Canon CLI-8 Photo Magenta Ink Cartridge

B&H buys and sells ink in bulk. In general we regularly maintain fresh ink stock. All of our ink is at least 6 months from expiration (typically much longer). Unfortunately we do not have access to our inventory to hand inspect the expiration date of any of our inks prior to purchase.

No idea. And no choice either. Ink is way over-priced and quantity far too little for the price, in all brands of ink, IMO, but it is what it is. If you want the printer that uses it, and you print a lot of items that use that color, than it'll run out faster. I do know from several years of experience with my Canon Pro 9000 Mark II, that photo-magenta and photo-cyan are two of the most used inks (for my purposes, anyway). I hate the cost, but love the finished product - and through B&H is the cheapest way to buy if you watch your usage enough to be sure and have enough lead time for them to ship it to you, with their free shipping, before you run out. I buy basically all my inks from B&H for that reason, and I do a lot of printing on several printers.Jimmy