I cannot express how much I do not like this printer. And note that, the only reason why it gets one ⭐ instead of none is because #1, we can't and #2 it does print black and white documents well and at a decent pace. I did research on photo printers and this one came up time and time again as a good quailty printer. For plain documents with no images, sure. But for it to boast that it does great photo printing, it absolutely does not. This printer is a terrible photo or image printer. And yes, I checked the types of paper that are compatible with it. Let me tell you why I dislike it so much... -Images are blurry and dull. (I tried the Canon print app, the Canon create app, just plain printing from the open photo, and from Publisher. The last was the best, but still not great.) - EVERY SINGLE TIME you load the paper, you have to select the paper size. For 8 1/2 X 11, standard size paper, you just have to click that setting each and every time. But outside of that, different names for the sizes without explanation are a hassle to figure out, and then when you're printing you have to select the size that you put in the paper tray. It doesn't seem complicated , extra yes, but complicated you wouldn't think so... until for instance you put 5x7 envelope paper in the tray and you choose the setting envelope (not D10), and then when you try to print on said envelope it won't print. Why?! why!? If the printer thinks that what you're printing isn't the same as what you put in the tray based on the settings, it won't print. So even though I put the envelopes in the tray, and I set it to envelopes, and then I tried to print envelopes, they still wouldn't print regardless of what app I used. I had this with several things I tried to print that we're not envelopes, and for the record, there are only two envelope settings. I tried printing on eight and a half by 11 cardstock and it wouldn't print because I didn't select the right option (but note, weight options aren't clear or specified), but heavyweight paper and cardstock weren't options on the printer so I couldn't get them to print and you can't choose plain paper for everything because that won't print either. You can't use plain paper and try to print photos because that won't print! It makes no sense! -Most of the paper settings aren't American standard, several of them are Japanese specific paper settings and sizes, that even though I looked them up, I still couldn't figure out how to make the printer print. I tried the Canon FAQs and help site, and it was not as helpful as they thought it would be. There were a few okay features: - The starter ink is a lot. More than an entire fill for each color. -It does print regular B&W documents well and pretty quickly. -After you connect the first device for wireless printing, it's really easy to connect other devices. Those were worth the 1 star. I would never recommend this printer to anyone. I don't even want to keep it myself. Even though I got a deal, it's not a deal if it doesn't do what you need it to.
