great for black/white/greyscale printing
I particularly wanted to print, copy, etc black and white and/or greyscale images. My old, old HP envy did a really good job,but when it bit the dust the new printers did horrid printing. This was recommended because it has the extra grey ink instead of the blue ink which is in newer models as well as the the two black inks. I found that I got the best results by printing/copying images with the printer set to color even though they were all black/white/grey. There is a lot of variance and that grey ink makes a ton of difference on the end product.
It is a bit difficult to sit up and I didn't like the plastic parts. It makes a bit of noise when copying and is definitely slower than my old printer. (part of that is the setting from normal to best which always increases time to print). So while it sounds and feels rather cheap it does work very well for its intended purpose.
The ink is fairly expensive but I have purchased cheaper refilled ink and will use that to see if it does as good a job as the Canon ink product.
My only other issue is that it goes to sleep when not used and turns completely off. So if I am downstairs (frequently) and want to copy something over the network from a device which has been paired with the printer, I still have to go to the printer and turn the thing on. So having it paired on the wifi network isn't really functioning as it should. I need to explore whether I can override the automatic turn off and will update if able to do so.
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