CanonColor imageCLASS MF656Cdw - Wireless Duplex Laser Printer, All-in-One with Copier, Scanner, Fax, Auto Document Feeder, Mobile Ready, 3 Year Limited Warranty, 22 PPM, White

I had a Cannon MF644cdw for a few years and it worked great. This one is just the newer version. My mf644cdw started putting black streaks on the prints and then just started running the paper through without no printing at all. Toner was good and new just no printing. Then started making a funny noise. While looking up trouble shooting tips online i came across this newer version. Well being a Tech junkie and my wife not so much, Ummmm, well the old printer became unrepairable and honey we need a new printer. Print quality has been great on both the 644 and 656 but I will have to say a bit better on this 656. time from sleep to print has greatly improved as well. I will also say that this printer has the cheapest toner cartridges to replace of most all color laser printers. I work from home so it does get alot of use. Document feeder work great and to tell the truth I dont remember ever having a paper jam from either printer on the feeder or printer. Cant say much about the fax feature as I have never used it on either printer. Setup is very easy right out of the box. Just plugged it in went through a few setup questions on the display and bam it was hooked to my wifi and up and running as network printer. Scan to email can be a bit tedious to set up but I got the below instructions from another reviewer and worked perfectly.So Hopefully this will help someone (wish I would have found earlier). This type of information should have been in the manual in some way. I found this in the Canon community discussion. Note that this setup is configured for using a gmail email address to configure- so you need a gmail for this to work correctly (otherwise a few steps will need changed like the SMTP server and port number...)1- If you are using GMail, you have to setup an 'App Password' for your Canon to work.2- Go to Google.com and click on your picture (upper right hand corner) and select 'Manage Your Google Account'.3- Click on 'Security on the left hand side'.4- Scroll down to section that says 'Signing in to Google'.5- Make sure '2-Step Verification' is setup. If it is not, add 2-step verification now.6- Click on 'App Passwords' to setup a password for your Canon. You may have to sign into your Google account again.7- Under the 'Select App' down arrow, select 'Other (custom)'8- Enter a name for your Cannon. I put my model number in the field: MF644Cdw9- Select the 'Generate' button. This will generate a password. Copy/Paste this password or write it down.10- Find your Cannon's IP Address. I selected 'Status Monitor' on my Cannon; then selected 'Network Information'; then selected 'IPv4'; take down the numbers listed under 'IP Address'.11- Open up Chrome and enter the IP Address from step 10.12- Select 'System Manager Mode' option and select 'Log In'. If you have setup a 'System Manager ID' and 'System Manager PIN', enter that information and then select 'Log In'.13- Select 'Settings/Registration' button on the right hand side.14- Select 'TX Settings' on the left hand side.15- Select 'E-mail/I-Fax Settings'.16- Select 'Edit' button on the upper right hand side.17- SMTP server = smtp.gmail.com18- Email Address = [enter your email address]19- Check mark 'Use SMTP Authentication (SMTP AUTH)'20- User Name = [enter your email address]21- Check mark 'Set/Change Password'22- Password = [enter the password generated from step 9 above]23- Check mark 'Use TLS for SMTP'24- Check mark 'Verify Certificate'25- Check mark 'Add CN to Verification Items'26- Check mark 'Use TLS for POP'27- Check mark 'Verify Certificate'28- Check mark 'Add CN to Verification Items'29- Scroll up to the top of the page and select the 'OK' button to save these settings.30- Select 'Network Settings' on left hand side.31- Select 'Port Number Settings'32- Select 'Edit' button in upper right hand side.33- Change 'SMTP' field to = 46534- Scroll up to the top of the page and select the 'OK' button to save these settings.35- Select 'To Portal' link in the upper right hand corner.36- Select 'Address Book' button on right hand side.37- Click on '01' link and select 'Edit' button. Add your email as the first email address.(Later go back and add what other email addresses you may like to scan to in the future)38- Scroll up to the top of the page and select the 'OK' button to save these settings.39- Go to your Cannon and test the Scan to Email function.40- Check email to see if you received the email. If you didn't get email, check 'Status Monitor/Cancel' button under the 'TX Job Log' section for Error Code specifics.

It's a good printer. I was looking for something for home that I could use (not very often), but still work when I needed it to. My problem is, I don't print enough at home to keep regular inkjets functional. Either the ink would dry up, or the nozzles would clog. So when the time came that I would need to print something, I would have to try and run like 5 nozzle cleanings just to get a legible page. This fixed that problem for me. When I need to print something, it's there and ready and prints a quality image every time. Doesn't matter if it was last used a week ago or 2 months ago, still works without having to run it through the ringer. Plus it does wireless printing from our phones and tablets, it has a nice sized touchscreen for navigating the menus. Again, this is a nice printer and I am happy with this purchase.

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.