canon is very reliable, i got a IP1000 about 2 years back , and it was great, i printed over 10000 pages from it , and one day it gave me a waste ink tank full error, and i opened it myself, that was the ;ast day it worked . but later i came to know that it a 200rupee job in service center.. so buy it EYES WIDE SHUT lol.. the ink is also very cheap...
You can still buy it from ezone stores for 1199/- if they have stock lying around.I bought two printers two days back.They have some offer period going on for various bill value.I got a citrus juicer free.
They have removed all the better value offer from their website ,another product worth mentioning being Acer laptop 4315 @20800/-
Coming back to the printer i uses CL41 and Black 40 cartridges (included only Cl41).
I have used this cartridges-cum-printhead in MP150 mfd. Damn good photo printouts.Won't last long though about 100-150 prints .
But the really good thing is you can refill this cartridge yourself.
Mine lasted for about 20 refills and in the end it died not due to refilling but not using it(lying around for almost a month).
Remember this- gotta run the printer regularly almost daily to take real advantage.