The Canon imageCLASS Mf6530 Printer/Scanner

by erin on August 23, 2010

The Canon ImageClass MF6530 printer is a powerful duplex multifunction printer and copier. The operating system is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Me and 98, and Mac OS X. The printer has functions for printing with the black and white Canon imageCLASS Mf6530 toner or color scanning with 24 bit color depth. It copies and prints up to 23 pages per minute of letter size documents based on 20lb paper with a 64 MB copy memory. It is designed for durable and versatile small office use. Some printers have half the paper capacity of its 500-sheet paper cassette. The bonus additional 100 sheet multipurpose tray allows for greater versatility. It can be used for additional paper, envelopes or labels. The combination of the 500 sheet cassette and the 100 sheet tray has multipurpose flexibility for different sizes and types of paper. The combo also accommodates labels and envelopes.

Use its legal-size platen glass for single sheet originals or the 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder for multiple sheet originals. The scanner has a reduction enlargement function extending from goes from 50 percent to 64percent to 78 percent to 129 percent and finally to 200 percent in 1 percent increments. The copier buttons select zoom ratios, which reduces and enlarges and alters basic lightness and darkness contrast. It also offers greater control in these settings, including its wide range of zoom ratio increments, and its image contrast adjustments with 256 levels of halftones. The copier can do single and double-sided variations as well as reduce two originals to fit side by side on a single page copy. This works whether the scanner platen or the automatic document feeder is used. A button connects to the method to be applied.

The benefit of the document feeder is that it permits the user to easily work with multiple pages and the duplex function. Duplexing is an outstanding feature of this Canon product. Double sided copying and printing without the additional chore of manual work by the user can be very helpful when you need double sided printing and copying. You can scan and save pages and business documents to your PC. It has the ScanSoft, OmniPage SE OCR software for Windows document conversion application.

It is easy to identify and solve operational problems expediently when you use this piece of equipment. The tray for paper that exits the automatic feeder is under the input tray. The output exits into a tray that is below the feeder exit tray. The main paper tray opens by sliding forward from the base of the copier, so there is no need to have much space on either side of this machine, as some copiers may require. If you have a snug space capacity for this to fit into this might be an issue for you to consider. The only thing on the copier that opens to the side is the left hatch which has two openings. The upper compartment provides access to the toner cartridge and the lower compartment is for the 100 sheet secondary paper tray. The secondary tray could be used to print paper that is not standard or for special uses like labels and envelopes.

The keypad for the copier has a numeric values and an LCD screen shows the currently selected paper tray, zoom ratio, number of copies selected, and contrast setting. It is easy to read in a normally lighted room. This monochrome laser printer has print resolution capacity in black up to 600 x 600 dpi, 1200 x 600 dpi quality. The copiers copy resolution capacity is up to 600 x 600 dpi; 1200 x 600 dpi quality. The maximum optical scanning resolution capacity is of 600 x 600 dpi and Interpolated 9600 x 9600 dpi. Double sided scanning from the feeder and double sided copying or printing is slower than the 23 pages per minute normal job 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.

The set up process is easy to understand and it comes with a basic guide explaining the user friendly features. This is a nice multipurpose printer for an affordable price. This versatile machine maintains its high performance reliably. Why spend more when so much can be done by the imageCLASS MF6530 that lives up to the quality standards of Canon toners and printers? The Canon series has an excellent reliability record and this machine should provide trouble free performance for years to come.

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