With the Canon ImageClass D860 copier printer you just cannot go wrong. It is a super investment for either business or personal use. The laser, mono machine is technologically advanced with all the latest features including digital formatting. Even though the machine is a multi-function device, it fits into any space no matter how small as it only measures a mere 24.5×17.5×15 inches and weighs a slightly heavy 53 pounds. Consumers love compact styling which still offering all the technology and equipment required for the smooth running of operations.
Overall print quality is above that which you may expect for a printer in this price bracket. Text and simple graphics quality is absolutely clean-cut. Outlines are perfect with no jagged edging in sight. No blemishing or smearing is present. Complicated graphics and photo printing on the other hand should rather be left to another make or model printer as the quality is not too good. Prints are produced at 600×600 resolutions and copies up to 1200×600 resolutions. The copier printer can reach engine speeds of 16 ppm and copies 18 ppm.
The machine is a little fussy in terms of paper size and type, only accepting letter, legal, A4 sizes and plain, colour, transparencies, bond and labels paper types. The standard media capacity is 500 sheets and bypass feeder 100 sheets. The automatic document feeder has a 30 page capacity. Copies can be enlarged up to 200% and reduced to 78 %. Multi-page documents will be collated in your output tray. With this machine paper jams are something of the past. In a three month period users have report no jamming whatsoever. The device is so versatile that it can handle low and high volumes with the same ease.
Parallel and USB interface options are standard inclusions on the printer. Installation of software has a small trick to it. The printer should only be connected to your computer when prompted to do so by the installation wizard. Originally the copier printer came out with outdated USB version 1.1 connectivity, a great irritation to users because of its slow speed. Canon designers have replaced the 1.1 version with version 2.0 with bandwidth of 480 Mbp’s. Unfortunately, Apple and Linux users will miss out on this investment as the printer is only compatible with Windows operating systems.
Ooh, where can we start with all the product advantages? There’s just too many to mention. The printer copies and prints documents at the speed of white light, paper jams are just plain scarce and the cost of the copier printer is absolutely unbeatable at between US$229 and US$333.00. Most probably the best printer copier investment you will ever make.
Disadvantages to the device are so few that they are not even worth a mention but I will mention them just to show you how insignificant they are. You may stumble upon a compatibility problem with the Windows XP operating system and configuration can also sometimes have a couple of glitches-nothing serious.
Sample Canon ImageClass D860 Toner will be included with you printer purchase. The starter Canon ImageClass Printer Toner Cartridge has a limited print capacity of 3500 pages, with replacement toner yielding up to 4000 pages. Full sized Toner cartridges retail for a very affordable US$133.00.
