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OK, so I have gone from loving to hating this printer. You really would think that Canon would understand that people who buy a mobile printer are busy people who do not have hours to spend figuring out how the product they bought, but apparently they don't. I bought this printer not so much for its wireless capability, but for its small size (to fit next to our kitchen iMac) and for its portability for travel. If you are thinking about buying it, please follow these instructions to save yourself a lot of grief. First, do not under any circumstances, attempt to understand the installation diagram Canon includes in the box. And forget about trying to look at the video they reference because the page no longer exists. There are a couple of YouTube videos that are helpful. Second, accept that you're probably not going to get this thing to work wirelessly (at least not initially) so just go to Best Buy NOW and buy the USB A to B cable that Canon couldn't be bothered to include in the package. Make sure you get the more square version for printers and not the file transfer type. I took a picture of the connection just to be sure I got the right one. The set -up is far simpler than the diagram, but here are the basic steps 1) Take the two ink cartridges and the cartridge frame out of their packages and remove the orange plastic protectors around each. Pop each cartridge into the sized slot in the frame. 2) Life up the top lid of the printer (where the paper goes in) and move the paper guide all the way to the left. 3) Lift the little bottom flap (where it comes out) and remove the protective paper. 4) Press the on/off button to turn the printer on 5) Lift up the panel directly in front of the buttons and wait for the cartridge carrier to center itself. 6) Lift up the top frame of the cartridge carrier, insert the frame with the cartridges into it, secure the frame back down and close the lid. Mine seemed to take several rounds at getting the cartridges positioned once the lid was closed. 7) Connect the printer to your Mac using the USB cable. 8) You should be immediately prompted to install the appropriate Canon software. 9) Once the software is installed, take one of the two heavy white paper sheets that came with the printer, insert it with the trimmed corner to the upper right and press the center button with the down arrow and triangle. You have to hold it down for a few seconds and release. The printer will print out a color gauging page. 10) Repeat the process with the second white page and the printer will print out a blue and gray tone gauging page. 11) Now you can insert paper and print normally. 12) When you print the first print-out from the connected printer, check off the box that says "Share this printer in the network." Anytime you want to use it from another computer in the network, you will be prompted to download the Canon software from that computer. I haven't yet tried it from an iPhone or iPad.