SKU:

106R01629

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R01629

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

1,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why can the yellow supply be nearly gone before anyone notices?

Yellow is the palest toner in the set, and that makes it the quietest one to fail. The 106R01629 lays down a color with very little contrast against white paper, so a page can still look broadly normal long after pale yellows have thinned out. The giveaway usually shows up in colors yellow helps to build: a lime chart bar slides toward blue-green, a golden heading loses its warmth, and a traffic-light graphic stops reading clearly. By the time plain yellow areas look washed out, the cartridge has normally been running low for a while.

What kind of test page actually reveals a weak yellow?

Skip a normal letter — black text tells you nothing about this cartridge. Print a sheet carrying solid blocks of mustard, gold, lime green and orange, then look at the mixed colors rather than the yellow block itself. Healthy output keeps lime unmistakably green and gold rich rather than pinkish. If the greens have turned cold and blue while the oranges have drifted toward red, yellow is the missing ingredient, even when a faint yellow patch is still visible on the page.

Do everyday pages use yellow even when no yellow stands out?

More often than most people expect. A printer mixes yellow into far more than obvious yellow objects: leaf greens, orange callouts, warm photographic skin, cream-tinted backgrounds and many muted business blues all depend on it in the background. That hidden workload is why this cartridge can empty during a week of reports and presentations that never seemed particularly yellow, and why a sudden change in familiar charts or a regular logo is often the first accurate low-toner signal you get.

Should I change it at the first low warning, or wait until the prints change?

Order at the warning, but change on the evidence. Waiting for visible proof works fine for internal drafts, yet the gap between a warning and a spoiled color run can be short in a busy week, because this is a 1,000-page cartridge feeding a compact machine. A sensible routine is to hold the replacement ready once the warning appears, finish routine paperwork on the old supply, and fit the new cartridge before anything customer-facing — a proposal, a handout or a set of color charts — goes through.

Which models was this yellow cartridge made for?

It was made for the Phaser 6000, Phaser 6010 and Phaser 6010N, together with the WorkCentre 6015, WorkCentre 6015V/B and WorkCentre 6015V/N.

How are orders sent out, and what protection backs this purchase?

Your cartridge is covered by a 1-year warranty, with 1-year free returns alongside it; the wording in full is on our shipping and returns page. Stock leaves from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, so delivery comes from whichever location serves you fastest. Questions about a faded test page or a replacement are handled by our support team Monday to Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST.

About This 106R01629 Yellow Cartridge

Priced at $29.92 as a single compatible cartridge, the 106R01629 yellow is rated for 1,000 pages, which works out to about 2.99 cents per page at standard coverage. Its job is easy to underestimate: yellow rarely takes center stage, yet it quietly underpins the greens, golds and oranges that make small-office color look finished rather than flat. Replacing this one cartridge on its own restores that foundation for the compact Phaser and WorkCentre machines above, without disturbing colors that still have life in them. The full selection sits on our Xerox toner page.