Monday, May 20, 2013

Canon LaserClass 710

The Canon LaserClass 710 is a great fax for business. It has many features that are generally restricted to machines at a much higher price point to this one and performs just as well. Its economical enough to be worth a look when you next need to buy a multifunction.

The Canon LaserClass 710 is a monochrome laser fax with copying, printing and scanning built in. Its a variation of a theme in that this is predominantly a fax with other capabilities. The traditional multifunction has been primarily a printer, copier then fax and scanner.

Fax features like broadcasting, dual access, built-in memory, an automatic document feeder and auto dialing make this a versatile machine for a busy office. The 33.3k modem can send a standard sheet in a little under 3 seconds while the built in memory has enough capacity to remember 500 pages of received faxes, which is expandable to 40Mb, which is enough for around 1000 fax pages.

There is also a 20 page automatic document feeder that may appear flimsy, but is much better constructed than it appears.

Copy quality is good, text was a real standout, with clean crisp edges even when printing or faxing at the lowest points. Simple images or graphics are rendered pretty accurately with the grayscale making short work of color images as easily as monochrome ones.

Dual access is a nice feature to have. It lets you load and prepare faxes even when the machine is already printing, faxing or copying. This allows you to get on with other things while not having to wait for it to finish. The fax has all the other features you would hope to see. Plenty of auto dials, fax forwarding, broadcasting, speed dialing, data/voice switching, configurable cover sheets and document resizing and so forth.

Coupled with a decent array of printing and copying features, this makes the device quite a capable one in most scenarios. Cartridges for the Canon LaserClass 710 are quite reasonably priced. A starter comes with it when you get it, and replacements are around $30 for a toner that is good for 4000 pages.

To sum up, the LaserClass 710 is an decent purchase for the small office.
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