218X Compatible Toner Cartridges, 4-Pack

Quick overview

The included chips mean these compatible 218X cartridges are supplied ready to install, without transferring chips from old cartridges. That can make replacement more straightforward when you need a full set.

The pack contains black, cyan, yellow, and magenta toner. It is listed for the Color Laser Pro 3201dw and the MFP 3301 series, including the 3301cdw, 3301fdw, and 3301sdw.

Listed yields are up to 3,200 pages for black and up to 2,500 pages per color cartridge, based on Letter/A4 pages at 5% coverage. Those figures help with planning, but they are not a promise of the same count for every mix of text and graphics.

How to use it

Use this set as a replacement for the specified 218X toner cartridges in a listed printer. Because the cartridges include chips, the product description says there is no need to remove and install chips separately. That’s one less fiddly step during a changeover, especially if you’re replacing several colors at once.

Keep in mind that the stated page yields assume 5% page coverage. A run of documents with large color blocks or heavy graphics uses toner differently from mostly text pages, so the listed maximum may not reflect your day-to-day output.

Practical tips

Before opening the pack, match your printer’s exact model number against the compatible list. The set is specified for the Color Laser Pro 3201dw and MFP 3301 series models named above, the description does not establish compatibility with other printers, even if their names look similar.

For a small office printing invoices, forms, and the occasional color handout, having all four toner colors on hand can avoid ordering each cartridge separately. Compared with buying one color at a time, a full set makes more sense when you want a complete replacement ready, a single cartridge is the more targeted choice if only one color needs replacing.

A solid pick if you need a complete compatible 218X set for one of the listed printers and want chips included. It might not be a great match if your printer is outside that compatibility list or you only need to replace one toner color.

Before you decide

Which cartridges are included? The pack contains one black, one cyan, one yellow, and one magenta cartridge, each with a chip.

Which printers are listed as compatible? The Color Laser Pro 3201dw and MFP 3301 series models 3301cdw, 3301fdw, and 3301sdw are named in the product details.

How many pages can the cartridges print? The listed maximum is up to 3,200 pages for black and 2,500 pages for each color cartridge, using Letter/A4 pages at 5% coverage. Coverage affects how useful those estimates are for your documents.

Buying verdict

This set is worth considering when you need all four 218X colors for a printer named in the compatibility list, and the included chips remove the separate chip-transfer step. Its main trade-off is that compatibility is specified for particular models, while the page-yield figures depend on light, 5% coverage. If your printer matches and your printing needs a complete color set, the pack has a clear practical purpose, if you need just one toner or rely on models not listed, this description does not give enough reason to choose it.