I had my MX860 Canon printer since 2011. I have only been using original Canon ink cartridges and Canon photo paper for the thousands of photographs I have been printing over the years. Using only original ink cartridges produces excellent photos which last a life time. Having magenta, cyan, yellow, black and the extra big black cartridge separately, makes the use of my printer very economical as well. Over the years the price per cartridge has come down as well. So I am very happy with this product and I can't say anything negative about it.