SKU:

CS-CN-245-BK

Condition:

New Compatible

OEM Part #:

PG-245

Color:

Black

Ink Type:

Pigment

Page Yield:

Up to 180 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

I have the new cartridge in hand — how does it go in?

Raise the printer cover and hold off until the carriage slides across to the change position and settles. Press the lock lever down, lift the empty cartridge out, and keep the replacement sealed until this exact moment; then peel away the protective tape and lift the cap, keeping fingers well away from the nozzle plate and the gold contact strip. Set the cartridge into the bay marked for its code — on most of these models black sits on the left and color on the right — bring the lock lever down until you feel it click, shut the cover, and give the printer a moment to charge the ink before sending the first page.

Which PIXMA printers does the PG-245 belong in?

It serves the machines Canon built around the PG-245 / CL-246 pairing. On the MG line: Canon PIXMA MG2420, Canon PIXMA MG2520, Canon PIXMA MG2522, Canon PIXMA MG2525, Canon PIXMA MG2920, Canon PIXMA MG2922, Canon PIXMA MG2924, Canon PIXMA MG3020 and Canon PIXMA MG3022; the MX office pair, Canon PIXMA MX490 and Canon PIXMA MX492; the TS series — Canon PIXMA TS202, Canon PIXMA TS302, Canon PIXMA TS3120, Canon PIXMA TS3122, Canon PIXMA TS3320 and Canon PIXMA TS3322; the TR models Canon PIXMA TR4520 and Canon PIXMA TR4522; and the single-function Canon PIXMA iP2820. Before you order, check the code printed inside your printer’s cartridge door: neighboring Canon ranges wear near-identical bodies yet run on different codes and chips, and those cartridges cannot be swapped for this one. The same list appears in the Compatible Printers section of this page.

The cartridges that came in the box say PG-243 and CL-244 — will this PG-245 fit the same machine?

Yes. Those are the starter fills of this very family: Canon rates the PG-243 and CL-244 at up to 100 pages apiece, and they occupy the same slots as the PG-245 and CL-246 sold on this page, so any printer that takes one pair takes the other. If you would rather stretch the interval between changes, the PG-245XL and CL-246XL carry three times the rated fill of the starters.

What kind of ink is inside the PG-245?

A pigment black. Canon formulates this cartridge with pigment ink, which dries on top of the sheet instead of soaking into it; that is what keeps office text sharp-edged, shrugs off water, and survives a highlighter pass without smearing. Color work is handled by the partner tri-color cartridge, whose inks are dye-based and made for photographs.

My pages show gaps and streaks that cleaning does not cure — can a new cartridge help?

Quite possibly, because on FINE machines there is no separate printhead part: the head is manufactured into the cartridge body itself. Swapping cartridges therefore swaps the head — the component that fires ink onto the paper — which is why a fresh unit often ends the streaks, gaps and dropped lines that survive repeated cleaning cycles, and why a “printhead error” message on this platform is most often resolved by changing the cartridge rather than ordering a service part.

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

Because the printer sips from every installed cartridge as it works. During printing and during its cleaning routines it pulls a little ink through all of the built-in heads to keep them primed and unclogged — Canon explains this behavior in its own support material. The color supply therefore creeps downward even on text-only jobs, and once it is spent the machine will hold printing until that cartridge is replaced.

How many pages should I realistically get from a PG-245?

Canon’s published figure is up to 180 pages, tested on the ISO/IEC 24711 pattern. Treat it as a benchmark rather than a promise: coverage, paper choice and cleaning cycles move the real number — photo-heavy pages with dense fill can cut it in half, while light text memos can run past it.

The printer shows a cartridge message right after installation — what should I try first?

Start with the seating. Switch the printer off, press the cartridge home until it clicks, then power back up; on FINE models a cartridge resting half-seated is the usual culprit, so work through that before judging the cartridge faulty. This PG-245 carries a new compatible chip and reports its ink level to the printer in the normal way. One honest limit: recognition under every future firmware release cannot be guaranteed, and if a recognition fault refuses to clear, the Lifetime Warranty has you covered.

How do I keep a spare PG-245 in good shape?

Leave it sealed in its packaging, standing upright at room temperature and away from direct sun. The wrapper is what protects the nozzle plate from drying, so break it only on the day you install. A FINE cartridge left open to the air for months can clog across the nozzles, and that is the sort of blockage a cleaning cycle may never fully undo.

What guarantee backs this cartridge?

Our Lifetime Warranty. If it lets you down in ordinary use — leaking, refusing to be recognized once you have worked through the reseat routine, or giving out far short of its rated yield — we will replace it or refund it at any point in the cartridge’s life. Sending a return costs you nothing during the first year. Two clarifications: the warranty is provided by us, not by Canon, and this is a Clever Supplies compatible product — marked compatible on its box and on this page — not a Canon-manufactured cartridge.