However, scanning works only with USB connection, also available to the printer directly. In this case, then the control panel is used. I have not tried.
Construction and connection go quite simple, there is no trickery, no wrangling of pinched packaging parts etc.
The first set of cartridges held me for about 3 months, the refilled, now with 4 month with no tendency for abating. The cartridge replacement is simple. A similar restriction on certain cartridges manufacturer is obviously not installed.