Lexmark 79L2HM0 toner cartridge, magenta, CX833se/CX950se/CX951se

Magenta is one of the four colours a colour printer builds its image from. Combined with yellow it produces reds and oranges, combined with cyan it gives purples and blues. That is why magenta is used heavily when printing red logos, charts, presentations and photos, while ordinary black text takes almost no colour toner at all.

Each colour has its own cartridge, so when magenta runs out you replace only that one while cyan, yellow and black keep working. No toner left in the other cartridges goes to waste. The same series includes cyan (79L2HC0), yellow (79L2HY0) and black (79L2HK0) cartridges.

The supplier data lists the Lexmark CX833se, CX950se and CX951se as compatible printers. No other models are listed. The model code is shown on the front panel or label of the printer; if it is one of these three, the 79L2HM0 is its magenta cartridge. The same compatibility list applies to all four colours of the series.

The cartridge is made by Lexmark, so it is the printer maker's own consumable rather than a compatible copy. It weighs 0.80 kg. Keep a spare in its original packaging in a cool, dry place and open it only when the printer reports that magenta toner is running low.

Offices and teams with a Lexmark CX833se, CX950se or CX951se that print plenty of colour presentations, reports or marketing material with reds and purples; and admin and IT teams that keep consumables in stock and prefer the printer maker's original cartridges.