Canon PG-50/CL-51 Ink Cartridges

Canon PG-50 / CL-51 Ink Cartridges

The PG-50 / CL-51 family is the high-capacity counterpart of the PG-40 / CL-41 generation — same slots, bigger fill. Its shelf: PG-50 black (up to 510 pages, $26.99); CL-51 tri-color (up to 450 pages, $28.49). It serves 13 printers, and every cartridge on this page is a Clever Supplies compatible covered by our Lifetime Warranty.

This family is the high-capacity answer to the PG-40 / CL-41 generation: identical slots, roughly half again the fill. Printers listed for both pairs can run either — and can mix, with a PG-50 black beside a CL-41 color, for example. The mix set on this page (PG-50 black with CL-41 color) exists because that is how many owners actually replenish.

Which PG-50 / CL-51 should you buy?

Mixed spares, ready ahead: the PG-50 CL-41 Ink Cartridges Set of 5 ($173.93) keeps spares on the shelf in the black-heavy mix these printers actually use.
Black position empty: the PG-50 Black Ink Cartridge ($26.99) covers the black slot alone, at up to 510 pages from the bigger fill.
Color position empty: the CL-51 Tri-Color Ink Cartridge ($28.49) restores the tri-color slot alone, rated up to 450 pages.
Five-cartridge restock: the PG-50 CL-51 Ink Cartridges Set of 5 ($179.93) holds five high-capacity cartridges in the black-weighted mix owners of these printers go through first.
Both positions at once: the PG-50 CL-51 Ink Cartridges Set of 2 ($53.97) replaces black and color together — the right move when both lights are on.

Chip, ink and everyday use

On a PG-50 / CL-51 printer, a fresh cartridge is the fix that also renews the printhead, because in this FINE design the head lives inside the cartridge — which is why one fitting clears streaks and gaps that repeated cleaning cycles leave behind, without more ink spent on those cycles. Every cartridge carries a new compatible chip, so levels read normally and warn before a cartridge runs dry. Pigment black keeps text sharp and smudge-resistant; the dye tri-color carries bright photo color. Keep spares sealed until install day, since an opened FINE cartridge can dry at the nozzle plate.