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