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As a budget item, it's fine for casual home use. However, there are two things to note: 1. The ink cartridges that come with the printer won't last long as there isn't much ink in them. After printing the initial alignment page (it auto renders in color for it), the ink level monitoring software automatically opened / popping up on my screen and graphically showing the level of the color ink cartridge was "down one notch" from full. Really, from just printing the alignment page? Bad HP, Bad Indeed. As a set, the regular HP replacement ink cartridges will set a person back almost $50 so, as it's been for years now, these inexpensive combo printers are a money grab for the ink required to use them. Fortunately, I don't print much at all these days so the included tiny cartridges will probably last me many months. I do not recommend the HP Ink Program; it's a shortcut used by HP to get quicker access to consumers' money and from what I've read online about it, it's ink monitoring software is skewed to influence the frequency of the automatic ink orders; so not cool HP! Plus, in addition to the expensive HP Ink being shipped more frequently than actually necessary, the program is structured as a subscription based service. Again, not cool! 2A. I bought the combo printer because I wanted to connect it thru USB rather than wirelessly. The last two HP printers bought over the years were wireless ones and though I'm computer savvy and have been online and printing for 30 years, the 2 wireless printers had network connectivity issues regularly even though they were both close to the PC and the combo modem/router. The various indicator lights on the printers flashed often indicating communication / network problems so, since the printers were fairly cheap anyway, as I tired of network, router/modem/printer resets and reboots, I gave them to Goodwill. 2B. Once the HP123 setup was initialized, I realized this install program has bias toward a wireless connection set up rather than a wired USB. On the first setup screen, the only option is to choose the wireless network the printer detected and another option that says something like "choose a different network". The screen is missing a clickable direct link to a USB setup. However, by clicking the "choose another network" option, on the screen that follows, the user can then choose a wired USB connection. C'mon HP, you can do better! All in all, as a hard wired USB printer, scanner, copier, it's decent. I have no knowledge of its wireless connectivity and use when connected that way.