Frequently Asked Questions

Several of us share this printer — why does the magenta seem to vanish first?

Because a shared network printer eats whatever the whole team prints, and team printing is heavy on the warm colors: charts with red bars, highlighted documents, photos in reports. Magenta feeds all of that, so on a workgroup machine like the 6280DN it is commonly the first color to call for a swap. The 106R01393 is the high-yield answer to that pattern — up to 5,900 pages per cartridge, so the shared printer is not paging someone every few weeks.

Does printing double-sided save toner on this machine?

No — duplexing saves paper, not toner. Yield is counted in printed pages, and a double-sided sheet carries two printed pages, each using its normal amount of powder. Your 5,900-page rating is spent at the same rate per page whether the sheet leaves the tray printed on one side or two. What duplex does halve is the paper bill, which is its own reward.

How do I check the real magenta level without walking to the printer?

Use the printer's embedded web page from your desk: type the 6280DN's network address into a browser and the supplies section shows the cartridge levels the machine is reporting. Treat any gauge as an estimate — the truth is on the paper — but a remote check tells you whether a spare 106R01393 needs ordering this week or can wait until the next supply run.

What does magenta cost us per printed page?

Straightforward arithmetic: the 106R01393 costs $55.94 and is rated at up to 5,900 pages, which is roughly 0.95 cents per page at standard coverage. That is the figure to put in a department budget, with the honest caveat that full-color pages with heavy coverage use more powder per page than the rating assumes, so a graphics-heavy team will see a somewhat higher real cost.

When the low warning appears on a shared printer, who should act?

Whoever sees it first should order — that is the whole etiquette. The warning arrives with plenty of pages still in hand, so there is no emergency, but on a shared machine a warning everyone assumes someone else handled becomes an empty cartridge on deadline day. Ordering the spare at the first warning and shelving it next to the printer keeps the 6280DN fed without drama.

What cover and delivery come with the cartridge?

Each unit carries a 1-year warranty, and returns are free for a full year — the complete policy is on our shipping and returns page. We dispatch from warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, and our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Xerox Phaser 6280DN Magenta Toner Cartridge (106R01393)

Built for the workgroup version of the line, this is the high-yield magenta cartridge for the Phaser 6280DN — one 106R01393 unit at $55.94, rated at up to 5,900 pages, and equally at home in the base Phaser 6280. It is the sensible stocking choice for shared printers where magenta does the heavy lifting in charts, covers and photos. The other cartridges for the family are listed on our Xerox page.