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

Friendly user.

This printer has the WORST user interface I have ever encountered - both the hardware and software

A detailed summary of pros/cons is below:PROS- comes with all 5 ink cartridges (and sample photo paper) to get you up and running- has a touch-screen control for relatively user-friendly operation and setup- fairly compact design and looks nice in piano black- both printing and scanning are faster than they were on my older Canon PIXMA

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

I have a mac & the one user who wrote about the network issues is correct

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).