Canon PIXMA G4270
Canon PIXMA G4270 GI-21 Ink Bottles
The Canon PIXMA G4270 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.
On the G4270 the workload rarely sits in one lane for long: a contract in the morning, a photo sheet after lunch. That constant switching makes ink the cost worth watching, and compatible GI-21 bottles lower it while holding the same rated output per bottle.
Stocking ink gets simpler with this generation. The G3270 and G4280 models carry the same tanks as the G1220, so one supply of bottles serves older and newer machines alike, and eleven PIXMA G models in total share this single family, the widest compatibility of any MegaTank generation.
Which ink should you buy for the PIXMA G4270?
- Compatible Canon GI-21 Black Ink Bottle — $19.49 — black for the document side of a mixed workload, about 6,000 pages from the 170 ml bottle.
- Compatible Canon GI-21 Cyan Ink Bottle — $14.99 — cyan alone to keep photo blues clean, about 7,700 pages from 70 ml.
- Compatible Canon GI-21 Magenta Ink Bottle — $14.99 — a solo magenta bottle for rich reds in pictures and graphics, about 7,700 pages.
- Compatible Canon GI-21 Yellow Ink Bottle — $14.99 — yellow by itself for vivid highlights across color jobs, about 7,700 pages.
- Compatible Canon GI-21 Set of 4 BCMY Ink Bottles — $53.94 — the four-color refresh in one carton, ready when documents and photos have drained every tank.
- Compatible Canon GI-21 Set of 10 4 Black 2 Cyan 2 Magenta 2 Yellow Ink Bottles — $127.35 — the deep-stock box, four black with two each of the colors, for homes that print every day.
Refilling and everyday use
A printer that jumps between documents and photos all week asks for routine, not fuss. Never let a tank run completely dry before you refill it, keep the G4270 sitting level so its level readings stay honest, and print often enough that ink keeps moving through the head. Store the next bottles capped and upright, and know that the lifetime warranty covers any bottle that leaks or under-fills.
More printers
Other printers that take the same ink: Canon PIXMA G1220, Canon PIXMA G1230, Canon PIXMA G2260, Canon PIXMA G2270, Canon PIXMA G3260, Canon PIXMA G3262, Canon PIXMA G3270, Canon PIXMA G3272, Canon PIXMA G3290, Canon PIXMA G4280.