Canon PG-275/CL-276 Ink Cartridges

Canon PG-275 / CL-276 Ink Cartridges

The PG-275 / CL-276 family is the current budget FINE generation of the TS3520 / TS3720 / TR4720. Its shelf: PG-275 black (up to 100 pages; no compatible cartridge sold for this code yet); PG-275XL black (up to 300 pages, $32.99); CL-276 tri-color (up to 100 pages; no compatible cartridge sold for this code yet); CL-276XL tri-color (up to 300 pages, $35.99). It serves 6 printers, and every cartridge on this page is a Clever Supplies compatible covered by our Lifetime Warranty.

A current budget FINE printer earns its keep on a mixed desk — homework documents, the odd photo, color pages in between — and its two slots are arranged for exactly that: a pigment black and a tri-color. The printhead is built into the cartridge, so each change renews the printhead and clears the streaks cleaning cycles leave behind. Replacement is a two-minute job with no tools, and standard and high-capacity tiers share the same slots wherever Canon offered both.

Which PG-275 / CL-276 should you buy?

Black XL, on its own: the PG-275XL Black Ink Cartridge ($32.99) triples the standard black fill in the document slot with the PG-275XL high-capacity cartridge — up to 300 pages.
Color XL, on its own: the CL-276XL Tri-Color Ink Cartridge ($35.99) triples the standard color fill with the CL-276XL high-capacity cartridge — up to 300 pages for photos and color work.
Stock up: the PG-275XL CL-276XL Ink Cartridges Set of 5 ($157.43) keeps spares on the shelf in the black-heavy mix these printers actually use.
Both positions at once: the PG-275XL CL-276XL Ink Cartridges Set of 2 ($65.97) replaces black and color together — the right move when both lights are on.

Chip, ink and everyday use

A new compatible chip in every cartridge keeps the ink monitor honest on these budget models. The two slots run different inks for different jobs — pigment in the black position, giving documents their crisp, highlighter-resistant edge, and dye in the tri-color position, giving photos their color. 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.