Discount 2-Pack Non-OEM Ink Cartridge w/ Chip for Canon PGI-220BK Pixma

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I'm always a little paranoid about using non-OEM ink cartridges in my printers. I've had some real disasters in the past. That said, I've had one of these in my Canon MX860 for about 3 weeks now with no problems. I can't speak to duration of the ink yet but it seems to be lasting about the same as the OEM so far. I'll try the color cartridges next.

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[I have a new printer--a Canon MP640--and, ruefully, I forgot to follow my own advice. In 20 years of using non-OEM cartridges (i.e. "clones"), I've never experienced anything as bad as these PGI-220 black-ink splatterers. First, the cartridge began dripping on papers all over my desk, narrowly missing my white shirt. Then, since it was my last cartridge, I tried to install it. It didn't even "seat," or click, in its compartment--instead, it sort of balanced and teetered in the middle of the other cartridges. Lesson: even if you can't afford genuine Canon cartridges, spend a couple more bucks for a potentially better clone cartridge. Notice that these have an all-black label. The one that preceded it fit my machine and printed good copy--without emptying out in a couple of days. It had an all-white label. It's a game of exclusion, and I'll save you the trouble of ordering the pictured cartidges.}

[As I mentioned earlier, these will NOT fit the Canon Pixma MP610. Since writing the review, my newest gripes against the cartridge consist of: 1. constantly oscillating prices, with increases hidden in the postage of what formerly was a Prime order; 2. the lickety-split, rapid exhaustion of the cartridge during even moderate use. I always order a new cartridge at the moment I insert my last one in my Canon 560. Not fast enough for these 220 black clones. They've run dry on me in a matter of 2-3 days, leaving me without a printer for the long week-end.]

In its personalized box, Amazon assures me that this cartridge will fit my old, previous printer, the Canon MP610. Wrong, wrong, and by the 3rd time I KNEW Amazon was wrong. The cartridge indeed will fit the Canon MP560 and the Canon MP620, among others. It will NOT work with a Canon MP610.

Right fit or not, prepare yourself for the unpredictable when ordering a deeply discounted clone cartridge. For the most part, I've had good luck since, not all that long ago, non-oem cartridges for the aforementioned two printers finally became available. However, these PGI-220BK impostors (the thicker of the 2 black cartridges in the Canon system) were less successful. The first required so much priming (deep cleaning) that by the time it agreed to perform it had divested itself of half its contents. The 2nd behaved in an opposite manner--far from suffering from constipation it liberally drained a small pool of its contents on my newly pressed shirt before I had a chance to put it in its place.

If your luck is better than mine, be grateful; if it's worse, give it another shot. There are numerous dealers, and even with the same dealer a supply of cartridges can vary considerably from one batch to the next. If, after spending ten bucks, you're still batting a dismal .200, you might look for some different configurations (the 4 and 5 cartridge sets tend to be more consistent than the solo and duo packages) and consider setting your sights a bit higher (i.e. spending a bit more for a clone that's been made to feel like less of an orphan or black sheep). When all else fails, prepare to suck it up and go for the killer cartridge, the Black Widow / Black Swan 1-2 punch of genuine, OEM Canon cartridges.

Final consolation: I find that that spending more on better or, in some instances, premium cartridges "forces" me to print fewer gratuitous downloads (which I rarely read), saves the world a few more trees, and finally encourages a more prudent and resourceful use of personal time while at the darned machine.

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Even though it says they work with the MX870, neither of the two cartridges in the 2-pack I received worked with my Canon MX870; the printer didn't recognize them. I contacted customer service and they sent me a form to fill out and said to send the cartridges back. It's not worth returning them for replacements since it will cost me more in time, gas and postage than I paid for them. I'm ordering from betaInk from now on since the cartridges I've gotten from them DO work with my MX870.

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It's great to know you can save tons of money on overpriced ink cartrages aka "liquid gold" by buying this product... but you can notice subtle differences. I plan to buy these again, but I'm buying them knowing my photos are going to be about a 9 out of 10, instead of the 10 out of 10 they would be with the "real" canon ink cartrages.

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Leaked when I popped off the orange cap. Not a fast leak but it let out 2 or 3 drops before I got it put in. Good thing I didn't have it over the carpet. After I put it in the printer recognized it instantly. Printed a test page and it looked just fine. Will definitely buy again just beware that it may drip between opening and installing it in your printer. After it is installed it is sealed again and will not leak. Installed in a Canon MP560.