SKU:

CS-Xerox-C500-M

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R03867

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 9000

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does our logo red look muted on paper and our purple look too blue, when both were fine last month?

Brand colours are the least forgiving test a cartridge ever faces. A company red and a company purple are not printed from one cartridge each — they are precise blends, and magenta is the ingredient that gives the red its fire and keeps the purple from sliding toward navy. When the 106R03867 supply weakens, those two signature colours drift first and furthest, long before a general document looks obviously wrong. If the letterhead still seems acceptable but the logo on a brochure proof no longer matches the brand sheet, suspect the magenta cartridge before you blame the file or the paper.

Why do faces in printed headshots and staff photos lose their natural look before text pages show any problem?

Skin is mostly mid-tones, and magenta does much of the quiet work inside them — the warmth in a cheek, the colour in lips, the difference between a healthy complexion and a grey, drained one. A photograph exposes a weakening cartridge in a way a page of black text never will, because the eye notices a face that looks slightly sunburned, flat or lifeless even when it cannot name what changed. If your printed portraits have stopped looking like the people in them while reports and invoices still print cleanly, the fading magenta unit is the most likely explanation.

Why did our magenta quality start slipping weeks before the printer reported the cartridge as low?

The level shown on the printer is an estimate, not a promise that output stays perfect until the number reaches zero. In the last stretch of its life a cartridge lays colour down less evenly, so rich reds lose depth, berry and wine shades flatten, and large blocks of colour can look slightly patchy while the machine still reports toner remaining. Treat your own prints as the earlier warning: once colour-critical work starts to shift on the page, the cartridge is effectively finished for that kind of job, whatever the gauge still says. That is the moment to order this 106R03867 replacement, not after the printer stops you mid-run.

Can I start a long brochure run on a magenta cartridge that has begun to fade, or will the finished stack look inconsistent?

It can, and that inconsistency is the real risk. A cartridge in decline does not hold one steady shade — it drifts as the run progresses, so the first fifty brochures off the machine can carry a noticeably different red from the last fifty, and the mismatch shows the moment the copies sit side by side in a pile. For a short internal draft that drift rarely matters, but for handouts, mailers or anything a customer will compare copy to copy, fit the fresh cartridge before the run starts. Beginning the job on a new 106R03867 keeps one consistent magenta strength from the first sheet to the final one.

Which VersaLink machines is this single magenta cartridge built for?

It is built for the Versalink C500 DN and the Versalink C500N printers, and for the multifunction models in the same family, the Versalink C505 X and the Versalink C505S. Matching the badge on your machine against that list, together with the 106R03867 code on the magenta cartridge you are taking out, confirms this is the right single replacement for your printer.

What protection, delivery and support come with this magenta cartridge?

It arrives with a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so if the cartridge itself proves faulty you are covered for a full year rather than left carrying the cost. Orders ship from whichever of our warehouses in IL, PA, GA or CA gets the cartridge to you soonest, and the complete terms are published on our shipping & returns page. If you want help confirming the code before you order, our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the full range for these machines is listed in the Xerox section of the store.

About This Xerox VersaLink C500 Magenta Toner Cartridge — 106R03867

This is a single compatible magenta toner cartridge, code 106R03867, for the VersaLink C500 and C505 machines named above, priced at $40.31 and rated at up to 9,000 pages — roughly 0.45 cents per page at the rated yield. It is the replacement to reach for when the colour your business is recognised by stops printing true: the red in a logo losing its punch, purples leaning blue, and faces in photographs coming off the page looking wrong. Swapping in this one cartridge restores that single spent colour while the units still working stay in place, and the other colours for this platform are listed separately so each can be ordered on its own as it runs down. The cartridge is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.