Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this machine for its photo printing, duplex and scanning capabilities. Setup and connection through my wireless network was a snap. No problems printing from either my iMac or IOS devices. My wife printed off a recipe from her iPad and my niece, an email from her MS Surface. Does duplex print operations smoothly, scans and copies quickly. Feels strange printing photos using the rear tray but the 4x6 and 5x7 photos I printed, came out vibrant and rich in tone. In fact, they pretty much look like the images displayed on my iMac's screen. Overall, I'd state that the printer's functions seem much faster than my MG7520 and even a bit quieter. The wife and I will use this printer for document printing but nothing heavy-duty, a few pages here and there. I'm an amateur photographer so will primarily use the printer to print images and portraits, mainly 4x6 and 5x7 photos. So, with all that good stuff stated...the lack of ink cartridge (cli-281) availability + the current cost of refill ink for this machine, I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRINTER FOR HOME BUSINESS PURPOSES. The long term cost will be in the ink so I'll try to come back and update this review after the holidays. Should have a pretty good estimate on ink usage by then. Although the ink costs will eventually come down, for now, I give four stars based on my research for ink replacement/availability and price. Update: Ink usage about the same as my previous Canon, continues to work as normal and documentes/images look fantastic. A few issues however. The printer does completely shut itself off after a period of non-use (not sure how long). It irritates the the wife that she has to walk to the study and turn it on before she can print to it from her iPad, so far not a big deal to me. I have to admit that the control panel seems very flimsy to me, especially when using the power button and as a previous reviewer stated, I now also feel the need to place my thumb under it to keep it from wanting to bend down. Touch controls on the panel are not a problem however, light for the touch and responsive. Lastly, if you don't lift the control panel high enough, it will not print as the panel is too close to the feeder tray so the paper cannot feed out normally. I had to lift the control panel almost to its full upright position for the paper to feed. Fortunately Canon anticipated this issue as the notification on the LED screen displays the issue and tells you to lift the control panel higher. Once this is done, it automatically prints the document. Well that's about all I have to state regarding this purchase. This printer has some minor issues but no show-stoppers thus far and the photographic prints are just amazing. Knowing what I know now, I would still purchase this printer. Hopefully this review helps you future buyers out.