As a non technical person, the lack of compatibility and standards in the computer industry never ceases to amaze me. Buying computer components is often like buying an automobile in which you never know that it only works with Goodyear tires, Texaco gas, is put together with non standard nuts and bolts and stops running if you use the wrong brand of windshield wiper. And they never tell you any of this in the owners manual.....you just call tech support when your car dies and wait 20 minutes to speak to somebody who can't fix your problem anyway! And when he speaks with you, he refers to the gas as the APF (auto propulsion fluid), the tires as the CS's (car sneakers), and the windshield wipers as the PCU's (percipitation clearing units). Not so with the Epsom C60. It's a bit noisy, drinks ink (but they all do), but when I plugged it in to my computer IT WORKED and printed good pictures.