Canon PG-210 Black Cartridge (2974B001)

Price : $13.88

Customer Reviews

Thank goodness the Third Party sellers are coming out with cheaper ink cartridges. I doubt they are OEM, but would be pleasantly surprised if they are.
Anyway I just installed a new PG-210 black ink cart. after the original one ran dry in about a month of owning my new MP-240 printer. Not a lot of printed pages but it's history. Today I printed up some tax forms w/the replacement cart. and it's already 1/3 down. The Color cart. is about 1/2 down. Such is life I guess.
Per Canon tech support, the Black XL sizes give you almost 100% more pages for about 40% more price, but decidedly less for Color XL:
Below is the ink yield information for the PIXMA MP240 cartridges:
PG-210: 220 pages1, CL-211: 244 pages 1
PG-210: 2760 pages2, CL-211: 97 pages 2
PG-210XL: 401 pages1, CL-211XL: 349 pages 1
PG-210XL: 5205 pages2, CL-211XL: 144 pages 2
1 Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. Values
obtained by continuous printing
2 When printing Canon standard patterns continuously with the default
settings of testing paper using Windows Vista printer driver in
borderless printing mode and Windows Vista Home Premium Photo Gallery.
Declared yield value determined based on Canon standard method referring
to ISO/IEC 24711

I feel that the cartridge went dry much too quickly, especially when you consider how much these things cost. But that is the deal, buy the printer for a reasonable price and get shafted on the cartridges. I guess this is why so many people simply buy cartridge ink refill kits and just refill the old cartridge. I think Canon would be wiser to make their own product more reasonably priced. I am sure they do market research and figure at what point they lose market share on refill kits. Having said all this, I am happy with the printer itself.
I am updating this review. I have now gone through one more of these cartridges. Someone said you are supposed to get about 220 pages out of it. I only print for school and have in my notebook all the pages I have ever printed out for the last cartridge save, at most, 5 pages. They don't come anywhere near this number. I would say it is about 120-150 pages tops. Above I said I was happy with the printer. However, I am no longer happy with a company that thinks taking advantage of its customers is acceptable and therefore I am no longer happy with the printer. I would now tell you to not buy this printer and only buy refill kits if you already have one. I just bought one from Fry's and it is working fine. Canon can take a flying leap.

Product Description

Canon PG-210 cartridge is for exceptional quality and remarkable durability. It is available in black.

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 3.3 x 2.1 x 5.4 inches ; 2.1 ounces
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
ASIN: B001DJ6CD6
Item model number: 2974B001