konica minolta toner TN217 – BH283

The Konica Minolta TN-217 (part number A202050) is the high-yield Black toner cartridge designed specifically for the bizhub 283 and 223 monochrome (black and white) A3 multifunction copier systems.

This model group represents a highly popular, durable legacy office workhorse generation.

Compatible Konica Minolta Printer Series:

This cartridge features a precise physical molding that allows it to lock directly into the supply hoppers of the following monochrome systems:

• bizhub 223

• bizhub 283

  (Note: While the faster bizhub 363 and 423 systems belong to the exact same hardware family, they feature a higher engine speed and require a physically larger, higher-yield cartridge: the TN-414).

Technical Specifications:

• Part Number: TN-217 / A202050 / A202030.

• Page Yield: Approximately 17,500 pages (calculated based on the standard 5% page coverage baseline).

• Color: Monochrome (Black).

Key Technical & System Information:

• Simitri HD Polymerized Toner: Even though it is a dedicated black-and-white machine, it utilizes Konica Minolta’s high-grade biomass chemical polymerized toner. The uniform, spherical micro-particles melt at lower temperatures to conserve energy and provide clean line text, high-contrast barcodes, and sharp grayscale transitions without generating fine gray background dust.

• Rear Smart Chip Architecture: The TN-217 tube features an integrated electronic contact smart chip mounted on the rear plastic alignment tab. This chip handles regional pairing and tracks continuous engine pixel counts to update remaining toner levels.

• Pure Mechanical Hopper Gate: The bottle uses a spring-loaded slide door at the nose. When inserted and rotated into the bizhub 283 hopper, the gate pulls back to steadily drop powder into the internal developer sub-hopper based on automated toner density control (TDC) sensor readouts.

• Independent Wear Infrastructure: If your bizhub 283 begins showing image defects like solid vertical white lines, fading print density, or a gray background haze while the toner bottle is heavy and full, you need to check or replace the separate long-life maintenance assemblies:

  • DR-411 Drum Unit — Rated for up to 100,000 pages (or up to 110,000 pages depending on run length).

  • DV-411 Black Developer Powder Charge — Rated for up to 110,000 pages (requires manual technician initialization upon installation).