Canon Gl-490 Yellow premium ink

Canon GI-490 Yellow Premium Ink Bottle (70ml) — Premium Refill for PIXMA G-Series Printers

Overview: Keep Your PIXMA G-Series Printer Running in Full Colour

The Canon GI-490 Yellow ink bottle delivers the third piece of the colour puzzle for every PIXMA G-series MegaTank owner. This 70ml bottle refills the built-in yellow ink tank directly, skipping the cartridge-swap ritual that drains budgets and patience in equal measure. For Kenyan homes, schools, and small offices that print in bulk — invoices, worksheets, posters, and colourful reports — this bottle turns a recurring expense into a manageable, predictable cost. Browse the full range of printer ink on PlugTechHub, or pair it with fresh cyan and magenta bottles to complete a full colour refill.

Key Features and Benefits

Yellow ink rarely gets the spotlight, yet it does the heaviest lifting in warm tones, skin shades, and highlighted text. This bottle earns its place in every G-series toolkit for a few clear reasons.

Vivid, Consistent Colour Output

Canon formulates this ink with dye-based pigments that render bright, saturated yellows without the dull or washed-out look cheaper alternatives often produce. Documents, charts, and photo prints come out looking closer to what appears on screen.

Exceptional Page Yield

A full set of Canon GI-490 colour bottles — cyan, magenta, and yellow — produces up to 7,000 pages before running dry. That translates into fewer reorders per term or per quarter, which matters for schools managing CBC take-home materials and SMEs printing daily paperwork.

Mess-Free Smart Bottle Design

Canon engineered the nozzle to lock into the tank opening and self-regulate flow, so refilling takes seconds rather than minutes and spares your desk from ink spills.

Premium Canon Formulation

Third-party or refurbished inks often clog print heads over time. This bottle uses Canon’s own chemistry, which protects the printer’s long-term reliability — an important factor given how many PIXMA units serve as the sole printer in a household or small office.

Technical Specifications

Specification	Detail
Colour	Yellow
Product type	Ink refill bottle
Ink formulation	Dye-based
Capacity	70ml
Approximate page yield	Up to 7,000 pages (full colour set, ISO/IEC 24711 basis)
Part number	GI-490 Y (0666C001)
Refill mechanism	Smart bottle, drip-controlled nozzle
Country of origin	China
Included in box	1 x Canon GI-490 Yellow Ink Bottle

 

Compatible Printer Models

This bottle refills the yellow tank across Canon’s PIXMA G-series MegaTank lineup:

• Canon PIXMA G1400 series — G1400, G1410, G1411, G1416
• Canon PIXMA G2400 series — G2400, G2410, G2411, G2415
• Canon PIXMA G3400 series — G3400, G3410, G3411, G3416
• Canon PIXMA G4400 series — G4400, G4410, G4411

Own a Canon PIXMA G3410 InkTank Wireless Printer? This bottle sits directly in its supported ink lineup. Check Canon’s own specification sheet for the GI-490 ink bottle series for the manufacturer’s full technical breakdown.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• 70ml capacity stretches across thousands of pages before a refill
• Smart bottle design minimises spills during refilling
• Vivid yellow tone strengthens overall colour accuracy in mixed prints
• Wide compatibility across four PIXMA G-series families

Cons

• Covers only the yellow channel — cyan, magenta, and black bottles come separately, which raises the total cost of a full refill
• Dye-based ink resists moisture less effectively than pigment-based black ink, so prints can smudge if they get wet before drying fully
• Manual refilling demands a steady hand; careless pouring risks tank overfill or bottle-nozzle mess
• Not compatible with cartridge-based (non-MegaTank) Canon printers, so buyers need to confirm their printer model first

Who Should Buy This Bottle

This refill suits households and offices already running a PIXMA G-series printer that print in colour regularly — school assignments, invoices, posters, and multi-colour reports. Businesses with high print volumes benefit most, since the cost per page drops sharply compared with cartridge systems. Explore PlugTechHub’s broader printers and inkjet printers collections if you’re shopping for a new MegaTank unit alongside your ink supply.

The Canon GI-490 Yellow bottle does one job and does it reliably: it keeps PIXMA G-series printers producing bright, accurate colour at a low cost per page. It won’t suit anyone chasing an all-in-one cartridge fix, but for MegaTank owners already committed to the system, it remains the safest and most economical choice on the market. Pick up this bottle alongside the rest of your printer consumables at PlugTechHub and keep your printer output sharp all term long.