SKU:

CS-CN-250-SET13

Condition:

New Compatible

OEM Part #:

PGI-250 / CLI-251

Color:

BCMY + Gray

Ink Type:

Pigment black, dye colors

Page Yield:

Per-cartridge yields listed in the set contents

Chip:

New compatible chip

Warranty:

Lifetime Warranty

Returns:

1-Year Free Returns

Frequently Asked Questions

What is inside this thirteen-tank set?

The set contains 3 × PGI-250XL Black (up to 500 pages each); 2 × CLI-251XL Black (up to 5,565 pages each); 2 × CLI-251XL Cyan (up to 715 pages each); 2 × CLI-251XL Magenta (up to 645 pages each); 2 × CLI-251XL Yellow (up to 715 pages each); 2 × CLI-251XL Gray (up to 3,350 pages each). Thirteen tanks for the six-slot row.

Which printers use the gray-inclusive version?

Four models: the Canon PIXMA iP8720, Canon PIXMA MG6320, Canon PIXMA MG7120 and Canon PIXMA MG7520. They are the photo-flagship machines of this generation, and the only ones here with a gray position. The wider family of five-tank models takes the eleven-piece set — its row has no slot for these gray tanks.

What is the gray tank's contribution?

Neutral tones laid down directly. Rather than simulating grays by blending colors — the classic source of tinted monochrome prints — the printer draws gray ink for the tonal middle. Black-and-white photographs come out neutral, and subtle gradients in color prints lose their banding. The 3,350-page rating shows how heavily these machines lean on it.

How much printing is in the box altogether?

The combined yield of the full box, and $74.88 across that total makes for a strikingly low cost per page. For printers designed to produce borderless photo enlargements at home, that figure reframes the hobby: the constraint stops being ink cost and becomes paper.

Why three pigment blacks in a photographer's set?

Because these flagship all-in-ones still print the household's documents, and the pigment tank is rated at a modest 500 text pages. Three of them keep the document side from becoming the bottleneck, while two rounds of every photo tank cover the work these machines were bought for.

Does the whole row ever need changing at the same time?

Only as a deliberate reset. Normal life on this platform is one tank at a time, called by the printer's per-slot level tracking. The set's size is about warehousing, not installation: two rounds on the shelf means a low warning is a one-minute errand, not a shopping trip.

How long can the spares wait before use?

As long as the set takes to consume — comfortably many months, sealed and upright in a cool place out of the sun. Tanks are shelf-stable in their wrappers, and the printer's own printhead stays in the machine, so storage time costs a tank nothing.

Is this an original Canon set?

No — it is a Clever Supplies compatible set, built tank for tank to the PGI-250XL and CLI-251XL specification, the gray position included. Fit and rated capacities match the originals; the brand and the price are deliberately different.

My monochrome prints have picked up a tint. Will fresh tanks fix it?

They attack the usual cause. Tints grow as color tanks age unevenly and the printer's mixed grays drift off neutral. A fresh gray tank restores a true neutral channel, and balanced new colors complete the correction. Follow with the alignment utility and a test print to confirm.

What warranty and returns stand behind a set this size?

The Lifetime Warranty covers each of the thirteen tanks separately — any problem unit is replaced or refunded without the rest being implicated. Returns stay open for 1 year from purchase as well, proportionate to a stockpile bought for the long run.