Canon BCI-6BK Black Ink Tank

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 1.2 x 2.4 inches ; 3.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005JAFA
• Item model number: 4705A003
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2008

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The BCI-6Bk produces bold blacks for text documents and beautiful shadowing for photos. This cartridge is compatible with several popular Canon printers, including BJC-8200, i860 Series, i900D, i9100, i950 Series, i960 Series, i9900, PIXMA iP4000, PIXMA iP4000R, PIXMA iP5000, PIXMA iP6000D, PIXMA iP8500, PIXMA MP750, PIXMA MP760, PIXMA MP780, S800, S820, S820D, S830D, S900, and S9000.

Product Description

Canon is a world leader in printing technology. Numerous technical innovations from Canon offer true, professional-quality printing results on a wide variety of specialty photo papers and on plain paper, too. High-intensity inks ensure rich, high-contrast images with vivid colors and razor-sharp black text, so you'll enjoy better looking documents, web pages, and photos. Canon's desktop, mobile, multifunction, and photo printers are designed to deliver high-quality text and photo-realistic prints at fast speeds without compromising clarity and fidelity. For your Canon printer, always choose genuine Canon inks coupled with Canon Photo Papers to ensure long-lasting satisfaction.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good price for Canon product - but watch shipping charges!, February 8, 2004

By	Rudy "pain-doc" (Columbia, SC USA) - See all my reviews

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Although lower cost substitute ink cartridges are sold all over the web, and on this site as well, the few bucks you might save aren't worth the all-too genuine risks of replacing with generic "no-name" ink tanks. I've heard (but wouldn't wish to try it, frankly) that generic inks fade faster when exposed to daylight, could clog the print-head spray nozzles, don't spread properly on top-quality paper, and simply can't compare with the uniquely formulated dyes that have been specially researched for your printer and its matching photo papers. The one exception might be if you use a black-ink-only inkjet [hard to imagine anyone could screw up black ink]. Even so, considering the low cost and remarkable longevity, I'd still stick with the Canon product, if only to match the other colors. I concur that printer manufacturers use that old hoary "razor trick" (give away the razor, profit on the blades), but with Canon's individual ink tanks -- where you replace only those tanks that run dry, you aren't out a lot. My Canon photo printer uses an array of six ink tank colors. Of these six tanks (all available on this site), 'photo cyan' and 'photo magenta' seem to be used up 2 to 3 times faster than 'black'. In other words, rather than replacing an entire set of six ink tanks, you can replace just those tanks that run empty the soonest -- thus not having to toss out a 3-ink tank [as used by HP] where 2 of the 3 remaining inks still are far from used up. Just a word of caution here - make certain that every cartridge you order from Amazon clearly states its eligibility for SuperSaver shipping. If you have to add shipping charges to this low-cost item, you could end up paying more than you would have at the local office supply store.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars stick with the best, August 15, 2006

By	J. Kaplan "jkaplan29" (Elmira, N.Y.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

i used canon ink and then decided to try one of the cheap imitations. it worked well for a few months and then my photos came out of my canon i900d with color changes. after 3 conversations with canon customer care, we decided it was not the printer, but the cheaper ink. i switched back to canon, bit the bullet on the price, and everything is fine. i found decent prices on amazon, particularly at eek industries.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good price, good product, March 14, 2006

By	Ted M. James "aztjames" (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I enjoy my Canon Multipurpose printer and these ink cartridges are sufficiently inexpensive and last a good while.

Don't get ripped off with a cheap printer that uses lots of high cost cartridges. Canon is at the top of my list for quality electronic equipment at a reasonable price.