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Canon BCI-3e Ink Cartridges

This page covers the BCI-3e family for 20 Canon printers: BCI-3e Yellow (about 340 pages), BCI-3e Black (about 420 pages), BCI-3e Cyan (about 340 pages), BCI-3e Magenta (about 340 pages), BCI-3e Photo Black (about 340 pages), BCI-3e Photo Cyan (about 340 pages), BCI-3e Photo Magenta (about 340 pages). Every Clever Supplies version is filled to the original specification and covered by a lifetime warranty.

The BCI-3e family served a long line of Canon desktop printers from the early 2000s — BJC, S and i Series models and several MultiPASS all-in-ones. One caution: printers in the BCI-6 list below also accept the BCI-3e pigment black for text, but their color slots take BCI-6, not BCI-3e colors.

Which BCI-3e should you buy?

Compatible Canon BCI-3e Yellow Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the yellow color slot, swapped alone when yellow runs low first.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Black Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the black slot for everyday documents on BCI-3e machines.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Cyan Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the cyan color slot, replaced on its own when blues fade.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Magenta Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the magenta color slot, replaced on its own when reds fade.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Photo Black Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the photo black slot for darker photo shading.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Photo Cyan Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the photo cyan slot for lighter blue gradations in prints.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Photo Magenta Ink Cartridge — $8.99 — the photo magenta slot for softer pink and portrait tones.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Set of 10 Ink Cartridges — $44.99 — a ten-cartridge reserve for owners who print often.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Set of 15 6 Black 3 Cyan 3 Magenta 3 Yellow Ink Cartridges — $67.28 — the fifteen-cartridge bulk box with extra black, cyan, magenta and yellow.
Compatible Canon BCI-3e Set of 5 2 Black 1 Cyan 1 Magenta 1 Yellow Ink Cartridges — $29.93 — a five-cartridge starter box with two black and one each of cyan, magenta and yellow.

Ink and everyday use

Keeping BCI-3e printers alive is straightforward because the tank doubles as the sensor, and nothing digital sits between a fresh cartridge and a working machine. Swap the tank when the printer flags it low, keep the printer dust-free, and print every few weeks so the heads stay wet. Spare tanks store well sealed at room temperature, and the lifetime warranty covers a tank that ever leaks or underperforms.