Cyan does far more work than most buyers expect. It prints every blue, and it mixes with yellow for greens and with magenta for purples and navy. Schools printing maps and science charts, estate agents printing property flyers, and small brands printing logos all draw heavily on it. When the HP 117A Cyan Toner runs low, greens turn yellowish and blues fade to a dull grey. A fresh HP 117A Cyan Toner restores accurate colour for company logos, from Safaricom-style greens to the navy of banking letterheads.

Unlike other electronics retailers in Kenya, Mascom International keeps all four 117A colours on the same shelf, so one missing colour never holds up your order. At Mascom International, we're seeing schools and marketing teams order cyan alongside yellow, since those two build every green on a page. Term-start weeks in January, May, and September bring the heaviest orders. Buyers throughout Kenya tell us the HP 117A Cyan Toner holds even colour through its final pages. Order the HP 117A Cyan Toner by WhatsApp for pay-on-arrival delivery, or walk in to confirm the fit against your printer.

It prints all blue shades directly and supplies half of every green and part of every purple. The printer layers cyan, magenta, yellow, and black to build full-colour images. A green football pitch, a blue school crest, or a teal company logo all depend on cyan. Photos of sky, water, and foliage use it heavily too. That is why an empty cyan cartridge affects far more of the page than blue text alone.

Colour cartridges in the 117A set hold less toner because most offices print far more black than colour. HP sizes each cartridge to match typical use, so the three colours carry about 700 pages each at 5% coverage. For an office printing a coloured logo on invoices, cyan usually outlasts that figure. For a school printing full-colour charts, it may run shorter. Your own mix of pages decides the real total.

The HP 117A Cyan Toner costs about KSh 13.70 per page at 5% cyan coverage. A page with 5% coverage of each colour plus black adds roughly KSh 50 in toner across all four cartridges. A full set costs KSh 38,100: KSh 9,300 for black and KSh 9,600 for each colour. Heavy photos and full-page backgrounds cost more. Printing drafts in grayscale keeps colour spending focused on final copies.

Colour lasers use cyan in more places than visible blue. Greens, purples, dark greys, and skin tones all contain some cyan. The HP Color Laser 150 also runs short colour calibration cycles that draw a small amount from each cartridge to keep colours accurate. An office printing green-branded letterheads or photos of people will use cyan steadily. Check recent print jobs for greens before assuming the cartridge ran out early.

It is unlikely if you follow the labels. Each slot in the toner tray is marked with its colour, and each cartridge carries its colour on the label. The four cartridges also differ slightly in size, with cyan measuring about 124 mm across against about 139 mm for black. If a cartridge does not drop in easily, stop and check the label rather than pressing harder. Forcing a cartridge can damage the chip contacts.

You can buy it on its own. Each 117A cartridge is sold and installed separately, so you replace only the colour that runs out. That keeps costs down, because colours rarely empty at the same time. A school printing maps may need cyan twice before magenta runs low once. Mascom International sells single cartridges and full sets, and we can bundle several colours into one pay-on-arrival delivery anywhere in Kenya.

Start by removing the cartridge and rocking it gently side to side five or six times. Toner settles during transport, especially on long trips to Eldoret or Kakamega. Reinstall it, then run a cleaning page from the printer menu. If streaks continue in all colours, the HP 120A imaging drum may be nearing its 16,000-page life. If only cyan is affected after both steps, bring the cartridge to our service desk for a check.

No. LaserJet Pro colour printers such as the M254 and M255 series use larger cartridges from other HP families, including the 203A and 207A. The HP 117A Cyan Toner fits only the HP Color Laser 150 and Color Laser MFP 170 series. Printers in those series include the 150a, 150nw, MFP 178nw, and MFP 179fnw. Read the model name on the front panel, or send us a photo on WhatsApp.

Schools and training colleges lead the list, printing maps, diagrams, and report cards with blue crests. Real estate agencies in Kilimani and Karen print property flyers with sky and garden photos, which draw heavily on cyan. Banks, insurers, and NGOs with blue or green branding use it on every letterhead. Hospitality businesses in Diani and Naivasha printing menus with lake or ocean imagery also go through cyan faster than other colours.

Buying the HP 117A Cyan Toner from Mascom International

Mascom International stocks the HP 117A Cyan Toner at our Nairobi CBD location: Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street. Walk in Monday through Saturday between 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM to check the cartridge against your printer. Matching 117A cartridges are also stocked in black, magenta, and yellow.

Three ways to order:

The HP 117A Cyan Toner comes with the 6-month Mascom warranty stated above.

Schools, agencies, and small brands across Kenya rely on Mascom International for sealed HP colour toner, honest page-cost figures, and after-sales help from a real Nairobi CBD store.