Canon CLI-42PC Photo Cyan Ink Cartridge

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Canon’s CLI-42PC Photo Cyan is the sort of ink cartridge you buy when you’re chasing consistent colour output rather than the lowest possible running cost. At £12.14 ex-VAT it’s not wildly priced, but it also isn’t “impulse-buy cheap” — the real question is how often your printer actually needs this specific cyan (and especially whether you’re printing photo-oriented work where the colour fidelity matters). If you run a small office that mainly does documents, you’ll likely be better served by your printer’s standard inks and habits; swapping to photo cyan just for general printing can end up being an expensive way to solve a problem you don’t have.

I’d recommend it for UK businesses that print customer-facing materials where colour accuracy matters — e.g., photo prints, marketing assets, or anything where skin tones/blues need to look right rather than “good enough.” The downside: if your volumes are low, any ink cartridge can become a false economy because you’re paying regularly for colour you’re not actually using, and partial usage can make later replacement feel painful. Also worth double-checking the cartridge/series compatibility with your exact Canon model before ordering, because with these CLI lines it’s easy to end up with the right “type” but the wrong “fit.”