Scharon's wrong. Canon lets you disable the ink check (it still gives you a warning message on subsequent boots). Canon is the only printer company that I've used that doesn't suck. I use 3rd party ...
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We have an HP printer and as usual the software/driver package is one of the worst parts about it. You should be able to plug n play a basic printer driver. It’s disgraceful. As for the subscription ...