The Canon Mf6530 – A Fast Duplex Printer For Superior Quality Laser Output
This Canon imageCLASS mf6530 Printer is a very versatile duplex printer and copier. The monochrome laser printer and copier has 24 bit depth color scanning capability. It has a fast 23 pages per minute output rate of a 20 lb paper is used. There is a 500 page cassette and a tray with 100 page capacity for multipurpose uses, such as labels and envelopes and use of paper of varied sizes and types. It uses high quality Canon MF6530 laser toner that will leave your prints crisp and sleek.
The legal-sized platen glass can be used for single page originals and its 50-sheet capacity automatic document feeder can accommodate multiple paged originals up to its capacity level. The scanner can reduce and enlarge from 50 percent at 1 percent increments to the 200 percent maximum. The buttons for the copier function permit selection of its setting features. It also offers greater control within these settings. The copier can do one and two sided copying and reduce two originals to a one page copy whether the platen or the automatic feeder is utilized. The selection is made by pressing the appropriate button.
The document feeder makes it easier to use the duplex functionality. Two sided functionality is a standout capability of the machine. No more manual labor to be applied to do double-sided printing and copying when needed. It has scanning and OCR software for the option to archive documents on your personal computer.
Operational problems are not a chore to solve. The location of the exit ray for the document feeder is just under its input tray. The output pages are released into a tray below the exit tray of the feeder. The standard paper drawer pulls out from front of the machine. The laser toner and the secondary paper tray can be accessed from the left side.
The keypad for the copier has a numeric values and an LCD screen shows the currently selected paper tray, zoom ratio, number of copies selected, and contrast setting. It is easy to read in a normally lighted room. This monochrome laser printer has print resolution capacity in black up to 600 x 600 dpi, 1200 x 600 dpi quality. The copiers copy resolution capacity is up to 600 x 600 dpi; 1200 x 600 dpi quality. The maximum optical scanning resolution capacity is of 600 x 600 dpi and Interpolated 9600 x 9600 dpi. Double sided scanning from the feeder and double sided copying or printing is slower than the 23 pages per minute normal job rate.
A USB port is available for linkage to a PC. The provided CD-ROM contains the installation driver for control functions. There is an operating panel for each function. Should it be used as a standalone copier, the PC connection feature need not be used. On the other hand, for scanning of documents or using the printer function, the connection is applicable. A cartridge yield is 5,000 sheets for 20 lb paper; but, the toner save setting could extend the yield per cartridge.
The software suite comes with a page manager that lets you view the scans or send the documents to the printer. OCR or optical character recognition software program also gets installed for reading scanned text. The resulting PDF file whether it is one PDF per page or a whole set of pages in a single PDF will be clear and the search function in Adobe Acrobat will be able to find any words in the document thanks to the OCR software program. The model MF6530 has no networking capabilities, but its full array of versatile features are useful for small office needs.
It is easy to set up and the manual that comes with it explains the features quite clearly. This versatile model brings solid performance at an affordable price. The Canon product range is known for its quality and reliability and the ImageClass MF6530 laser toner is no exception.
