Frequently Asked Questions

Six colour cartridges for one machine — isn't that stocking up a bit far?

It depends on how hard the machine works. On a lightly used printer it would be. On a 6600 that prints colour all day, a single bay can empty within weeks, and every empty bay means colour output stalls until a delivery lands. Six cartridges across the three colours turns toner from a recurring emergency into background stock: the cupboard absorbs the urgency, swaps happen within the hour, and ordering becomes something you do calmly when the shelf looks thin rather than when a deadline is already at risk.

What is actually inside this six-cartridge box?

Six high-yield colour cartridges spanning the platform's three colour codes — cyan 106R02225, magenta 106R02226 and yellow 106R02227 — each rated at 6,000 pages. Two honest notes before you order. First, the box covers colour only: the black cartridge for this platform is sold separately. Second, this listing fixes the total at six cartridges drawn from those three colours without pinning down the exact split between them, so if your work leans heavily on a single colour, weigh the box against your own usage pattern before ordering.

Our office burns through one colour far faster than the others. How does that work with a set like this?

Gracefully, because nothing in the box forces balanced use. Every cartridge is individually sealed and changes independently — the printer asks for the bay it needs, and only that bay gets opened. If one colour's spares run out while the others are still stocked, you simply top that colour up through its single listing by code — 106R02225, 106R02226 or 106R02227, as the case may be — and carry on. The set gives you depth to start from; it does not lock you into buying six at a time forever.

How long does one 6,000-page colour cartridge realistically last?

On a networked workgroup machine like the Phaser 6600dn, it comes down to monthly colour volume. At roughly 500 colour pages a month, a single cartridge lasts close to a year; at 1,500 colour pages a month, think in terms of about a quarter; at 3,000 a month, nearer six or seven weeks. Those are ratings at 5% page coverage, and full-bleed graphics or photo work covers several times that area, shrinking the calendar in direct proportion. A practical habit: note the date each cartridge goes in, and your machine's true rhythm will soon be obvious.

Does colour copying on the multifunction version draw on this same stock?

Yes — one cupboard feeds both kinds of work. The WorkCentre 6605 multifunction copies and prints from the same engine as the Phaser 6600 printer line and takes the same three colour cartridges, so colour copies spend from the same bays as colour prints. An office running the printer in one corner and the multifunction in another does not need two parallel stocks; this one shelf of colour covers both machines.

What protection comes with the box, and how is it delivered?

The cover attaches to each cartridge on its own: every unit carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so if one of the six misbehaves — streaking, leaking, failing early — that cartridge alone comes back for a replacement or a refund and the rest of your stock stays in service. We ship from whichever of our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses is nearest to you, and our support team is on hand Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. Postage, delivery times and the step-by-step returns process are laid out on our shipping & returns page.

About This Six-Cartridge Colour Reserve for the 6600 Platform

This box is colour depth for a hard-working platform: six high-yield cartridges drawn from the cyan 106R02225, magenta 106R02226 and yellow 106R02227 codes, each rated at 6,000 pages, for $151.85. It suits departments and mixed fleets — a WorkCentre 6605dn by the office door, a Phaser 6600n down the hall — where colour is business-critical and a stopped machine costs more than shelf space does. Bought this way, the routine changes: swaps take minutes from stock on hand, and reordering becomes a scheduled chore instead of a rescue mission. Black for these machines is a separate cartridge in its own listing. Everything else for the platform sits under Xerox in the store, and each cartridge in the box is individually covered by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns, shipped from our IL, PA, GA or CA warehouses.