How can I know a canon ink cartridge expiring date?

[cley]

Hi,

Excuse me if this question has been asked before. I have just bought a canon ip5000 printer that uses one BCI-3eBK and four BCI-6 cartridges. I have bought a set of replacement cartridges, but I can't see no expiration date printed on cartridge boxes. The only thing I can see is an alfanumeric code printed in the bottom of the cartridge box. I would like to know how to obtain the expiration date of each cartridge from this code.

Thanks a lot in advance,

 

[panos]

There is no expiration day on IP5000 cartridges. You can use them until they run dry.

 

[cley]

Thanks for your response, panos

 

[fotofreek]

Earlier Canon carts had an expiration date on the box. Since I've been refilling my carts for over a year I haven't looked at an OEM cart. From what we've seen on this forum some inks get "glop" in them after a while. I don't know about OEM inks, but some of the bulk ink vendors tell you what the shelf life is of their inks. I believe that it is at least a year.

 

[Osage]

I asked exactly that shelf life question of bulkinkjetcarts.com. They stated two years in the box and six month in the printer.