251 & 250 Toner Cartridges Question

[James E]

Working with Pixma iX6820...
Does Canon offer bundles with high yeild toner cartridges of 251 black & cyan &, magenta & yellow and 250 PGBK black?
Usually buy from Stables for under warranty printer so only use branded Canon toner.
Thanks in advance for the courtesy of any help available from the forum members.
Jim

 

[PeterBJ]

The Canon Pixma iX6820 is an inkjet printer and uses ink cartridges, not toner cartridges. You could try googling canon cli-251xl followed by bundle, multi pack or value pack. That will find several offers, both OEM and aftermarket.

 

[James E]

Thanks PeterBJ for your reply and The Hat for your thumbs up to the thread.

After searching and searching I find high yield ink cartridges [250 & 251] for my printer bundled and cheap, but only in non-Canon ink products. I think the best I can do buying high yield [XL] Canon ink cartridges is cyan, magenta and yellow all XL in one bundle, then black XL cartridge alone and PGBK XL alone or two PGBK in a bundle [2 cartridges]. Did I get this right or have I missed the mark here?

Using non Canon inks appears to be a mixed bag from my reading of the community forum on the Canon website.
Has that been the common experience for Canon users here?
Thanks... Jim

 

[PeterBJ]

Canon OEM inks are the best but also most expensive. Used with OEM photo paper they are much more fading resistant than aftermarket inks. So if you sell your prints it is recommended to use OEM inks and photo paper.

Some aftermarket cartridges are OK, but others have problems with ink starvation or leakage, so buying aftermarket cartridges is a gamble.

Canon OEM cartridges are high build quality and better suited for refill than aftermarket cartridges. There are refill inks available that are a very good colour match to Canon OEM, but the fading resistance is less.

Many forum members refill Canon OEM cartridges with a good quality refill ink. For most of the Canon cartridges a resetter is available, so the printer sees the refilled cartridge as a new OEM cartridge. The cost of refilling a cartridge is maybe 20% of the cost of a new OEM cartridge.

The above is my personal opinion, but I think it is shared by many forum members.

Here is a two pack of Canon PGI-250XL, maybe Canon still offers this?