SKU:

Xerox106R01082

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R01082

Ink Color:

High Yield Cyan

Page Yield:

7,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are my skies printing green and my company blues turning purple?

That colour shift is the classic fingerprint of a fading cyan cartridge. Skies, water and corporate blues are built mostly from cyan, so when this 106R01082 starts running low the printer quietly substitutes what it has left — yellow creeps into the sky and turns it green, while magenta takes over the blue and pushes it toward purple. Text will still look perfect because black text never touches the cyan supply, which is why the problem usually shows up in photos and presentation graphics first. When the colour balance drifts this way, cyan is the cartridge to look at, not the other three.

Why does the cyan cartridge seem to empty before the others?

Because modern office colour work is cyan-hungry. Skies, screens, charts, hyperlinks printed in blue, cool-toned photos and most corporate colour palettes all draw heavily on cyan, while magenta and yellow sit in smaller supporting roles. Add the small amounts the printer uses in calibration cycles and composite greys, and cyan simply does more shifts than its neighbours. On a Phaser 6300 that prints brochures, reports or web pages all day, cyan finishing first is normal consumption, not a defective cartridge.

What does the 7,000-page rating on this cartridge actually mean?

It is measured on the industry-standard test page at about 5% coverage — a page of ordinary text with margins. Cyan rarely gets that gentle a life: a single full-colour photo or a solid blue chart background can lay down ten times the standard coverage on one sheet, so real totals land below the rating in graphics-heavy months and closer to it in mixed office use. At $60.21 the rating works out to roughly 0.86 cents per page, and the high-yield fill means far fewer swaps than a standard cartridge over the printer's life.

How can I be sure it is the cyan cartridge before I order?

Print the printer's supplies status or demo page from the panel and look at the cyan bar and a solid cyan test patch. If the patch prints pale, streaky or uneven while magenta and yellow patches stay strong, the 106R01082 is the one finishing. A quick physical check helps too: pull the cyan unit out, rock it gently side to side to redistribute the toner, and reinstall it — if the next few pages briefly recover their blue, the cartridge is genuinely at the end of its toner rather than suffering a printer fault.

Does it matter whether my machine is the networked version?

No — this is the same single cyan cartridge for both the Phaser 6300 and the Phaser 6300DN. The DN simply adds networking and duplexing to the same print engine, so the toner bay, the cartridge shape and the 106R01082 code are identical across the two machines.

What cover and delivery come with this cartridge?

Every cartridge we sell is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a unit that fails early is replaced or refunded rather than argued over. Orders are picked from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, which keeps transit times short for most of the country, and our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if anything looks off. Full delivery and returns details are on our shipping & returns page.

About This High-Yield Cyan Cartridge

This is a single compatible 106R01082 high-yield cyan toner cartridge priced at $60.21 and rated at 7,000 pages — the cartridge responsible for every sky, screen and shade of blue your Phaser produces, at roughly 0.86 cents per page. When it fades, the warning sign is not weak text but colour drifting green and purple, and replacing this one unit restores the balance. You can browse the wider Xerox toner range on the site, and every order leaves from IL, PA, GA or CA under the same 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns cover described above.