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Summary: Wow, what a machine!
Review: Canon did a beautiful job making this unit and it's especially nice to be able to consolidate my printer, fax machine and copier all into one unit. There's a lot less clutter in my home office now where space is at a premium. I've had 2 Canon copiers prior to this D680 and have been impressed with their reliability. In this unit you have the drum and toner in one cartridge which is really nice. Additionally the fax is F A S T. The only thing I would change if I were Canon would be to incorporate a 'scanner' in it so I could get rid of one more component on my desk. Update 2/23/03:
I've had this unit for a couple of months now and am still impressed with it. I have no regrets about buying it. It's a great machine at a very reasonable price.
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Summary: great so far
Review: I have only owned this a very short while but I love it so far, makes business alot easier and is a very quiet running machine.
If you are running a small business, you cannot go wrong with this.
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Summary: Don't even think about networking it
Review: The positive: I wanted an "industrial strength" printer/copier/fax for my home which has a PC network and some heavy users. As a STANDALONE, or attached to ONE PC, this is every bit the product advertised. HOWEVER, the Canon IC D680 is not compatible with the print servers that come built into home networking hardware. You have to buy another $170 proprietary print server from Axis. I did, and regret it. The Canon/Axis combo is HIGHLY UNSTABLE on my network, especially when interfacing with Windows XP PCs. It usually works for a few documents and then fails. Failure requires a server reset, and often a complete DRIVER REINSTALL on the offending PC (2 CDs and 2 reboots!). It's a nightmare, and Canon tech support (which isn't available nights or weekends) has no idea what's wrong. I've been back and forth with them half a dozen times, including several multi-hour calls, and 2 months into ownership can't get it working. Don't go here, it's miserable.
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Summary: Don't even think about networking it
Review: The positive: I wanted an "industrial strength" printer/copier/fax for my home which has a PC network and some heavy users. As a STANDALONE, or attached to ONE PC, this is every bit the product advertised. HOWEVER, the Canon IC D680 is not compatible with the print servers that come built into home networking hardware. You have to buy another $170 proprietary print server from Axis. I did, and regret it. The Canon/Axis combo is HIGHLY UNSTABLE on my network, especially when interfacing with Windows XP PCs. It usually works for a few documents and then fails. Failure requires a server reset, and often a complete DRIVER REINSTALL on the offending PC (2 CDs and 2 reboots!). It's a nightmare, and Canon tech support (which isn't available nights or weekends) has no idea what's wrong. I've been back and forth with them half a dozen times, including several multi-hour calls, and 2 months into ownership can't get it working. Don't go here, it's miserable.
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