Canon Color imageCLASS MF8380Cdw review

Color office work with separately verified duplex functions

The Canon Color imageCLASS MF8380Cdw is an earlier color laser multifunction machine for printing, copying, computer capture and telephone fax. Its exact function matrix confirms automatic two-sided output and automatic two-sided feeder intake. Those functions distinguish it from the MF8080Cw discussed in the same manual.

The useful fit is a supported office installation needing color documents, native secured-job printing and a prepared network capture destination. The main original-handling limit is the glass: Legal originals require the feeder. The read originals also do not establish a single-pass scanning mechanism.

Use the appropriate source for the original

The glass reaches Letter and A4 dimensions, while the feeder accepts originals through 8.5 by 14 inches. Its capacity is 50 Letter originals at 80 gsm. That figure should not be treated as a guarantee for every thick or unusual document.

Fan and align a feeder stack, extend the support for long originals and load it face up. Keep within both load guides and align the side guides without squeezing. Remove completed originals from the return area, and do not add or remove pages while capture is running.

Books, photographs and suitable fragile material belong on the glass within its stated thickness and load limits. Optical resolution differs by route: the appendix declares up to 600 by 600 dpi on glass and 300 by 300 through the feeder. Interpolation does not replace those optical figures.

Computer presets and direct folder sending are different workflows

Supported native connections include USB, 10/100 Ethernet and infrastructure Wi-Fi. Install the exact MF Drivers and MF Toolbox. The panel’s Computer workflow selects a USB-connected or registered network computer and an appropriate scan preset. An open MF Toolbox settings screen can prevent starting that panel operation.

The preset chapter does not itself show a two-sided-original control. This review therefore does not transfer the direct-send controls into an assumed USB desktop workflow. For a verified duplex folder arrangement, use the actual Windows (SMB) procedure on the supported LAN.

Prepare the server and folder settings, choose the registered SMB destination, then select Scan Size and 2-Sided Original before starting in color or black and white. Glass batches require capturing each page and selecting Start Sending when finished. Direct e-mail likewise needs its own mail-server preparation.

The manual’s computer examples use Windows. Its Mac appendix explicitly omits certain Searchable PDF, combined-PDF, WSD and print functions. Verify the intended Mac utility rather than assume all Windows options transfer.

Enable secured printing at both ends

The exact MF8380Cdw knowledge-base article describes actual PIN-held output. Enable Secure Print at the machine, configure the deletion period and restart. In the native driver’s Device Settings, allow secured printing, then choose Secured Print as the job’s Output Method.

Enter the document and user details with a PIN of up to seven digits. At the device, press Secure Print, select the user and document, and enter the matching PIN. Leave Remote Scanner mode first. Stored jobs consume memory and can affect other printing, so release them promptly before their configured timeout.

Duplex paper and input quantities have their own limits

The native driver defaults to two-sided printing. Choose Print Style and the binding edge, using a size and medium supported by the actual paper table. Its size footnote includes Letter, Legal and A4 for eligible automatic duplex. Do not pull the partly output sheet while it returns inside for its reverse face.

The base normal supply is 250 cassette sheets plus 50 in the multipurpose tray. The optional 250-sheet V1 is excluded. Heavier stock, labels and envelopes have separate quantities. A generic 300-sheet normal supply is not a capacity promise for every size or medium.

Starter yields and duplex speed are easy to misread

The original manual rates the supplied 118 Black Starter at 1,200 sheets and the composite CMY starters at 1,400. Replacement 118 Black is 3,400 and composite CMY 2,900. These declarations use ISO/IEC 19798 on A4 at default density, and black-and-white printing can affect color-toner life.

One-sided plain-Letter output is rated up to 21 ppm in color or monochrome. Two-sided output is separately stated as 10 pages, or five sheets, per minute. The 40,000-page maximum monthly duty is not a recommended workload.

The operating body measures 17 by 19⅛ by 18⅞ inches and weighs approximately 68.3 lb including toner. Allow substantially more room for the open feeder, extended paper and service access than the closed body occupies.