Canon PIXMA G3260

Canon PIXMA G3260 GI-21 Ink Bottles

The Canon PIXMA G3260 is a MegaTank refill-tank printer that prints with GI-21 Black (170 ml, about 6,000 pages), GI-21 Cyan (70 ml, about 7,700 pages), GI-21 Magenta (70 ml, about 7,700 pages), GI-21 Yellow (70 ml, about 7,700 pages). Clever Supplies compatible versions are filled to the original specification and carry a lifetime warranty.

For the PIXMA G3260, the work mix shows up in the tanks: black falls fastest under document printing, while the three color tanks fall together under photo and graphics pages. As a MegaTank refill-tank printer, it asks for the bottle that matches the tank that is low, and nothing more. Check the code on your current bottle before ordering.

Compatibility, not yield, is the headline for this bottle family. Later printers in the range, the G3270 and G4280 generation, carry the same tanks as the G1220, so one bottle stock serves old and new machines alike. In total, eleven PIXMA G models share this one bottle family — the widest compatibility of any MegaTank generation.

Which ink should you buy for the PIXMA G3260?

The black tank bottle: the Compatible Canon GI-21 Black Ink Bottle — $19.49 — the black bottle your document runs draw down fastest, topped up separately from the colors.
Cyan, blues and greens: the Compatible Canon GI-21 Cyan Ink Bottle — $14.99 — the cyan color your graphics use for clean blue and green tones, swapped in by itself.
Magenta, reds and pinks: the Compatible Canon GI-21 Magenta Ink Bottle — $14.99 — the magenta color your pages use for vivid reds and pinks, swapped in by itself.
Yellow, sunny tones first: the Compatible Canon GI-21 Yellow Ink Bottle — $14.99 — the yellow color your graphics use for sunny shades and warm mixes, swapped in by itself.
All four tanks, one box: the Compatible Canon GI-21 Set of 4 BCMY Ink Bottles — $53.94 — four bottles covering black and the three colors, bought when every tank is running low.
Ten bottles, black-weighted: the Compatible Canon GI-21 Set of 10 4 Black 2 Cyan 2 Magenta 2 Yellow Ink Bottles — $127.35 — ten bottles built around black, with paired spares of the three colors for mixed use.

Refilling and everyday use

Top up by tank, not by job. A bottle that fits only its own tank makes a refill hard to get wrong on the G3260: uncap the tank, seat the bottle, wait for the level line, done. Do not mix colors or top a tank with a different GI family — the formulations differ, and the keying exists for that reason. When a refill leaves the level sensor confused, run the printer's ink flush or level reset from its maintenance menu.