So far its been very useful accessory at home for my daily printing, copying and scanning needs ( roughly I would have printed around 150 black and whites and 15 color prints) . The color prints are very good, I did not try the photo paper though. It mostly used for printing my child’s school projects and for copying docs. I dont run to the local vendoir these days thanks to HP 2135. I am not yet very sure on the cost effectiveness, but its s good to have accessory at home. Setting up is also very easy and you dont even need to use the CD given for install, as you can directly install the drivers from HP site. Prinitng speeds is also very reasonable for a home use printer. Service and support is very good. It has wide range of features and printing speed is also good.