 Great printer, modest networking |
| Review Date: March 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Carl Lacy, San Jose, CA |
If you do significant network scanning this is not the model for you. If not, this unit is great. The D480 brings office quality copying to the home environment. Solidly built with good copy features, it works fast performs well. Works in Windows 7 and prints fast in network mode.
Network scanning is a weakness because the Canon software does not install a scanner driver and does not fully do the job. Plus, the manual is perplexing. You need additional software (but one such product, XnView, fortunately, is free). Open XnView, insert document and press "scan" on the D480, then "acquire" rather than "acquire from scanner" in Xn View. Use this order because network scan mode only gives about 30 seconds to make the connection to the PC.
If you scan a lot to PDF you might prefer a model which uses a scanner driver. For occasional scanning, you will like the additional features in this method. I don't find scanning slow compared to other network models. Why Canon does not bundle software is a mystery, though.
Overall I give the product high marks but I paid below the $350 retail price and at that price other models have to be considered. |
Great Device After 6 Months Use
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| Review Date: September 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A Reader, Berkeley, CA USA |
Double-sided printing seems to be about twice as fast as my high-end HP business inkjet (which I still use for color printing and photos).
Paper handling is perfect. Double-sided feeder for fax, scan, and copy. Double-sided output. The manual feed tray works well -- I can load 10 sheets of legal paper and they feed perfectly (legal is single-sided only).
Excellent print quality: choice of toner save draft, final, CAD for line drawings, photo, graphics, etc.
USB Scanning is excellent, even the software, once I understood how to use it. The scanner has many options: color/b&w, resolution, file type and file name, file save location. Thus, you click on the Toolbox, make the necessary choices, close the toolbox, select Scan on the printer, insert the document in the feeder, and press start. If you want all of you scans to go to the same folder and have the same properties, you can set a default and each successive scan will have a filename like scan0001, scan0002, etc. I have no complaints about scanning.
Fax is flawless and you can create a fax number directory on the computer and access it from the machine.
Also, this machine sounds good. It makes little clucking sounds as it goes about its business. The paper handling sounds competent and not stressed. It is a pleasant device to sit near.
Canon technical support has been excellent and I have called them several times. They are in the U.S. and very helpful.
BTW, for really low cost printing, I refill the cartridges with bulk toner. It is easy and in some ways more convenient than ordering cartridges and recycling used ones more frequently.
A multifunction is so much simpler than separate fax, copier, printer.
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Nice printer for windows and linux
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| Review Date: December 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: FR, |
| Great printer for the price, especially considering the duplexing ADF. I purchased the printer mainly to serve as a network printer, copier, and fax - network scanning was not a priority for me - and I am satisfied with the printer performance so far. During setup, I was frustrated when searching for linux support, and initially it appeared the printer would only work with Windows. However, a cups-compatable driver does exist (google 'd460-490 linux ufrII driver' - it's on the Canon-Asia website), and the network print functions work well with openSuSE. Be warned that the full feature-set of the printer is not available in linux, however (look at HP printers if that is a requirement for you). |
Great Printer for a Great Value
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| Review Date: December 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Kamerberg, VA |
I have been using HP printers for a long time, i.e. for the past 10 years, a decade. I used to think about companies other than HP and laugh about them making printers, but all of it changed when I bought Canon D480. This wonderful machine I ended up buying for only $200 after mail in rebate (directly from Canon), I bought the printer at my local Staples store.
Best things about the printer:
(1) It is Laser technology, so no worry of changing the god forsaken separate ink cartridges. You only worry about one item which includes a toner and drum thing in it. So it is virtually maintenance free except you buying toner after every 2000 pages, which is understandable as it is the capacity of the toner.
(2) It is a printer, copier, fax, scanner in one machine.
(3) Software installation took less than 5 minutes.
(4) You can buy a Silex Wireless Printer Server and make this machine fully wireless with all capabilities. And Silex is a Canon brand so it is supported by Canon support.
Any bad things about the printer, I cannot think of any right now. If any come up, I will definitely update, but I can tell you after buying this machine, I think I can kick anybody's when it comes to printing, scanning, copying and faxing.
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