SKU:

106R01630

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R01630

Ink Color:

Black

Page Yield:

2,000 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why has our black text started to look gray instead of properly black?

On a text-heavy machine, that fade is the clearest early sign this cartridge is running down. The 106R01630 carries every letter, number and barcode the printer puts down, so as its toner thins, body text loses density first: paragraphs turn charcoal-gray, small print and table rules look wispy at the edges, and fine lines in a spreadsheet break up. Color charts on the same page can still look cheerful, because those come from separate cartridges — judge the health of the black supply by the sharpness of ordinary text, not by a colourful test image.

How should we read the 2,000-page yield on a cartridge this small?

Read it as a benchmark measured at 5% page coverage, not as a promise for your desk. That test page is a light business letter, and black does almost all of the work on real office pages, so this black cartridge works far harder than any single color supply in the same machine. At $29.92 for a 2,000-page rating, the maths works out to about 1.5 cents per page at that standard coverage — noticeably better value than the color cartridges in this platform, which is exactly what you would expect from the one supply your printer reaches for on nearly every job.

Does double-sided printing use less toner from this cartridge?

It saves paper, not toner per printed side. A two-sided letter still puts the same amount of black on each face of the sheet — two printed sides use roughly the toner of two single pages, because it is the inked area that counts, not the number of sheets passing through. Where duplex does help this cartridge indirectly is in a busy small office: fewer loose sheets to handle and reprint when a long report is collated wrong. If you want a genuine toner saving on drafts, pair duplex with a draft or toner-save setting for internal copies and keep full quality for anything leaving the building.

What sort of pages drain this black cartridge fastest?

Anything that paints large areas black. Dense report covers, solid black chart backgrounds, bold presentation slides printed as handouts, photocopied forms with heavy shading and pages of thick headline type all use multiples of the toner on a normal letter. A week of those can move the level on this compact cartridge in a way a month of correspondence never would. If fading appears first on those heavy pages while plain letters still look acceptable, the supply is genuinely nearing its end rather than faulty — heavy coverage simply shows low toner earliest.

Which printers does this black cartridge fit?

The Phaser 6000, Phaser 6010 and Phaser 6010N printers, and the WorkCentre 6015, WorkCentre 6015V/B and WorkCentre 6015V/N multifunction models.

What guarantee and delivery cover does it come with?

It is backed by a 1-year warranty, with 1-year free returns included; the full wording is on our shipping and returns page. Orders ship from warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, and if text quality still looks off after fitting a replacement, our support team is available Monday to Friday, 9 AM–5 PM CST to help you work through it.

About This 106R01630 Black Cartridge

A single compatible 106R01630 black toner cartridge at $29.92, rated at 2,000 pages — about 1.5 cents per page at standard coverage. Black is the workhorse supply in these compact small-office machines: it prints the letters, invoices, labels and reports that make up most of the working week, which is why this cartridge is rated at twice the capacity of the color supplies for the same platform while staying at a modest replacement price. Kept as the text cartridge for the printers listed above, it keeps everyday documents crisp and dark without paying for capacity this class of machine does not need. See the wider range on our Xerox toner page.