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Canon imageCLASS MF247dw Wireless Multifunction Duplex Laser Printer
Last Updated: November 24, 2018 (Refresh Now)
7.8
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
165
Old Reviews
5
Unverified
15
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Print Quality
43print, prints, laser, fast, canon
+91%
-9%
" ... I don't print much, relying mostly on scanning, but at least the laser printer quality is good. ... "
" ... I have never had such a simple set up with a new printer before! ... I love this printer. ... I am happy that it prints upside up, with the top to the back of the machine. ... "
" ... Love Canon printers. ... "
" ... This is my first Canon printer and performs as well as HP laser printers I have ... "
" ... Best printer I've owned so far. ... "
" ... The printer works great. ... "
" ... I can't believe we can now get high-quality laser printers like this for this price. ... It prints high-quality pages and scans as good as anything I've ever used at an office (I use this at home). ... "
" ... I'm very happy with this printer. ... "
Setup
31easy, set, wireless, network, install
+87%
-13%
" ... Installation was easy and the wireless feature is great. ... "
" ... I recommend that you call support for intial installation. ... "
" ... I am not a computer geek at all, but this printer set up took less than 3 minutes. ... "
" ... Not difficult to configure if you install the drivers on each computer. ... "
" ... Set up was easy . ... "
" ... Setup is stupid easy. ... "
" ... I set up the wireless using the manual method and had no problems. ... "
" ... These printers were very easy to install and exceptionally easy for the client to begin using. ... "
Scan Quality
24scanning, scanner, scans, scan to email, copier
+88%
-13%
" ... I really love this printer/scanner/copier. ... "
" ... As for Scan to Email set up . ... "
" ... Does both color and black and white scans. ... "
" ... Scanning is nice and quick too. ... "
" ... It works great only the scan program different from the old one ... "
" ... It can scan and save right to PDF's on my NAS without my computer even being on. ... "
" ... This is a fabulous printer and scanner for the price. ... "
" ... I bought this based on two requirements - ability for me to print to it remotely (from 1000 miles away) and the ability to scan to email. ... When they have a question about something in the mail, I have them scan it to me. ... I also have them scan bills they receive. ... TO SET UP SCAN to EMAIL: ... I'm now receiving scans, and printing remotely. ... "
Cartriges
24ink, cartridge, printers, ink jet, laser
+88%
-13%
" ... Finally ditched ink jets and got this laser jet. ... "
" ... This is my first Canon printer and performs as well as HP laser printers I have ... The price is substantially less than HP multi function printers. ... "
" ... Replaced a cheap inkjet. ... "
" ... I can't believe we can now get high-quality laser printers like this for this price. ... "
" ... I got so tied of buying inkjet printers time and time again only to have them die after a couple years of use from slew of issues I almost never print out photos so color printing isn't a huge deal to me. ... So I decided to pony up the cash for a decent toner-based all in one printer. ... I'm interested to see if my toner cartridge lives up to the specs! ... "
" ... I am a computer consultant and purchased 3 of these to replace some HP Inkjet AIO printers that were flying through ink cartridges. ... Quite surprised they even came with a starter cartridge. ... "
" ... Replaced my HP color printer as refills were eating up a lot of money. ... Can get cheap toner cartridges refills from Amazon as well. ... "
" ... Very much like the fact that this is a laser printer and I'm not spending a fortune on ink like I was doing with the prior jet-spray one. ... "
Ease of Use
20set, easy to setup, user, setup, machine
+95%
-5%
" ... What hard set up are you all talking about? ... "
" ... Not difficult to configure if you install the drivers on each computer. ... "
" ... Set up was easy . ... "
" ... Setup is stupid easy. ... "
" ... Easy setup, works great ... "
" ... It's easy to do - and just takes a few minutes to complete. ... "
" ... Easy to setup. ... "
" ... So far, fast, and easy to operate . ... "
Device Compatibility
20print, mac, email, wireless, scan
+80%
-20%
" ... I now use this as our central home printer for just general printing and everyone can connect without issue. ... "
" ... You are good to print wirelessly from your laptop. ... "
" ... I was able to connect the printer to my laptop and PC in about 20 mins (60% of which was me getting use to the button controls). ... "
" ... Love that I can print from my phone too. ... "
" ... SUMMARY OF SETUP TIPS FOR GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT AND SCAN TO EMAIL: ... Hence - better to create a new gmail account just for the printer. ... This MUST BE DONE to be able TO SETUP GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT. ... You will need a tab to do a google search for email settings for the email account you are going to use with the printer. ... So - when you are about to click on a link . ... this means I can print to it directly by sending an email to the printer's epsonconnect email address or receive a scan from the printer via that same email address. ... Google Cloud Print works great. ... "
" ... The WiFi setup was easy and I am able to print from my iPhone and iPad without any problems. ... "
" ... The set up for my macbook pro was a little awkward, but, again, nothing to really complain about. ... "
" ... hooked up fine with WIFI to all my Apple, windows and android devices ... "
Product Reliability
16printer, years, working, update, far
+81%
-19%
" ... I've had it for about 5 months now and it works perfectly so far in my home office. ... "
" ... This product worked great for us for 4 months and then it died in the middle of printing. ... Hopefully this one will last for several years instead of several months. ... "
" ... I'll check back in 6 months for an update as to how things are holding up. ... "
" ... I have only had it for about a month, but everything is great as of now. ... "
" ... We have hid this for a couple of months now. ... "
" ... Working great so far. ... "
" ... I have had the printer for 4 months now and it works fantastic. ... "
" ... After three years using another brand, time came to replace that unit and i'm so glad that it happened. ... "
Price
15value, printer, money, one, market
+100%
" ... There are better choices in the market. ... "
" ... This is a fabulous printer and scanner for the price. ... "
" ... Great machine for the money. ... "
" ... Very cost effective. ... "
" ... Great quality for value. ... "
" ... Great for the price. ... "
" ... Excellent performance and reasonable price Would recommend this highly. ... "
" ... It better be given the price. ... "
Speed
14printer, fast, slow, printing, pages
+79%
-21%
" ... Printer is fast and dependable. ... "
" ... Does a great job with a moderately fast print function. ... "
" ... or you can always print the pages! ... "
" ... Just installed my printer today. ... "
" ... Also print both side. ... "
" ... The printing is very quick. ... "
" ... This is my third printer on this series . ... "
" ... Printing also is much faster than on the prior machine. ... "
Wifi
13wifi, printer, print, network, house
+77%
-23%
" ... One thing that would be nice here is a full qwerty keyboard for entering in wifi passwords. ... "
" ... Once I installed the driver and software package onto my laptop, I was up and printing and scanning to my laptop over wifi. ... "
" ... The WiFi setup was easy and I am able to print from my iPhone and iPad without any problems. ... "
" ... There were no complications at all with the wifi setup. ... "
" ... Wi-Fi has worked with no problems. ... "
" ... Run it across and windows PC and Mac, wireless network very easy to set up. ... "
" ... Now we can print from phone, ipad, and any computer in the house that is on our wireless network. ... "
" ... Once on the router the printer was accessible on iPhones and iPads. ... "
Capacity
12home, use, small, works, second
+83%
-17%
" ... I've had it for about 5 months now and it works perfectly so far in my home office. ... "
" ... We bought two of these for our office! ... "
" ... Perfect for my home office printing need. ... "
" ... Ordered a second one for our office. ... "
" ... This is an excellent workhorse all-in-one for small business use. ... "
" ... Designed for small office environment but good for home use too. ... "
" ... This is the third Canon I have - 2 for my office and 1 for my home office. ... "
" ... Use it for my office workstation. ... So trouble-free, I'm considering getting a second for home. ... "
Software Platform
11email, scan, canon, windows 10, printer
+45%
-55%
" ... Said that I can not install in my mac operating system, what is this? ... "
" ... Choose something else and spare yourself headaches. ... "
" ... The Mac scan utility user interface is pretty horrible compared to HP. ... "
" ... Software is really lame and print quality is terrible. ... "
" ... After I bought it I read all the negative reviews of the Canon machine on the Google Cloud Print Forum site about how poor the set up instructions were and as I attempted to set it up I found out for myself. ... "
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