Frequently Asked Questions
The unit I just slid out of the machine is stamped 013R00602 — is this the same part?
Yes. 013R00602 is Xerox's part number for the black imaging drum unit in this production family, and this listing is the single compatible version of it: one black drum unit, rated for up to 80,000 pages of imaging life, priced at $190.77. If the number on your old unit matches the number here, you are looking at its direct replacement. The toner cartridges in the same machine are separate parts with different numbers — this is the drum, not a toner.
How is a drum unit different from a toner cartridge?
Toner is the powder; the drum is the surface the image is written onto before it is transferred to the paper. A toner cartridge empties and gets swapped many times over, while the drum unit behind it keeps imaging page after page until its surface wears out. That is why this unit is rated at 80,000 pages while a toner cartridge for the same machine is rated in the low thousands — the two consumables run on completely different clocks.
What does an 80,000-page drum life mean in practice?
It is the page count over which the unit is built to hold clean, sharp image quality — roughly 160 reams of paper. Spread across that life, the unit works out to about 0.24 cents per page. A busy production machine reaches the number quickly in calendar terms; a lightly used one may take years. The count is pages imaged, not time on the shelf.
What are the warning signs that a drum is reaching the end of its life?
Quality faults that ignore the toner level: streaks or lines running down every page, spots that repeat in the same rhythm, grey background shading where the page should be white, and output that looks tired even with a fresh toner cartridge fitted. Those symptoms live on the drum's surface, not in the toner supply — changing cartridges will not cure them.
Which machines does this drum unit fit?
One drum serves the whole platform: DocuColor 240, DocuColor 242, DocuColor 250, DocuColor 252, DocuColor 260, WorkCentre 7655, WorkCentre 7665, WorkCentre 7675, WorkCentre 7755 and WorkCentre 7765. If your machine is on that list, this is its black drum unit.
What cover and delivery come with it?
Every drum unit we sell is backed by a one-year warranty and free returns for a year, as set out on the shipping and returns page. Orders leave from our IL, PA, GA and CA warehouses, and support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST. The rest of the range for this platform sits on the Xerox toner page.
About This 013R00602 Drum Unit
The single, ordered by its number: one compatible 013R00602 black drum unit for the DocuColor and WorkCentre production platform, rated for up to 80,000 pages of imaging life at about 0.24 cents a page, for $190.77. Not a toner cartridge and not a bundle — the imaging unit itself, matched to the number stamped on the one you removed.
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