Canon PG-40 Black - Ink tank - black - for Canon PIXMA JX200 IP1200 IP1600 IP170

I wasn't quite sure if i would find the correct ink, but I did and it works great. I'm so glad that my hand-me-down printer is still supported by hp.

I am a student and the majority of my prints are slides. I use a Canon MP470 combo scanner/ printer on 20lb (92 Brightness) paper. I am fairly impressed with the amount of prints that I can get out of a single cartridge. I think I might be replacing the colored ink more often than the Black ink. I usually print everything in "fast" print quality and for a black and white only page the contrast of words against the page is very good and easy to read. I am pretty happy with my printer and ink choice.

I currently own two printers, an HP and a Canon. I've also previously owned Epson and Brother. I wouldn't recommend Brother at all, and Epson used to be good but not so much in recent years. So in my opinion, the only printer brands worth considering today are HP and Canon. Both are good, but I think where Canon has a slight lead over HP is with inkjet cartridges. My HP printer seems to run out of ink much faster than my Canon printer. Perhaps one reason for this is that the HP printer wastes more ink with print head cleaning and alignment. I've also found that Canon cartridges don't dry up as quickly as HP cartridges, which can really dry up quickly if you don't print every day. Based on my experience, I would say if you print a lot every day, get an HP. But if you print less often, Canon is a better value overall.

I've been using this ink cartridge in my printer for about 10 years now. I've had my printer for around 10 years and I don't know if it might be my printer or the ink, but it doesn't seem to last very long. My family and I don't seem to print much and I feel like we have to buy ink sooner than we should. $60 for ink is a lot of money to have to buy so frequently (Color + Blank ink). My colors are often dim too but that might be my printer. Easy installation though!!

I wish I could praise this product but frankly it seems to run out too often, however I do manage to get every last drop off of it. So even though my Cannon printer shows warnings that the ink is low I still manage to really use it well beyond those printer warnings. But still I would have expected not to get warnings about the ink running low so early on after putting the cartridge in the printer in the first place. So I really have mixed feelings about this ink.