Ink starved and scratchy
586645
I was rather excited for this pen, but was disappointed to discover that the feed was starved and the nib scratched like hell. I showed it to a friend who commented "Why would you use this thing over a ballpoint pen?"

Based on the other reviews I see on this pen, I'm suspecting I got a defective unit. I'm returning the old one and getting a new one, and I'll update this review if I find that anything has changed.
4681165
Uses lots of ink. Still can't get envelopes to feed properly. Should have gotten another Canon.
865939
I am really disappointed with the replacement ink cartridges that I have just purchased. After replacing the cartridges, it seems when printing there are blotches of ink on the paper.  The cartridges are leaking ink. As this is my first trial of a non HP product, it left a sour taste in my mouth. As a result, I will be reverting back to purchasing the HP brand.
206109
It had what looked like sketches. The detail was so small I couldn't make out most of the designs at all. It looked like their printer was running low on ink as well.
4051924
the box had been thru delivery, obviously, but was not damaged. A lot of the pens had lost their tops which click on. . this gave me the job of trying to match the colors to the tops. the pens are transparent and most are only filled 1/2 of the ink holder, i guess due to being without a top a lot of the pens will not draw a line but only short brush strokes, they work a few minutes and then i have to shake them to try to get the ink flowing, My daughter gave me 4 of the coloring books to relieve my stress but these pens are stressing me instead.
3962522
This printer has been a serious disappointment. While the ink supply is a great idea, the print quality is absurdly bad; the worst of ANY printer I've ever owned. I've run all the diagnostics and cleaning and alignment routines multiple times each, and still, the only way to get it to print without random missing lines is to change the print setting to high quality. The printer also leaves fairly large ink splotches on the bottom and/or top of most pages I print. It's possible that I just got a lemon, but I can't recommend the printer given the poor print quality.
4737655
I have bought this ink three times. The first two times, everything printed pretty well. It wasn't as crisp as authentic ink, but it certainly met my demands. Well I bought the third cartridge in October and installed it. I printed thirty pages in black and white and they were all streaky. I had a high demand print product, so I had to use another print option. I just revisited this ink (after only printing 30 pages) and after 10 pages, the color was fading. I took it out, shook it, reset my printer and tried again. Ran into the same problem :( So it's supposed to yield well over 2,000 pages per toner, and I got about 50 pages before my documents looked like I was running out of ink. I'm disappointed because I have a high volume project and now I don't have the quality ink that I need.
558315
The ink is rather thin and gets absorbed by most paper rather quickly and doesn't work well on waxy/glossy paper.
2160547
too flimsy and ink is very thick and hard to get to write
3414510
the first print was fine, now when ever I try to print more then half of the stuff/words are missing had to run out and purchase ink at the store.  So disappointed the price was awesome and I purchased it with high hopes now I have to go to the hassle of returning all the cartridges.
699755
I bought this because of the good reviews, but it doesn't flow nicely with my faber castell pen. It feels very scratchy and takes a long time to dry, and even when it does it still smudges easily if your hand is a bit sweaty. After some searching on the Internet for better alternatives, there was mention that Noodler's bulletproof inks could actually damage your pen in the long run.

Overall would diffinately not recommend buying it, go with a better quality ink like Waterman or Damine.
3677424
Ran out of ink quickly...Thought it was because of usage. I think ink was dried up!! I do not print many items!
1816622
way to slow to print, ink runs out super fast and cartridges are ridiculously expensive. Mostly, the biggest complaint is that sometimes it takes several minutes to an hour before it will even print the doc that i have requested. Have reloaded software multiple times and doesn't help.  The photo quality is nice, but really not worth the hassle.  Would run this over with my car, but i prefer to recycle.  Very frustrating machine if you like things to work fast.
329140
not recommended , not a good quality, if u print many pages its starts giving ink lines on the page
1790669
Unfortunately, you can barely read the writing :( Yes, even with liquid in it.. For the price, I think the ink could be a lot bolder.
2252305
Feels like the pen is scratching across the paper, not rolling smoothly, have tried three of the refills so far, all three scratchy
491938
Not impressed with these. Some of them do not have much ink and some are really dry. They are scratchy on the paper.