Many smaller Canon desktop printers that's use tri colour carts / 2 cartridges per printer don't have the room inside for free movement of the inkline tubes on a ciss making it impossible to fit one without cutting sections of the printer away which is not something you want to do for obvious reasons.
Typically tricolour cartridges are expensive to buy and don't contain a huge amount of ink , you can normally buy standard capacity and high capacity cartridges
What is a refillable pod cartridge ?
This is plastic insert filled with ink that inserts into your cartridge
how to modify a cartridge to make it suitable
Please see our video Here
How many times / pods can i insert before the print head fails and i need a new cartridge ?
During testing we found on an unused genuine cartridge we were averaging 8 pods before the print head failed and we needed a new cartridge - that's this many inserts on one set of genuines.
Potentially nearly 7000 prints based @ 5% coverage , if you are using a used / remanufactured / used / compatible cartridge this will be reduced based on the condition of the print head - either way its a great money saver and based on the table of costs above one of the cheapest ways to print on your printer.
We sell this package with various options including just the refill pods on there own for refills or if you are using your own cartridges or you can buy the complete kit with 2 unused genuine cartridge all options are shown below
Just the pods
Full kit with a set of genuine ink cartridges
Below are tables showing the average cost of these kind of genuine cartridges / ink volume / cost per page etc. alongside refillable pod cartridges
PG-510 - CL-511 - PG512 - CL-513
Cartridge Number |
Average cost 3 pack ** |
ink volume |
Page yield |
Cost per page |
Genuine PG-510 |
£47.32 |
27ml |
675 |
0.071 |
Genuine CL-511 |
£57.74 |
27ml |
675 |
0.086 |
Genuine PG-512 |
£41.99 |
45ml |
1125 |
0.054 |
Genuine CL-513 |
£72.65 |
39ml |
975 |
0.064 |
Pod kit with genuine carts and 6 refill pods |
£41.99 |
122ml |
3050 |
0.014 |
On-going Black Refill pods |
£11.70 |
45.3ml |
1132 |
0.010 |
On-going Colour Refill Pods |
£11.70 |
58.5ml |
1462 |
0.008 |
On-going multipack Refill Pods |
£23.40 |
103.8ml |
2594 |
0.009 |
PG-540 - CL-541 - PG540xl - CL-541xl
Cartridge Number |
Average cost 3 pack ** |
ink volume |
Page yield |
Cost per page |
Genuine PG-540 |
£48.67 |
24ml |
540 |
0.09 |
Genuine CL-541 |
£59.31 |
24ml |
540 |
0.11 |
Genuine Multipack |
£63.69 |
48ml |
1080 |
0.59 |
Genuine PG-540xl |
£59.25 |
63ml |
1800 |
0.033 |
Genuine CL-541xl |
£59.32 |
45ml |
1200 |
0.049 |
genuine Multipack |
£108 |
108ml |
3000 |
0.036 |
Pod kit with genuine carts and 6 refill pods |
£64.99 |
175ml |
4375 |
0.015 |
On-going Black Refill pods |
£17.75 |
78ml |
1950 |
0.009 |
On-going Colour Refill Pods |
£17.75 |
61.5ml |
1537 |
0.012 |
On-going multipack Refill Pods |
£30.82 |
139.5ml |
3487 |
0.009 |
PG-545 - CL-546 - PG-545xl - CL-546xl
Cartridge Number |
Average cost 3 pack ** |
ink volume |
Page yield |
Cost per page |
Genuine PG-545 |
£44.69 |
24ml |
600 |
0.066 |
Genuine CL-546 |
£52.54 |
24ml |
600 |
0.077 |
Genuine Multipack |
£83.77 |
648ml |
1200 |
0.069 |
Genuine PG-545xl |
£60.48 |
45ml |
1125 |
0.053 |
Genuine CL-546xl |
£72.65 |
39ml |
975 |
0.064 |
Genuine Multipack |
£125.93 |
84ml |
2100 |
0.059 |
Pod kit with genuine carts and 6 refill pods |
£64.99 |
122ml |
3050 |
0.021 |
On-going Black Refill pods |
£17.75 |
45.3ml |
1132 |
0.016 |
On-going Colour Refill Pods |
£17.75 |
58.5ml |
1462 |
0.012 |
On-going multipack Refill Pods |
£30.82 |
103.8ml |
2594 |
0.012 |
PG-560 - CL-561 - PG-560xl - CL-561xl
Cartridge Number |
Average cost 3 pack ** |
ink volume |
Page yield |
Cost per page |
Genuine PG-545 |
£51.13 |
22.5ml |
540 |
0.095 |
Genuine CL-546 |
£51.10 |
24.9ml |
540 |
0.095 |
Genuine Multipack |
£98.40 |
47.4ml |
1080 |
0.091 |
Genuine PG-545xl |
£70.70 |
36.6ml |
1200 |
0.059 |
Genuine CL-546xl |
£59.39 |
42.9ml |
900 |
0.066 |
Genuine Multipack |
£123.05 |
79.5ml |
2100 |
0.059 |
Pod kit with genuine carts and 6 refill pods |
£47.07 |
122ml |
3050 |
0.015 |
On-going Black Refill pods |
£15.60 |
45.3ml |
1132 |
0.014 |
On-going Colour Refill Pods |
£15.60 |
58.5ml |
1462 |
0.011 |
On-going multipack Refill Pods |
£27.30 |
103.8ml |
2594 |
0.011 |
** average cost taken from cartridgesave,stinkyink,cartridge people 22-07-2019
We have used CityInkExpress a number of times for our HP Envy 4500 Printer and Continuous Ink System.
We have telephoned them for advice as to which ink to purchase (as our printer is a little old) and have been very happy with their recommendations in terms of suitability, efficiency and cost.
We have found their service both responsive and reliable and are more than happy to use them again and recommend them
We are please to announce the release of refillable ink cartridges for the
following printers WF-4740DTWF,WF-4720DWF,WF-4725DWF,WF-4730DTWF,WF-4740DWF,WF-4730DWF now ciss arc chips ( auto
reset ) have become available a ciss continuous ink system will soon follow 3
months +.
The chip prices are being kept high at the moment so the chip manufacturer can claw back some of the development costs and we would expect the price to lower in around 6 - 12 months
The cartridges can be purchased here https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-cartridges/cheap-printer-cartridges-for-epson-printers
We are please to announce the release of refillable ink cartridges for the
following printers WF-3725DWF,WF-3720DWF,WF-3720 now ciss arc chips ( auto
reset ) have become available a ciss continuous ink system will soon follow 3
months +.
The chip prices are being kept high at the moment so the chip manufacturer can claw back some of the development costs and we would expect the price to lower in around 6 - 12 months
The cartridges can be purchased here https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-cartridges/cheap-printer-cartridges-for-epson-printers
We are please to announce the release of refillable ink cartridges for the
following printers XP-5100,XP-5105,WF-2860DWF,WF-2865DWF now ciss arc chips ( auto
reset ) have become available a ciss continuous ink system will soon follow 3
months +.
The chip prices are being kept high at the moment so the chip manufacturer can claw back some of the development costs and we would expect the price to lower in around 6 - 12 months
The cartridges can be purchased here https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-cartridges/cheap-printer-cartridges-for-epson-printers
We are please to announce the release of refillable ink cartridges for the
following printers XP-6000,XP-6005,XP-6100,XP-6105 now ciss arc chips ( auto
reset ) have become available a ciss continuous ink system will soon follow 3
months +.
The chip prices are being kept high at the moment so the chip manufacturer can claw back some of the development costs and we would expect the price to lower in around 6 - 12 months
The cartridges can be purchased here https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-cartridges/cheap-printer-cartridges-for-epson-printers
We are please to announce the release of refillable ink cartridges for the
following printers XP-8500,XP-8505,XP-8000,XP-8600,XP-8605,XP-15000, now ciss
arc chips ( auto reset ) have become available a ciss continuous ink system will
soon follow 3 months.
The chip prices are being kept high at the moment so the chip manufacturer can claw back some of the development costs and we would expect the price to lower in around 6 - 12 months
The cartridges can be purchased here https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/cheap-printer-cartridges/cheap-printer-cartridges-for-epson-printers
We are please to announce the release of a new range of ciss models covering the new Canon printers the TS8350, TS8351, TS8352, TS6350, TS6351, TS6352 and can be purchased from here
https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/ciss/ciss-for-canon-printers
and video install guide here for TS8350, TS8351, TS8352 https://youtu.be/bvfnS6Xq1FI
and video install guide here for TS6350, TS6351, TS6352 https://youtu.be/GNotH0Cn1UA
We are pleased to announce our latest release ciss continuous ink system for the Epson XP-970 , available with dye based ink, empty cis sor using genuine inks from epsons ECO-Tank Range
Our models are listed here https://www.cityinkexpress.co.uk/ciss/epson/xp-970/xp-series
and video install guide here https://youtu.be/SAVlb-ZCa0Q