Frequently Asked Questions

Why have the blue bars in my charts turned purple?

Because cyan is doing less of the work than it should. Chart blues are built from cyan with a touch of magenta, so as the 106R1627 empties, the magenta share quietly takes over and blues drift purple while greens lose their brightness. Fresh cyan restores the balance — it is a supply issue, not a settings issue, and recalibrating the printer will not fix a cartridge that has run dry.

Is this one cartridge or several?

One single cyan cartridge, even though the listing title uses the plural "Cartridges." The price of $31.99 buys exactly one 106R1627. Black, magenta and yellow for this printer are their own cartridges — 106R1630, 106R1628 and 106R1629 — sold on separate listings.

What does the rated yield mean for a desktop printer like this?

The cartridge is rated at up to 1,400 pages at 5 percent coverage — the light, text-with-a-logo coverage the whole industry quotes. On a desktop machine printing colour reports and charts, expect the real figure to track how much blue and green your documents actually carry; a page of dense pie charts spends cyan many times faster than a letter with a blue letterhead.

Does this listing's printer share its cyan with other models?

It does. The Phaser 6010 named here takes the same cyan as the Phaser 6000, the Phaser 6010N and the multifunction WorkCentre 6015 range — one part number across the platform, so a spare bought for one machine fits the others.

How do I know the cyan is the one to change and not another colour?

Print a colour test page and look at which primary block prints weak or streaky. A faded cyan block with strong magenta and yellow blocks points straight at this cartridge. The shift in mixed colours confirms it too: blues going purple and greens going yellowish are cyan symptoms, every time.

What protection do I get with it?

A one-year warranty and free returns for a full year, with the details laid out on our shipping and returns page. Stock ships from IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses, and the support team answers Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Phaser 6010 Cyan Cartridge

This 106R1627 at $31.99 is the cyan supply for the Phaser 6010 — about 2.28 cents per rated page across its 1,400-page life. On a compact colour desktop printer, cyan is the quiet workhorse behind every chart, graph and blue heading, and it usually gives out mid-report rather than between jobs. Keeping one on hand means the fix takes a minute, not a delivery wait. The full compatible range for the platform is on our Xerox toner page.