Frequently Asked Questions
Why does this cyan cost $120.11 when the yellow and magenta are $72.13?
Straight answer, because it deserves one: in this CRG-111 family, the cyan is simply listed at a higher price than its partners. All three color cartridges carry the same 6,000-page rating, which puts this cyan at roughly 2.0 cents per page against about 1.20 cents for the yellow and magenta. There is no extra yield, no different rating and no hidden feature in this cartridge to account for the gap — it is where this particular cartridge sits in the range, and we would rather state that plainly than invent a justification. Your running-cost planning should use the real figure: cyan is the expensive channel on this platform.
What do I actually get for that price?
A cyan cartridge rated for up to 6,000 pages at the standard 5% coverage, built for the same machines and carrying the same warranty and returns cover as every other cartridge in the family. The rating matches its partners page for page, so a set of colors installed together will age on roughly the same horizon — the difference between this cartridge and its siblings is purely its listed price, not its capacity or the support behind it.
Which printers does the CRG-111 cyan fit?
The color machines on the CRG-111 platform: the ImageClass MF9150C, ImageClass MF9170C, ImageClass MF9220Cdn and ImageClass MF9280CDN multifunction printers, and the ImageRunner LBP5360. The supply list for those machines names this cartridge as the CRG-111 cyan, part number 1659B001AA. It serves the cyan slot alone; the magenta, yellow and black cartridges are separate units and are not affected when this one is changed.
Our blues and greens have gone grey and muddy — is cyan the fix?
Those are cyan's textbook symptoms. Cyan builds blue and green, and as it fades, skies grey out, greens go muddy and teal brand colors lose themselves, all while black text stays perfectly sharp. Run the machine's test page and read the cyan block on its own — pale or streaky there is confirmation. If the cyan block prints solid and even, look instead at the machine's calibration and the other colors before replacing a healthy cartridge.
Is there a cheaper way to buy this cyan?
Not within this cartridge's own listing — there is no multi-pack of the CRG-111 cyan here to soften the per-cartridge price the way there is for the black. What we can tell you honestly is where the money goes: at about 2.0 cents per page, cyan dominates the color running cost on this platform, so the savings available elsewhere in the family — the black 2-pack, for instance — are worth taking to offset it. We will not pretend a discount exists where it does not; the price of this cartridge is the price, stated up front.
What warranty and returns cover it?
The standard full cover: a 1-year warranty against defects and 1-year free returns if the cartridge does not perform as it should. A higher-priced cartridge deserves the same straightforward protection as any other, and it gets it. Full terms are on our shipping and returns page, and our support team answers Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST.
About This Cyan Cartridge
This is a single compatible Canon CRG-111 cyan toner cartridge, part number 1659B001AA, rated for up to 6,000 pages, for the ImageClass MF9150C, MF9170C, MF9220Cdn and MF9280CDN multifunction printers and the ImageRunner LBP5360. It ships from one of our four US warehouses in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California and is covered by our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The magenta, yellow and black cartridges for the same machines are on our Canon toner page.
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