The Canon Copier imageCLASS MF5770 is similar in many ways to Canon’s other models in the imageCLASS line, and in the price range. However, this particular unit is network ready, making it particularly appealing for small offices interested in linking multiple users to a single, all in one device via Ethernet.
Placing an entire business’ print, copy, and fax demands onto one unit is a tall order but, depending on your office’s paper handling demands, it could work as a cost effective choice. Even at high output, the imageCLASS MF5770 holds up fairly well and is manufactured with a maximum monthly duty cycle of 7,500 total printed pages, and also offers a standard cartridge yield of 2,500 pages. Along with this fairly average yield, Canon’s toner operates in a unique single cartridge system, which makes swaps easy, and ink usage efficient.
Faxing speeds are outstanding with this model, thanks, in part, to a Super G3 33.6 Kbps modem, and also to a large 50 sheet capacity automatic document feeder. The ADF is compatible with faxing and copying, and even scanning when multiple input sources are required. The color CCD will insure crisp scans as well, at resolutions of 1200 X 2400 dpi optical, and 9600 X 9600 dpi interpolated. The document glass is only letter sized but, once again the ADF comes in to play, and can feed legal sized paper through mechanically. Copying other larger source materials (books, magazines) suffers however due to the smaller glass size.
Monochrome printing means that copies can only be made in black and white, but this is common for laser devices, and they make up for it in speed. The Canon Copier imageCLASS MF5770 can both print and copy at 21 pages per minute, with a mono resolution of 600 X 600 dots per inch for copies, and up to 1200 X 600 dots per inch when sourcing from a PC.
The copier also offers stand alone features, including zooming in one percent increments up to 200 %, or preset reduction and enlargement ratios of 50%, 64%, 78%, 129%, and 200%. Copying from a double source and squeezing them onto a single sheet is possible thanks to the two on one feature, and, of course, there is a toner save mode that reduces the amount of ink used with very little visible loss to quality.
Canon fills a particular niche with the Canon Copier ImageClass MF5770 (it being a light duty network printer). The implementation of a multiple user option would suit certain demand sets just fine, as long as the demands are low. Versatility, on the other hand, has not suffered, as the unit is a fully capable one, on multiple fronts. The printer is restricted exclusively to Windows bases systems, so don’t expect to snap your Macintosh into the USB 2.0 Hi-Speed port, or the Base T 10/100 network interface, but they do offer a wide range of compatible programs, including ME and Server ’03, along with all the standard Windows systems. If a smaller printer that can be used on a network is what you’re looking for, then the imageCLASS is a decent place to start.
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