Canon C545 Ink
MultiPASS C545 Ink Cartridges

Canon C545 Printer Review

Among the multiuse office machines is a member of the Canon C500 Series lineup, the C545 Multipass inkjet all-in-one printer. It features several upgrades from the older C530. Faxes are speedy, printing up to six pages per minute. The Canon Multipass C545 ink prints – both color and black - at five and two pages per minute, respectively. Small business owners and home office users will like the space-saving versatility of this machine.

Using the same cartridges as other Canon printers, the Canon C545 ink cartridges are easy to find. It successfully blends the use of a fax, scanner, copier and printer into one machine. Resolution of 720x360 dpi creates excellent quality text and color prints. It will print at 4 pages per minute for black and 2 pages per minute for color. Faxes transmit at 6 pages per minute.

Resolutions of the other functions are up to 600 x 300 on the optical-scanner and 203 x 196 for faxes. The copier and fax modes offer down to 70 percent reduction and support color faxes. The Canon C545 will print on most 8.5" media and take A4 size media. The printer ink yields up to 900 pages for black and 100 pages for color prints.

The addition of USB hookups and parallel connections added flexibility. Designed for most Windows and Mac OS platforms, it will be easy to set up. Like all of this series all in one office machines, it will wear several hats to provide flexible features and meet small office demands. The Canon C545 ink cartridges are a bit thirsty and are not a good option for those who need a lot of prints on a daily basis.

Because of the age of the C500 series model line, the Canon C545 has few available expert reviews, but user reviews can still be found, Generally, users liked the Canon C545 inkjet printer/fax combo and its reliability.