SKU:

Xerox106R01083

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R01083

Ink Color:

High Yield Magenta

Page Yield:

7,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why has our red logo started coming out orange?

Because on a laser printer, red is not a color in its own right — it is mixed on the page from equal parts magenta and yellow. Magenta is the half of that recipe this 106R01083 supplies, so as the cartridge runs down, the yellow half keeps arriving at full strength while the magenta half thins out, and red slides toward orange. The same pages will show flawless black text and crisp blue headings, which is why a fading magenta cartridge so often gets misdiagnosed as a design or software problem. When reds and warm brand colors drift but everything else holds, magenta is where the fault lives.

Why do people in our printed photos look yellow and sallow?

Skin is one of the most magenta-dependent things a printer produces. Healthy skin tones are built from a careful stack of magenta over yellow, and the magenta layer is what keeps faces pink and alive. As this cartridge fades, the yellow underneath wins and faces take on a jaundiced, waxy cast — often the very first complaint a photo-heavy office notices, well before any low-toner warning appears. If headshots and brochure portraits have gone yellow while landscapes still look acceptable, the magenta supply is the one to replace.

Why does magenta seem to run out faster than the other colors here?

Look at what your office actually prints. Red is a two-cartridge color: every red heading, sale banner, warning label, chart series and "urgent" stamp spends magenta and yellow together, while a blue page mostly spends cyan alone. Workplaces with red-heavy documents — retail signage, real-estate flyers, safety notices, marketing one-pagers — therefore tax magenta on nearly every sheet. Add the warm tones in ordinary photographs, and magenta simply gets drawn on more often than its neighbours in that kind of workload. Finishing first is a workload signature, not a leak.

What does the 7,000-page rating mean for a color that works this hard?

Yields are measured on the standard test document at roughly 5% page coverage, and magenta rarely enjoys coverage that light. A page carrying a solid red banner or a full-bleed warm photograph can spend several times the standard amount in a single pass, so a graphics-heavy month will land below the rating while a text-and-charts month comes closer to it. At $60.21, the rating works out to about 0.86 cents per page, and because this is the high-yield fill, you get that economy without the frequent swaps a smaller standard cartridge would demand.

How can I prove it is the magenta cartridge before I spend anything?

Print a test page with solid color patches from the printer's menu and study the magenta block: on a finishing cartridge it prints pale, banded or uneven while its neighbours stay dense. A second, very telling test is to print one page filled with a solid red rectangle. A healthy magenta supply gives you a true, deep red; a spent one gives you orange, because the yellow shows through unchecked. Either result points at the 106R01083 and nothing else — no other cartridge can fix a red that has lost its magenta half.

What cover and delivery come with this cartridge?

It is backed by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, so a cartridge that disappoints early goes back for a replacement or refund instead of becoming your problem. Orders leave from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, putting most addresses within a short transit, and our support team is on hand Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if you want a person to look at a print sample with you. Rates, timelines and the returns process are laid out on our shipping & returns page.

About This High-Yield Magenta Cartridge

Magenta is the warm half of everything your Phaser 6300 prints — every red, every skin tone, every sunset and autumn photograph depends on it — and this is the single compatible 106R01083 high-yield cartridge that feeds it, rated at 7,000 pages and priced at $60.21. Its failure mode is distinctive: not faint pages, but reds sliding orange and faces sliding yellow. Keeping one of these in the machine restores the whole warm side of the palette in a single swap. The wider Xerox range is browsable on the site, and every order ships from IL, PA, GA or CA under a 1-year warranty with 1-year free returns.