| Multifunctional units that combine many hardware | | | | automatic document feature will put a damper on |
| capabilities into single packages are notorious for their | | | | copy jobs with large input demands, but otherwise the |
| high price tags. This is largely in part to the | | | | paper handling of the imageCLASS MF3240 is good, |
| commonality of super inflated, industrial grade features | | | | with a 250 sheet paper capacity and a simplified |
| that only businesses with extremely high output | | | | single cartridge style toner setup. |
| demands would be interested in. Not everyone needs | | | | A single cartridge toner system can help save time |
| three hundred one-touch speed dials on their fax | | | | and money due to staggered, constant swap outs of |
| machine. The Canon Copier ImageClass MF3240 is a | | | | multiple parts, making it a great innovation from Canon |
| practical answer to this dilemma as it has been | | | | for the novice laser printer user. The cartridge yield is |
| designed as a home to small office level printer with a | | | | only 2,500 pages but, with the maximum monthly duty |
| low price tag. | | | | cycle locked down at only 5,000 pages, it is apparent |
| This is not to say that the unit is not very well equipped | | | | that this printer was never designed for exceedingly |
| with features including one touch speed dials, though | | | | high output that would demand a large cache of ink. |
| there are only, a more reasonable, eight of them. The | | | | For a conservative multifunctional model, its footprint |
| Canon Copier ImageClass MF3240 can also store up | | | | may seem a little large with dimensions of 17.7″(W) |
| to 100 coded dials in the standard on board memory | | | | x 18.2″(D) x 14.5″(H), though the weight is small at |
| of 32 MBs, and has atransmission reception memory | | | | 24.7 pounds (without a cartridge). Copy and scan |
| of up to 256 pages. Fax quality can be set at any | | | | features are also standard for a home office unit, |
| common monochrome standard, from fine to super | | | | matching the print resolution at 600 X 600 dots per |
| fine up to 203 x 391 dots per inch. The 33.6 kbps | | | | inch each, with interpolated scans of up to 9600 X |
| modem is as quick as you should ever need for | | | | 9600 dots per inch; again, bare minimums for a |
| medium to low level requirements. | | | | business class unit. |
| The printing resolution is one area where quality has | | | | Like all Canon products, the Canon Copier |
| noticeably been cut in the interest of cost, and caps | | | | imageCLASS MF3240 is designed with a specific user |
| off at 600 X 600 dots per inch, a bare minimum for a | | | | in mind. The lack of an automatic document feeder |
| printer intended for business use. Black and white text | | | | and low monthly duty cycle limit this hardware to those |
| should turn out crisp and clean at this level, but charts | | | | with light usage requirements, but the unit also includes |
| and graphics will suffer. Print speed, on the other hand, | | | | all the basics, for those who still need to have access |
| is very competitive, and clocks in at up to 21 pages | | | | to them on a daily basis. |
| per minute along with the copy speed. The lack of an | | | | |
