Canon LaserClass 5500 Printer Review:

The Canon LaserClass 5500 laser fax is designed for the small or medium office environment. The Canon measures 12 inches X 14.4 inches X 9.5 inches,and weighs only 19 pounds. The unit comes with a small LCD display, making it a user friendly machine.

The Canon LaserClass 5500 is equipped with copier and a basic scanner functions. Its use for either of these tasks is limited by the lack of a flatbed scanner. Consequently, only documents that can fit through the unit's automatic document feeder can be scanned or copied.

The main drawback of the LaserClass 5500 is its slow transmission speed. While competing units offer Super G3 speeds up to 33.6 kbps, this model is limited to only 14.4 kbps, which could be a real problem for a busy office.

The Canon LaserClass 5500 toner cartridge FX-2 has a capacity of 4,000 pages at 5% coverage. Using the included toner save mode will help users get more from each fax toner cartridge. The use of compatible cartridges does not void the printer warranty.

The Canon LaserClass 5500 prints at only 6 pages per minute with mixed printing quality. The unit defaults to only 300 dpi, which means lower quality output. However, users can set the unit as 600 dpi mode with slower speed in order to receive better output.