Frequently Asked Questions
Why do prints lose their blue edge long before the black text looks tired?
Because cyan does quiet work in far more places than the obvious blue boxes. It cools grey backgrounds, deepens greens, and gives photographs their sky and water. When the 106R02599 starts running low, black lettering still prints sharply, yet charts look warmer, greens drift toward yellow, and a company blue turns oddly purple. That colour shift, while text stays clean, is the earliest sign this cartridge is the one asking for attention.
What does $76.92 break down to across the rated yield?
Divided over 4,500 pages, this single cyan cartridge works out to about 1.71 cents per page for cyan toner. That maths assumes the standard light coverage behind the rating, so a run of full-page colour photographs will spend it faster, while ordinary office documents with a logo, headings and the occasional chart tend to land much closer to the figure.
How will you know this cartridge, and not another colour, is behind a faded page?
Print a page that carries one solid block of pure cyan alongside blocks of the other colours. If the cyan block alone comes out pale, streaked or uneven while the rest look solid, the evidence points at the 106R02599 in the cyan bay. If every colour looks washed out together, the cause is more likely a setting or the paper than a single cartridge.
Which printer was the 106R02599 made for?
One platform only: the Phaser 7100. This listing is its cyan cartridge, sold on its own as a single unit. Matching the supply number on the cartridge you remove to 106R02599 before you order is the surest check, since the four colours in this machine each carry a different number and look alike at a glance.
Is it worth keeping a spare cyan ready instead of ordering at the warning?
For a printer that handles colour work other people are waiting on, yes. Cyan rarely announces an empty bay on a quiet afternoon; it tends to give out halfway through the presentation, proposal or photo set that prompted the job. A sealed spare kept flat, at room temperature and out of direct sunlight turns that moment into a short swap instead of a paused deadline.
What backing does this cartridge carry after it arrives?
It is covered by a 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns, with the details set out on our shipping and returns page. Orders ship from our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA, support is available Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST, and you can see the wider range on our Xerox toner page.
About This 106R02599 Cyan Cartridge
This is a single compatible cyan toner cartridge for the Phaser 7100, priced at $76.92 and rated at up to 4,500 pages — roughly 1.71 cents a page for the colour that holds up the blues, greens and skies in everyday colour printing. It suits the office that replaces colours one at a time as each bay runs down, rather than changing a full set on someone else's schedule: order the 106R02599, keep it sealed until the cyan bay asks, and let the other cartridges finish the life left in them.
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