Customer Reviews

Canon BCI-3e Color Ink Tank for the BC-31e InkJet Cartridge - 3 Pack (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow) (4480A263)

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I have had a great experience with these ink tanks. I love the ability to only buy the ink that I need with the Canon seperate ink tanks. The color is brilliant and the quality is unmatched for the price. Compared to say, a Lexxmark printer, which allows you to pay hardly anything for the printer itself but charges a premium for the ink. The ink makes fabulous, lustrously colored pictures, buy this set!!!

I have a Canon S600 printer that I use quite often for doing pictures so I only use OEM inks in it. The separate ink tank system in some of the Canon printers is nice as you don't have that "I just threw good ink away" feeling you get with the combined color cartridge systems when you have to replace them because one color ran out. I have actually purchased this 3 pack in the past and it usually saves you a couple bucks over buying them separate. I would suggest buying them directly from one of the office supply on-line stores as they always have coupons available and normally you can get free shipping as well by purchasing a set amount from the site. No bad experiences with this ink in about 20 ink tanks used.

The product did not arrive in the packaging pictured, but in a cheap cardboard box unlike any other Canon ink I've purchased before. There is no Canon holographic seal on the product. Its all highly irregular when put together.

The product comes as 4 individual inkjet cartridges, but the packaging differs slightly from previous Canon cartridges that I have purchased in the past. I have very serious concerns that these are not Canon sourced products.

I have been using Canon inks and printers for years and awhile back, I decided to try out some of those generic ink tanks and ink kits (you know, the ones with the syringes?). Both ruined my printer, after awhile. They seem to work initially, but you can tell the colors are off. Sure, the generic inks are so much cheaper, but the costs of getting a new printer are going to make up for those few $ you saved on ink. Trust me on this one, buy Canon OEM cartridges!

I have had a Canon S630 for over a year now, and I love it. After having problems with Epson and HP printers, I tried the Canon and was astonished with the print quality. The only down side is I got my S630 before they came out with the larger format version, which I would have wanted. Certainly not Canon's fault there. I have printed 8x10s from a 2 megapixel Olympus digital camera, and was pleased with how close it came to 35mm for the price. Since 35mm has considerably more resolution than 2 megapixels, obviously there is a clear difference. However, this printer did a fine job of substituting for the One Hour Photo average picture taking level, and has saved me a ton of money.

I also do not recommend generic or refill inks for printers, as I had an HP printer ruined by them. I prefer the separate tanks for each color as well, for the simple fact that they don't make you waste ink. I have gotten over 40 8x10s out of one set of ink tanks, but it varies widely with color saturation and picture content, so I don't think it is possible to give any accurate figures for usage. Another plus for Canon is that the print head is not a part of the ink cartridge, so you don't have to pay to replace that every time you replace ink tanks, unlike some other brands of printers. While there may be some value to that kind of system, Canon's system is less expensive to the user.

The ink doesn't seem to dry out very fast with long periods of inactivity, although it is better for the printer to use it regularly. I also like the fact that the low ink warnings give enough time so that one can plan one's usage carefully to maximize what you have left and not run out of a color in the middle of a critical print.

The ink jet cartridges work well. You can ignore the "running low on ink" message for quite a while before it actually needs to be replaced.

Although the cartridges look like genuine Canon, they did not come in the Canon packaging shown in the illustration---which I find worrisome.

The price I paid ($27) I paid is the price of fresh genuine virgin Canon, not the price of a cheap refills, OEM, 3rd-party cartridges, counterfit cartridges, or out-of-date repackaged cartridges.

Amazon promptly offered a full refund (if I ship the cartridges back), but that really doesn't solve the issue.

I suggest contacting the seller and asking for assurance that the product is fresh virgin original Canon cartridges in original Canon packaging before purchasing.

I have an old Canon i550 which uses the BCI-3e ink cartridges. FYI, should Canon discontinue this 4-color 3e series, I found BCI-6 cartridges (BCI-6C-6M-6Y) fits and works great without any problem. Thank you Amazon, for providing the inkjet replacement information check list.

Good and less expensive than most inks. My Canon printer has been going strong for 7 years now.

My old HP printer used one cartridge for red, blue, and yellow. If I ran out of one color, I would have to buy a new [$$$] cartridge. The great thing about the Canon BCI-3e cartridges is that you can replace individual cartridges as you run out of ink. If you run out of yellow first, you can replace the yellow cartridge now and wait until the blue and magenta cartridges run out before replacing them, for example.

The great thing about buying all three cartidges at once is that you have a supply of refills waiting. The drawback, though, is that if you use one color much more than the others, you are better off buying that cartidge seperately versus buying all three in one group.