- Virtual CIO
How to Create an IT Budget That Actually Works
11 Mar, 2026

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AI-generated summary
I’ll be blunt: a “Canon CLI-65GY Gray” cartridge at £14.36 ex-VAT sounds like sensible money *only* if you’ve actually got the specific Canon printer that takes this cartridge and you’re replacing it because you’re genuinely printing a lot in grey. Grey ink tends to get used slowly, so the value really depends on your page coverage—if you only print the occasional grey doc, it can end up feeling expensive per useful page compared with waiting for a bigger print run.
Who it suits: small offices, freelancers, and design teams printing spreadsheets, diagrams, forms, or office docs where grey matters and you want clean, consistent results without faffing about with third-party refills. Who should avoid: anyone who’s cost-sensitive and prints mostly colour or black—because you’ll be buying ink/toner more often than you think, and grey in particular can become a “death by a thousand top-ups” situation. If you tell me your printer model and roughly how many pages you print per month, I can sanity-check whether this price is genuinely good value for your usage.

Epson
Epson T55P5 - 480 ml - matte black - original - box - ink pack - for EPL C8000E

Epson
Epson T56U5 - 350 ml - light cyan - original - ink pack - for P/N: C11CL82301A0, C11CL82301A1, C11CL83301A0

Xerox
Xerox - High capacity - black - original - toner cartridge - for Xerox C230, C230/DNI, C230V_DNIUK, C235, C235/DNI, C235V_DNIUK

Xerox
Everyday - Black - compatible - toner cartridge (alternative for: Samsung MLT-D111S / ELS) - for Samsung Xpress SL-M2023, M2027, M2029, M2060, M2071, M2073, M2074, M2077, M2078, M2079