Brother TN-3480 Black Toner Cartridge 8000 Pages ISO/IEC 19752 High Yield for HL-L5100DN MFC-L5750DW

Fitment is the thing to get right on this range, because Brother restricts the higher-yield cartridges to the more capable machines. This is the broadest-fitting cartridge on the platform. It fits the HL-L5000D, HL-L5100DN, HL-L5100DNT, HL-L5200DW, HL-L5200DWT, HL-L6250DN, HL-L6300DW, HL-L6300DWT, HL-L6400DW, HL-L6400DWT, DCP-L5500DN, DCP-L6600DW, MFC-L5700DN, MFC-L5750DW, MFC-L6800DW and MFC-L6900DW. Because it fits the whole range, it is the safe choice when you are not certain which machine you have — but on the larger models it is not the cheapest per page, and the 12,000-page TN-3512 or the 20,000-page TN-3520 will usually cost less to run. There is a second and larger trap: Brother runs two mono generations that look alike. The TN-3430, TN-3480, TN-3512 and TN-3520 cartridges with the DR-3400 drum belong to the HL-L5000 to HL-L6400 platform; the newer TN-3600 family with the DR3600 drum belongs to the HL-L5210, HL-L6415, MFC-L5710 and MFC-L6915 machines. They are not interchangeable in either direction. Check the exact model badge before ordering, or send it to us and we will confirm.

✓ Mono laser printing in offices and workgroups

✓ Sites that want genuine supplies with a declared ISO yield

✓ Replacing toner without touching the drum

✓ Departments printing text documents in volume

✓ Keeping a spare cartridge for a busy machine

✓ Predictable per-page costs

On this platform the sensible question is not genuine versus compatible, it is which rung of the ladder your machine will take. Brother publishes four capacities from 3,000 to 20,000 pages, and per page the larger cartridges are normally cheaper — but the top two rungs are restricted to the more capable machines, so the cheapest option on paper is often not available to you. This cartridge is the one that fits everything on the platform, which makes it the safe order and rarely the cheapest one. On the smaller L5000, L5100, L5200, DCP-L5500DN, MFC-L5700DN and MFC-L5750DW machines it is the top of what Brother offers, so it is simply the right cartridge. On the larger L6250 to L6900 machines it is the second rung, and if you are printing any real volume the 12,000-page TN-3512 will normally cost less per page — and on an HL-L6400DW or MFC-L6900DW the 20,000-page TN-3520 less again. The other thing to watch is the generation split. Brother sells two mono families that look almost identical on a shelf: TN-34xx and TN-35xx with the DR-3400 drum for the HL-L5000 to L6400 machines, and the newer TN-36xx with the DR3600 drum for the HL-L5210 and L6415 machines. Ordering across them is the single most common error we see, and neither cartridge will physically go into the other printer. Send us your model number and monthly page count and we will tell you which cartridge is cheapest to run. The full range is in our original toner section, and the machines in mono laser printers.

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