Canon MX860 Home & Office Printer Features
The Canon MX860 printer is a top of the line product. The features are extensive – it can even handle 35-sheet full duplex auto-stacked scanning. This printer operates under the very latest operating system – Windows 7. The printer also has an integrated scanner; fax machine and can operate as a photocopier.
At a resolution of 9600 X 2400 dpi the printing quality is excellent for both color & monochrome documents. The printer can print monochrome documents at approximately 8.4 pages per minute and color documents at 5.6 pages per minute. Ink cartridges are all separate and their life is on average 400 standard prints. Photo printing quality is excellent and it is stated on the Canon web site to be “photo lab quality”. The printer is able to handle a wide variety of printing media at various thicknesses and sizes.
The scanner can scan images at a resolution of 2400 x 4800 dpi. The result when scanning text, photo or graphics is excellent. This high quality scanner when combined with the printer can produce very good photocopies. The integrated fax machine also benefits from high quality scanning and printing. If the printer runs out of paper and a fax is received, the printer will store the fax in its very own 250-page memory.
The printer can be shared on a network with direct connection via Ethernet. The printer is also able to communicate with computers using Wi-Fi. This eliminates the need for a physical connection. The Canon MX860 printer is shipped with software to manage photos & scans. It also comes with dedicated photo printing software that features utilities like red eye correction and automatic photo correction. The MX860 also has a large 6.2cm TFT display which allows for easy menu access and memory card photo and document previews.
If you are looking for an all in one printer, fax machine, scanner and photocopier that does everything well, the MX860 is a great choice. The printer has several features that are not usually available to printers in this class. Features like 35-sheet full duplex auto-stacked scanning set it apart from the rest.