Canon Pixma Pro 200, what ink?

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Hi all.

I have this Canon printer and it's time for its first new inks. Are there any third party inks which are ok or is it best to stick with Canon?

Just thought I'd ask given the cost savings I spotted with third party over Canon. I couldn't see a full set of Canon inks in the avalanche Amazon showed me so I Googled and "Cartridge people" have the Canon ink set for £129.90 but when I selected buy they recommended their own branded set at £74.90 but I've no idea if these or any third party inks are worth going for or not.

Thanks if anyone can help.
 
Gav. said:
OEM if you care about colour and profiles.
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This is what I thought but I thought I'd ask anyway.

I'll order the Canon set and cry about the cost later :D
 
robinsslee said:
I use Cartridge Save set for Canon Pro 200. I have a few didn't work and they replaced it for FOC.
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Thanks.

Although I've no placed an order for the Canon ink I think it might be worthwhile looking at 3rd party for prints that don't need any extra quality and consistency which the Canon ink might offer so thanks for the recommendation.
 
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woof woof said:
Thanks.

Although I've no placed an order for the Canon ink I think it might be worthwhile looking at 3rd party for prints that don't need any extra quality and consistency which the Canon ink might offer so thanks for the recommendation.
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TBH, the ink wasted when swapping the cheap inks in and out when you want good prints may well be more expensive than getting a cheap printer to do less important prints on using cheaper inks. If you have the space, of course!
 
Nod said:
TBH, the ink wasted when swapping the cheap inks in and out when you want good prints may well be more expensive than getting a cheap printer to do less important prints on using cheaper inks. If you have the space, of course!
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One problem is that I occasionally have to print documents and I always resent it and think of the cartridges running down. I'm just doing something involving a lot of printing but my fix just settled on today is to convert everything to PDF and send it to their office to print out. I should have thought of this before :D

I have space for another printer but the odd document print for me should be ok, like travel documents etc, rather than buying another printer as I think I want all my pictures to be of the quality my Canon photo printer gives and another printer for the odd document now and again probably isn't going to be worth it. When it comes to documents for someone else I think sending them PDF's to print out themselves is the way forward :D
 
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woof woof said:
One problem is that I occasionally have to print documents and I always resent it and think of the cartridges running down. I'm just doing something involving a lot of printing but my fix just settled on today is to convert everything to PDF and send it to their office to print out. I should have thought of this before :D

I have space for another printer but the odd document print for me should be ok, like travel documents etc, rather than buying another printer as I think I want all my pictures to be of the quality my Canon photo printer gives and another printer for the odd document now and again probably isn't going to be worth it. When it comes to documents for someone else I think sending them PDF's to print out themselves is the way forward :D
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If it's just a very few lower quality prints you'll need, I'd just bite the bullet and use the "good" printer. Unless they NEED to be colour prints, I'd force the printer to convert them to B&W so it's only one cart that's being used rather than the whole set.
 
Nod said:
If it's just a very few lower quality prints you'll need, I'd just bite the bullet and use the "good" printer. Unless they NEED to be colour prints, I'd force the printer to convert them to B&W so it's only one cart that's being used rather than the whole set.
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It's just mono text and yes I do convert to mono. The last batch was 42 pages which is probably a significant cost if done on my Canon photo printer so I just rang the office, they said they'd do it and I emailed them a PDF. I'll do this from now on. It's not really work, just volunteering but I'm already spending enough of my own money on this. Obvs, documents for me and Mrs WW will be printed at home but I didn't fancy putting todays 42 pages through my photo printer.
 
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If colour and profiles matter, OEM inks are hard to beat. That said, I’ve used third party sets from cartridgesave.co.uk in a Pro-200 for drafts and general printing and they behaved fine. I had one cartridge not register properly and it was replaced without fuss. I wouldn’t mix inks mid-project or expect profiles to line up. For anything important, Canon inks go back in. For casual prints, third party saves a fair bit.
 
tevrin377 said:
If colour and profiles matter, OEM inks are hard to beat. That said, I’ve used third party sets from cartridgesave.co.uk in a Pro-200 for drafts and general printing and they behaved fine. I had one cartridge not register properly and it was replaced without fuss. I wouldn’t mix inks mid-project or expect profiles to line up. For anything important, Canon inks go back in. For casual prints, third party saves a fair bit.
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I have used 3rd party inks in the past for my Epson (I forget the model) but so far I've stuck with Canon inks for my new Canon printer.
 
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