Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW Printer Review

Sep 2
15:54

2012

Dermound Becker

Dermound Becker

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This article will discuss the pros and cons of the Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW printer.

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Overview

 

Businesses face many challenges these days with office space,Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW Printer Review Articles finances and efficiency. They can use all the help they can get. This is where the Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW comes in. This all-in-one printer will help keep costs down and provide help with running the business efficiently. It will print, scan and fax with ease and proficiency. The Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW will do what needs to be done for a business with high performance, high quality and high efficiency. With the option of wireless or wired direct with an Ethernet cord as well as an auto duplexing feature; this printer can do many things without reducing quality. Also, because of the nice features on this printer, it can handle high volumes of printing without lowering its standards. The Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW is a great printer and can work in any business setting with ease. It can be easily installed, can be maintained with ease and is easy for anyone to use.

 

Pros

 

With a weight of 68 pounds and dimensions of 17.0” x 19.2” x 18.9”, this printer is too big to sit on a desk easily. However, it can easily set on a table or shelf for your use.

 

With the auto duplexing feature, it can print at speeds of 10 pages per minute 2-sided as well as 21 pages every minute 1-sided in both black and white and color.

 

With a print resolution of 600 x 600 dpi, it can print photos, graphics and printouts with ease.

 

It already comes with the basic 256 MB of memory and can then be upgraded for more memory.

 

The copier works great too. It has copying speeds of 10 pages per minute double sided as well as 21 pages per minute single sided. The copier has a resolution of 600 x 600 dpi as well.

 

You have an option of enlarging the copies from 25% to 400% and can reduce them too.

 

This printer also comes with a scanner which can scan to USB, email PDF’ as well as SMB’s. Other features include Push, Rotate, Pull Scan as well as Duplex Scan.

 

With a transmission speed of 2.6 seconds, it is also compatible with G3 network and has a 512 page memory.

 

Although the fax machine has a feature of PC fax which is for sending only, the fax machine can also fax forward and memory backup.

 

The duty cycle, which is recommended by Canon, is 40,000 pages.

 

With the 5 line monochrome display, this makes configuration and troubleshooting a breeze.

 

Cons

 

The Canon IMAGECLASS MF8380CDW control panel is too high up which means the user will have to stand at their full height to use it or place the printer lower on the shelf or table.

 

The cost per page is expensive as well with black and white prints being 3.7 cents per page and color prints being 16.4 cents per page.

 

It is not very compatible with graphics as it should be so if you are in the graphics design field, try another printer.