From: licensedtoquill@gmail.com   
      
   > There are lots of older printers offered free when people update windows    
   > and cannot get it to work on the printer. So if you are using windows 8    
   > or earlier, or are good at messing with OS problems, you should be able    
   > to find a working printer. I currently have 2 HP all-in-ones, a B&W    
   > (M1212NF) and a color one (MFP M177fw) on my network, and a Brother    
   > all-in-one as a backup. Both work with my wife's Windows 10 computer    
   > after some fiddling.    
      
   I agree with you. I had 2 Pixma MX922 all in ones which I had to junk when   
   they died, an MX960 which I had to junk when it died, and a somewhat   
   longer-lasting older MX 860 which I decided had in fact died when it started   
   giving the non-specific B200    
   error message. Canon printers  were amazing but they do seem to have had a   
   sort  of planned obsolescence about them.   
      
   But the question is: Is the 8710 worth saving? I agree there are lots of   
   all-in-ones out there and at the moment I dont actually have a scanner or a   
   copier.   
      
   But is there a problem with this unit taking pigmented ink?  Why are there so   
   few places where after-market ink can be bought at reasonable cost?   
      
   Like you, I dont print very often and I also have an HP 1525nw for when I need   
   inexpensive printing so I'd like to know, - how reliable are all the lousy   
   reviews and should I go to all the bother of pulling this thing apart if it   
   promises to give endless    
   error messages when laboriously put together again ?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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