I printed out test pages from each and the print quality was great. Do try to do it in windows by adding a printer and browsing the network or by going to your router to add it, none of that is needed, in fact it probably won't work if you try to do it that way which I did by habit. Just connect it to your wireless SSID with the password, put in the disk load the software and it works for XP, Vista and Win 7 (comes with a MAC disk but I am too poor to afford one of those) the disk software will find the printer for you and connect it laptop or whatever. 3 Laptops wirelessly connected and a desktop usb connection all within 30 minutes. The first thing I noticed was the installation compared to my old wireless HP 6980 (which it replaced) was awesome. This printer had better ratings so I bought it. I researched this printer against higher priced HP printers at Costco. My initial impression is that the MP490 is an inexpensive, very good quality printer with easy set-up and helpful software. I have had the printer for only three days so I cannot speak to its long-term dependability. There are ink refill kits on the web for this model to reduce costs considerably-I have no experience refilling these particular cartridges, but have found it to be very economical in my other Canon and HP printers. Ink costs are high for OEM replacement cartridge. The included software loaded easily and works fairly well. Print speed was on the slow side, so if your needs require high volume printing, this is probably not the right printer for you. Controls were fairly intuitive as was the menu on the compass control. iPhoto also started up automatically on my laptop, ready to import the images from the SD card in the printer-very slick. Inserting the SD card from my digital camera into the printer immediately brought up the image on the LCD screen, ready to print. Scanning and copying were also uncomplicated. Print quality/tone was very good for both photos and plain documents. As mentioned in another review, the USB cord is not included. I found the set up very straightforward and encountered no problems. I'm using the Canon MP490 at home with a Mac Book Pro Intel Core Duo OSX 10.5.8.
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