Haven't tried the CD printing yet but the photo printing & A4 printing is good thus far. The automatic duplex printing is good for printing greetings / birthday cards although in automatic two sided print you can't print borderless, this isn't the end of the world. The six cartridge colours give a better tonal range for photographs which is better for skin colours and is better than my previous printer. Overall a good purchase and a CISS system is available and earmarked for the future. The scanning facility is simple and the multiple output file type is good for photos or documents.