Look at other printers if you appreciate silence

Author's Rating:

Pros: Quality of prints on reagular and phot paper

Cons: Noise, Lack of letter feeder, small paper tray, time it takes to print

The Bottom Line: 
Look at another printer.  I appreciate the quality but not the noise!

Author's Review
The printer is amazing in color and it does the job well if you do not mind waiting around for it.  One black cartridge gets you 2100 prints.  The problem is the cartridge will not keep printing past the 2100.  Once the counter is up you are out of luck because the printer will not let you print mediocre prints.  When you change the cartridge it goes through a 15 min self cleansing.  So if you are on a tight deadline and you are about to run out of toner forget your dealine. 

The noise it makes bothers me a lot.  It is energy star rated but it loves to self diagnose itself at all hours of the day and night.  It is so frustrating that I find myself hitting the off switch button often! 

It does not have an envelope loader so you have to take out the paper to feed an envelope.  On normal printer paper it likes to pull multiple sheets and jam for no apparent reason.  It takes very little paper and I find myself having to reload it often.

When you hit the print button expect the printer to be artistic, it will make a lot of noise and turn its wheels, then it will do nothing and silence itself hold for a few seconds sometimes minutes then walla it will spit out a page when it is ready to show off.

I purchased this machine for its value.  I now wish I would have purchased another printer.