Canon MF5750 ImageCLASS Multifunction Laser Printer, Copier, Fax, Scanner

List Price: $569.27

Features:

• Print, copy, scan and fax functions
• Up to 21 cpm/ppm laser output; 33.6 Kbps Super G3 Fax
• 1,200 x 2,400 dpi CCD color scanning
• 50-sheet ADF, 250-sheet front-loading paper cassette
• Single Cartridge System for easy maintenance; USB 2.0 interface

Customer Reviews:

Least intuitive piece of hardware EVER! [Posted on 2006-05-16]
I know it's difficult to imagine and probably a slight exageration but quite frankly I have never really seen a piece of office equipment with such a non-intuitive usability design.
*To delete a simple job takes at least 3 to 4 button pushes.
*Not very friendly to using different sizes of paper - especially if you use MORE THANE 1 SHEET! It's an office! Canon - come on...
*Even if you think you know how to delete a simple print job, don't bother using buttons that say CLEAR or STOP - those are there just to tease. No the actual buttons say things like SET and STATUS MONITOR. After 20 times of doing that, it may become something you remember...
* There's NO reset button. You have to actually unplug it!
* There's NO off button. So your scan lamp basically stays on all the time...
* The Cable and Plug wire are designed to hang down the back of the machine - UNFORTUNATELY, if you use Legal size paper, your cable and plug wire are pushing up against your paper tray all the time because the Cable and Plug are above it. Really doesn't make any sense for an OFFICE MACHINE!!!

It does function basically o.k. once you figure it out, but I stand by the title - Least Intuitive thing I've ever used. I do also concur with most of the other review items but the one gave it 5 stars...

Good value for home use [Posted on 2006-09-13]
After reading the earlier reviews, I was skeptical. But considering the recent price drops ($199) I decided to give this printer a try. The installation was easy. I got paper jams on the first try, but this was due to the paper tray not being positioned correctly - I had the printer sitting on a carpet surface (the paper tray does not lock shut, so is susceptible to improper positioning easily). It comes with a full size toner X25 (good for 2500 pages). Printing, Scanning seem pretty decent. OCR worked well with the Omnipage software that came with the CD (old version of Omnipage software, but accurate character recognition). Copying by placing original on flatbed caused really crooked copy the first time, but seemed better on subsequent times. It was still not perfectly square in alignment. This might have been due to a combination of paper quality and loosely fitted paper tray. Despite these I am happy with the printer for home use. It is good value for the money. I am giving it 3 stars mainly due to the poor fit and issues with the paper tray. You can get over the last problem by placing the printer on a hard surface and installing the paper tray carefully and not disturbing it often.

Reset Button Never Work [Posted on 2007-05-26]
When there is an error , for example , if paper size is A4 instead of Letter, the printer will alarm. There NO way to reset the printer when it has error, even if you shutdown your computer , or shutdown the printer temporarily.
This printer still REMEMBER all the pages that were sent to it after you turn it off, and you can not use the Reset button to clear those pages.

My only solution in this case is : turn the printer off in 1 night, and check it back in the next morning. Usually, 1 night is long enough for the printer to forget the error and reset by itself.

This printer has very good print quality when it works . However, when it does not work, you will have a miserable time to fix it.

After a lot of customers complained about this product, Canon still sell this printer in the market, without fixing the problem or recalling the defective product. This carelessness will destroy the credibility of Canon.

Camera quality doesn't carry over. Cheap tool = expensive tool. [Posted on 2007-09-18]
When it works, it works with quirks. Quirks that are obvious design flaws. It is as if canon deliberately crippled this printer to make it unsuitable for office use. Ours ran fine for 18 months, then it started giving paper size errors that could not be corrected, resulting in lost faxes that really hurt our business.
I recommend going to a brick-and-mortar costco and seeing what they offer as their most expensive printer. Their product line is pretty well vetted and well suited to a small business office.

Worked great for 1.5 years, then I got Paper Size errors and found the solution... [Posted on 2008-03-31]
I probably scanned 5000 pages and printed out at least 1000 pages over 1.5 years and had no problems. It prints picture perfect and I've had no image quality issues. It's also very fast. I'm still using the original toner. I suggest using Nuance's Paperport for automated scanning, etc. with this as it is integrated perfectly to sense batch scans versus manual paper scans etc.

ERROR MESSAGE: After 1.5 years I had the same problem as "reluctant techie" in his/her interview below. I started getting Paper size / cassette / "insert lgl" paper type errors that I could not clear. I tried the update firmware on canon's site and got no answers... but I figured this out. After getting the error, unplug the cable from the computer and the power. Plug the power cable back in and press "copy" button before the error lite starts flashing again. Then press "menu" and "#". Press the <- button until you get to the "#clear" option then press "set". It re-initializes. After doing so, go into the menu and set paper settings to "ltr" or whatever size paper you use. It works great after this. I found "reluctant techie's" review doing a Google search on MF 5750 errors. I hope someone finds this review and trouble-shooting helpful when they do the same!

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