This is a multipack of Canon PGI-1500XL ink cartridges which have been made by Canon to work in perfectly your Maxify printer. The pack contains one black, cyan, magenta and yellow ink cartridge which is one of each the cartridges your printer needs. The PGI-1500XL black cartridge can produce up to 1,200 pages, the cyan up to 1,020 pages, the magenta up to 780 pages and the yellow up to 935 pages before you will need to replace them. This makes them great for use in a small home or office environment. The ink inside the cartridges is a pigment based ink, this type of ink is designed to sit on the top of the page so it bright so it's also ideal for printing images and graphics too!