SKU:

CS-CN-270-SET13

Condition:

New Compatible

OEM Part #:

PGI-270 / CLI-271

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 will I find inside this set?

The set contains 3 × PGI-270XL Black (up to 500 pages each); 2 × CLI-271XL Black (up to 5,565 pages each); 2 × CLI-271XL Cyan (up to 715 pages each); 2 × CLI-271XL Magenta (up to 645 pages each); 2 × CLI-271XL Yellow (up to 715 pages each); 2 × CLI-271XL Gray (up to 3,350 pages each). Thirteen XL tanks for a six-slot row.

Which printers take the gray-inclusive set?

Three models: the Canon PIXMA MG7720, Canon PIXMA TS8020 and Canon PIXMA TS9020. They are this generation's photo flagships, and the only machines here whose row includes a gray position. The five-slot relatives use the eleven-piece set; this one's gray pair has no slot waiting in them.

What does the gray tank earn its keep doing?

Printing the tones other printers fake. Gray ink produces genuinely neutral mid-tones, so monochrome photographs avoid the color casts that mixed-ink grays develop, and gradients in color work — skies, shadows, skin — step smoothly instead of banding. Its 3,350-page rating reflects how much of a photo is actually gray.

How much printing does the whole box add up to?

The whole box's combined rated yield, with $74.88 equating to a strikingly low cost per page. On printers bought precisely because they print photographs beautifully at home, that per-page figure is what makes printing every keeper — not just the safe ones — a reasonable habit.

Why are there three document blacks in a photo printer's stock?

Because flagship all-in-ones moonlight as office machines, and their pigment tank is the modest one at 500 text pages. Three blacks keep contracts and schoolwork from draining the stock between photo sessions, while two rounds of every dye tank cover the darkroom side of the machine's life.

Do thirteen tanks mean thirteen installations at once?

Never. Each tank lives its own life under the printer's per-slot tracking: fit one when its slot is called, and the box shrinks one tank at a time over many months. The set is a warehouse with a very small door, not a kit.

How do spare tanks fare over a long storage span?

Indifferently, which is the point. Sealed in their wrappers, upright, somewhere cool and shaded, they lose nothing to time. When a tank finally goes in, it performs to the same rating as the one fitted on delivery day.

Who manufactured this set?

Clever Supplies, as a compatible alternative spanning all six PGI-270XL and CLI-271XL positions. Fit, chip behavior and rated fills match Canon's tanks; the branding and the price tag are the manufacturer's own statement of difference.

Can a fresh row sort out the tint on my black-and-white prints?

It goes at the root cause. Tints creep in when gray is mixed from color tanks that have aged at different speeds. A true gray tank, fitted among fresh balanced colors, restores the neutral channel these printers were designed around — then run the alignment utility and judge a test print.

What warranty and returns cover this stockpile?

Each of the thirteen tanks is covered individually by the Lifetime Warranty, so a problem unit is replaced or refunded without the set being judged as a whole. Returns remain open for 1 year from purchase, which suits a box bought to last.