Samsung toner cartridge range, and support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This CLT-M508S Magenta Cartridge

Of the three colors, magenta does the most emotional work: it is the warmth in a face, the red in a warning, the difference between a photograph that looks alive and one that looks lifeless. This CLT-M508S supplies that color to the CLP-620ND and CLP-670N platform — 2,000 rated pages for $57.72, roughly 2.89 cents a page — dispatched from whichever of our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses is nearest, with a year's warranty and free returns for a year standing behind it.