Every time I see one of those pesky printer error messages I am tempted to dust off the cricket bat and give the machine a good, solid thrashing. What does E-16 error actually mean? Just tell me what is wrong in English, it isn’t that hard.

Thankfully printers have come a long way in the past few years and such instances of high blood pressure inducing error messages are fewer and farther between. They have also become far more affordable, with this deal on the Canon Pixma Four-in-One Colour Inkjet Printer for R1 499 being a winner.

Four-in-one means all your printing, copying, faxing and scanning needs are taken care of. Because it supports Apple Air Print you can even print from, and scan to, your smartphone or tablet. Now we’re talking, print your Instagrams to your heart’s content.

35-page, two-sided Auto Document Feeder for scanning, copying and faxing
Superior prints using 5 individual ink system with optional XL capacity ink tanks
Print up to 1000 monochrome pages with optional XXL monochrome ink
Convenient, high-capacity 250-sheet paper tray
Large, user-friendly, 7.5cm (3.0”) colour TFT display with Dual Function Panel
Fast printing with A4 ISO ESAT 15 ipm mono/10 ipm colour
Google Cloud Print support and internet printing using PIXMA Cloud Link
Advanced media handling with Direct Disc Print and two-sided printing

But enough about all that technical mumbo jumbo. You can read all the specs and buy the printer HERE. We take no responsibility for anyone who scans their nether regions and prints them, you’re on your own there.