The Pixma MX372 has the same ink costs as other Canon printers that utilize the company's "240" and "241" cartridges. Put simply, black ink is very expensive, while color is decently cheap. The PG-240XL black cartridge costs $21 and lasts for 300 pages, working out to 7 cents per page. The $38, 600-page PG-240XXL, at 6.3 cents per page, isn't much cheaper.

The $30, 400-page CL-241XL unified-color (three colors, one cartridge) replacement works out to 7.5 cents per page; that cartridge, added to the XXL black, makes for an affordable 13.8 cent four-color page. Caveat: When one color runs out, you must replace the unified cartridge, even though it may have plenty of one or both of the other colors. As a result, printing heavily with one color will alter your ink costs for the worse. The unit ships with 180-page starter cartridges.

The Canon Pixma MX372 is a nice, basic, low-priced MFP for light use. For only $20 more, however, you can get considerably more features. Other $100 MFPs to consider are the , with its wonderful photo prints, and the .