Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought the iX6820 as a workhorse to relieve my spectacular Canon Pro-100 from 'work-duties', relegating it back to hobby photos. I'll spend half the time and $ refilling the iX vs the Pro-100. The iX runs pretty quiet, too, compared to earlier Canon Pixma printers I have, though not as quiet as the nearly silent Pro-100. With its large print head, speed is remarkably fast in "standard" mode, still producing excellent quality for minor work presentation pieces on heavier stock. Fine quality mode is just brilliant, and it still cranks out borderless 4x6 photos under 30 seconds. Wireless setup was pretty painless using the WPS button on my Bell router. For some reason the first try didn't work, but 2nd round it linked right up and has stayed online. The problem I actually have is Windows 10 on one of my machines showing the printers offline; but, my phone will still print direct, so it's a MS problem, of course. I've run some direct photo comparisons to my Pro-100 and have to say the result is quite good for a machine running four less ink carts. However, I think it compensates by oversaturating colors a bit, and the gamut is obviously not as wide, particularly the greyscale. Most users would still be thrilled with the photo results on decent paper. Just stay far away from that HP Vivid garbage paper- I only use it for glossy text flip charts for work- it's terribly washed out for photos. Decent refill carts can be found for super cheap, or you can purchase clear, refillable carts with auto-reset chips to do your own easily. Precision Colors is the next best to Canon. If you need to print wider formats, like 11x17 tabloid or 13x19 posters, this machine is a BARGAIN if you have a little extra room and don't want all the scan/copy/fax extras that take up more space. I highly recommend this machine.