Expensive to maintain

At the features of the printer are tempting. There are driver software for Android, Linux and Windows (more untested), so you can easily under almost any system via wireless printing and scanning. The education at the router was going incredibly easy. Manuals are available for this. Properly pleasant it is the fact that the printer can even turn on their own. Unfortunately, it is so that he can not issue on its own again, no matter what I choose Timer. Tempting is also the possibility for the fully automatic duplex printing, which was the main argument to buy for me (besides wifi). One need only half as much paper, but prints it only half as fast as one-sided. But bothers me less, after all, protects the environment and to your wallet. The silent mode is also quite pleasant. You do hear almost nothing. But large documents you should not print, because of the speed loss.

The scanner also works precisely. I was impressed by how fast he is ready for use. For that is quasi after releasing the Copy Button already the case. In a predecessor of Canon had to get used to certain preheating times, only to have to wait forever, until the scanner has finally read the sheet. Comparatively the MG3550 is so surprisingly nimble.

Print quality is also excellent, because there is really nothing to complain about. And if they do something does not fit that's not a drama. It prints the pattern, it sets into the scanner, and the rest happens automatically. Nothing more looking with glasses and compare test pattern as before. Given the good quality and impressive features, I would really want to give 5 stars.

However, what bothers me is the massive rapid wear of the ink cartridges. At the time 20 (black) or 25 (color) purchase price for small cartridges in retail, it is fast times more expensive than if you only occasionally wants to print something more, even if the stated on the packaging of ink 150 pages so far each have been complied with time.

If the price of the cartridges but are accessed but rather back to the fumigations to refill. In comparison amount one saves this loose 150-200, in terms Druckquälität you realize this is no difference. Clear would like to make some long-term Canon here. But 50 euros per complete replacement? As you come around really not drum. Not only that it is cumbersome to reset the printer after each refill, because otherwise he refuses to print anything out of the conviction, the ink was still empty. No, even the cartridges for a maximum of (if you're lucky) three times refilling completely over, regardless of age. Because one or the other color is simply no longer printed, or the printer strike completely because of some error that appears suddenly, to incorporating new original cartridges.

On the latter Canon consists of close-celled ends reasons anyway, but when you consider that the original Canon cartridges with the same capacity were 10 Euro cheaper predecessor on average, I think it is a pity. Who needs to print a lot, so it should definitely let the MG3550 fingers. Except, of course, one does not know what to do with his money. Had the cartridges cheaper, he would get all 5 stars and I would buy it to me in doubt again or even recommend. But under these circumstances? No not true.