Canon Color imageCLASS LBP674Cdw II Cost to Run: The Color Laser Floor, Not the Overall One
The Canon Color imageCLASS LBP674Cdw II is a color laser printer that only prints, though it adds duplexing, Wi-Fi and a touchscreen. It sells for $681, with running costs of $2.86 in black and $17.26 in color per 100 pages. The CN-069H-BK cartridge — $217 for 7,600 pages — is the source of that black figure.
The nearest rival from outside Canon's lineup is the HP Color LaserJet Pro 4201dw, priced at $700 — essentially the same money up front as the Canon's $681. Its $3.08 black rate runs a shade above the Canon's $2.86, while $17.75 in color is close enough to $17.26 to call even. Both print at 35 ppm with duplexing and Wi-Fi, but the HP goes without the touchscreen the Canon includes.
Within Canon's own line, the pricier Color imageCLASS MF753Cdw II ties the LBP674Cdw II for first among the 13 color laser printers InkTax tracks on both black and color cost per page — the only other model that matches it. Its $703 adds copy, scan and fax.
Stepping further down, the Color imageCLASS LBP646Cdw sells for $379, but its running costs rise to $3.60 in black and $19.56 in color, and it drops the touchscreen; it prints at 26 ppm.
For a reader who never needs color, the HP LaserJet Pro 4006dw runs black at $2.23 per 100 pages, well below the Canon's — part of why the LBP674Cdw II ranks only 32nd of 97 on black-and-white cost per page across every type InkTax tracks, despite topping the color laser class. It prints at 47 ppm. It also shares Wi-Fi, Ethernet and a touchscreen with the Canon.
Canon's own PIXMA G3270 tank printer undercuts it on running costs by a wide margin: $249 up front, refilled from bottles, with black at $0.38 and color at $0.97 per 100 pages. It skips duplexing, Ethernet and the touchscreen, but copies and scans instead of printing alone.