Mike J
I have been printing professionally with low and high end printers for over 3 decades. I deal extensively with documents, graphics, brochures, photographs, etc., and knowing what inkjet, laser and expensive print shop commercial printers are capable of, and getting the max quality from them is something I'm really expert at.
I recently began to need a low cost printer primarily for printing high quality wine labels on custom, die cut 8.5 x 11, soft gloss, specialty label paper. This Canon MF743Cdw was the 5th printer I tried, and it literally blew me away. The Old Mill photo I posted here is a photo of how the Canon printed that image on 8.5 x 11, ordinary, cheap copy paper. The print out is brilliant, great contrast, beautiful color repro and super hi rez. The photo I uploaded here doesn't do justice to the actual Canon printout, but I hope you can at least see the fantastic detail in the tree leaves, and the Canon print quality was just as outstanding on every paper type I tried printing on.
And that's only the beginning: Print and scan speeds are excellent, it will print and scan double sided, really well and really simple, it will handle thick and other special papers perfectly, does both letter & legal size, everyday document prints look especially crisp and professional (with 600 dpi minimum print quality), you front feed special papers rather than back feed like many other printers, it will print booklets and collate them, other reviewers report success with 3rd party toner cartridges, initial set up went well, and all for only $404! I have a $10,000 commercial grade laser printer that doesn't work quite this well.
The cons: A very minor issue is that the MF743Cdw won't do borderless printing. That is, it won't print a graphic or a background color all the way to the 4 edges of the paper, though I have other printers that will and that isn't much of a problem anyway, and (2) the printing function set up is very complicated because there are literally a hundred or more options to choose from. There are a great many different things the printer can do that many other low end printers can't or don't address, but man! is it complex. So this "con" is both a curse if your needs are simple and a blessing if you have some really special printout combo. Even though it's complex, once you get whatever basic set up you will primarily use, you're done and don't have to deal with it ongoing.
As for tech support, I didn't need any, so that rates 5 stars too. I did not experience a single negative that other reviewers reported, maybe because I'm more accustomed to getting printers set up and solving their problems.
Take it from an expert with printing and printers: Buy this machine, you won't regret it.
| Product Dimensions | 18.2"D x 16.8"W x 17"H |
|---|---|
| Controller Type | Android |
| Printer Media Size Maximum | 8.5 x 14 inch |
| Power Consumption | 650 Watts |
| Included Components | Cartridge 069 CMY: Starter 1,100 Yield / Black, Standard: 2,100 Yield, Power Cord, MF753Cdw Product, Fax Cord, Documentation |
| Print media | Paper (plain) |
| Scanner Type | Sheetfed |
| Max Input Sheet Capacity | 250 |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Compatible Devices | Smartphones |
| Maximum Color Print Resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi Dots Per Inch |
| Sheet Size | Standard Cassette 3.9" x 5.8" to 8.5" x 14" / Multipurpose Tray: 3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14" Inches |
| Warranty Type | Limited |
| Maximum copies per run | 99 |
| Initial page print time | 7 seconds |
| Max copy resolution color | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Max copy resolution black-white | 600 x 600 dpi |
| Duplex | Automatic |
| Hardware Interface | Ethernet |
| Ink Color | color |
| Additional Printer functions | All In One |
| Control Method | Touch |
| Number of Trays | 2 |
| Model Series | imageCLASS |
| UPC | 013803345162 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00013803345162 |
| Standing screen display size | 5 Inches |
