Canon CLI-8PC Photo Cyan Ink Tank

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 1.2 x 5.4 inches ; 1.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AYFP88
• Item model number: 0624B002
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #96 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Office Electronics Accessories > Ink & Toner > Inkjet Printer Ink
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

ChromaLife100 system:create long lasting, beautiful photos when used with genuine Canon photo paper

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is second most used color. Comparison of usage of different colors by Canon printer, January 29, 2011

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Ali Julia (boston, mass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon CLI-8PC Photo Cyan Ink Tank (Office Product)

I have a Canon Photo Printer which takes six CLI-8 Canon Ink Cartridges. The cost of each individual ink cartridge ranges from around $12.50-15 (on Amazon) to 18.99 in Staples. So no matter how you buy the genuine Canon Ink Cartridges keeping yourself ready to print photos is expensive.

You can get a better per cartridge of you buy them in Canon CLI-8 4-Color Multipack Ink Tanks. In that case each individual cartridge is a little less expensive. Canon package CL-8C (Cyan), CL-8M (Magenta), CL-8Y (Yellow), and CL-8BK (Black) as a pack ($40-44 on Amazon). When cartridges are sold in packs you might think those colors are used at similar rates... but that is not so.

I have kept track of the usage of the cartridges over a long period of time and would like to share these results with you.

Number of cartridges used

CL-8M Magenta = 5

CL-8Y Yellow = 8

CL-8B Black = 6

CL-8PC Photo Cyan = 6

CL-8PM Photo Magenta = 8

CL-8C Cyan = 4


My usage shows that yellow is used the most, followed closely by Photo Magenta, followed next by Black and Photo Cyan, and trailed by Cyan and Magenta. Note that I have a laser printer that I used for text otherwise the usage of the Black Cartridge would have been a lot higher.

I buy most of my color photo ink on-line from Amazon. However now that Staples began (again) accepting CL-8 cartridges for Staples Rewards in their recycling empty cartridges program, I wanted to analyze my usage to see which cartridges I should buy at Staples using my Staples Rewards.

My original thought was to buy Canon CLI-8PC Photo Cyan Ink Tank and Canon CLI-8PM Photo Magenta Ink Tank since they don't come in a pack. But given the usage chart above, it is clear that I should buy extra Yellow and Photo Magenta.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely pleased, January 5, 2007

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T. Feiling - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon CLI-8PC Photo Cyan Ink Tank (Office Product)

Everytime I've purchased any Canon ink cartridge, and I've purchased well over a hundred bargain brand's and Canon's, I've been extremely pleased with:
o no clogging,
o quality print,
o page count per cartridge printing,
o every cartridge printing when installed

The only negative would be their high pricing, but I guess it proves the old axiom "you get what you pay for".

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, January 3, 2007

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K. Fulton (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon CLI-8PC Photo Cyan Ink Tank (Office Product)

What can you say about ink? I found no problems with it... it arrived quickly, was about $30 cheaper for all 6 than buying them at the store. As long as you ready your printer manual to find out exactly what ink you need, and check the product to make sure you're buying the right thing, there shouldn't be any problems.