Canon PIXMA G1200

Canon PIXMA G1200 GI-290 Ink Bottles

The Canon PIXMA G1200 is a MegaTank refill-tank printer that prints with GI-290 Black (135 ml, about 6,000 pages), GI-290 Cyan (70 ml, about 7,000 pages), GI-290 Magenta (70 ml, about 7,000 pages), GI-290 Yellow (70 ml, about 7,000 pages). Clever Supplies compatible versions are filled to the original specification and carry a lifetime warranty.

A MegaTank refill-tank printer like the PIXMA G1200 stays in service on bottle economics: ink is almost the whole running cost, so the fill has to match. The compatible range below matches the original yields bottle for bottle, which means the saving comes from the price, not from smaller fills.

That 7,000-page color figure traces back to the G4210’s own Canon sheet; listings that quote the later families’ 7,700 pages for this printer are mistaken. The split is plain: the black bottle is pigment and holds 135 ml, while the color bottles are dye-based at 70 ml each.

Which ink should you buy for the PIXMA G1200?

Compatible Canon GI-290 Black Ink Bottle — $13.49 — usually the first bottle to run low.
Compatible Canon GI-290 Cyan Ink Bottle — $14.99 — tops up only the cyan tank, the 70 ml dye color bottle.
Compatible Canon GI-290 Magenta Ink Bottle — $14.99 — tops up only the magenta tank, also 70 ml like the other dye colors.
Compatible Canon GI-290 Yellow Ink Bottle — $14.99 — tops up only the yellow tank when that color is the one running low.
Compatible Canon GI-290 Set of 4 BCMY Ink Bottles — $47.94 — full restock in one box.

Refilling and everyday use

The print head is the part a MegaTank owner needs to protect, and the protection is routine. Refill before a tank runs completely dry, keep the printer on a level surface so the level readings stay honest, and print regularly enough that ink keeps moving through the head. Bottles store capped and upright for the next refill, and a bottle that leaks or under-fills is covered by the lifetime warranty.