Why are we not surprised. Talk about the first two models listed has
dominated this newsgroup for the last few months, or almost half year.
I own the i850 and feel I finally, after all these years, own a piece
of precision printing equipment I'm truly happy with. I've been using
a good quality bulk ink, and by my eyes, my results have been identical
to Canon's inks so far. There are also some good papers available on
eBay for bargain prices. Shop around and experiment. I do.