How much ink is in my Canon cartridge? What is the difference between PG-243 CL-244 and PG-245 CL-246 for Canon Pixma Printer?
- By BCH Technologies
- On Mar 16, 2018
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Canon is about the only remaining company who is still frank about how much ink it puts into a cartridge. Companies such as HP and Epson use “page yield,” which is the estimated number of pages printed with their ink. There are two kinds of integrated Canon cartridges: short and tall. The measurement is from the top to the base of a cartridge (see video below). If your model is not listed (international models), you can measure the cartridge and decide.
For the color cartridge, the volume magenta is a little different than the other two colors, but it doesn’t matter too much. Therefore, we divided the total volume of color cartridges by three.
A spongeless cartridge can utilize the entire inside of a cartridge. For example, if we have a PG-210 (9.0 ml), we will estimate it can print 225 pages of documents (25 x 9). If we convert it into a spongeless cartridge, it will be able to print 562 pages (25 x 22.5). Detailed instructions on how to make spongeless cartridge can be found here [link].
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Short |
Tall |
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PG-210, PG-243, PG-245 |
CL-211, CL-244, CL-246 |
PG-40, PG-240, PG-260 |
CL-41, CL-241 |
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Ink Type |
Pigment Black |
Dye Color (each color) |
Pigment Black |
Dye Color (each color) |
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Volume |
non-XL:
XL:
Spongeless: 22.5 ml |
non-XL:
XL:
Spongeless: 6.5 ml |
non-XL:
XL:
Spongeless: 33.5 ml |
non-XL:
XL:
Spongeless: 9 ml |
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Volume without Sponge |
22.5 ml |
6.5 ml (each) |
33.5 ml |
Magenta: 9 ml Cyan/Yellow: 9.5 ml |
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Suggest Refill Volume |
8.0 ml for non-XL * 10 ml for XL 20 ml for Spongeless |
3 ml for non-XL * 4 ml for XL 6.5 ml for Spongeless |
8 ml for non-XL* 10 ml for XL 33 ml for Spongeless |
3 ml for non-XL* 5 ml for XL 9 ml for Spongeless |
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* PG-243/CL-244’s are the starter cartridges, and each comes with a new printer. They have the same physical shape as 245/246. Refill them the same way as 245/246. |
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** The non-XL cartridges will have a thinner sponge. You cannot overfill them and make them into XL cartridges. If you overfill them, the ink will run out. |
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Pages printed with 1 ml of ink |
Black: 25 (Document) 130 (Photo) |
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