Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

I have always used HP cartridges for my HP printers throughout my years.I have just purchased a Canon Pixma Pro 100 & wondering if any of you here use compatible cartridges for your Canon printers.I have heard that you should stick to the original ink for your printer,is this true?

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

That is so far true, as that will most likely give you the best results and avoids possible trouble right from the get-go. If buying a certain printer, why are you thinking about using third -party inks in the first place?

BebuLamar

For me a printer like the Pixma Pro 100 would see very limited use so I wouldn't use third party cartridges. I just hope that the head won't clog due to infrequent usage. I print a lot of black text and for that the laser printer would do a much better job and much cheaper. I do print documents in color like charts, graphs, some illustrations but for that a color laser is sufficient and less expensive. The Pixma pro is only for photos and since I don't have a lot of keepers I don't need to print a lot.

BebuLamar

I can see the OP reasoning because often you can buy the Pixma Pro 100 for less than 1 set of ink.

Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

Only because my brother has a Canon printer & uses these compatible cartridges because they are cheaper.I was just wondering if I were the minority using original ink but maybe not!

Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

Well I do a lot of digital art & use Red River art paper & I am hoping this printer will print my art as it is.I had a HP printer & I was not happy with the results.It is hard to find places that prints your art work on art paper without paying a fortune.

mas24 Loc: Southern CA

I don't own a printer anymore, but I never used third party ink cartridges, and still had problems. It was not a Canon. Printer companies frown on you using aftermarket cartridges on their equipment. Because, they want you to continue paying high prices for their own. I have heard good and bad stories about aftermarket ink cartridges. If you get bad ones, try another third party company. Some printers are very picky, and require only its brand name cartridges to be used. To work properly.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Yes, I can see your point, I personally use only the original inks and wouldn't chance it!

BebuLamar

In your case I would use genuine Canon ink.

charles tabb Loc: Richmond VA.

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I use "LD" ink Cart.s in my Canon Pro 100.
And so far haven't had a problem yet.
I am well pleased with the results.

Don't let anyone tell you that useing other inks will void you factory warrenty.
If they do, tell them to look into the "Magnuson-Moss Warrenty Act"
This is a Government Law.

happy sailor Loc: Ontario, Canada

Hi Marilyn

I have that printer and the first two sets of ink cartridges I used were Canon OEM, then I tried a set from a place in Montreal, Quebec, all 8 cartridges for around $55.00CDN. They are branded as G & G. I find that they last about the same length of time as the OEM ones and am on my second set of them. The Canon cartridges here in Canada are $22 each so these are less than a third of the price which is why I tried them out. My monitor is calibrated and the colours with these inks appear to be the same as what I got with the Canon ink.

I print on Canon Pro Lustre, Canon Pro Glossy II, Ilford Gallerie Prestige smooth pearl, and Canon Art Paper. I have been happy with all of my prints and have lots hanging on my walls.

Download the Print StudioPro app from the Canon website, it is useful for lots of printing and for handling the profiles.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Refilled cartridges are a total crap shoot, some work, some don't. I totally destroyed a Pro 100 printer by using aftermarket cartridges in it. I threw the whole thing in the dumpster and went back to using my trusty old Epson. Others have had good luck using aftermarket cartridges in them but I was using mine in my store and it was getting a LOT of use ad a direct print printer my customers could use themselves. Turned out to be a poor choice overall as I was losing money using the overpriced tiny factory cartridges. Now I use nothing but factory inks in my printers, proper performance, proper colors, and never any operational issues. And I print a LOT every day in all sizes from 4"x6" up to 44" x 66" for customers as well as myself.

Marilyng Loc: Lorain,Oh.

Thank you that good to know,I will check them out!

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I got a Pro-10 in 2016. Two of 'em, actually, because they had a terrific discount/rebate deal, and my printing is almost all for Christmas books that I make for family which have to be done between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I wanted a backup in case one printer had a problem. Anyway, for Christmas 2016 I used only Canon brand carts - which BTW are exactly the same $14.95 price at my local photo store as at Amazon or Canon's web site - and kept close track of usage. Cost per print came out to about 68 cents for the size of black and white prints I make. My Christmas books total about 1000 pages, so ink cost alone was ~$680. More than I paid for both printers combined.

So for 2017 I decided to try third party inks. I had kept a lot of the Canon brand empty carts (just in case I decided to refill), and had to buy a chip resetter and scale which cost less than $100 combined. (You refill the PGI-72 carts by weight, since they don't have a visible internal reservoir like the carts I used to fill for the Epson printers I had been using.) Apart from the equipment investment, my ink cost for the 2017 Christmas books was $2.00/cart which came out to about 9 cents/page, for a saving of almost $600 over Canon brand ink. Functionality has been perfect. If I can get through Christmas 2018 with these printers I'll have saved far more than enough to replace both of 'em (if necessary) even without discounts or rebates, and have money left over for a new lens or something.

There IS some convenience in just ripping open a fresh Canon cart and pitching the old one when it runs out. OTOH, when you refill you don't wonder if you can get another print or two out of a cart that's running low (I actually print in batches of 5, so I DID think about this fairly regularly when I was using $15 cartridges) you just pull the almost-empty one out and pop in a full one, then refill the old at your convenience. In fact, you pull out any that are getting anywhere close to running out, because, Why Not? And I have been refilling carts for my old Epson printers for a decade or more, so the process has been a normal part of my year-end printing activities.

My usage and timing needs may be somewhat unusual, so this is only offered as information to consider. But if I were starting with a new printer I would absolutely stick with Canon brand ink to begin with. (And note - if you buy it from CanonUSA they usually throw in "free" paper if you buy more than a couple of carts at a time - I have over 250 sheets of 13x19 Canon paper and about as much 8.5x11, in a variety of surfaces, that came with the ink I bought.) Keep detailed track of your ink usage BY COLOR, so you'll have an idea of how fast you use what color - and SAVE the old carts. I average 88 prints out of a Gray cart and over 500 from Red - not sure why I use ANY red in B&W prints, or ANY Photo Black when all my prints are on matte paper, but all the colors do get used up over time.

Once you have an idea of your own usage patterns, you can evaluate the cost/benefit of refilling - refilling the original Canon carts you save in the process, that is, in case you do decide to refill.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I have been using a Pro-100 since June of 2014. The OEM cartridges are small and expensive. But until the 1 year warranty ran out I stayed with the Canon cartridges.
I then switched to Precision Colors refill system. http://www.precisioncolors.com/
I spent a lot of time that 1st year researching third party ink.
Refilling is a bit more trouble, but well worth it in my opinion. The kit I started with came with 4 oz of each color - enough for aprx 7 complete fills. ($175 dollars = $25 a set vs $124 from Canon) It also had a set of 8 refillable cartridges, I had to transfer the chips from the Canon cartridges - I also have two extra sets of chips in case I need them in the future. Due to a shortage of refillable cartridges that kit is sold out right now. You can get the same kit-minus the cartridges- for $124.98 and instructions on flushing, cleaning and modifying your old cartridges to refill. You can get a set of pre-flushed and cleaned Cli-8 cartridges (same as the Pro-100 Cli-42 except chips - you have to swap the chips - for $7 each - $56 for all 8, that brings the price to $181.) They do have after market cartridges with chips for $40 a set of 8 but they warn you they are not up to the Canon standards. For $16 and the time to swap the chips the Canon cartridges are worth it. Replacement ink is available in up to 16 oz bottles.
The ink Precision uses comes from Image Specialists - a commercial ink company that supplies commercial printing companies and ink cartridge makers. The mixes for the Pro-100 are custom. http://www.image-specialists.com/

I have been using Precision Colors for over 3 years now and have had no major problems and am very satisfied with my prints.
You do need to calibrate your monitor and better yet also calibrate the printer.

Jose Rodriguez has some great videos on the Pro-100 and Precision Color ink use. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlV7cqqladQ