Canon CRG-045 4-Color Complete Toner Cartridge Set

I've tried four different 3rd party brands and none of them work as good as genuine Canon. In the worst case, the 3rd party cartridges "leaked" excessive dust leaving quite a mess and hazard to clean up. In the other cases, the cartridges had poor color, streaked, uneven darkness and/or did not last long. On the other hand, genuine Canon is excellent quality. Great color and clarity from the first page to the last page printed. Lasts a long time. Unfortunately, this toner is no longer sold in high capacity, but for home use, standard capacity should be more than enough.

The last set of four I received had two counterfeit toners. Amazon discovered this was a problem and refunded the entire cost of the set. So I bought this set. All toner cartridges had the authentic Canon seal on the box, and have performed just fine.

These are real OEM cartridges, which means they actually WORK, without bleed. Tried aftermarket cartridges (unfortunately bought high yield so had them awhile) and they left a pink streak down the side of every page and less than optimal color saturation. Finally broke down and bought these insanely expensive cartridges. Debated just getting a new printer since they're about the same cost, but new printers only come with enough ink in small cartridges for start up, so it didn't make sense. I wish they were cheaper, but truly, these printers only work well with OEM.

Works perfectly. Just like it should. So much better than messing around with cheap, inferior quality “compatible” cartridges.

Like some other buyers in these reviews, I too thought I could get away with off-brand toner. I use my ImageCLASS printer for business purposes and I am using the printer every day and the print quality is a reflection of my business. The quality started to diminish and I fought and fought with the printer settings and finally I knew it was time to just swallow my pride and buy the on-brand toner. (Forget the fact my husband had been telling me this since day one, but who ever listens to their spouse?! lol). I am so glad I finally gave in because this toner is perfect and I will never defy the printer gods and buy an off-brand toner again, promise.

Black cartridge was bad. Solid black streaks down the paper

Good

Okay, the Canon CRG-045 print cartridges are expensive, but the quality is worth it. Twice, I tried cutting corners and buying cheaper off brand cartridges and both times sent them back as faulty. I just stick with original Canon cartridges now. I wish they had a credit program for returning the empty cartridges, something to reward loyal customers. I boxed up about 10 empty cartridges a few months ago and sent them back to Canon for re-processing. The postage was free at least.