Canon PG-240/CL-241 Ink Cartridges

Canon PG-240 / CL-241 Ink Cartridges

The PG-240 / CL-241 family is the FINE generation of the MG3620 / MX532 era — the family that added an XXL black tier. Its shelf: PG-240 black (up to 180 pages; no compatible cartridge sold for this code yet); PG-240XL black (up to 300 pages, $32.99); PG-240XXL black (up to 600 pages, $34.49); CL-241 tri-color (up to 180 pages, $34.49); CL-241XL tri-color (up to 400 pages, $35.99). It serves 23 printers, and every cartridge on this page is a Clever Supplies compatible covered by our Lifetime Warranty.

Two slots carry the whole workload here: pigment black for the document queue, tri-color for photos and color work. The FINE twist is that the printhead lives in the cartridge, not the printer — so each change renews the printhead and clears the streaks cleaning cycles leave behind. Replacement is a two-minute job with no tools. Tiers share the same slots wherever Canon offered both, which on this family runs three deep on the black side: standard, XL and the XXL tier this generation added.

Which PG-240 / CL-241 should you buy?

Black XL, on its own: the PG-240XL Black Ink Cartridge ($32.99) refills the document slot with the PG-240XL high-capacity fill — up to 300 pages of text work.
Black XXL, the longest fill: the PG-240XXL Black Ink Cartridge ($34.49) puts the PG-240XXL extra-high-capacity cartridge in the black slot — up to 600 pages before it runs dry.
Standard color, spent: the CL-241 Tri-Color Ink Cartridge ($34.49) restores the color slot on its own — up to 180 pages for photos and color pages.
Color XL, on its own: the CL-241XL Tri-Color Ink Cartridge ($35.99) steps the color slot up to the CL-241XL high-capacity fill — up to 400 pages per cartridge.
Stock the shelf: the PG-240XXL CL-241XL Ink Cartridges Set of 5 ($149.93) keeps spares on the shelf in the black-heavy mix these printers actually use.
Both positions at once: the PG-240XXL CL-241XL Ink Cartridges Set of 2 ($68.97) replaces black and color together — the right move when both lights are on.

Chip, ink and everyday use

Documents or photos, each position has its own ink: pigment in the black slot, with its crisp, highlighter-resistant edge, and dye in the tri-color slot for photo color. A new compatible chip in every cartridge keeps the ink monitor honest. And since the printhead is part of the cartridge on every FINE model, swapping a cartridge also swaps the printhead — the usual cure for missing lines on these machines. Keep the spare sealed in its pack until the day it goes in.