SKU:

CS-CN-240-BKXL

Condition:

New Compatible

OEM Part #:

PG-240XL

Color:

Black

Ink Type:

Pigment

Page Yield:

Up to 300 pages (ISO/IEC 24711)

Chip:

Yes — new compatible chip; reports ink levels to the printer

Warranty:

Lifetime Warranty

Returns:

1-Year Free Returns

Frequently Asked Questions

Before anything else — how does the PG-240XL go in?

Start with the printer switched on and the cover raised, and wait until the carriage settles at the change position. Press the lock lever down and lift the spent cartridge free. Peel the protective tape and pull the cap off the new PG-240XL only at fitting time, keeping your fingers away from the nozzle plate and the gold contact strip. It belongs in the slot for its code — black on the left and color on the right on most of these models. Bring the lock lever down until it clicks, shut the cover, and give the printer a moment to charge the ink before the first page comes out.

What does a 300-page rating mean for my actual printing?

The PG-240XL is rated at up to 300 pages on the ISO/IEC 24711 test pattern, which is the figure Canon publishes for this cartridge. Treat it as a yardstick rather than a promise: coverage, paper choice and cleaning cycles all move the real number. A run of dense photo pages can cut it roughly in half, while plain text memos at modest coverage can carry it past the rating.

Which printers take this cartridge?

Any PIXMA built around the PG-240 and CL-241 pairing. The list opens with the Canon PIXMA TS5120; the MX office line covers the Canon PIXMA MX372, Canon PIXMA MX392, Canon PIXMA MX432, Canon PIXMA MX439, Canon PIXMA MX452, Canon PIXMA MX459, Canon PIXMA MX472, Canon PIXMA MX479, Canon PIXMA MX512, Canon PIXMA MX522, Canon PIXMA MX532; and the MG home range runs from the Canon PIXMA MG2120, Canon PIXMA MG2220, Canon PIXMA MG3120, Canon PIXMA MG3122, Canon PIXMA MG3220, Canon PIXMA MG3222, Canon PIXMA MG3520, Canon PIXMA MG3522, Canon PIXMA MG3620, Canon PIXMA MG4120, Canon PIXMA MG4220. The same list appears under Compatible Printers on this page. Before ordering, read the code printed on your own printer's cartridge door — Canon sells look-alike families whose shells resemble this one but carry different codes and chips, and those cartridges will not work here.

Cleaning cycles have not fixed my streaky output. Will a fresh cartridge?

Quite possibly, yes. On the FINE platform the printhead is not a fixture of the printer — it is built into the cartridge itself, and the ink is fired through nozzles in the cartridge body. Swapping the cartridge therefore swaps the printhead too. That is why the faded bands, gaps and missing lines that survive repeated cleanings so often vanish with a new cartridge, and why a printhead error message on these models normally points at the cartridge rather than at a service part.

Is this a pigment black or a dye black?

Pigment. Canon fills the PG-240XL with pigment ink, which rests on top of the paper fibers instead of soaking into them. Text stays crisp-edged, shrugs off water and survives a highlighter pass without smearing — exactly the behavior you want from documents. Photo color is the partner cartridge's job: the matching tri-color cartridge uses dye ink.

The printer is showing a cartridge recognition message. What should I try?

Do not condemn the cartridge yet. The PG-240XL ships with a new compatible chip and reports its ink levels to the printer in the normal way; on FINE models the usual culprit behind a recognition warning is a cartridge that never fully seated. Switch the printer off, press the cartridge home until it clicks, and restart before assuming anything is faulty. One honest limit: nobody can guarantee recognition under every firmware version Canon may release in the future. If the message survives the reseat steps, the cartridge falls under our Lifetime Warranty.

I print nothing but black text — why is the color cartridge still draining?

Because the printer helps itself. During printing and during its cleaning cycles these models draw a small amount of ink from every installed cartridge to keep the built-in printheads primed and the nozzles clear; Canon confirms this behavior in its own support material. So the color level creeps down even on text-only work, and once that cartridge is spent the machine will insist on a replacement before it prints again.

How do I keep a spare PG-240XL in good shape?

Leave it sealed. Store the pack upright at ordinary room temperature, out of direct sunlight, and break the seal only when the cartridge is going straight into the printer — that seal is what keeps the printhead nozzles from drying out. A FINE cartridge left opened on a shelf for months can clog at the nozzle plate, and that is the one failure a cleaning cycle cannot always reverse.

Why can I buy an XXL black but not an XXL color?

Canon built the extra-high tier for black only. Above this XL sits the PG-240XXL, reaching up to 600 pages, whereas color tops out at the CL-241XL, rated up to 400 pages. These printers spend most of their lives on text, so the oversize fill went where the volume is. And a caution: there is no genuine CL-241XXL — anywhere that name appears, the product underneath it is the XL.

What protection comes with this cartridge?

Our Lifetime Warranty stands behind it for the whole life of the cartridge. If it fails in normal use — it leaks, the printer still will not recognize it after the reseat steps, or it stops printing well short of its rated yield — we replace it or refund it. Returns are free for the first year. Two clarifications: the warranty is Clever Supplies' own, not Canon's, and this is a compatible cartridge that Canon did not manufacture, clearly labeled compatible on the box and on this page.