Canon printer ink cartrodges

Canon specialize in producing imaging and optical products including cameras, photocopiers, laser printers and inkjet printers for the home and business user around the world.

Canon was formed in 1937 as a family owned business in Japan. Although Canon has a very high profile in the consumer market for manufacturing cameras the majority of their revenue comes from their office products division supplying computer printers and multifunctional photocopiers. The technical expertises of Canon are admired by even their competitor Hewlett Packard who has worked with Canon for years to provide the printer engines in Hewlett Packard computer printers.

Canon supply many different types of inkjet printers. One of the more popular Canon printers is the BJ3000 which is an uncomplicated inkjet printer that utilizes Canon's BCI-3 (or Canon No.3) range of ink cartridges. Taking one black ink cartridge (BCI-3EBK) and one of each colour ink cartridge, Cyan (BCI-3EC), Yellow (BCI-3EY) and Magenta (BCI-3EM). Canon's diversity in the ink printer marketplace extends to the ever popular home and office photo printing printer of the Canon PIXMA photo printer series. The Canon iP4200 colour photo inkjet printer prints photo lab quality prints at the touch of a button, taking the new and popular CLI-8 (or Canon No.8) range of ink cartridges. The Canon iP4200 takes a high capacity black ink cartridge (PGI-5BK) or Canon No.5 and a low capacity back ink cartridge (CLI-8BK). It also takes one of each colour ink cartridge, Cyan (CLI-8C), Yellow (CLI-8Y) and Magenta (CLI-8M).

To help you get the correct Canon print cartridges for your Canon printer, we have included a list of popular Canon cartridges from our featured supplier - The Retail Factory.