So if I leave the door open, it prints by itself and wastes my ink.

The multi ink tank system does prevent the issues that come with the two cartridge (BW and color) systems of some low end printers

My final complaint is the ink

In the past i have had issues with ink drying up in between uses of the printer, so far i have had this printer a little over a month and i have had no issues so far with clogged ink cartridges or dried up ink, but time will only tell if that problem will rear its head.in all this is a great all in one for the home or home office

No cheap ink cartridges on the market

Buy a Canon printer that allows generic ink to be available.

Ink is hard to find at any reasonable price

Don't buy this printer, unless you can find reasonable ink in advance.

However, it is kind of bulky and does use more ink than I expected it to--perhaps a trade-

You are left with either getting gouged from original cartridges from Canon, OR go the manual refill route and then being unable to see ink levels because Canon has chipped the cartridges just to defeat/frustrate economical users who would rather spend their money on something else than overpriced ink

Although little of my printing is in color, the ink in the color tank(s) is mysteriously drawn down, just not as fast as the black tank(s).

The WORST FEATURE is this printer just starts printing something random I looked at a week ago but never selected to print and wastes my ink!!!!

The printer is okay, but ink is not readily available.