Frequently Asked Questions

Why does every page suddenly look cold, like it was printed in winter light?

That overall chill is yellow's fingerprint. Yellow is the warmth in the mix: as the 106R01596 fades, nothing dramatic fails, but the whole page loses its warm bias — whites look faintly blue, sunlight in photos turns wintry, and grass slides toward teal. A global mood change across every document points at a colour supply, not at any one file or application.

How do I read the test page to confirm yellow is the culprit?

Print the printer's built-in colour test and compare the four solid patches. A healthy yellow patch is dense and even; a spent one prints pale, grainy or streaked while its neighbours hold up. The gradation strip tells the same story: the yellow ramp washes out early. If only that one patch is weak, the cartridge — not the printer — is the diagnosis.

Our 6500N sits across the office — how do I know when to reorder?

Check the supply levels through the network status page rather than waiting for a walk-by inspection, and reorder at roughly a fifth remaining. At $31.95, keeping one 106R01596 on the shelf is cheap insurance against the day a colour deadline meets an empty cartridge; an unopened spare stores flat and patient for well over a year.

What's in the box — the title makes it sound like more than one cartridge?

Just one cartridge. The plural in the listing title is series boilerplate; the box holds a single compatible 106R01596 yellow unit, rated at up to 2,500 pages. That is also all the printer can accept — the yellow slot takes one cartridge at a time.

Will the network features of the 6500N care which yellow cartridge is fitted?

The N in the model name is about the network connection, and the printer treats this supply exactly like the base model does — same slot, same part number, same reporting over the network. Swap it in and the status page simply reads the new level; there is nothing to reconfigure, no settings tied to the old cartridge.

What if something goes wrong with the cartridge months from now?

It is backed by a 1-year warranty, and returns stay free for a full year; the full terms are on our shipping and returns page. Orders dispatch from Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California, and support runs Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This 106R01596 Yellow Cartridge for the Phaser 6500N

A single compatible 106R01596 yellow cartridge at $31.95, rated at up to 2,500 pages — about 1.28 cents per page at standard coverage. Made for the Phaser 6500N, it equally serves the Phaser 6500 and Phaser 6500DN, plus the WorkCentre 6505, WorkCentre 6505N and WorkCentre 6505DN. Everything else the platform uses is on our Xerox toner page.