Canon Laser imageCLASS MF4680

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

This multifunctional device is packed with a fax, scanner, digital copier, and laser printer. Its flat bed design and optimally placed controls save office space and give ease of operation. MF4680 comes with auto duplex feature for smooth double side printing, integrated network and direct scan to email, USB, fax, and network folders. Besides these, it also comes with standard 250-sheet paper cassette, 35-page Automatic document feeder (ADF) for fast unattended copying and faxing, Canon all-in-one cartridge-FX9, 64 MB SDRAM (supports up to 256 pages of fax and 99 copies), power saver, and tone saver mode.

Installation was simple and quick with CD containing various useful software like Presto! PageManager for managing scanned pages and ScanSoft OminiPage an OCR (optical character recognition program). Print quality was good with excellent clarity. The feature that stood out in this device was speed of printing and scanning; MF4680 gave us speed of 20 pages per minute for printing text-only pages and took 30 sec (300 dpi) and 49 sec (600 dpi) for scanning a color document. Here the time taken was less when compared to that taken by Panasonic MB 772CX MFD (55 sec for 600 dpi).Printing quality of a monochrome graphic was good with distinct black and grey areas. We also tested auto duplex capability of this device and were able to print 10 pages in 100 sec.

Bottomline: Efficient device for SMBs, owing to its print speed and network integration.

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