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Can D860 serve a supported legacy USB monochrome printing installation with at least 500 normal input sheets?
Yes. The actual USB setup establishes CAPT printing on its listed historical Windows systems, and the included normal supply totals 600 sheets at the stated basis. Exact paper-size capacity remains unassigned.
Explore this need in the finder →Can the Legal glass be chosen as a verified route for saving scans to a connected computer?
No verified computer capture route is assigned. The read glass and feeder operations establish copying, while the setup establishes computer printing.
Explore this need in the finder →Does the exact D860 provide the D880’s telephone fax?
No. The actual shared guide and setup explicitly reserve fax controls, telephone components and fax mode for D880.
Explore this need in the finder →A substantial legacy copier with a direct computer-printing role
The Canon imageCLASS D860 is an earlier monochrome machine combining standalone copying with historical CAPT computer printing. Its useful features are a 500-sheet cassette, a separate multipurpose supply and Legal-size original handling. These are practical advantages for an existing installation whose computer and driver arrangement remain supported.
D860 is not the fax-equipped D880. The shared guide names fax as D880-only, and its illustrations explicitly show that other model. This review therefore does not give D860 a telephone line function or use the pictured D880 as a verified D860 product photograph.
Establish the USB installation before relying on it
The actual D800 setup documents standard USB and parallel connections separately. Its USB instructions cover Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP and Server 2003. Follow the hardware-detection process and select the driver directory corresponding to the operating system.
Canon Advanced Printing Technology, or CAPT, supplies the computer-printing role. A parallel-port example using LPT1 should not be substituted for the USB installation. Interface cables are not included, and these historical instructions do not establish compatibility with every later workstation.
The read sources do not provide an operating route for exporting a scanned file to the computer. A copier necessarily captures an image internally, but that does not establish desktop scanning. Someone purchasing specifically to create PDFs on a computer should require a separately verified capture arrangement.
Long originals fit, with an important glass setting
The actual original table permits up to 8.5 by 14 inches on both the glass and feeder. Glass copying uses a Maximum Scan Length setting of either 330 or 356 mm. Select the longer setting when a Legal page’s content extends toward its lower edge.
The feeder holds up to 30 Letter or A4 originals, but only 15 Legal originals, at 80 gsm. Remove anything from the glass, align the stack and load it face down. The guide describes beginning with the last page, so original order matters for collated sets.
Use the glass for suitable photographs, small documents, books and other material that should not feed. Remove clips and staples and let ink or correction fluid dry. The glass supports a limited load; it is not a surface for pressing down on a thick object.
Collation and two-sided copies involve distinct routines
Choose the paper source, image quality, exposure, copy count and any desired collation before starting. The appendix’s 18 Letter cpm and 12 Legal cpm are copy ratings. They are not assigned here as verified computer print throughput.
For 2 on 1 copying, two originals share one output face. It is a layout function, not automatic duplex. An odd original count needs the guide’s blank-page handling to preserve order. Dense graphics can fill memory; the manual suggests reducing the batch or changing appropriate image settings.
The two-sided copy procedure requires making the first copy, turning that output over and loading it into the multipurpose tray before copying the next face. This manual reinsertion does not establish automatic print duplex or automatic capture of both original faces.
The cassette and multipurpose tray have different jobs
The cassette adjusts for Letter or Legal and accepts approximately 500 normal sheets at 80 gsm. Other suitable sizes and special stock use the multipurpose tray, which holds up to 100 normal sheets under its loading limit. Do not mix sizes or load labels and transparencies into the cassette.
For envelopes, flatten curls and flaps, load the print side up and follow the documented edge-first orientation. Set the actual envelope type when loading. A normal-paper total of 600 sheets is not a promise for 600 envelopes, transparencies or heavy sheets.
Allow working room and read the cartridge basis
The supplied L50 S is rated for approximately 2,500 prints and L50 for approximately 5,000. This exact guide uses an LTR original with 5% coverage. It does not declare an ISO yield, and actual document density changes consumption.
The body is 18¾ inches wide, 17⅜ deep and 15⅛ high, weighing about 52.9 lb with cartridge. With the output tray attached and multipurpose tray open, installation width reaches 32½ inches. Check that working footprint and service access before treating the closed body as a fit guarantee.
Key details at a glance
| Color printing | No |
|---|---|
| Copying | Yes |
| Fax | No |
| Flatbed scanner | Yes |
| Automatic document feeder | Yes |
| Instructed envelope handling | Yes |
| Included ordinary-paper capacity | 600 sheets |
| Document-feeder capacity | 30 sheets |
| Unit-body width | 18.75 in |
| Unit-body depth | 17.38 in |
| Unit-body height | 15.12 in |
| Unit weight | 52.9 lb |
| Imaging engine | laser |
Use the exact model’s instructions for operating limits, supplied equipment and version differences.
Paper, software and setup details
Print-rate conditions
The appendix declares 18 Letter and 12 Legal copies per minute. A one-sided Letter computer-printing ppm value is unestablished and remains null.
Paper handling
The cassette adjusts for Letter or Legal and holds 500 normal sheets at 80 gsm. Multipurpose normal supply is 100 sheets under the loading limit; special media have separate routines. Envelopes feed print side up with flattened flaps.
Scanning arrangement
Internal copying accepts Legal on the glass and feeder. Feeder limits are 30 Letter/A4 or 15 Legal at 80 gsm, loaded face down beginning with the last page. This does not establish saving a scan to a computer.
Computer and mobile connections
Standard direct USB and parallel computer printing are documented. No included network or wireless operating arrangement is established. Telephone fax is explicitly D880-only.
Supplies and declared yields
Setup supplies L50 S, approximately 2,500 prints; L50 is approximately 5,000. This actual Basic Guide uses an LTR original at 5% coverage, not an ISO test or A4 basis.
Software and support
CAPT is the historical printer system. Collate and 2 on 1 copying have original-order and memory conditions; those copier functions do not establish computer scanning. No recommended monthly volume or PIN-held release is invented.
Electrical edition and setup
Body is 18¾ by 17⅜ by 15⅛ inches, approximately 52.9 lb with cartridge. Installation width is 32½ inches with output tray attached and multipurpose tray open. U.S. edition uses 120 V, 60 Hz.
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