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 - Way too expensive per printPlease do yourself and your wallet a favor-buy another printer besides the Canon i6600D. The inks are very expensive and the amount of ink in each cartridge is so small you will be replacing them every other week. Canon wont let the consumer purchase alternative ink cartridges so they charge huge prices for each one. I wish I had read this review before I bought my printer. Rating:  - Terrific photo printerI have used Epson printers for several years, partly due to the ability to use third-party inks. This Canon 6600D, although last year's hardware, is still a terrific printer and a terrific buy. The ink is about one-third of Epson ink, so I do not have to use third-party inks. It produces wonderful photos on photo paper, although the quality on plain paper is less striking. Prints relatively fast, the thing reads all cards other than xD, and the screen is very userful. Rating: - Beyond Expectation! I had initially bought a less expensive Canon printer. My graphics department sneered at a photo I brought in. So that night I exchanged for the 6600D. Printed the same photo and the same people asked, "Oh, is that the original lab print?" The printer gives the freedom of producing ok prints or spectacular - just depends on how much you want to spend for paper - the glossy PRO paper is the best and has the weight and texture of film prints. Also I like the individual color cartridges - way more economical than the universal color cartridges you have to replace when Black runs out and everything else is still full! Also, when you open the ink cartridge area, all the cartridges glow red - like something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey - so there is definitely some geek appeal too! Rating:  - Great printer but ink is crazyGreat quality pictures and prints. Lots of options with software too. But the ink?...Expensive and very hard to find. Be sure to have at least 3 black and 2 sets of colors when you have this printer. It will use it. Rating:  - I really wanted it to be a better printer, but...I was looking to retire my circa 1999 Epson Stylus Pro 925 and replace it with this model. The Epson was just worn out, leaving some ink artifacts on the edges of the prints. Here's what's good about the ip6600d: Far faster than the old Epson, I can probably print 3 8x10's in the time it takes the Epson to spit out one. Paper handling with the dual feeds is great, never jammed. Economical on ink. At least that is my perception. Good support. However, for me the one bad attribute negates the good: quality. The old Epson blows it out of the water. The epson's colors are more accurate, and the detail in the Canon photo is significantly inferior to the old Epson. There is a dithering (blurring) of detail in the Canon not present in the Epson. Even the photos shot with the Canon S3IS digicam are superior on the Epson. Working with tech support, I took an image off the Canon site and printed on both units. Epson won, hands down. Even my wife said it was no contest on quality. I even went so far as to get a warranty replacement from Canon to see if it was a fluke. No, the Epson smokes the Canon on print quality. I really wish it were superior in this one area, but sorry, no. I guess I am out my money, as I spent so much time trying to get better quality I can't return it now. Wanna buy one cheap?
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