Canon PIXMA TS6420

Canon PIXMA TS6420 Ink — PG-260 / CL-261

The PIXMA TS6420 is a compact wireless home all-in-one — the current TS shape, small footprint, phone-first printing, and it runs on the PG-260 / CL-261 FINE family: PG-260 black (up to 180 pages; no compatible cartridge sold for this code yet); PG-260XL black (up to 400 pages, $34.49); CL-261 tri-color (up to 180 pages; no compatible cartridge sold for this code yet); CL-261XL tri-color (up to 300 pages, $38.99). Every cartridge listed here is a Clever Supplies compatible, filled to the genuine specification and covered by our Lifetime Warranty.

Ask a TS6420 which cartridge it needs next and the answer is usually black. Home printing runs in bursts, homework, tickets and the odd photo, and black absorbs most of that work while the tri-color side fades slowly behind it. The working replacements here are the XL fills, since no compatible standard PG-260 or CL-261 is sold yet. Ownership stays plain: two FINE cartridges, a fresh printhead inside each, and a machine left idle will typically return with a cartridge change rather than a repair. Reorder strictly by PG-260 / CL-261; neighboring Canon families may share the shape, but not the code or chip, and will not be recognized.

Which PG-260 / CL-261 should you buy?

Only the black slot is empty: the PG-260XL Black Ink Cartridge ($34.49) goes into the PG-260XL slot by itself — up to 400 pages of everyday pages before black runs low again.
Only the color slot is empty: the CL-261XL Tri-Color Ink Cartridge ($38.99) slots into the CL-261XL position by itself — up to 300 pages before the slower color side runs low again.
Spares in the right ratio: the PG-260XL CL-261XL Ink Cartridges Set of 5 ($172.50) holds extra black alongside color, matching the way this machine consumes ink.
When both lights show: the PG-260XL CL-261XL Ink Cartridges Set of 2 ($71.97) renews both positions in a single order — what to order when the two sides finish together.

Chip, ink and everyday use

For the TS6420, the useful habit is to replace the side that is actually low, not both out of routine. A new compatible chip in every cartridge lets the printer read levels normally and warn before a cartridge runs dry. Black is pigment, made for sharp, smudge-resistant text, and tri-color is dye for bright photo color, so paperwork and photos draw the two sides down at different rates. On FINE printers the printhead lives inside the cartridge, so a fresh cartridge is also a fresh printhead and clears streaks and gaps that cleaning cycles leave behind. Keep spares sealed until install day; an opened FINE cartridge can dry at the nozzle plate.