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• Futuristic looking and sleek black, there are no raised buttons, only a touch area to select copy, number of copies, etc. and the picture based display is understated and intuitive. For example, when the paper tray runs out the display is colored Red instead of the normal Blue to alert you of an error. Took up very little room and you’d barely notice it on a shelf… nice option for a minimalist work space.
• As nice as the shiny black surface was, it did attract the dust and fingerprints. Mind you, with no buttons, it made for easy cleaning, with just a wipe of a cloth; no buttons to catch dust or get grungy.
• Fast printing for multiple copies, excellent print quality for text and monochrome pictures, fast and excellent quality for copies.
• Very quiet, makes a brief and soft sound when actually printing.
• Worked within seconds of plugging in the USB, no special set up required for our Windows XP machine. We did not have such great luck on a Mac. We never got it working on it.

However, there was something I found very annoying – after the print job had finished, it made a little hum sound. However when it was out of paper, or something was in error, the machine emitted a different, sad little sound… like a “mew” as if you stepped on a kitten’s paw, just a slight dip in pitch lower, almost like “uh oh, something is wrong with me!” Now, some may find this handy and at first I found it amusing but both sounds drove me crazy to the point where I was trying to figure out if that sound could be turned OFF. (I never found out) I can’t say I appreciate a whiny printer.

Other than that quirky sound issue, this was a good printer for the important stuff… silence during print function, quality, and speed.