I have always bought cannon printers, initially because they were the ones that didn't make you buy a new print head with every cartridge. This printer lives up to my expectations. It was thoroughly researched and chosen by my father in law (he bought the same model). My parents have a better model (the 8500) but I honestly can't tell the difference.

The print quality is excellent, the setup was very easy, even the software that came with it is not annoying.

The only thing I can't yet comment on is durability and how the prints fare over time.