Customer Reviews

Canon D340 Digital Copier Laser Printer

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I selected this copier/printer based on price, features and the Canon name. I felt like I got "Oh such a deal" at the time I bought mine in Sept.08. It was painless to set up: install the software; plug in the USB cable (not provided) when prompted and click <OK> and Voila! I set it up as a shared printer and it is now the main printer in our 4 PC home network.

- Its quick

- Makes clear, clean copies

- Not as quiet as some when printing but definitely not loud

- Top sheet feeder works well, even for multiple sheets

- Toner cartridge was a breeze to install

- Enters and exits its "sleep" mode flawlessly, even from another PC on the network

- Comes with a FULL TONER CARTRIDGE, not a starter. For those who do not know about this: many new printers, especially when being sold at LOW prices, are sold with a toner cartridge that's only good for a few hundred copies at most. Just enough to get you started on day one and to give you time to go buy a "real" toner cartridge. This is often how the mfg's will move more units, by selling them at super-low prices knowing they will make their profits on you returning for toner.

With the rebate I couldn't pass this up, although if I were paying full retail I would have chosen one that also scans to the PC. This one DOES NOT. It is only a printer and copier. I would also consider one that has a Print server and NIC built-in IF I could also connect directly for scanning.

I would recommend this printer.

I got this having read the other reviews and being relatively new to the land of buying printer/copiers. I'm not sure why this copier was so well reviewed.

I am disappointed with this purchase because. . .

-16pp/m is snail's pace by 2009 standards (wish I'd done that research first).

-The surface glass is tiny and isn't good for anything larger than regular paper size. i.e.) try to photocopy any except small books and you can barely do two pages at a time

-it won't work with Mac at all ever (called Canon)

-return policy for some of these shippers is nonexistent (check first)

When I first got this machine, I was ready to give it 5 stars. It set up easily and made fast, great quality copies. I noticed a couple of glitches but thought them minor. But after a few days I have discovered shortcomings of the unit, hence the 4-stars. I was considering 3 but figure that's too low since it does basic things well. It is a multi-purpose machine, but not all-purpose.

Pros:

* Excellent quality printing and copies

* Scan-once-print-many I think describes how the machine copies - scans a document once and prints as many copies as you order. Good feature!

* Fast (compared to my old HP LJ5P)

* Simple toner cart loading

* Allows straight-through printing for heavy stock you don't want to curl

* Fairly easy manual paper feed, but with a shut-down quirk (see below)

* Standby mode nice to save energy

* Good price after rebate

Cons:

* It's not a computer-linked scanner as I thought. Looks like one, isn't.

* Paper handling is less than stellar. Paper cartridge falls out if not handled exactly correctly, but paper doesn't come out with it, spilling all over the floor (reminds me of the card game 52 Pickup). The cartridge actually is only half a cartridge -- open at the end inside the printer, not anchored well, feels flimsy. Paper tray on my old HP 5P is years better than this one.

* Machine locks up if you feed an odd-size sheet through the manual paper feed. No way to reset it except unplug. So it prints only one odd-size sheet at a time. Print one, unplug, print another, unplug.... I'm used to a button that clears errors and resets. None on this printer. You can pre-set paper size to avoid the lockup, but sometimes I have one smaller sheet to print for which the unit does not have a setting.

* Kind of big, both footprint and height, but that may not be a problem for you.

The large block of "Cons" makes this look more negative than I feel it should, but those are the negatives I find. If you don't need a machine than scans to the computer, and if you can handle the quirky paper-feed requirements, it's great. At the price, if it were used just as a copier for a small office it would be well worth the price.

The main attraction to this copier is the net price considering the product abilities. The Canon D340 copier replaced a Canon PC920, which did a yeoman job througout its life. The new copier adds an auto-feed feature which is very handy, and works well. Other than that, the scanning area is miniscule compared to the PC920, making copying from a book next to impossible. The D340 weighs about one half of the PC920, which may reflect the quality and longevity of the new model.

The main problem is that with the $[...] Rebate that was offered, it was a good deal. The terms and conditions were a little stringent, and were carefully carried out, and to no avail. Although we documented the rebate terms, have photocopies of everything sent, Canon appears to have had no intention of sending the rebate. We received a form letter saying the rebate was not honored because "UPC lable is missing". This is not true, as we have photo copies of the original cut from the carton. We intend to pursue this through Amazon, the seller, and AMEX, the credit card company. In the meantime, when dealing with CANON, let the buyer beware.

After years of using high quality fast paced business copiers, our business shrunk down to the point that we no longer needed an expensive fast copier, just one that did the job. When we read the reviews on this copier we were hoping that this one would provide the same quality copies as the large business copiers. We are not disappointed. The quality is right up there with the big guys! Of course it doesn't make copies as fast but it does make good copies and it is easy to set up to your computer server and generate copies through your network!

This is an amazing machine for the price. I've only been using it a few days, but I've made a lot of copies. I had not realized how handy it is to have a sheet-feeder. I've been copying legal-size paper -- not scannable on the scanner platform on most copiers, including this one -- but with a whir, it sucks the legal page right in, and reduces it to fit on 8.5"x11". Really convenient.

And, with the instant-on function, it is, as the other reviewer pointed out, ready to go instantaneously. You push the "power saver" button to turn it on, and it's ready to go in less than a second. Then you hit the button again, it powers down, and sits ready to be used at a moment's notice next time. Very impressive and convenient. And the copy quality is fabulous.

Another plus with this unit is that it comes with a FULL toner cartridge; most of these "deals" in "all-in-ones" (or, "some-in-ones," as I call them) really only have TEASER prices because they come with an only partially filled toner cartridge that must be replaced in short order. Not so with this one. Full load!

Honestly, I haven't hooked it up to the computer yet, but I'll post more about how that works when I do so. I have just been so thrilled with the copy functions (reduce/enlarge, etc.) and print quality that I wanted to get a 5-star review up ASAP. I am rarely impressed this much with peripherals, but this one is a no-brainer-buy, from my perspective.

It works fine. It even prints well with Vista.

Quality of print is wonderful and it is not noisy. It is BIG. So if you want something small, that is not for you. I even tested two pages on one function and it works beautifully.But two in one does not mean back to back.I am talking about two pages condensed on one side of the page after reduction in size.You can use the standard or legal size for that.

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The only thing that I did not like was the toner capacity. It ran out after 1100 copies. There is a counter on the printer, so really there is no chance of misperception about the exact copies made. The description says that it was a full toner and not a trial one, so it should have lasted approximately 2200 pages. Fortunately, I had ordered a spare one and that is working fine.

This is the best value that I found anywhere. Works better than expected. Very fast start up time. Easy to use.

We purchased this copier for my mother-in-law's home use. It was easy to set-up, takes little space, and is very to use. The copies come out clear. She is extremely pleased with it and recommends it to her friends.

This copier is simply amazing. It, along with non-feeder model, start up QUICKLY (NO warm-up time) and produce great copies. In fact, I liked the first one so much (the non-feeder model) that I bought a second. You can't go wrong.