Frequently Asked Questions
Why would anyone buy two cyan cartridges in one box?
Because on a tabloid-capable machine, cyan rarely fails at a convenient moment. It is the cartridge behind every blue header, every sky, every green chart — the color work that cannot simply be skipped until a replacement arrives. This two-pack of 106R02602 keeps a twin on the shelf, so the day the installed unit runs dry, the job finishes on the second cartridge instead of waiting on a delivery.
How many pages does this pack actually hold?
Each 106R02602 cartridge is rated at 4,500 pages, so the two cartridges in this box carry 9,000 pages of printing between them — that figure is the combined total of both units, not the rating of a single cartridge. At $123.53 for the pack, you are paying $61.77 per cartridge, which works out to roughly 1.37 cents per printed page across the pair.
The first cartridge just ran out mid-print-run — what happens now?
You swap in the second cartridge from this same pack and carry on. Both units are identical 106R02602 cartridges, so there is nothing to configure and no second order to place while a deadline waits. The sensible habit is to reorder when the shelf spare goes into the machine, so the backup position is never left empty for long.
Will the second cartridge still be fresh when I finally open it?
Yes. Toner is a dry powder, not a liquid, so a sealed cartridge does not dry out or lose its rated life sitting in a cupboard. Keep the box flat, in a cool dry spot away from sunlight and radiators, and the spare you install months from now delivers the same 4,500 pages as the first one did.
How do I tell it is the cyan giving up, and not something else?
Watch the blues and greens. When cyan thins out, blues drift toward purple, greens turn muddy, and gradient skies start to band — while black text on the same page stays crisp. That combination points at the cyan cartridge every time, and a fresh 106R02602 is the fix.
What protection covers a two-pack like this?
Both cartridges are backed by a 1-year warranty, and returns stay free for a full year if a cartridge is not right for your machine — the full details are on our shipping and returns page. Orders leave from our Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California warehouses, and support answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
About This Xerox 106R02602 Cyan Toner Cartridge 2 Pack
Sold by its code, this is a two-cartridge pack of the 106R02602 cyan for the Phaser 7100 family, including the 7100N and 7100DN: two units at $61.77 each, $123.53 for the pack, each rated at 4,500 pages for 9,000 pages of combined capacity. It is the buy-ahead option for offices whose color work cannot pause. Browse the wider range on our Xerox page.
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