SKU:

CS-Xerox-C400-M

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R03527

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 8000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do reds print orange, pinks look washed out, and photos take on a cold greenish-blue cast?

All three symptoms point the same way: the warm half of your palette is missing. Magenta is what turns yellow into true red, gives pink its body, and keeps skin tones and wood tones looking warm instead of grey-green. When it fades, red logos drift toward orange or brick, burgundy flattens out, faces look pallid, and anything that should feel warm picks up a bluish-green chill instead — even though black text and blue areas may still look perfectly fine. Replacing this magenta cartridge, code 106R03527, puts that warmth back.

Why does magenta seem to run out ahead of the other colors in our office?

It usually comes down to what you print, not a fault in the machine. Sale banners, price tags, fundraising flyers, real-estate sheets, and any page built around reds, purples, and photographs draw heavily on magenta, while an ordinary memo barely touches it. Offices heavy on marketing material and color photos therefore empty magenta well before the other bays. When that happens you only renew the color that is spent: this listing is for the single 106R03527 magenta cartridge, and the other colors for this platform are listed separately, so nothing with life left in it has to come out.

What does the 8,000-page rating mean for $44.62 in everyday magenta terms?

The rating is for this one magenta cartridge on its own — up to 8,000 pages — which at $44.62 comes to about 0.56 cents per page for rated magenta coverage. Think of that as a planning figure rather than a promise for every job. A letter with a small red header sips magenta and stretches the cartridge a long way; a full-page promotional sheet with large red blocks, gradients, and photos uses far more of it on every sheet, so the same cartridge turns over much sooner in a design-heavy office than in one printing mostly correspondence.

My prints look too green — how can the magenta cartridge be the problem?

Because color printing is subtraction by mixture. Green is what remains visible when magenta is too weak to balance the cyan and yellow already on the page, so a green or teal cast across photos and neutral greys is very often a magenta shortage wearing a disguise, not a cyan fault. Print the machine's color test page and study each band separately: if the magenta band is the pale, streaky, or broken one while the others hold solid, that confirms it. A fresh 106R03527 restores the balance and the unwanted green tint goes with the old cartridge.

Does this magenta cartridge serve both the C400 printers and the C405 multifunctions?

Yes — one magenta cartridge covers the whole family on this platform. That means the Versalink C400, Versalink C400 D and Versalink C400 DN printers, along with the Versalink C405 MFP, Versalink C405DN and Versalink C405N multifunctions. As a final check before ordering, compare the code on the magenta cartridge you are pulling out with 106R03527 on this page.

What cover do I get on shipping, returns, and help with this cartridge?

This cartridge carries a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. Orders leave from one of our four warehouses — IL, PA, GA, or CA — chosen to reach you fastest, and the full policy wording lives on our shipping & returns page. If you want a second pair of eyes on the color before you buy, our support team is here Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and you can see the wider range for these machines in our Xerox section.

About This Xerox VersaLink C400 Magenta Toner Cartridge — 106R03527

If your color work has gone cold — reds turning orange, pinks losing their depth, faces printing grey-green — this single compatible magenta cartridge is the targeted fix for VersaLink C400 and C405 machines. It is sold individually as code 106R03527 for $44.62, rated at up to 8,000 pages, so you restore the one depleted warm color without disturbing cartridges that are still productive; the remaining colors for this platform are available as separate listings. It is a practical fit for offices printing promotions, listings, and photo-rich documents where magenta does the heavy lifting, and it is protected by a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.