SKU:

006R01221

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

006R01221

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

34,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

A customer just rejected a run because the reds look orange — is this cartridge the reason?

Very possibly, yes. A saturated red is built almost entirely from magenta laid over yellow, so when the magenta supply weakens, red is the first color to collapse: it slides toward orange, deep burgundy turns muddy brown, and purples lose their red half and drift blue. If the file proofed correctly before and nothing in the job setup changed, a fading 006R01221 is the prime suspect — the machine is still laying down its yellow at full strength, and the balance between the two is what your customer is seeing.

If I swap this cartridge in the middle of a long run, will the second half still match the first?

That is exactly the situation this platform handles well, provided the new cartridge is the correct one and the machine is given its normal calibration cycle after the swap. Toner density on these engines is metered continuously, so a fresh 006R01221 is brought to the same output level as the unit it replaced rather than printing hot for the first hundred sheets. For color-critical work, the working habit is simple: swap between jobs when you can, and when a mid-run swap is unavoidable, pull a proof sheet right after the change and compare it against a sheet from the start of the run before you let the rest of the job go.

How far does one of these cartridges actually take a working press?

The cartridge is rated at up to 34,000 pages, and magenta's real consumption depends on what the shop sells: a press running retail catalogues, cosmetics work and food packaging burns magenta far faster than one turning out manuals with a colored cover. As a planning rule, treat the rating as the ceiling for light-to-moderate coverage and expect a working life well inside it on rich, photo-heavy work. What matters for scheduling is that a single unit spans long production runs, so magenta changes land at job boundaries — where they belong — instead of inside a customer's deadline.

What does the magenta side of a job cost with this cartridge?

This cartridge is $127.63, and spread across its rated 34,000 pages the magenta component works out to about 0.38 cents per page — this listing's own price and rating, nothing blended in. Magenta is the color most often tied to a client's identity work — the logo red, the packaging band, the brand panel — so knowing its exact per-page cost lets a shop price those jobs on fact and defend the number when a customer asks what the color on the page is worth.

Which machines does this magenta cartridge fit?

One engine family, two badges. In print shops it runs in the DocuColor 240, DocuColor 242, DocuColor 250, DocuColor 252 and DocuColor 260 production presses. In high-volume offices the same cartridge serves the WorkCentre 7655, WorkCentre 7665, WorkCentre 7675, WorkCentre 7755 and WorkCentre 7765. The label check settles it before you order: if the cartridge coming out of the machine reads 006R01221, this magenta is its replacement.

What if a cartridge arrives damaged or fails in the machine?

Then it comes back to us, not into your waste bin at your expense. Every cartridge we sell is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a unit that arrives damaged, leaks or fails early is replaced or refunded — the full terms are on our shipping & returns page. Orders leave from whichever of our four US warehouses — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California — is closest to you, and if a production deadline is riding on the replacement, our support team is reachable Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This Xerox 006R01221 Magenta Toner Cartridge

This listing is one compatible Xerox 006R01221 magenta toner cartridge for the DocuColor 240–260 production presses and the WorkCentre 7655–7765 family, rated at up to 34,000 pages and priced at $127.63 — about 0.38 cents per rated page. Magenta carries the colors customers judge hardest: the red in a logo, the richness in a photograph, the depth in a package design. When those have to come off the machine right, run after run, this is the cartridge doing the deciding. The rest of the colors and parts for this platform live in our Xerox catalogue, and this cartridge is covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns.