Of the AIOs discussed here, the Lexmark has a reversing auto-duplexer that captures one side, pulls the sheet back in, flips it, and then scans the other side, while the MF731Cdw supports only manual duplexing, which obliges you to flip the stack of originals yourself.Īnother feature that many office-centric color AIOs have going for them nowadays are control panels with relatively large, sometimes customizable color touch screens.

Its single-pass auto-duplexer captures both sides of two-sided pages simultaneously.

Like most of the machines mentioned here so far, the MF644Cdw sends multipage documents to the scanner via a 50-page automatic document feeder (ADF). These entry-level machines might sit comfortably next to your PC on your desktop, but when you move up to a more robust color laser AIO such as the Canon MF731Cdw or PCMag's latest midrange favorite, Lexmark's MC2535adwe, you'll likely need a larger and sturdier surface like a countertop or dedicated printer stand. Compact and CapableĪt 16.5 by 16.9 by 16.5 inches (HWD) and weighing 48.4 pounds, the MF644Cdw is similar in size and girth to its MF634Cdw predecessor or Brother's closely configured MFC-元770CDW (Editors' Choice recipients, both), though the abovementioned Epson is lighter and somewhat smaller with its trays closed. But for lower-volume print and copy environments of, say, 200 to 300 pages monthly, the MF644Cdw is a solid-value all-in-one printer. The same goes for its beefier sibling, the Color imageClass MF731Cdw. It lacks the expandable paper input capacity and costs somewhat more to use than our most recent all-in-one Editors' Choice, Epson's inkjet-based WorkForce Pro WF-C5790 color laser alternative. It should also serve well as a personal color laser printer.

The entry-level multifunction Canon Color imageClass MF644Cdw ($399.99) delivers a rich feature set, decent print speeds, and above-average output quality for small to midsize offices and workgroups.

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