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The Canon PC950 laser copier is designed for the home or small office user. Its relatively fast speeds and compact size, combined with low toner costs, make it an excellent choice for tight spaces.
The Canon PC950 not only includes the standard features available in most compact copy machines, but a few extras that set it apart as well. It not only has 250 sheets of paper capacity in its main tray, but it also features a 50-sheet bypass tray for alternate media sizes or types. Its toner save mode can help to save costs by reducing the amount of toner needed per page. Many models lack this feature, thus wasting toner, such as HP C8061X toner. This results in a lower cost of ownership.
The Canon PC950 laser copier is not only fairly fast at copying, at 12 copies per minute, but it also needs virtually no warmup time, with Canon's RAPID fusing system. The machine is essentially ready to copy right when the user turns it on. The toner is ready to go as well, just like in previous models such as Canon L50 toner. It is also Energy Star compliant, so it conserves power when possible by going into sleep mode.
The copier supports a range of media types, including labels, thick paper, transparencies, and plain paper. It supports reduction and enlargement from 70% to 141%. It has automatic and manual exposure adjustment options for getting better scans, and it has a photo mode for use when scanning newspapers, graphics, and other difficult originals.
Canon PC950 toner cartridges have a capacity of 4,000 pages. The laser toner cartridge is a single cartridge system, which combines the drum unit and toner into one copier toner cartridge, so that users only have one consumable to replace. This saves on time, money, and waste.
Copy quality is very sharp. Text is particularly impressive, while photo and graphics copies look excellent as well. However, the toner does not produce the same quality results as the Brother TN04BK toner.
Overall, it is a solid choice for a compact dedicated copy machine. Its extra paper handling and fast speeds set it above other compact copy machines, though its price is a little high.
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