Frequently Asked Questions
Is a 13,000-page cartridge the right size for a department that does not print all day?
For many offices, yes. The 106R01533 is the standard-capacity black cartridge for this platform, and that sizing suits a department printer that handles a steady but not relentless load. At 500 pages a month, the rating stretches to roughly 26 months. At 1,000 pages a month, it is about 13 months, and even at 2,000 pages a month you are looking at around six and a half months between changes. If your Phaser 4600 mostly turns out correspondence, invoices and short reports rather than all-day production runs, this capacity keeps a spare from sitting on the shelf for years while still giving you a long interval before the next swap.
What does the $92.55 price come to on a per-page basis?
Dividing the price by the rated yield gives about 0.71 cents per page — $92.55 across 13,000 pages. That figure uses the standard 5% coverage rating, so it is a comparison number rather than a promise for every job. It is useful because it puts this cartridge on the same footing as any other cartridge rated the same way: lower cents per page means the toner itself costs less for the same printed page, before paper and the printer itself enter the picture.
Will dense manuals and report packs use up the rating faster than memos?
Yes, noticeably. The 13,000-page rating assumes an average page covered lightly with text. A manual page packed with tables, shaded boxes and bold headings lays down far more toner, so the same cartridge will deliver fewer of those pages. A month heavy with year-end reports or training packs can therefore shorten the interval you calculated from memos alone. The rating has not changed — the pages themselves are simply more expensive in toner.
My prints have a repeating mark down the page — is that the cartridge?
It can be. A mark that repeats at a regular distance as the page travels through the printer often points to a spot or nick on the cartridge drum surface inside the unit. Try a known-good spare if you have one: if the repeating mark disappears with the swap, the original cartridge was the source. If the mark stays in exactly the same place with a different cartridge fitted, the cause lies in the printer instead, and changing toner again will not clear it.
Which Phaser printers was the 106R01533 made for?
This cartridge was made for the Phaser workgroup platform covered here: the Phaser 4600 named above, the Phaser 4620 and the Phaser 4622DN. All three take the same 106R01533 design, so an office running more than one of these models can hold one cartridge type for all of them instead of stocking a separate supply for each machine.
If this cartridge lets me down, what cover do I have?
You are covered on two fronts: a 1-year warranty if the cartridge proves defective, and 1-year free returns if it does not perform as it should. That means trying this compatible 106R01533 does not leave you carrying the cost of a bad unit. The details are set out on our shipping and returns page, and if you would rather discuss a print problem first, support is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
About This Standard-Capacity Cartridge
What you are ordering here is one compatible Xerox 106R01533 black toner cartridge on its own — a single standard-capacity unit rated at 13,000 pages and priced at $92.55, about 0.71 cents per rated page. It is a practical fit for a Phaser 4600, 4620 or 4622DN that serves a team without running flat out all day, and because all three models share this cartridge, one spare on the shelf can cover any of them. Orders ship from our US warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, and this cartridge carries a 1-year warranty together with 1-year free returns. You can browse the wider range for these printers on our Xerox toner page.
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