Canon

Canon Printer Ink Cartridges

Unlike almost all of the other printer manufacturers Canon has NEVER tried to combat the Generic cartridge industry. Although the sales of compatible cartridges would cost Canon millions of dollars annually in lost revenue they have still refrained from going down this path.

The Advantages of Canon Inkjet Printers

Canon printers also work brilliantly with Canon Generic Ink Cartridges. They almost never have compatibility issues and Canon never try to stop the use of compatible cartridges as do many of the other printers on the market do by constantly updating their firmware. 

As with all modern inkjet printers the life of the printhead is usually limited to around 2 years or so depending on how much use the printer gets. This is typical of most modern inkjet printers as they are made to a price to remain competitive.

What to look for when buying a Canon Inkjet Printer

We also recommend that you don't spend more than $100 or so on a printer as they rarely last more than a couple of years as even the more expensive printers still utilize the same fragile printheads which are almost always the first part of the printer to fail.

Many of the latest Canon printers are now using an extra Grey Canon cartridge making 6 cartridges in all. Although these are still good printers the extra Grey is really simply another way to extract a bit more money from the end user. For the average user the Grey cartridge will do nothing other than cost you more to replace it each time it runs out and you will see no noticeable difference in print quality.

Overall Canon Inkjet printers have always been the printers we have recommended to our customers as they are simply more reliable and cheaper to run without the headaches that other printers can cause. Often if you shop around you can find the superseded Canon printers out on special at JB HiFi or Big W for around half their retail price.