My 4 year old HP color inkjet printer was complaining again about being low on color ink even though I hardly ever print anything in color. If any of your ink cartridges are empty, the printer will not print at all. A new set of color ink cartridges is $108 and a two-pack of black cartridges is $93. So I was looking at $201 to replace the cartridges after about 24 months of very light use. I found out that inkjet printers waste tons of ink keeping their print heads unclogged especially if you don't print very often. So I decided to look into monochrome laser printers and found they were actually pretty cheap compared to 20 years ago. I first looked at HP and found they were more expensive than their competitors and they only included "starter" toner cartridges. Some of the HP printers also have a separate imaging drum to replace which is an additional expense. I had a bad experience with a Brother AIO laser printer years ago so I skipped it for personal reasons. I then looked at the Canon printers and was impressed. I settled for the MF453dw. It's identical to the MF455dw, but it doesn't include the analog fax. I don't have an analog phone line, so I decided to save $27 and bought the MF453dw.
Here are the PROS:
• 2022 model (Canon & HP are still selling 4+ y/o models)
• $230 price tag
• Monochrome (no worrying about replacing color cartridges)
• Uses toner instead of ink (no more ink waste/issues)
• Very fast printing (40 ppm)
• Auto-duplex printing (a must have)
• Fast single-pass duplex scanning (scans both sides of the page with a single pass)
• Built-in copier (no computer needed)
• Standard 3,100 page toner cartridge included (Yes!)
• Imaging drum is built into the toner cartridge (no separate imaging drum to replace)
• 250-sheet input tray on bottom
• Separate multi-purpose input tray (great for envelopes!)
• Wi-Fi printing/scanning
• Ethernet printing/scanning (You can use wired instead of wireless networking)
• 5" color touch screen
• Scan to computer/network drive/email/USB drive/I-Fax (I've only scanned to my computer)
• Works with Adobe Acrobat software as a network scanner
• Uses 0.6 watts in sleep mode
• Can add a 550-sheet paper tray to the bottom (for those that print a lot or use two paper sizes)
CONS:
• It's big (18.3 x 17.8 x 15.4 inches)
• It's heavy (35.70 lbs)
• The 5" touch screen is not very responsive
• No 5 GHz Wi-Fi (only works with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi)
• Doesn't support Wi-Fi WPA3 (the might change with a future firmware update)
• Limited to 14" paper print/scan (won't print or scan paper longer than 14")
One of the reasons it's big is because of the additional ADF scanner attached to the top of it. Laser printers are always going to be heavier than lightweight inkjet printers. Color laser printers are even heavier than monochrome laser printers. This printer doesn't work with 5 GHz Wi-Fi. It wasn't a problem for me, but it could be for some people. I didn't have any issues with the printer waking up from sleep mode while printing over Wi-Fi. Printing and scanning has been very solid and fast. I use it with a couple of Windows 11 computers. My only gripe is the 5" touch screen. I love the size but not the responsiveness of it. My main issue was with inputting my very long Wi-Fi password. If you press a character too quickly it types nothing, if you press the character too long it types multiples of that character. On top of all that, it only shows the asterisks for your password so you don't know if you mistyped anything until you are done and the password isn't accepted. It took me about 10 minutes to correctly type my Wi-Fi password. The other issue I ran into was pressing the back arrow in the upper left corner of the screen. It didn't work unless I pressed it at a 45 degree angle outside of the screen area. Other than that, the touch screen seemed effective enough. Once the printer is connected to your network, you can change most of its settings through a web browser on your computer using Remote UI.
I hated printing envelopes with my HP inkjet printer. It required me to remove the bottom paper tray, unload the paper from the paper tray, adjust the paper tray for an envelope, insert the envelop and return the paper tray to the printer, print, remove the paper tray and adjust it for regular paper, reload the paper and return the paper tray to the printer. With the Canon MF453dw, all you do is open the multi-purpose paper tray in the front of the printer, insert the envelope, print and close the paper tray. I love it! The multi-purpose paper tray was a requirement for any new printer that I bought. The scanner can scan to PDF with the free Canon software and the PDFs look great. However, I found they are about 2-3 times larger in file size than if I open Adobe Acrobat and scan to PDF from Acrobat. This is the same issue I also have with my expensive Epson scanner and my HP inkjet printer. My other gripe with my HP inkjet printer was that it was very slow at scanning. The Canon MF453dw does everything quickly. For $230 it includes a 3,100 page toner cartridge, a fast duplex scanner, a fast duplex copier and a 40 ppm duplex monochrome printer all with Wi-Fi connectivity.
I wouldn't bother with the MF451dw & MF452dw models. They print slower and for some reason only have a 1-year warranty. The MF453dw & MF455dw come with a 3-year warranty and are identical except for the analog fax capability. I don't know why there isn't a MF454dw model.
This is my first experience with a Canon laser printer. During the install process, I did have to Google a few of the setup choices because I wasn't sure if I wanted the features enabled or not. The initial setup is performed from the 5" touch screen. I chose to use Wi-Fi because I wanted to have less cable clutter. You can chose to use a network cable instead of Wi-Fi for a more reliable connection. Wi-Fi has been solid for me. My wireless access point is in the same room as my printer. After the initial setup, I looked up MF453dw on Canon's website and clicked on downloads for it. I then chose my operating system (Windows 11) and it gave me a list of software to download. I chose the first two software packages that Canon had marked as "Recommended". The two software packages were called: "[Windows 32bit & 64bit] MF Scan Utility Ver.1.20.0.2" & "[Windows 64bit] MF455dw MFDrivers (Generic Plus UFR II / Generic Plus PCL6 / Generic Plus PS3 / Generic FAX / ScanGear)". I installed the Generic Plus UFR II drivers on my two computers. That was it. I was able to print to it right away. I also opened up the Canon MF Scan Utility and did some test scans with no issues. I was also able to print from my iPhone. I didn't need to install anything on my iPhone. I did have to go into the printer's settings and turn on IPP printing and enable the "Allow Only When Using TLS" option. Your iPhone needs to be on the same network as your printer.
FYI: Laser printers draw a large amount of current compared to inkjet printers while printing. The Canon MF453dw briefly pulls almost 1000 watts for the first page printed and less for any additional pages. It only uses 0.6 watts while sleeping. If you need to use the printer with an extension cord, make sure it is 12-14 gauge (lower is better) depending on the length. I use mine with a 15 foot 12 gauge extension cord.
UPDATE: I found a video on YouTube that shows how to enter service mode on the printer and calibrate the touch screen. I calibrated the screen by touching 9 different points on the touch screen as directed. It didn't fix my issue with the back arrow. So I calibrated the screen again but pressed lower on the top row and exact on the other two rows. That fixed my back arrow issue. However, I still have to press just outside the screen area for the left/right screen arrows. I still love the printer, though.
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Up to 40 PPM | Print Speed | Up to 45 PPM |
Print/Scan/Copy/Fax | Functions | Print/Scan/Copy/Fax |
Std 250 / Max 900 | Paper Handling | Std 550 / Max 2,300 |
750-4,000 Pgs/Mo. | Print Volume | 2,000-7,500 Pgs/Mo. |
Toner 057 / 057 H | Laser Toner | Toner 121 |
Yes | One Pass Duplex Scan | Yes |
Up to 40 PPM | Print Speed | Up to 28 PPM |
Print/Scan/Copy/Fax | Functions | Print/Scan/Copy/Fax |
Std 250 / Max 900 | Paper Handling | Std 250 / Max 850 |
750-4,000 Pgs/Mo. | Print Volume | 750-4,000 Pgs/Mo. |
Toner 057 / 057 H | Laser Toner | Toner 055 / 055 H |
Yes | One Pass Duplex Scan | Yes |
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| printer output | Monochrome | Color | Monochrome | Monochrome | Monochrome | Monochrome |
| printer technology | Laser | Laser | Laser | Laser | Laser | Laser |
| paper size | 8.5 x 14 | Standard Cassette 3.9" x 5.8" to 8.5" x 14" / Multipurpose Tray: 3" x 5" to 8.5" x 14" | Standard / Optional Cassette: 4.1 x 5.8 to 8.5 x 14 Inches / Multipurpose Tray: 3 x 5 Inches to 8.5 x 14 Inches | 4.1 x 5.8, 8.5 x 14, 3 x 5 | Standard Cassette/Multipurpose Tray: 3 x 5 inches - 8.5 x 14 inches | 8.5 x 14 |
| print media type | labels, envelopes, paper plain | paper plain | paper plain | paper plain | paper plain | envelopes, labels, paper plain |
| max input sheets | 900 | 250 | 250 | 900 | 250 | 900 |
| connectivity tech | Wi-Fi, Ethernet | USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet | USB, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet (Network) | Wi-Fi | USB, Ethernet | Ethernet |
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