Canon PIXMA™ iP6000D InkJet Photo Printer

What's not to like about this printer? Nothing, except as with all inkjet printers you need to take out a 2nd mortgage to buy the ink cartridges.
The only real problem I've had with the PIXMA iP6000D was with a clogged inkjet in the print head... it would not print black. I called Canon Support but since it had gone out of warranty the week before, their only suggestion was to take the printer to an authorized repair center. But like almost everything else these days, it would be cheaper to buy a new printer. So I did a little basic troubleshooting, tried a number of what seemed like common sense procedures, and found a way to unclog the printhead. At $100 + for a new printhead it was worth the effort, and if your printer ever stops printing one or more of the colors, it's probably a clogged inkjet. You might want to check out the guide I wrote for unclogging the inkjets in a Canon printhead.

Other than that one problem, I have to agree with the vast majority of other reviewers that this is one of the best color printers I have ever used.

As for the ink cartridges, they are very expensive, but you can read my Guide on refilling them and you'll be able to save a lot of money on ink. I think it costs me less than ten cents to refill a cartridge! There are also great deals to be had on generic ink these days. I just found one that may make me think twice about refilling. Or not... I really like the feeling I get from filling those twenty five cent plastic boxes that Canon charges $12.00 for with ten cents worth of ink and printing page after page of color photos. But I'll post more about acquiring generic cartridges on my inkjet cartridge refill guide for those of you who want to save money but don't want to walk around with ink-stained hands.

Also, if you print a lot in black and white, consider getting a laser printer. I've got an old Xerox Docuprint N17 which I bought preowned on ebay five years ago. I use it 80% of the time and have never had a problem with it. Lasers are not nearly as complicated and therefore not as likely to malfunction as inkjets. As for the cost of printing with a laser, I've only had to refill the toner twice in five years, and the good thing about that is it has a rubber plug in the side of the cartridge you can pull out and refill it with cheap generic toner. And it just keeps on going and going.

I'll put the solution to the clogged inkjet on a Guide under inkjet printers, so if you have trouble with the print head, just read it. You'll be surprised how easy it is to fix.

JCL