SKU:

106R02745-M

Printer Brand:

Xerox

OEM Number:

106R02745

Ink Color:

Magenta

Page Yield:

7,500 Pages

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Reds turning orange and purples turning blue — is magenta the cartridge to blame?

Very likely, yes. Magenta is the red half of every warm color the printer builds, so when the 106R02745 starts to run dry the symptoms point in a warm direction: reds slide toward orange, purples lose their red component and come out navy, and skin tones in photographs take on a cold, sickly cast — while blues, greens and black text still look completely normal. If only the warm side of the palette has drifted, this is the cartridge to look at first.

How can you stretch a magenta cartridge further on draft work?

Send internal drafts in grayscale. A page the driver renders in black only draws nothing from the magenta supply at all, so proofs, meeting handouts and mark-up copies can be printed all week without touching this cartridge. Save full color for the final version — on magenta-heavy material such as brochures, event flyers and branded covers, that one habit can add weeks to the working life of a high-yield unit rated at up to 7,500 pages.

Where should a spare cartridge be kept so it is ready when you need it?

Still sealed in its box, upright, in a cool dry cupboard away from direct sunlight and radiators. Kept that way, a spare 106R02745 waits patiently on the shelf until the current one fades, and having it in the building rather than in a delivery van is what turns a color outage into a two-minute swap. As a single-model supply there is no guesswork about where it belongs, either — it is stocked for one machine, the WorkCentre 6655.

After fitting a fresh cartridge, what should the very first page tell you?

Print something with a bold magenta or red block on it and look at the edges of that block. A healthy new cartridge lays the color down evenly corner to corner, with no pale banding, no white streaks and no speckled dusting of pink on the blank areas around it. If that first sheet is clean and solid, the job is done; if the warm colors still look washed out after a change, the problem sits elsewhere in the machine and is worth a call before you blame the new supply.

What does the high-yield rating work out to in cost per page?

This cartridge is $59.41 with a rating of up to 7,500 pages, which divides down to roughly 0.79 cents for every page at the standard 5% coverage test. Magenta consumption in a real office is lumpy rather than even — a run of red-branded covers or purple-accented reports pulls hard on this one color while a week of invoices barely touches it — so offices that print color in bursts get the clearest benefit from the larger capacity and the sub-cent page cost.

What happens if this cartridge arrives damaged or fails early?

Send it back on us. Every cartridge we sell is covered by a 1-year warranty, and returns stay free for a full year too, so a unit that turns up damaged or gives up long before its rating costs you nothing to return. The full wording sits on our shipping and returns page, and a person rather than a form is available if you prefer: our support team answers Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.

About This 106R02745 High Yield Magenta Toner Cartridge

Some cartridges in a color set are bought to a schedule; magenta is usually bought in a hurry, the moment a logo stops printing red. This compatible 106R02745 exists to break that pattern — a high-yield magenta at $59.41, good for up to 7,500 pages, priced low enough to keep a spare on the shelf instead of ordering in a panic when warm colors start to drift. It serves a single dedicated color platform, so the reorder decision is a simple one. Orders leave from whichever of our warehouses in IL, PA, GA and CA is closest to you, and the full range for the machine lives on our Xerox toner page.