SKU:

CS-Xerox-C605-M

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R03901

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 10100

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do sale signs and shelf-edge labels lose their punch before ordinary documents look faded?

Because the red that stops a shopper mid-aisle is built mostly from magenta, and it is the first casualty when the supply runs thin. A price burst, a clearance banner or a promotional sticker depends on a dense, saturated red that reads instantly under shop lighting; as this 106R03901 cartridge weakens, that red turns dusty and flat, so the sign stops demanding attention even though it is still perfectly legible. Black price digits and barcodes stay crisp throughout, which makes the problem easy to miss on a quick glance — the label looks printed, it just no longer sells. Fitting a fresh magenta unit restores the saturation that point-of-sale material lives or dies by.

What happens to food photographs on menus and takeaway leaflets when magenta drops?

Food is where a tired magenta cartridge becomes a business problem rather than a cosmetic one. Tomatoes, strawberries, rare steak, salmon and baked goods all get their appetising colour from magenta working with yellow, so when magenta fades those dishes drift toward a brownish, grey cast — food that looks undercooked, stale or simply unappealing, however good the original photography was. Diners judge a menu photograph in a second, long before they read a description. If your printed dishes have started looking like leftovers while the text on the same page prints normally, the magenta bay is where to look first.

If we reprint a catalogue or menu a few weeks later, will the new cartridge match the first batch?

Yes, provided you judge the match fairly. Keep one copy from the original run as your reference proof, fit this fresh 106R03901, and compare the reprint against that proof on the same paper stock and under the same light — paper and lighting shift perceived colour as much as toner does. One honest warning: if the first batch was printed while the old cartridge was already fading, the reprint will come out stronger and redder than the copies you kept, and the mismatch belongs to the old batch, not the new one. For customer-facing sets, reprinting the complete set in one go avoids mixing two generations of the same document.

Which VersaLink C600 and C605 machines does this magenta cartridge fit?

This single magenta cartridge serves the VersaLink C600 printers — Versalink C600 DT, Versalink C600 DX, Versalink C600 DXF, Versalink C600 DXP, Versalink C600 N and Versalink C600DN — together with the C605 multifunctions: Versalink C605 X, Versalink C605 XP, Versalink C605 XTF, Versalink C605 XTP and Versalink C605XF. As a last check, the cartridge coming out of the magenta bay should carry the code 106R03901.

How should we estimate magenta use for a full-bleed flyer campaign?

Start from the rating, then calibrate with your own first batch. This cartridge is rated at up to 10,100 pages, but that figure assumes ordinary document coverage; a full-bleed flyer with a magenta-rich background, edge-to-edge photography and reversed-out headlines lays down far more colour on every sheet, so campaign work will turn the cartridge over considerably faster than correspondence does. The practical method: note the printer counter before a run, print your first batch of a few hundred flyers, then check how far the magenta level moved. That one measured batch tells you more about your artwork than any rating can, and it lets you size the rest of the campaign — and the timing of a spare — from real numbers instead of guesses.

What cover, delivery and help come with this magenta cartridge?

Every cartridge carries a 1-year warranty together with 1-year free returns. Orders are sent from the nearest of our four US warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and the complete terms are set out on our shipping & returns page. If you would like help confirming the code or talking through a campaign run before ordering, our support team is on hand Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST. The other colours for this platform are each listed separately, ready to order as each one runs down, within our wider Xerox range.

About This VersaLink C605 Magenta Cartridge for Retail, Menu and Campaign Printing — 106R03901

This is a single compatible magenta toner cartridge, code 106R03901, made for the VersaLink C600 and C605 series, priced at $76.37 and rated at up to 10,100 pages — roughly 0.76 cents per page at the rated yield. It is aimed squarely at colour that has to persuade: the red on a sale sign that pulls a shopper up short, the dish on a menu that has to look worth ordering, and the flyer run that must come back looking the same when it is reprinted for the next promotion. Only the magenta bay is renewed here; the remaining colours for this platform are separate listings, ordered individually as each reaches its end. The cartridge is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.