SKU:

CLS-Canon-118-Y

Printer Brand:

Canon

OEM Number:

2659B001AA

Ink Color:

Yellow

Page Yield:

Colors: 2,900

Printer Type:

Laser Cartridge

Condition:

New Compatible

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did our prints quietly turn cold and bluish before any warning appeared?

That is the classic signature of yellow running out, and it fools almost everyone. Yellow is the lightest toner in the machine, so as it fades the eye barely registers the change page by page — until one day the company green prints blue, skin tones look pale and cold, and a yellow highlight has vanished entirely. Because yellow partners with cyan to make every green, its absence bends the whole palette toward blue. If your black text is crisp and only the color balance has drifted cold, this Canon 118 yellow cartridge (2659B001AA) is the first place to look, not the printer.

How can I confirm yellow is really the empty one before ordering?

Print the machine's color test or gradation page and read the blocks one by one. Each color prints its own strip: if the yellow strip comes out faint, broken or missing while cyan and magenta print solid, you have your answer in thirty seconds. A second tell is a page with a known green — a logo or chart you have printed before. Green that has shifted unmistakably blue, with everything else unchanged, points at yellow rather than cyan.

Which printers does the Canon 118 yellow cartridge fit?

This yellow, part number 2659B001AA, belongs to the Canon 118 family and serves its imageCLASS color machines — among them the ImageClass MF8350CDN, MF8380, MF8380CDW, MF8580CDW and MF8330 models, plus the LBP7200CDN and LBP7660CDN printers. Your machine's supply list is the authority: if it names the Canon 118 in yellow, or shows 2659B001AA, this is the cartridge for the yellow slot. The colors in this family are color-specific, so a yellow cannot stand in for any other slot.

How far does a 2,900-page yellow rating really go?

Further than most people expect, and it depends entirely on what you print. Yellow is a supporting color in most office documents — a highlight here, a chart segment there — so in a letters-and-reports office this cartridge can outlast the cyan and magenta beside it. In a photo-heavy or marketing office it is consumed much faster, because warm tones and greens draw on it constantly. The 2,900-page rating at 5% coverage is the common yardstick; your real mileage will land either side of it depending on how much warm color your pages carry.

What does yellow coverage cost per page?

At $43.30 for 2,900 rated pages, this Canon 118 yellow works out to about 1.49 cents per page at standard coverage — the same figure as its cyan and magenta partners bought singly. Where offices save is on the bundle: inside the 3-color set, each cartridge drops to $30.98. If yellow is the only color that has faded, the single is the right spend. If the test page showed all three colors looking tired, the set is the honest recommendation.

What protection comes with this cartridge?

A 1-year warranty against defects, and 1-year free returns if it does not perform as it should — the same cover we put behind every cartridge we sell. You can read the full terms on our shipping and returns page, and our support team is on hand Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM CST if you want help confirming the diagnosis before you order. Replacing a fading yellow is a small, reversible decision, and the cover is there to keep it that way.

About This Yellow Cartridge

This is a single compatible Canon 118 yellow toner cartridge, part number 2659B001AA, rated for up to 2,900 pages and made for the imageCLASS color printers and multifunction machines on the 118 platform. It ships from one of our four US warehouses — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Georgia or California — so it reaches you in days, not weeks, and it carries our 1-year warranty and 1-year free returns. The matching cyan, magenta and black cartridges, plus the 3-color and 6-color sets, are all listed on our Canon toner page.