Color imageCLASS MF644Cdw - All-in-One, Wireless, Mobile-Ready, Duplex Laser Printer with 3 Year Warranty,Works with Alexa

For the last month I've been researching and debating which AIO color laser printer to get after being completely fed up with inkjets and all of the cartridge issues that come along with them, especially Epson. There are a lot of mixed reviews out there for this MF644Cdw, but I took a chance on it based on even worse reviews for other comparable brands, like HP and Brother. I'm glad I did. I feel compelled to write a review based on my surprisingly good experience so far. First is the initial setup. A lot of reviewers reported a horrible setup experience. This was not the case for me. Unbox it, untape it, turn it on, connect to your wifi using the LCD panel, and load the drivers on your PC (download the latest from Canon's website). That's it. I have only tested on Windows at home so can't speak for MAC drivers. I also haven't experienced any issues with the touch panel functionality. Some people say they have to push unreasonably hard on the LCD screen to get actions to register. This is not my experience and mine accepts inputs just fine like any other office printer I've ever used. Prints came out perfect right out of the box starting with the first test page, although I did go through the full gradation calibration anyway just to be thorough. Seeing how I don't plan on using this for full photo prints I left most of the print settings at their defaults, but you can bump up the quality higher than the default dpi if you desire. Copies were accurate and scans were more than sufficient. I was most concerned with the scan quality based on some online reviews, but I found that the scans on the glass plate turn out to be more than acceptable even at the standard 300dpi. You can easily modify this to go up to 600dpi which produced great results. I'll note that I have not yet attempted to scan using the ADF function. There are additional scan quality settings in the settings menu as well as copy settings, so experiment with them to see which suits your needs. For copy, I set mine to the "Text/Photo/Map (Quality)" setting which proved to be sufficient, but there is a "Printed Image" option which provides even more detail. There are a ton of settings on this thing, and I'm still testing all of them out one function at a time. The MF Scan utility allows for customizing scan quality settings, file types, destinations, etc., but it does lack any truly helpful post-processing or cropping. Some users have reported that the NAPS2 utility addresses these post-processing shortcomings if that is an issue for you. I have not yet tested it but plan on doing so soon. The only hiccup I've encountered so far was when I tried to use the MF Scan Utility to pull a scan from the printer to a PC. The utility wouldn't connect to the printer no matter what, even though the printer was online and I could print to it just fine. No number of uninstalls/reinstalls of the scan driver or utility made a difference. Rebooting the printer did not help either. Surprisingly, I found that a simple reboot of the affected PC fixed it (an increasingly rare occurrence these days) and now everything is working. Finally, scan to email works great and is not too bad to set up at all using the Remote UI. You definitely want to set up the Remote UI pin during initial setup in order to fine tune this thing. It will help immensely when customizing and enabling features. Also, download and read the manual! I was able to configure everything over the course of about two hours including getting the Android Canon print app to print from my phones. I've been using this thing for only one day so far but have really put it through it's paces. Sleep mode works well with adjustable timers. Wake from sleep works perfectly for me (using DHCP reservation for the printer wifi address). Wifi signal is good and stable at about 40 ft away from router through multiple walls and obstructions. Double sided print works great. The only features I haven't tested yet are ADF scans, fax, and print from USB drive. The bottom line is that I was a bit skeptical when pulling the trigger on this one after reading hundreds of reviews from multiple sites. I ended up narrowing it down to either this or the Brother 3770. The brother has much better scanner specs and reviews, whereas a lot of reviews of the Canon mention functionality issues or disappointing scanner quality. On the other hand, the Canon seemed to win when it came to color accuracy and overall print quality. Reviewers also had some pretty bad things to say about the Brother toners and drum. It turns out my primary concern with the Canon MF644 scanner was unfounded and it performs better than expected. If you are looking to archive old photos for enlargement and print then you are better off getting a dedicated standalone scanner anyway. But for everyday documents or photos that you don't plan on enlarging this performs very well. I'll try to update this review as time goes by if I end up running into any issues or if there are any surprises when it comes to toner usage and replacement. Until then, I have to give this 5 stars based so far and will be recommending to friends and family.

I researched for a while and wasn't sure, about brand or quality. After recommend reviews from other sources, this was highly recommended. The software is simple, and their is no bloatware, spyware, adware, or software that takes control over every thing like some other popular brand printers. The simplicity of the software alone without it infecting your computer makes me love it more. It loaded on Win 10 Pro very easily, and the best part is, when I need to print, it's there for me. The desk top software is so very simplified with one button, I can't believe it's simple without any confusion at all. I don't need to print often, but with ink jets, their scam is the cartridges expire without you even using them once. That only has me never to own their products again. Not having to buy ink jet cartridges, this printer paid for itself, with only using it twice in 6 months. No bleeding, smearing, mess, or wet paper anymore, and no calibrating to unclog inkjets. And NO expired cartridges that goes out on in in a month. People complain it's loud, but as rarely as I use it, I am happy it prints, then it goes off again, without you having to touch anything. It's not that loud or annoying, and it doesn't bother me. It just lets me know it's cycling on to print. Scanner works easily, and the copier is such a great feature to have. I can't believe a printer like this is as inexpensive as it is. Canon did a good job on this one without the bloatware or other setup hassles. If you print a lot and you complain about the noise, get higher end volume one, or tell your boss to not go cheap. If you plan on printing photographs, don't blame the limitations on a printer like this, get one for photographs. I would say this is for letters, documents, scanning, copying documents, and not for high end graphics or trying to send grandma pictures of the family printed out. I had a document I printed with red, blue, black text, with yellow highlighted areas, and it came out wonderfully. The copy capabilities, I need to sen a printed copy of my drivers license and another i.d. I did one in B/W and in color. I couldn't believe how clear it came out. No more going to the UPS store to copy! It does require a larger foot print than you standard ink jet. The box when it arrive is huge! Once out of the box, it takes up 17x17x17 (rounded up slightly), so plan on an area just for that first. No more ink jets for me ever again. The price has doubled since I bought mine, and it's a first time I have ever see computer technology increase rather than decrease. For what I paid for it in mid 2020, I doubt you could do better or ask for anything more. It's been coming up on 2 years now since I bought it, and I still have the original toner that came with it. I rarely print, but my priority is the toner doesn't expire on me. EDIT UPDATE: 2 1/2 years after purchase. It still works, still on factory cartridges that came with printer and no issues or problems. I don't use the wireless feature, mine is plugged in directly to my computer, nor do I print as often, but that was the whole point, so I don't have to buy ink cartridges every time I need to print one page, because ink jet expires. This printer paid for itself long ago. Best printer I have ever owned in 35+ years of computing.

This combo printer-scanner-fax machine functions fine, once it's set up and running -- judging from an identical printer belonging to my husband, which meets our household printer needs quite well. It prints, scans, and faxes as required, and I can't ask much more than that. I thought this was sufficient recommendation, except... The saga of setup. Canon provides a print manual in the box, numerous web-based step-by-step guides, and an instructional video on how to get your printer connected to your computer over wifi. So with all that as reference, besides the fact that I’m an engineering professor, I should be able to figure it out. Right? Nope. Here is what happened yesterday afternoon, I swear to sweet Jiminy, when I followed the setup instructions: 1. Extracted printer from box. Actually, multiple boxes. It was like performing an appendectomy on a matryoshka doll. 2. Removed all the orange tape keeping everything from falling apart. Plugged unit in with supplied cable. Was not immediately electrocuted. 3. Turned on printer. It emitted a noise like a Wagnerian tenor with a bad case of pneumonia trying to French-kiss a duck. So far, so good. 4. Set language and desired instrument preferences using instructions in booklet. Consulted archaeologist friend about pictographic form of instructions. Apparently pictographs, once widespread in ancient Egypt, fell out of favor and disappeared from the archaeological record once people realized that words convey information better. Except Canon's instruction booklet writers, who last updated their style around 2,500 B.C. 5. Attempted to connect printer to laptop, 3 feet away, over good wifi, with instructions given in video. After step 2, what appeared on my printer screen did not match what appeared on the printer screen in the video. The instructions on the website also didn't match. "Enter the administrator username and password on the printer screen." Well, where? It never asked me for one! 6. Attempted to connect printer by manual option. The real-life screens I was dealing with also failed to match anything in the online, print, or video instructions. 7. Pushed various buttons in an attempt to find alternate route to connect printer to computer. The menus Canon gives are intuitive, if you have the intuition of Franz Kafka on an LSD trip. 8. Called tech support number on website. When robot answered and requested model number of printer, stated "ColorImageClass MF644 CDW." Robot did not recognize model number. Repeated four times with varying intonation. Helpful hint: The robo-call-center only recognizes model numbers when they are intoned in medieval plainchant in the key of B flat minor (organ accompaniment helps). 9. Robot transferred call to human line. Tinny, low-fi hold music commenced. 10. After 10 minutes and no answer, hold music stopped. I said "Hello?" repeatedly and tried to get to an operator. I would have had more success bench-pressing the Lincoln Memorial. 11. Hung up and tried again. Repeated steps 7 through 9. 12. Got wise and called the direct Canon printer tech support number in the printed instructions. Was once more answered by Artificial Stupidity. Finally got it to direct my call to the human line. Initial message: "Your estimated hold time is more than 20 minutes." 13. Decided to <REDACTED> any Canon executive, engineer, software designer, or even <REDACTED>-ing janitor who ever crosses my path. 14 through 25: Freestyle profanity. Text and telephone fees may apply. 26. Called tech-savvy spouse who had set up a similar printer before. Repeated most of previous steps, with variations. 27. Gave up trying to connect to computer and decided just to put everything I needed to print on a USB stick and then stick the USB stick in the printer. Be ye warned. On a more serious note: When two people with science/engineering Ph.D.s and a combined half-century of computer experience can’t figure out how to connect a printer to a computer despite three sets of instructions and hours of trying, it’s a sign of poor design on Canon’s part.

I just received my MF644 and here's a couple thoughts from the first couple hours. I'm a typical user not a paid reviewer, although a bit more sophisticated because I'm an IT professional, so read the whole review. Print Quality - only have it one day, but the print quality is amazing, out of the box I put a magazine in the scanner, hit copy and I couldn't distinguish the copy from the color magazine cover. Easiest printer setup I've ever seen - All cartridges are pre-installed, kudos to Canon. just take the tape off and config your network Network setup dead simple in seconds - I used the WPS Router Pin code method, if your router doesn't do this, get a new router. You end up entering a pin number into the printer that your router issues and the setup is completed, no passwords, etc. Printer and box is really heavy - I actually lugged this up two flights of stairs, the box is as heavy as the printer. On the plus size, this is not a flimsy printer, feels extremely solid. Everything you do on this printer is through a touchscreen and web page you access using the IP address of the printer. The response is a bit sluggish, Canon could put a better processor in it, but it's useable. AirPrint - I have an Iphone, iPad and Macbook Pro, no problem Airprint and Macos printer setup work perfectly, no extra software necessary Scan to Email - this is a big one for me, I setup scan to Gmail and configured two preset buttons for this on the printer menu. The setup instructions are not intuitive, you must do it through the remote web interface (browse to the ip address) and also you must go to the network port menu and change the smtp port to 587 for gmail, but it works perfectly. Paper Handling - Tray is small 100-150 sheets, ok for home use. Scanner ADP feeder works flawlessly Price - At $209 delivered with a 3 year warranty, this is a STEAL, this is a $400 printer Issues: The printer insists on going into sleep mode and loses network, cannot be seen be AirPrint or Mac OSX until powered off. I’ve resigned myself that this is just not an always on printer, if you can live with just turning it on when you need to use it then it’s fine, sleep mode cannot be set to longer than 4 hours and I don’t see any recovery than turning the printer of and on to reconnect to the network. FOR THIS I GIVE IT 4 stars instead of 5 Canon Mac driver does not permit printing color document in Black and White, Apple native drivers do I setup Google print, and I didn't have it configured correctly, what happens is that periodically the printer displays a error message and the network goes offline. Anyway, I don't really use 'Google Print' so I just disabled it through remote web. I'm sure if you take the time to set it up perfectly, it would be fine. Overall Impressions - Fantastic printer/scanner at an unbelievable price $209, if it continues to work this well with generic cartridges (sorry Canon your toners are just way to expensive) then I will be extremely happy with the printer. Hard to imagine ever going back to a color inkjet printer.

I have had my Canon MP600 for 13 years(!) Loved it but it got to the point where it wouldn't print accurate colors. Then COVID hit and with the amount of printing we had to do at home the ink got expensive and just wouldn't last. So, it was time for an upgrade. I always wanted a color laser and after debating between various ink jets, including another Canon, I decided to opt for this model. It was not much more money than the new-ish Canon G7020 mega tank printers, so I figured why not. The main reason I chose Canon and this one in particular was it has single pass duplex scanning, a need for which I have had a lot of in the past. Amazon did a great job shipping it. I was home when it was delivered so I ensured it was handled well. Canon packages it well. Lots of padding, tape, etc. It's heavy. I managed myself but you may need two people. I have it hooked up via ethernet to my switch, and assigned it a static IP address. After getting it on the network I updated the firmware. Painless process. Then used the set up CD for all the software/drivers. Then updated drivers as they came out. Print quality is great for my needs, and it prints fast. At least to me, coming from an ink jet. I keep in sleep mode most of the time but whenever we send a job it perks right up and prints. It prints from all my devices on my network, including 3 Android tablets, a Kindle, a laptop, and two Android phones. For the mobile devices I downloaded the Canon Business app. Seems to work well. The only oddity with it is when printing PDF files. Sometimes the print job goes to the wrong output tray (depends on the app I think), and I'll have to go down to the printer and choose the proper tray. I believe if I save the file to my network, then print, it works OK. Can't recall. This could be device related, app related, or a setting within the printer. Admittedly I haven't put enough effort into solving this. Speaking of settings...this thing has a lot of configuration options. The full manual is extensive. I'm by no means a tech guru but I have enough knowledge to figure out the basics. There are a lot of features but I was able to get what I needed set up, like scanning to a network folder. At some point I'm sure I'll explore more of the features. The online management console (Remote UI they call it) is a bit old school in appearance but everything is there to configure. I chose to utilize the username/PIN option but you don't have to. If you use this option just be sure to write down the UN/PW; I believe if you get locked out you have to call Canon support for a reset. My one noticeable gripe is the sensitivity of the touch screen. Trying to hit the left/right arrows can be tricky. However, I learned the other day you can swipe left/right to move it. Duh. It's depicted in all the literature but somehow I missed that. So, not a big deal. Otherwise, the screen is bright, icons are large enough, and you can add/remove/configure the order of icons using the Remote UI console. Overall, I love this thing. I hope I get as much life out of it as a did my previous Canon. Time will tell if the economics of buying an entry-level business class printer for home use make sense. But, with remote learning for the foreseeable future and our printing needs increasing, it seems to be worth it.

I bought this printer in 2020 as a refurb. same warranty and guarantees from Canon for a lower price. I did do a four or five month review but I can't find it. That one was positive anyway. I have now had this for 5 years and this thing has been a workhorse. Even using aftermarket toner cartridges that you have to research on your own to buy. Again depending on the aftermarket company you choose color is on par quality is perfect and I don't have any of those funny noises that I'm watching in these videos. I use high quality HP LaserJet paper which is a little more expensive than your run-of-the-mill copy paper but it makes a huge difference with the colors. I have two complaints due to this model being a little older. it's not compatible with a lot of chromebooks out there even with the proper firmware. I had an old Chromebook set up wirelessly worked flawlessly like everything else in the house - tablet, cell phone etc. So I just bought a brand new Chromebook and it doesn't like Canon Printers. I should have read it in the reviews. It was listed there black and white. Just will not work with them. So you have to save it as a PDF. open another Canon app and print it like that. two extra steps no big deal. The second complaint it only has 80 MB of memory. Sometimes if you throw a whole ton of work at once it just gives out errors everywhere. So suggestion if you're doing a big print job, meaning a lot of pages and colors and graphs and charts. reboot the printer to clear the spooler and then send that one job to the printer again if it is huge it'll take a little bit to print all the pages. I have printed a 400 page manual before black and white is fast no delays. Color, those are the ones that can bog down the memory and slow the printing. Scanning works great for some reason and when I say for some reason it scans directly to the Chromebook that won't allow it to print from. Go figure. It will also scan to cell phone and my tablet if I'm working with them. My suggestion with this printer is to keep it clean inside wipe down with isopropyl alcohol keep the dust out and if you get a low quality toner cartridge call them up most of them will stand behind the product and send you a new one. The only thing I see going in this printer is fuser which I think is rated at over 100,000 pages and range from $200-300. I might be dead by then. Canon uses a built-in mini drum attached to the toner cartridges themselves. There is no excess toner bottle to empty. So this thing is virtually maintenance free until the fuser blows out and then you're going to want to buy another printer.

I've always liked Canon scanners. I like the fact that the drivers and software are consistent between the big office machines we use at work and the home models I've had. I have not had the problems with Wi-Fi, or reconnecting after it sleeps, or printing wirelessly from Windows laptops or Apple iPhones that other people mention, but I do have very up to date wireless hardware, and keep the devices updated to recent software. I would strongly recommend to just install all the software from the CD that it comes with, to start, BEFORE you try connecting, whether with USB or Wi-Fi. I have had problems in the past with Windows default drivers not working. DO NOT just let the computer install a driver for you. Use the Canon drivers always. It does AirPrint flawlessly, but the Canon Print iPhone app has always worked great too and has the benefit of working with non AirPrint Canons. I am not using Wi-Fi-Direct, so can't say how that works. Canon scan software used to be a pain, but it seems pretty simple to me now. I just scanned two things directly to my Windows computer, which I have attached to this review. The first is a photo I took of the printer with my iPhone, which I then Airprinted, and then used the document feeder to scan directly to my Windows PC. The file just appeared as a JPG in my OneDrive\Documents folder, by date. Perfect. I don't remember if I had set it up that way or if it just defaulted to that. The second image is a scan to PC from the flatbed of a multi-media art project our toddler did. Scanning, printing, and making copies of kids' school projects is the main reason I upgraded to a color printer. I have an old B&W Canon MF4890dw which has worked flawlessly for nearly a decade and will continue to be used in my office. PROS: The quality of B&W and Color prints matches the best I've seen from color laser printers. This is NOT a photo printer, since it's just printing on non-glossy copy paper. Get a LaserJet or dye sublimation printer if you need gallery quality glossy prints. Print speed is good for a color laser. It prints faster the behemoth color printer we have at work and takes up have the space. Auto double side scanning with the document feeder (ADF) is such a great improvement over my old printer that had the mechanical flip and scan double sided scanner. Much less chance of jamming and much faster scanning. The software and setup are improved over my older Canon printers, but it probably is still a confusing difference for people who may be used to an inkjet printer with a direct USB connection. All the features I would ever want from a color laser: duplex printing and scanning, print from iPhone, wireless print, print from USB, scan to PC/USB, fax. It's smaller cheaper, faster, quieter and better-quality output than the very expensive color laser we have at work. You can use third-party toner cartridges. CONS: Setting up Scan to Email and some other settings are not the simplest. If you just need to print lots of B&W documents quickly, there are much cheaper and faster B&W printers. Like most color laser printers, this printer is louder and slower to start than a B&W laser. Canon brand toner is expensive.

Bought this to replace my old Cannon Pixma ink jet. Was not at all happy with the ink jet and wanted to go full-on laser this time. I had a little trepidation about going with Cannon again based on the Pixma performance; however, after doing some research and looking at life-cycle costs (toner is where they get you!) I went with the ImageCLASS. Very pleased! Setup was a breeze. Not sure why folks have posted about trouble with that. Maybe they are older reviews and Cannon fixed the software or maybe it's simply an ID10T error on the user's end (likelihood). Anyway, took me all of 10 minutes and I had no issues. Have had zero connection issues since (i.e. Not network drops as some have reported). I have it hooked into my home network and can print from any room in the house. I AM having some trouble getting my wife's iPhone hooked in, but I don't think that is a Cannon issue but rather its an iCrap issue...or maybe it's simply an ID10T error on the user's end! ;) Print quality is excellent (especially when compared to the ink jet) and no more soggy prints...Yeah! I have lots of laser printers at my office and this one does as good a job as the super expensive corporate color copiers we use. Sleep function works well and is almost instantaneous for both sleeping and waking with zero lag from send to print. The two biggest "cons" are its size and the fact that it's quite noisy...and I mean LOUD! I have it set up next to my desk on a printer stand and I was on a Zoom call earlier and it was somewhat hard to hear the call while it was spooling. All in all, it's a great product. If you are looking for an affordable all-in-one for a home office setup, I highly recommend it.