SKU:

CS-Xerox-6300-M

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R01083

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 8000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

The printer says magenta is low, but reds still print fine. Should I keep going?

For ordinary drafts, yes — the low warning is an estimate, not a cut-off, and there is usually usable toner left after it appears. But treat it as your ordering signal, not a challenge. Magenta rarely fails in a single step; it thins gradually, and the decline shows up as color error — reds warming toward orange, faces losing their pink — while pages still look fully printed. A long, color-critical run started on a "low" cartridge can drift noticeably between its first and last sheets. Order the 106R01083 when the warning appears and swap it when the hue shift starts, and you will never have to reprint a job over it.

The listing title says "Toner Cartridges" — am I buying more than one?

No. The title uses the plural, but this listing is for one cartridge: a single 106R01083 magenta unit at $60.21, not a twin pack and not a four-color set. The wording is a catalogue habit, not a quantity — what arrives is one sealed high-yield cartridge for the magenta bay. The other colors for this printer are sold under their own codes and listings, so if you are restocking several bays, add each one separately.

How far does an 8,000-page cartridge stretch in a typical month?

Far enough that most offices stop thinking about magenta for seasons at a time. Around 300 color pages a month works out to well over two years of rated life; at 750 pages a month you are looking at roughly ten to eleven months; even a busy studio turning out 1,500 color pages monthly gets about five months from one unit. Those are standard-coverage figures, so solid-red artwork shortens them, but the planning maths is friendly: at $60.21 the rating is about 0.75 cents a page, and replacements become a twice-a-year errand instead of a monthly one.

Can I buy a spare now and keep it on the shelf until the current one dies?

Yes — a sealed toner cartridge stores well, and keeping one spare of a color your office burns through is cheap insurance against a mid-job stoppage. Leave it in its sealed packaging, lying flat, in a cool dry cupboard away from direct sunlight and radiators, and rotate stock so the older unit is always used first. When the installed 106R01083 finally starts pushing reds toward orange, the swap takes a couple of minutes and no schedule has to move. The only thing not to do is open the spare early "to check it" — the seal is what keeps the toner fresh.

How do I make sure the replacement I order is this exact cartridge?

Order by the code on the label of the cartridge you just removed: 106R01083. This printer family also accepts smaller standard-fill magenta cartridges with similar-looking names, and choosing by color alone — "magenta for a 6300" — is how the short-life version ends up in the cupboard. The code is the whole specification in one string: it guarantees the high-yield 8,000-page fill, the correct shape for the magenta bay, and the same per-page cost you planned around.

What cover and delivery come with this cartridge?

Each cartridge carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so an early failure is exchanged or refunded rather than debated. Stock is dispatched from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA — whichever gives your address the shortest journey — and our support team is reachable Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if a print ever looks wrong after a swap. Everything about transit times, postage and sending something back is collected on our shipping & returns page.

About This Magenta Cartridge for the Phaser 6300

Despite the plural in its title, this listing is a single compatible magenta cartridge — the 106R01083 — built for the Phaser 6300 and its duplex sibling, the Phaser 6300DN, which share the same engine and the same toner bays. It is rated at 8,000 pages for $60.21, roughly 0.75 cents per page, and it carries the warm half of the color palette: when it thins, reds go orange and printed faces go yellow long before anything looks faint. One spare of this code on the shelf covers either machine. Browse the rest of the Xerox toner catalogue for the other bays; whichever of our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses ships your order, it travels under a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.