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The Inexpensive Versatility Of The Canon Mf6530 Printer

October 20th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

This Canon imageCLASS mf6530 Printer is a very versatile duplex printer and copier. The monochrome laser printer and copier has 24 bit depth color scanning capability. It has a fast 23 pages per minute output rate of a 20 lb paper is used. There is a 500 page cassette and a tray with 100 page capacity for multipurpose uses, such as labels and envelopes and use of paper of varied sizes and types. It uses high quality Canon ImageClass MF6530 printer toner that will leave your prints crisp and sleek.

The legal-sized platen glass can be used for single page originals and its 50-sheet capacity automatic document feeder can accommodate multiple paged originals up to its capacity level. The scanner can reduce and enlarge from 50 percent at 1 percent increments to the 200 percent maximum. The buttons for the copier function permit selection of its setting features. It also offers greater control within these settings. The copier can do one and two sided copying and reduce two originals to a one page copy whether the platen or the automatic feeder is utilized. The selection is made by pressing the appropriate button.

The document feeder makes it easier to use the duplex functionality. Two sided functionality is a standout capability of the machine. No more manual labor to be applied to do double-sided printing and copying when needed. It has scanning and OCR software for the option to archive documents on your personal computer.

Operational problems are not a chore to solve. The location of the exit ray for the document feeder is just under its input tray. The output pages are released into a tray below the exit tray of the feeder. The standard paper drawer pulls out from front of the machine. The cartridge toner and the secondary paper tray can be accessed from the left side.

Print resolution is black 600 x 600 dpi with 1200 x 600 dpi quality. Copy resolution is 600 x 600 dpi for black with 1200 x 600 dpi quality. Scanner resolution is 600 x 600 dpi optical, interpolated 9600 x 9600 dpi interpolated. The duplex scanning and double sided copying or printing is not as fast as the 23 ppm normal job output rate.

The printer also comes with a USB 2.0 port in the back for optimal performance for the connection to the personal computer. If all you want to do is use it as a copier, there is no need to connect the machine to your computer. The connection will only be necessary, if you want to scan or use the printing function. The copier comes with a CD-ROM with an application suite that installs the toolbox that provides the basic control functions for copying, scanning text, scanning an image, creating a PDF and printing. Each button opens an operating panel for the particular set of functions. For cost effectiveness, you will appreciate the single cartridge toner it uses. The cartridge yield is 5,000 sheets. However, there is toner save mode for use with normal text documents.

The software suite comes with a page manager that lets you view the scans or send the documents to the printer. OCR or optical character recognition software program also gets installed for reading scanned text. The resulting PDF file whether it is one PDF per page or a whole set of pages in a single PDF will be clear and the search function in Adobe Acrobat will be able to find any words in the document thanks to the OCR software program. The model MF6530 has no networking capabilities, but its full array of versatile features are useful for small office needs.

This printer, along with its Canon ImageClass MF6530 toner cartridge, is simple to set up and the accompanying manual clearly explains its features and how to handle the Canon printer toner cartridges. This is versatile piece of equipment bringing you a quality product affordably priced. The Canon range is known for reliability and quality and this model is not an exception.

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