For example, after selecting my country, I still had to scroll through the entire list of time zones on planet Earth to find the correct one (it didn't automatically exclude the Azores, Casablanca, etc.). The touch screen walks you through the setup, although it was a little cumbersome. To begin setup, you remove a handful of pieces of packaging tape.
Canon ImageClass MF743Cdw review: Setup and software Using high-yield cartridges, the MF743Cdw offers a low cost per color page of 12.9 cents, compared with 16.2 cents for HP unit's high-yield cartridges.Ĭheck out our Canon promo codes for the latest offers and ways to save on your order.
This is significantly lower than 26 cents per page cost of the Editor's Choice HP LaserJet Pro M277dw. With standard color cartridges rated to last 2,100 pages, the MF743Cdw delivers cost per color page of 19 cents. Laser: Which Printer Is Right for You?Ĭost per color page drops similarly with color cartridges. Using the $157 high-yield black-toner cartridge rated for 7,600 pages drops cost per page to 2.1 cents. Using the standard $94 black toner cartridge, rated to last 2,300 pages, cost per page is 4.1 cents, which is average for laser multifunction printers we've tested. The MF743Cdw offers standard and high-yield cartridges. Canon ImageClass MF743Cdw review: Toner cost and yield
This did not happen when printing in grayscale or when printing in color from an Android phone.
However, when printing from a Windows 10 PC, the text boxes with a black background in our test PDF printed a different shade than the surrounding background, which printed in gray instead of the same shade of black. Colors looked well-saturated and natural, and textures and midtone transitions looked smooth.
The Canon's color graphics looked sharp and well-saturated, although also a little light overall. Setting up the device via USB and putting it on my wireless network was easy. In contrast, the same images printed by the Editor's Choice HP M277dw looked too dark. Graphics printed in grayscale had a lot of detail and smooth midtone transitions, although they looked too light overall. Letterforms in the text documents printed from an Android phone looked comparably sharp. The MF743Cdw printed text that looked very sharp and dark. Canon ImageClass MF743Cdw review: Print quality The HP M277dw made the same scan 2 seconds faster, in 7.5 seconds. Scanning to PDF in grayscale at 300 dpi was also faster than average: The MF743Cdw scanned a page in 9.5 seconds, versus the average of 10.9 seconds. The MF743Cdw made color scans at 600 dpi quickly, generating a JPEG file in 25 seconds - much faster than the average of 34.7 seconds. Making two-sided copies of text documents was similarly fast, at 13.1 ppm. That's twice the speed of 6.5 ppm when copying a single page on the scanner glass.
(The Editor's Choice HP M277dw took 12.7 seconds to make the same copy.) Using the ADF, however, the MF743Cdw copied a five-page text document in just 20.2 seconds, or 14.9 ppm. The Canon made a black-and-white copy in 9.3 seconds, faster than the average of 10 seconds. The MF743Cdw has a recommended monthly page volume of up to 4,000 pages. The Editor's Choice HP Color LaserJet Pro M277dw did so in 15.2 seconds. The MF743Cdw made a color copy in 13 seconds. Canon ImageClass MF743Cdw review: Copy and scan speed Printing the same photo in color took 24.1 seconds. The MF743Cdw printed a full-page grayscale photo on plain paper in 20 seconds (the average was 17.1 seconds). It took 2 minutes and 34 seconds to print a 10-page text document, and 1 minute and 33 seconds to print a six-page PDF with text and color graphics. The MF743Cdw turned in a pokey speed of 3.9 ppm when using its duplexer, regardless of the document type. Making two-sided prints was somewhat slow, however. Making the same single-sided print from an Android phone took 1 minute and 12 seconds, using the Canon Business Print app. Printing the same PDF in color hardly slowed the speedy MF743Cdw, taking just 29.6 seconds, or 12.2 ppm.
Using its speedy duplexer, the MF743Cdw made a two-sided print faster than our Editor's Choice HP LaserJet Pro M277dw made a single-sided print of the same six-page PDF in grayscale: The Canon did so in 43.7 seconds, versus 51.8 seconds for the HP. (The average was a much slower 41.5 seconds, or 8.7 ppm). It made a grayscale print of a six-page PDF in 26.8 seconds, or 13.4 ppm. The Canon was significantly faster than average at printing mixed text and graphics.