Canon - CLI-251XL High-Yield Ink Cartridge - Black

Great print quality when printing all my family photo's

Every since I purchased my Canon printer from Best Buy I,ve had nothing but happiness, it has delivered,for any and every purpose that’s needed ..

I've been around long enough to use many of the better color photo printers both past and present.In the past ,HP's PhotoSmart line was hard to beat. That's been changed by CANON with their PIXMA line of inkjet printers and their AWESOME line of printer inks.Canon's black ink possibly has the best color density & gradient levels currently available(my opinion,of course!) from ANY MANUFACTURER..BAR NONE !! Canon Black 251 not only has great coverage,but the XL version also provides almost twice the pages printed than Canon's standard 251 Black cartridge ...AND at a MUCH LOWER COST THAN YOU WOULD EXPECT. I found the cost of the HIGH YIELD 251XL Black cartridge was about $23 compared to the 251 Black standard cartridge @ about $14-$15. To me,penny pincher that I am, it's a NO BRAINER to get approximately 600 total pages printed for about $23 (XL version) compared to about 300 pages printed for $14-$15 (the standard 251 BLACK cartridge). I'm sure that you'll agree about the ink's quality. NOT TO MENTION THE EXTRA VALUE YOU WILL FIND FROM THE 251XL CARTRIDGE!! Like the "old man" said..."TRY IT... YOU'LL LIKE IT"(at least as much as I have..again,my opinion) !!! foolishfotoshooter

The XL cartridges are the way to go, fitting in the same slot as the regular size in your Canon printer, but giving you extra ink for not much extra cost. Unfortunately, the overall cost of this series of Canon cartridges can be pretty high. I have been pleased with the print results, so it is worth the price. The installation is easy thanks to their push tab design, and the lights on the cartridges tell you that it's snapped in good. I would buy again.

Really, what is there to say about ink jet cartridges? Unless you're going to try to cheap out and buy refill kits or so-called compatible cartridges (and I've been down both of those roads before and found both of them to yield poor results), you have to buy the manufacturer's cartridges that are designed for your printer. These XL cartridges, of course, have a greater ink content than their standard counterpart. I suppose that if you very seldom use your printer, it would be best to buy the standard yield cartridge just in case the cartridge head gets clogged/dried out due to infrequent use. If you use your printer on a somewhat regular basis, however, it's more economical to buy the higher capacity cartridges.