Canon Image Class MF247dw Wireless, Multifunction, Duplex Laser Printer

I got so tied of buying inkjet printers time and time again only to have them die after a couple years of use from slew of issues I almost never print out photos so color printing isn't a huge deal to me. So I decided to pony up the cash for a decent toner-based all in one printer. My hope being that I can get away from the constant problems I had with inkjets headers always clogging on me and the ink packs never getting me very far. MAN did I choose well, this printer is great.I can print out a page in 3 secs flat and subsequent pages in 1 sec. That's faster than every inkjet I've ever owned. The print quality is perfect. Very crisp.The double sided printing is fantastic. It doesn't drastically slow down the printing process like most injets. The quickest inkjet I owned did double sided printing at a rate of about 22 sec per sheet. This printer manages about 4 secs per double sided sheet.Setup is stupid easy. You can tell a modest amount of care went into the software and on screen steps of the printer. I was able to connect the printer to my laptop and PC in about 20 mins (60% of which was me getting use to the button controls).One thing that would be nice here is a full qwerty keyboard for entering in wifi passwords. The old school texting style works but hard to get use to. But at the same time that's a lot to manufacture for a tool that's only used once in a blue moon. So I can get that design choice.Scanning is nice and quick too. Very good quality, no complaints there.I'm very happy with this printer. I'll check back in 6 months for an update as to how things are holding up. I'm interested to see if my toner cartridge lives up to the specs!

I bought this Canon multi-function printer as a replacement for an older Canon printer that finally failed due to a small sensor in the paper feeder that would have cost more to repair than the whole printer originally cost. I wanted a wireless printer so all the devices in our house could share it, and the difference between a hard wired and a wireless printer was minimal. Software installation was relatively simple from the CD that was included. The hardest part was tapping in my wireless network's security code through the small touch-sensitive screen on the front of the printer, but I soon got the hang of it. This is normally a one-time task that I have not needed to repeat. Despite having been told by Canon that the printer is not supported on Windows XP, I am successfully printing from XP thru Windows 10 machines.This printer prints, copies, scans and faxes, just as the previous printer did. However, as I said, the wireless function lets multiple devices print to it from anywhere in the house, and I can also control the scanner remotely and have the file sent directly to the device that initiated the scanning. Printing also is much faster than on the prior machine. I have not yet tested the fax function, but I do not expect problems. The only downside from the exchange of printers is that the new printer uses a different ink cartridge than the old one. However, third-party cartridges are available at a reasonable price.I continue to be amazed that such a multifunction printer can be bought as cheaply (~$120) as it is (including free shipping)! I highly recommend this model.This laser printer only prints in black and white, on one or both sides of a sheet of paper. The output is much crisper than most I have seen from color printers, and black and white satisfies 99% of my needs. For the other 1% I take a thumb drive to Staples or Office Depot.

Everyone, Hello!! What hard set up are you all talking about? I am not a computer geek at all, but this printer set up took less than 3 minutes. Literally. If your router has a SWP button, ok ok, let's put it this way, a button that has a sign, a picture where two errows are circling around one after another. If you have that, Congratulations.! I have that type of router too. So first what you should do is go to Canon support page, dowload Recommended drivers, software, firmware for this particular model of printer. Second and the last step is to go to your printer, turn it on, set it up and choose wireless set up on the display. The printer will start searching for the router. Go to your router and press that magic button, hold the button until your printer finds the router.. It can take a minute or so. Done. You are good to print wirelessly from your laptop. That is the first thing I just did.Update 9/22/2017^ Second - Idk what I did exactly, but my printer started printing from my smartphone right away. The prints were coming out blurred though. I fixed that by downloading a Canon print plugin App from Google Play. Done.As for Scan to Email set up.. omg.. this is my second day I am sweating over it. It's time to call customer support.