Canon imageCLASS MF4150 Laser Duplex P/s/c/f 21PPM Adf
by Canon
|
List Price: Category: CE See more product details |
|---|
(Click here)
Customers in the UK,
Buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon imageCLASS MF4150 Laser Duplex P/s/c/f 21PPM Adf
Customer Review: Nice Machine - Happy So Far
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this printer after I found that 1) fewer and fewer places carry toner for my Samsung SF-555P Multi-function printer and 2) I really need duplex printing. This Canon machine is one of the few, if not only, product out there right now with dupex *and* multifunction built into a single monochrome laser unit.
This is a brand new model as of Novermber 2006. I had bought and returned a HP Laserjet 3055 multi-function unit, after I found that it does not have duplex built-in. I almost bought a dupex laser printer from brother, HL-5250DN, for about the same amount of money (~$200).
This Canon unit has energy saver feature so it is very quiet when not in use. I liked the printer driver. It is easy to use and uses the same type of user interface as the one found in my Canon i860 ink printer. And, yes, it has duplex printing!!!!
Since I have only had the printer for a week, I have not used it extensively but evrything seems to work well. Its footprint is bigger than my old samsung unit but still relatively small, despite it has a cover and an automatic feeder for copying. I like how it does not have a built-in phone; I can always hook up a cheap phone if I wanted to. A built-in phone would make the unit less pleasing to the eye. It is a very pretty machine (boy, am I a geek). I like how I can now pull up the cover, set down a store receipt and copy with a push of a single button.
The only downside is that once the starter toner is all used up, a regular replacement toner is good for 2000 pages, as opposed to 3000 pages, which is what other manufacturers typically rate their replacement toners for. But I think even with a 3000 page toner, I replaced toners once every other year so this shouldn't be too big a deal.
I am all set for the next year's tax filing. Bring it on!
Customer Review: Wow, this is the way to go.
Summary: 5 Stars
Awesome:
1. Very quiet.
2. Goes in to hibernate quickly to save energy and bursts back to life instantly when needed.
3. Great print quality.
4. Does it all (except for color)including fax, copy, scan, and duplex printing.
5. Duplex printing saves a lot of resources (paper and money).
6. Most of the settings and buttons are user friendly.
Not so awesome:
1. The manual that comes with it is nice and easy to read and use, but skips too many "advanced features". For advanced features you must look at the online .pdf guides.
2. Even with the advanced guide, it is not immediately obvious to me how to set up the machine so it will screen calls as phone or fax. It wants to answer all calls as a fax machine. I need to experiment more with the available (but confusing) settings that should fix this.
I like having a do it all printer but also realized I no longer need or want color. Here's why:
1. Printing photos at home is not what the marketing would like us to believe. Sending photos to Kodak or Shutterfly (or any online photo printer) is cheaper, of better quality, and of more archival quality than printing at home. It also offers more choices of print size and paper quality and so forth. It's just not quite as fast. Email the photos in and have them in a few days or a week at most.
2. Color inkjet printers do not work well long enough. They frustrate me as contributing too greatly to our throw away society. It is cheaper to buy a new printer than to buy ink, print heads and other needed repairs that come up after a year or two of use.
This Canon is great and it is unreal that it lists at such a low price for the quality and functions you get.
Customer Review: Best Machine for Students!
Summary: 5 Stars
Width 15.4 x Height 17.7; Depth f/wall (w/lid open full & feeder attached & back panel [to undo paper jams] open )21"; Height (w/lid open full)24"
Cart (toner & drum+other moving parts) ~70.00US (Off*ceMax), 2000pg yield.
Stationary platen for color/b&w scanning, b&w copying. Built in handles on bottom, for carrying. Collates or does 2 on 1 page.
Software: Comes with image,page manager,e-mail, PDF,OCR,fax, scanning --all you need.
Standalone AIO, but can use with PC. Just out of the box, I scanned 35pgs into a multi-page PDF 400dpi in about 1 min, just dropped into feeder & hit Scan on my laptop. Saved it as a file.
Can print f/ e-mail or fax from PC.
Needs expensive proprietary wireless printer port, but I just use a 20ft USB 2.0 cable to switch from PC or Laptop, which hangs on a sticky hook on side of machine.
Press a button for it to sleep, or it'll sleep in a few mins. Very Quiet, wakes up fast ready to print/copy/scan.
ADF and auto-duplex is great. ADF can be used in scanning, printing, faxing.
All-in-one cart simplifies everything (esp drum replacement).
I don't mess with the auto-fax answer feature, but I turn it on if I'm not there & expecting a fax. Voice machine kicks on after 4 rings or if it is a fax, it'll receive.
Great for students (a laser printer solo is ~100US anyways & the cart is only 70us) but I'm sure a small office will find it useful, esp. if they want to buy the wireless print/fax server.
I have XP sp2: e6420 on PC, amd Turion-32 laptop, 2gig ram on each.
Customer Review: A Great Multi-Functional Unit!
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently purchased this printer in an effort to free up more space in my home office. I replaced my laser printer, scanner and fax with this single compact unit and couldn't be happier. As others have mentioned, the duplex printing feature is a MAJOR plus in my opinion - a feature that they've seemed to include as a "freebie" and adds major points over competitors. The quick start guide was really simple and I was up and running in a matter of minutes.
A super quiet machine when not in use (thanks to the Energy Saving feature), I've used the printing features and the results are timely, crisp, clean pages with seemingly excellent paper handling (no jams so far). It's got many more print options (2 on 1 page, 4 on 2 pages which is really 4 on 1 with the duplex option) and a ton of other cool features and capabilities that aren't listed in the product description. I have sent and received faxes without a problem. Copying is just like using the larger machines: just lift the cover or use the document feeder to copy originals. I haven't scanned anything yet, so I can't comment on that particular functionality, but the manual mentions scanning to PDF which is what I really need and like.
Size is truly relative - It is a bit larger (height and width) than my old laser printer (a Samsung); but does 4 times more work and its footprint is definitely smaller than the three units I replaced!
For less than $200 with free shipping, it's solved my space problems and exceeded my expectations regarding functionality and quality. A great deal, imo. I highly recommend!!
Customer Review: Why have I been using inkjet printers for so long?!?!
Summary: 5 Stars
After much frustration with many brands of inkjet printers, I'm surprised I didn't switch to laser sooner. After owning the MF4150 for a month, I must say that it's just "dreamy". I use it for home office purposes, mostly for printing and copying. The print quality is great with the double-sided printing being a HUGE plus. Double sided copying takes a bit more "paper flipping" and can't be accomplished through the ADR (as far as I know), but works well.
I would have liked the printer to work over a network, but I'm happy to settle for this price. With the money I saved, I picked up a Linksys WPSM54G print server (which is specially made for multifunction printers). Print was a breeze to set up, though I haven't figured out scanning or faxing over the network yet (less of a priority for me).
Another huge plus is the cost of printing. Inkjet printer ink is very expensive, and I think I messed up an inkjet printer with after-market ink. The Canon toner cartridges are comparatively inexpensive and I don't have to resort to after-market (and perhaps more questionable) toners.
Finally, the price is a no-brainer. Through a combination or price-matching and rebates, I was able to get the mf4150 for $[...]. Still, the $[...] price is hard to beat for the quality and features (especially when you compare it to other multiplex laser printers).
This is easily the best printer I've ever owned. :-)