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According to PC World, it has a yield of 324 pages for $15, 4.6 cents per page. This is superior to the Epson high capacity 97 cartridge, which on this site claims 430 pages for $35, or 8.1 cents per page. However, it falls far short of the HP OfficeJet Pro, for which PC World states a yield of 2200 pages for $36, or 1.6 cents per page.
I am quite frustrated with the OUTRAGEOUS cost of ink for low end Canon and Epson printers that I am seriously thinking of upgrading the HP officeJet pro and throwing all of these cheap printers away (though i'll give up wireless and duplex scanning).
Note that the low end HP printers also have high Ink cost. You really need the officeJet pro.
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/52968/review/pixma_mx860.html
Answered on 2/1/2010 by StrongBad Fan from Long Island, NY