Canon Color imageCLASS MF662Cdw Cost Per Page: A Mid-Pack Color Laser
The Canon Color imageCLASS MF662Cdw is a color laser printer that prints, copies, and scans, with a touchscreen on its panel. It sells for $430, with running costs of $3.60 per 100 pages in black and $19.56 in color. The black figure comes from its CN-075H-BK cartridge, $126 for a rated 3,500-page yield.
Stepping down within Canon's lineup, the Color imageCLASS LBP646Cdw sells for $379, cheaper to buy than the MF662Cdw, but drops copy, scan, and the touchscreen, leaving print only. Its rates match exactly — $3.60 in black and $19.56 in color per 100 pages, the same figures as this printer's — a black cost per page that ties the two for 7th of 13 color laser printers.
Moving up the range, the Color imageCLASS LBP674Cdw II and Color imageCLASS MF753Cdw II both run at $2.86 in black and $17.26 in color, the running-cost floor for the class. The LBP674Cdw II costs $681 and drops to print only; the MF753Cdw II costs $703 and adds fax to print, copy, and scan.
One step up from the MF662Cdw in the running-cost ranking sits the Brother HL-L3220CDW, a color laser printer priced at $230. Its rates run slightly higher — $4.15 in black and $20.26 in color, essentially even with the MF662Cdw's own color figure — and it prints at 19 ppm. It also lacks Ethernet and a touchscreen.
For a very different cost profile, the Canon PIXMA G3270 — an inkjet tank printer that copies and scans alongside printing — refills from bottles rather than cartridges and runs at just $0.38 in black and $0.97 in color per 100 pages, far below the MF662Cdw's rates. It costs $249, lacks auto-duplex, Ethernet, and a touchscreen, and tops out at 11 ppm against the MF662Cdw's 26 ppm.