I have given up on inkjet printers and I have banned them from my household. I only use laser printers now and my life is so much more simpler and happier that I don't have to deal with ink cartage nonsense.

Thanks for the thorough review I enjoyed the stories and everything! 🙂

Only you could make a hour long video about a laser printer. I didn't realize HP was short for highly problematic lol

Thank you for showing that extender piece! I am trying to figure out where it’s suppose to go.

Hi. May I ask where you got your beautiful wooden desk? I just ordered this canon printer by the way. Thanks for the review.

My first printer (and my parents') was a hardly used Canon BJC4100 parallel model purchased sometime in the mid 90's. (1995?) My family's last printer was an HP Office Jet 6968 which retired after almost four years of service due to the ink cartridges having a recognition error. The cartridges were expensive and it always used a bit of color ink during printing. The HP printer was replaced with a Brother B&W toner model in late January.

Hello, In regards to the messy Avery labels, I may have a solution for you. Before you print your label, go to paper settings on the printer screen and change the option from LTR/Plain2 to LTR Heavy 2. Now the printer will recognize that "thicker" paper is being used, therefore the printer will print your document at a slower pace. Once you begin printing on normal paper, just change setting back. Hopes this helps you.

Very detailed review. Thanks

Hi there, compare to Brother HL-L3290CDW $330 , which one is better choice? Now MF656cdw is $310. Thank you!

Would this be a good printer for printing RPG PDFs??

Hello, I also want to buy this printer, but I am not sure about the dimensions. Can I ask you please to measure depth of printer bottom? On web I found dimension 460 mm, but I think it is depth with display, which is placed more in front than the bottom of printer. Thank you! I need to place it on table which has 400mm....

Great video. Wish I watched it 2 months ago. I bought the Canon MF753cdw and so far, it's great. Like you It replaced an HP Officejet 8600 of 15 years. Bought new cartridges and it wouldn't work. I do wish someone would do a tutorial on the remote UI though as the manual is confusing. I miss my old epson scanner. The new ones don't even come close for photos.

Thanks for the detailed review of the printer! what is the size of the flatbed, does it fit legal size 8.5 x 14? I copy some larger books and need a legal size flatbed. Thanks

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

You'll need to up your spending limit to something more commercial-rated.

I had an inkjet printer once. Damn thing would either waste the ink or let it dry out faster than I used it! I’ll never forget it you know, and I’ll never have another one!! Love my color laser though!!’

I have an MF645Cx (which is probably almost the same machine but sold in Europe). Canon still provides PostScript drivers for it which means you can (relatively) easily print from any vintage Mac running System 7 or later. Which is pointless, but still cool.

I had a canon laser printer for about a day. the power went out and came back on, the canon printer was the only thing that got destroyed. I replaced it with a brother printer and if it wasn't for the fact that the printer makes the lights flicker when it's printing, it would be the perfect printer. also helps that the carts are cheap. so yea if you have a canon printer, make sure it's on a UPS or at least surge protected because mine was extremely sensitive apparently.

@boro057

7 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure every UPS manual recommends not plugging in printers, they have large power spikes that can damage UPSs.

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

ALL laser printers make the lights flicker - and it is NOT OK to plug one into a UPS! That's a MASSIVE power draw!

When you print labels, do you leave the printer paper type on the printer as "Plain Paper" and not change it to "Labels" on the printer itself? As with Lexmark printers, changing it slows the print process but the fuser heats up hotter. Perhaps that would fix the issue with the Avery Labels.

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I totally screwed that one up!

@ModelSkyscrapers

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for the heads Up!

Where can I buy a candle from Amelia?

I have a little black and white canon laser printer and it can go from sleep to printing in like 2 seconds. I can't believe how fast it is compared to anything from HP.

I'm very torn. I don't print often, but need to once in a while. I had an ink jet, always dried up. Threw it away and decided I would just print at Walgreens. The last few times I tried that, their printer was out of service. So, I'm tying to convince myself to buy a laser printer. The MF654CDW is on sale at BestBuy for $299 right now. Can't decide...

@bbishoppcm

2 күн бұрын

Lasers are a safe bet - they never dry out!

@minnybiker4505

2 күн бұрын

@@bbishoppcm fun news, I found a 3 month old used one, with full unopened new toner set, for $200! Still a little nervous buying used, but feels like a good deal.

Is the MF654Cdw model able to fax? I don’t see an option in the “menu” only I-Fax is that different ?

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

No, the 654CDW is only a “three in one” - the higher end 656CDW has a modem built in, so it is able to fax directly over a telephone line.

Bro is still posting, I got recommended the video abt your frogs from 10 years ago

i just bought the same model i can print from my pc wireless but my iphone cant see the printer phone is on same wifi, airprint is turned on also any help would be appreciated thank you

@mcloude1

8 ай бұрын

i Found the solution you have to turn off airtime fairness if ur router has that setting

35:40 _ I had the experience in using the HP Color Laserjet 4500 Printer back in 2001, working on putting ID Badge information on preferated paper. To print out those 300 badges, my supervisor allowed me 2 days to complete the job, that's how slow that printer was. That sucker had frequent paper jams as well, I guess it wasn't compatible with the IDVille (Baudville) products back then. That Canon Printer prints beautiful and fast too! I like tha touchscreen on it, vs the screen on the HP Color Laserjet 4500 printer that was so tiny and is what you had to deal with back then.

@Computerman859

11 ай бұрын

I can imagine that touchscreen being advanced tech at the time, given that a few cars already tried to implement it beforehand.

I have a similar model, the 654CDW. Had it for about a month, but yet to be able to use the manual feed. Any advice?

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

You just... stick a sheet of paper into the slot. The higher-end model has a proper flip-down tray, but this does not.

@danl6191

6 ай бұрын

@@bbishoppcm Thank you. I got it working with a #10 envelope, but not with a letter size yet. Probably just operator error.

Color Laser is the only option for me. Bought a used HP color Laserjet 3700dn about a decade ago and it is still kicking along (outside of a sticking solenoid I fixed with scotch tape). Toner is dirt cheap too. Regarding HP's drivers, I've encountered the formatter errors on units at work (M653 and M553). It is their crappy "universal" PCL6 drivers. The reality is you really don't need printer "drivers" for modern units. Everything supports Apple Airprint or Mopira printing out of the box these days, so they "just work" with Mac, Linux, and Windows. I think HP went in-house with laser printer engines around 2000 or so. The Samsung buyout didn't happen until much later. The CLJ3700 doesn't appear to be a Samsung or Canon design at all.

I like d guy our video and I also purchased this model today @ Staples 🤪 I have a question tho- if my home WiFi goes out How don I still print? Can a cable be connected from my Apple Air to this Canon? Thxs

@bbishoppcm

8 ай бұрын

You can always use a USB cable. Remember, this is a real office machine, not a $70 HP that costs $200 in ink refills every 500 pages! We use these Canons in a high-volume environment at work with fantastic results!

Thanks!!

How do I use manual feed for Laser clean edge business card ?

@bbishoppcm

7 ай бұрын

They should feed like any other normal paper stock

is this the model MF656CDW? Want to make sure because we like the separate color and black cartridges

@bbishoppcm

7 ай бұрын

This is not an inkjet - this is a laser printer. Lasers do not have combined color/black cartridges; instead of ink, they use toner (colored powder that melts to the paper). The benefit is a longer lifespan, and lower supply costs.

@suprallsmokeu

4 ай бұрын

Can you print black and white if color toner is out??

When I was working for a local tax firm, I had appropriated for my office this massive late 90s color laser I found shoved into a storage closet. I'm not kidding when I say this machine was nearly the size of a fax machine (think fax machine on a desk minus the paper tray/cart section of it). I hated that blasted thing, jammed constantly and you had to clean it like every other time you wanted to use it. The only reason I used it was there was a giant stack of toner carts for it and I didn't want to waste those. I used it to print motherboard and flight sim manuals for home use all the time, and I think I managed to burn through about half those cartridges. I put it on the eWaste pallet right before I left that job, hopefully no one was fool enough to take it back off and try to use it afterwards. For home use now-a-days I have an older model Canon that I refill the black cartridge on manually. Bottles of ink from eBay are cheap as hell, works well enough for office document printing since I don't really print color. Its maddening how predatory printers are, even the EcoTank units have various BS "service life" parts in them the machine will force you to replace to keep the machine going.

Hearing reports that on the newer Canons, lots of folks are having issues with the printer not waking up from sleep when sending a job (especially wirelessly). Have you noticed this behavior at all?

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

Never happened to me

I wish you the best of luck with that Canon printer. They were nothing but problems at two different employers. They liked to jam at 4 PM. Never again under my watch. HP isn’t far behind on the blacklist.

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

At work, Our HP monochrome lasers almost never jam - they are built by Canon. We DO have a TON of jamming on our enterprise-level Canon copiers, but it's because we use the cheapest paper known to mankind, and it's all stored in a humid environment.

Can one use refiller to fill the ink carriages? I see some doing it, much cheaper.

@bbishoppcm

4 ай бұрын

Refilling a TONER cartridge? You've got to be kidding me... that shit is carcinogenic, and unless I'm doing it in a controlled environment, I'm not risking my lungs over a hundred or so bucks. Really?

@bbishoppcm

4 ай бұрын

This printer doesn't use INK, it uses a fine powder made from colored resins, pigments, and metals. These cartridges are refillable but this is generally done in a facility with proper air filtration and equipment to minimize worker injuries - and the imaging drums are inspected for reuse or replacement.

@tryingtocorrect

4 ай бұрын

@@bbishoppcm But what if uses quality mask and does it very slowly/carefully? I see people doing this on youtube.

@31:30 i have a very similar model and love it, been using it for years, i did initially have problems printing on card stock and glossy photo paper and some labels, but i found by setting the paper type in windows to heavy 3/ or Coated 3 it printed a lot better with no smearing (i noticed it ran the paper a lot slower on these settings) im still on the toner it came with and although it says 2 of the 4 cartridge's are empty, it keeps printing with no fuss, ive seen HP's that will force you to hit continue everytime when low, even when the cartridge is still good.

3 month later…. Do you still recommend this printer?

@bbishoppcm

8 ай бұрын

Yes!

dos it have any issues all these months, i m trying to buy one

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

No, none at all

@rumorscameras

6 ай бұрын

@@bbishoppcm i ordered one thanks for the tips

@rumorscameras

6 ай бұрын

could not find the waste container, i read that the toner cartridge is the one that has the collection, i like brother bcz u can replace the drum itself the colection tank and the belt also,

I keep a color inkjet for printing color and then a normal B+W laser because I'm a cheap ass and lazer carts are $20 for about a textbook's worth of toner.

Does it print double sided?

@bbishoppcm

7 ай бұрын

Yes

I have problem with it it doesn’t print from computer why

@bbishoppcm

5 ай бұрын

No idea.

why didnt you get a brother color laser, they have seperate drum and toner cartridges, replaceable belt and collection tank,cheap,,,any thoiughts

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

Because I manage a fleet of Canon printers and copiers (some are HP w/ Canon engines) under heavy use and they are dead-nuts reliable.

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

The Brother drums and belts are pretty expensive, so if I have to replace either or, I’d likely end up tossing the printer. This unit sees VERY little use, so by the time anything begins to break down, it won’t matter

@rumorscameras

6 ай бұрын

@@bbishoppcm makes sense...one or two toner cartridge change then buy a newer tech...i started to have this ideology too. Cost of using to value of the printer itself

big asterisk on the eco tank printers, make sure to get an eco tank printer with a replicable waste reservoir. If you don't, the lifespan on the printer is limited. I know the first gen canon ecotanks are notorious for not lasting long because it wasn't replicable.

@Lollllllz

6 ай бұрын

actually the low end first gen canons(boxy g1000-4000/g1010-4010) are probably the cheapest to run in canon's lineup if you are stingy(since physically getting to the pads can be a pain) as the printer has the software built-in to "replace" the waste tank so you can pull out the old pads and rig the piping to an external bottle and just tell the printer you've replaced its pads without shelling out for a re setter or maintenance carts. The G5000-6000 ones are the worse one though less convenient than the latter canon models with the maintenance carts but needs a resetter. shame that they are far more likely to develop air issues when left unused for extended periods of time.

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

We've never replaced one at work, and we've had several units running for as long as five years. I wonder how much printing one must do in order to fill the waste tank up?

@Lollllllz

6 ай бұрын

@@bbishoppcm i Think it varies by printer generation but canon rates the g1000-4000 for 15000 pages (or 11000 if you only replace the rear pads)

I don't get it. Is this an inkjet, or a laser printer? Why do you call it a HP, when it's a Canon? EDIT: Oh, nwm

Gee, I hope HP doesn't go out of business, My HP LaserJet M209dw Printer would stop getting driver updates from Linux Mint. 🤔😧

Word for word. Model for model. Even the considerations prior to buying this printer have been exactly the same as yours. Lmao. Same old printer, handed down to my sister for her business too. Consideration of ecotanks. To a point where I just pulled the trigger.

An hour? Is there a tl;dw?

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

Yes - good printer, buy printer, life happy

The joy of homemade videos… to watch someone struggling with a tray for ten minutes

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

The joy of trashing someone at the touch of a button from thousands of miles away... dude, the tray wasn't documented ANYWHERE. Get off your high horse.

@boro057

6 ай бұрын

@@bbishoppcmI would never have figured it out. I just set ours up and played around with that plastic piece for too long just to chuck it aside. Thanks. You’d think the manual could show a quick diagram or even a sticker or something that says “legal extension.”

I get canon 655 mf It same?

@Pokecblansko

8 ай бұрын

Definitely is but without Fax. Full duplex is present😁

HP drivers suck man, in my opinion i prefer fuji xerox or canon nowadays. haha

you sound like bill gatres, is it you bill

@bbishoppcm

6 ай бұрын

No