Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the 3-pack sized for?

The office that has settled into a rhythm. Three 106R02731 cartridges total 75,900 rated pages — for a single Phaser 3610-class machine in steady daily use, that is the kind of quantity that turns toner ordering into a quarterly habit instead of a recurring surprise. It suits the buyer who knows roughly how fast the machine eats and wants the shelf to match the calendar.

What is the per-cartridge and per-page math?

$98.33 for three works out to $32.78 per cartridge — against $45.10 bought one at a time, so the pack saves $36.97 versus three singles. Across 75,900 rated pages the toner cost lands at roughly 0.13 cents per page. Each cartridge still carries the full 25,300-page extra-high-yield rating; nothing about the supply is diluted to reach the pack price.

Will the third cartridge still be good when its turn comes?

Yes, if it waits sealed. Keep the boxes unopened, stored flat in a normal indoor environment, and rotate: when a cartridge goes into the machine, the next purchase — if any — becomes the back of the queue. Toner cartridges waiting in sealed packaging do not meaningfully age on office timescales; the common failure is opening one early or storing it somewhere hot, not the passage of a few quarters.

Which machines share these three cartridges?

Every model on the platform: the Phaser 3610, Phaser 3610DN, Phaser 3610N, Phaser 3610YDN and the WorkCentre 3615. A 3-pack can serve one machine for a long stretch or be divided among two or three machines, since the supply is identical for all of them.

When should you reorder — at the last cartridge, or before?

The sensible trigger is installing the last one. When the third cartridge goes into the machine, the shelf is empty and the clock starts: you have one cartridge's lifespan — up to 25,300 pages — to decide the next move, which is comfortable but not infinite. Offices that reorder at that signal never print on fumes; offices that wait for the fade eventually do.

What protection comes with the purchase?

A 1-year warranty and free returns for a full year, under the terms on our shipping & returns page. Orders ship from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the rest of the range for these machines lives on the Xerox supplies page.

About This 3610 Black 3-Pack (106R02731)

Three compatible 106R02731 black cartridges, $98.33, rated for 75,900 pages in total. The 3-pack is the planner's size: enough stock to cover a season of steady monochrome printing on one machine — or to spread thin across a small platform fleet — at a per-page cost a clear step below the single, without committing to the shelf space of the biggest packs.