SKU:

CS-Xerox-C7030-VERSALINK-C7025-M

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R03743

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

Color: 9800

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why do our 11×17 posters eat magenta so much faster than letter pages?

Area and coverage, working together. A tabloid sheet carries roughly twice the printable surface of a letter page, and posters tend to fill that surface with saturated backgrounds rather than white space. Magenta is the backbone of the warm half of those designs — reds, oranges, pinks, purples — so a poster run draws on this cartridge far harder per sheet than everyday documents do. The 9,800-page rating for the 106R03743 assumes standard coverage on standard pages; treat big, bold artwork as spending from the same tank at a faster rate.

The proof looked right on screen but the print came out sunburned — what happened?

That flushed, sunburned look is magenta overshooting or, more often near the end of a cartridge's life, laying down unevenly as the supply thins. On the Versalink C7025, skin in photographs is the first place the eye catches it: faces go blotchy, reds separate from the tones around them. Before you blame the file or the monitor, check the magenta level — a fresh cartridge is the cheapest proofing fix there is.

Is one spare enough for a machine that does event and retail work?

For most C7025 shops, yes — with a condition. Retail and event printing arrives in bursts: a quiet month, then 400 posters in a week. A single sealed 106R03743 on the shelf covers the burst, and the high capacity means the burst rarely empties both the installed cartridge and the spare. Store the spare flat in its box, out of sunlight, and rotate it in when the working cartridge ends rather than letting it age past its companions.

Will this cartridge also fit the other models in our fleet?

The C7000 family shares one magenta supply across all three engines, so this same cartridge serves the Versalink C7020 down the hall and the Versalink C7030 upstairs. That commonality is deliberate fleet economics: one shelf item, one reorder code, and no risk of a spare that only fits the machine that is not broken.

What does a page actually cost us with this cartridge?

At $95.14 for up to 9,800 pages, the arithmetic lands near 0.97 cents per page at standard coverage — before paper. Wide-format color work will run above that figure because coverage climbs, and text-heavy color documents will run below it. Either way, the high-capacity format is what keeps the number in that territory instead of the several-cents range of small cartridges.

How are returns and support handled?

Every cartridge carries a 1-year warranty, with free returns for a full year if it is not right for your machine; the details are set out on our shipping and returns page. Orders leave from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California warehouses, and you can reach our support team Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Xerox 106R03743 Magenta Toner Cartridge for the VersaLink C7025

This is the high-capacity magenta for the mid-range A3 VersaLink — a single compatible cartridge, part number 106R03743, at $95.14, rated for up to 9,800 pages. The C7025 earns its keep on larger sheets and richer graphics, and magenta is the cartridge that decides whether those graphics persuade: true reds, honest skin, purples that stay purple. One supply covering the whole three-model family keeps ordering simple for mixed fleets. See everything else we stock for the platform on our Xerox page.