I needed a new printer and agreed despite all recessions with this. Conclusion: color images and black Perfect! Scanning: perfect! Consumption: is Okay! But as to the arguments that others had described here: it is a bit noisy, but tolerable. Like me who had a Canon the previous Genration knows this. Slowly? I do not need printouts in a millisecond! So full marks and I think Recommended! Thanks and any time again !!