Frequently Asked Questions

What is the costliest moment for this cartridge to run out?

Halfway through a finished job. The DXF's finisher exists to deliver stapled, ready-to-hand-out sets, and a magenta that dies at set thirty of fifty does not just pause production — it wastes the paper, the other three colors and the finishing already spent on the spoiled sets. That asymmetry is why production-minded shops treat the 106R01078 as a between-jobs swap: change it when the level says low, never when the run says stop.

Does the finisher itself consume toner?

No. Stapling, stacking and offsetting are mechanical operations; the finisher touches finished pages, not the imaging path. What consumes the magenta on a finisher-equipped machine is the work sent to it — booklet covers, title pages and full-color sets simply put more magenta-bearing faces through the printer per finished piece than plain office printing does.

How should a deadline run be provisioned against a fading magenta?

Read the supply level against the job, not against habit. A cartridge at a quarter full holds roughly a quarter of its up-to-18,000-page rating — thousands of ordinary pages, but far fewer full-coverage covers. For a heavy color job with a hard deadline, the professional move is fitting the fresh cartridge before the run starts and keeping the part-used one for everyday work afterwards.

Our reds are printing orange on the proof — is that this cartridge?

Almost certainly the magenta supply, yes. Red is manufactured on the page from magenta over yellow; with magenta depleted the yellow dominates and the proof goes orange, while purple work slides blue and photographs turn cold. Black text staying perfect through all of it is the confirming sign, because text never draws on this cartridge.

The name says "Cartridges" — is this listing a multipack?

It is not. This is one 106R01078 magenta cartridge at $92.31; the plural is listing language, not a count. The Phaser 7400 family — the Phaser 7400DFX, Phaser 7400DN, Phaser 7400DT, Phaser 7400DX, the 7400N and this 7400DXF — replaces each color singly, so a lone magenta is the correct shape of a magenta order.

What cover does the purchase carry?

A 1-year warranty and free returns for a full year, as laid out on our shipping & returns page. Stock moves from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, the support desk is staffed Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and the rest of the range is gathered on the Xerox page.

About This Magenta Cartridge for the Phaser 7400DXF

One compatible magenta cartridge, part number 106R01078, $92.31, rated up to 18,000 pages — about 0.51 cents of magenta per rated page. This listing speaks to the finisher configuration because its owners plan supplies around finished sets and deadlines, but the cartridge inside is the same one the entire Phaser 7400 line runs on, 7400DXF included.