With the exception of 'is it a speedy printer' (it is not), the questions you ask depend on your computer software, not the printer.
To print an excerpt from an article, I copy and paste it into a word processing document, where I can adjust the font, etc, and print from there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Canon MX410 review

I am reading comments that this printer and actually, some of the other canons are ink hogs, to say the least. Do you have any suggestions for another printer that would be adequate without the heavy use of ink?