The Canon ImageClass MF217W is an extremely fast laser printer, scanner and a copymachine. It produces beautiful quality images for a low printing cost.
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Pros
Pro Amazing print speed
This all-in-one printer noticeably beats the average in printing speed, while being almost twice as fast as the slowest models.
According to Tomsguide the MF217w can print a 5-page black-and-white text document in 18.9 seconds, which results in a printing speed of 15.9 ppm(pages per minute). This is about 3 seconds faster than the average.
If you have both text and colored graphics on your pages, this Canon will print them at a speed of 12.2 pages per minute.
In case you are printing a full-page colored photo, the printing will take around 11 seconds. This is around 5 seconds faster than the average all-in-one printer can do.
Pro Great print quality
Though the printer is amazingly fast, the printing quality does not suffer. The graphics printed with the MF217w are detailed and sharp, despite the 600 x 600 dpi optical resolution, which is lower than for many other budget printers.
Pro Quiet mode
The printer has a Quiet-Mode, which reduces the noise it makes. Even though it slightly slows down the printing speed, it's an useful feature for when there are meetings in the office space or when you use it at home and people are sleeping in the other room.
Pro Very low ink expenditures
With this printer, you don't have to spend a lot of money on buying ink. The ink for printing one page costs only 3.5 cents.
Pro Allows printing from phone
You can print files straight from your Android/iOS phone. Though printing takes considerably more time doing it this way - around 2.5 times more.
Pro Very fast scanning
The MF271w is an outstandingly fast scanner. It scans a colored photo to JPEG file format at 600 dpi(dots per inch) resolution in just 28 seconds. That's around 10 seconds faster than the average for these all-in-one printer-scanners.
It can scan black and white PDF files at 9 pages per minute, which is almost twice as fast as the average.
Pro Quick startup
The printer starts up in 10.9 seconds, which is 10 seconds faster than the average for its competitors.
Pro Decent document feeder capacity
The ADF(auto document feeder) has a capacity of 35 sheets. This is about average and should not be an issue unless you are printing large stacks of documents.
Pro Relatively high duty-cycle
The duty-cycle for this printer is 8,000 pages. This means that it can print 8,000 pages in one month. This is not enough for a busy office, but is definitely sufficient for regular everyday use.
Cons
Con Touchscreen can be unresponsive at times
The touchscreen sometimes requires several taps before it takes action. Though, if you use your PC for printing, that won't be an issue, since you don't need to use the touchscreen at all.
Con Relatively pricey
The MF217w is a little pricey compared to the other budget options. It costs around $100 more.
Con No two-sided printing
The MF217w does not have a duplexer for two-sided printing. This is annoying if you are printing large stacks of documents.