Frequently Asked Questions

Why would one office need five of the same cartridge?

Because it does not run one printer. This platform's quiet advantage is that a whole row of machines drinks from the same supply: one 106R02731 fits every Phaser 3610 variant and the WorkCentre 3615, so a five-cartridge shelf stock serves the entire fleet. When any machine fades, the spare comes off the same shelf — no checking which model takes which code, because there is only one code to stock.

What does the fleet math look like?

$151.55 for five cartridges is $30.31 per cartridge, against $45.10 bought singly — buying five singles would cost $225.50, so the pack saves $73.95. Combined, the five carry 126,500 rated pages, and the toner cost per page works out to roughly 0.12 cents. For a fleet manager, that is the number that matters: one supply line, one per-page cost, no per-model surprises.

Which machines draw from this shelf stock?

The Phaser 3610, Phaser 3610DN, Phaser 3610N and Phaser 3610YDN printers, and the WorkCentre 3615 multifunction unit. Mixed fleets of printers and the MFP all take the identical cartridge — copying on the 3615 draws on the same black supply as printing does.

How do you keep five cartridges organized so the stock actually rotates?

One shelf, one direction: new stock goes to the back, installs come from the front, and nobody opens a box until it reaches the machine. Marking the purchase month on each box with a pen is the whole system — it takes ten seconds and guarantees the oldest cartridge is always the next one installed, which is all the inventory discipline a toner shelf really needs.

Is there any risk that one machine in the fleet takes something else?

On this platform, no — but check the label anyway when a new machine arrives. The habit that protects a fleet buyer is verifying the spent cartridge's code once per model, the first time: if it reads 106R02731, the shelf stock covers it. Machines outside this platform are a different story and a different listing; the five on your shelf are spoken for by the models above.

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 5-Pack (106R02731)

Five compatible 106R02731 black cartridges, $151.55, 126,500 rated pages in total — the fleet listing. It is written for the office where several monochrome machines share one platform and one supply shelf: stock once, in one code, and every fade on every machine is a two-minute fix instead of a purchase order.