Canon PG-210 Black Cartridge (2974B001)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.3 x 2.1 x 5.4 inches ; 2.1 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: B001DJ6CD6
• Item model number: 2974B001
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #13 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Office Electronics Accessories > Ink & Toner > Inkjet Printer Ink
  • #85 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Canon PG-210 cartridge is for exceptional quality and remarkable durability. It is available in black.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

115 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Home Desktop Printers: the Ink SUVs of Our Times, October 16, 2008

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mvconsults (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon PG-210 Black Cartridge (2974B001) (Office Product)

Thank goodness the Third Party sellers are coming out with cheaper ink cartridges. I doubt they are OEM, but would be pleasantly surprised if they are.

Anyway I just installed a new PG-210 black ink cart. after the original one ran dry in about a month of owning my new MP-240 printer. Not a lot of printed pages but it's history. Today I printed up some tax forms w/the replacement cart. and it's already 1/3 down. The Color cart. is about 1/2 down. Such is life I guess.

Per Canon tech support, the Black XL sizes give you almost 100% more pages for about 40% more price, but decidedly less for Color XL:

>Below is the ink yield information for the PIXMA MP240 cartridges:

PG-210: 220 pages*1, CL-211: 244 pages *1
PG-210: 2760 pages*2, CL-211: 97 pages *2

PG-210XL: 401 pages*1, CL-211XL: 349 pages *1
PG-210XL: 5205 pages*2, CL-211XL: 144 pages *2


*1 Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711. Values
obtained by continuous printing

*2 When printing Canon standard patterns continuously with the default
settings of testing paper using Windows Vista printer driver in
borderless printing mode and Windows Vista Home Premium Photo Gallery.
Declared yield value determined based on Canon standard method referring
to ISO/IEC 24711

72 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy the 210XL instead, March 18, 2009

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Joel Schopp (Austin, TXStates) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon PG-210 Black Cartridge (2974B001) (Office Product)

The 210XL gives you 66% more ink (15ml vs 9ml). It also doesn't cost much more. The only reason the regular 210 cartridge exists is so they can give you less than a full tank of ink when you buy the printer. Don't fall for it, buy the bigger 210XL.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Canon PG-210 Black Ink Cartridge, February 17, 2009

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Stinky K. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Canon PG-210 Black Cartridge (2974B001) (Office Product)

I feel that the cartridge went dry much too quickly, especially when you consider how much these things cost. But that is the deal, buy the printer for a reasonable price and get shafted on the cartridges. I guess this is why so many people simply buy cartridge ink refill kits and just refill the old cartridge. I think Canon would be wiser to make their own product more reasonably priced. I am sure they do market research and figure at what point they lose market share on refill kits. Having said all this, I am happy with the printer itself.

I am updating this review. I have now gone through one more of these cartridges. Someone said you are supposed to get about 220 pages out of it. I only print for school and have in my notebook all the pages I have ever printed out for the last cartridge save, at most, 5 pages. They don't come anywhere near this number. I would say it is about 120-150 pages tops. Above I said I was happy with the printer. However, I am no longer happy with a company that thinks taking advantage of its customers is acceptable and therefore I am no longer happy with the printer. I would now tell you to not buy this printer and only buy refill kits if you already have one. I just bought one from Fry's and it is working fine. Canon can take a flying leap.