You get about 500ml of ink for the price of two OEM cartridges (5ml each). I refilled Canon PG-30/40/50 and HP 92 cartridges with this ink. I suspect that the ink will work with a wide variety of other cartridges as well, that use pigment-based ink. It is important to understand the capacity of your cartridges and not over fill them! Most cartridges have a sponge-like material inside to hold the ink. Over-filling will over-saturate the sponge and cause massive leaks and drips and will make a big mess. It is best to wait until the cartridge is near empty (inconsistent printing) and refill immediately to only about 90% capacity just to be safe. If you do over-fill and a leak develops, re-insert the syringe, suck out the excess ink and flip the cartrige over (upside down) momentarily to let the free-flowing ink, that is near the head, re-absorb into the sponge.
I've refilled the above cartridges with other generic dye-based inks which work well but this pigment-based ink is a world of difference.
Wash your refill tools quickly or the ink will dry making it difficult to rinse.
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I had 4 Canon printers get clogged by this ink: MP150, MX700, MX870 and now my MX882. The refills would work initially, but over time (6 mos or much less) this pigment black ink would clog up the printheads. With this latest (frustrating) clog of my PGI225 (for the MX882), I used some ink-solvents and then eventually poured through some heated distilled water to flush the printhead and fortunately was able to restore most of the print quality. It's still less than it was brand-new. I need to buy some more solvents, or try either isopropyl alcohol or 50/50 ammonia, or ... don't know what else I may try; maybe a longer soaking would help. For now, I actually switched to using dye-based black ink until I either find a more suitable black-pigment ink, or I break down and buy Canon pigment ink. (My color-dye refills are working fine).The specs for this ink say particles are
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