Canon imageCLASS MF236n All-in-One Laser Printer, Black

Purchased in December 2021 and still running with the toner cartridge it came with. Granted pretty much what I print are receipts for e-payments but there have been some product manuals, recipes etc.I would say this is a great printer! I use it hard wired directly to the router so I haven't had to deal with wireless connectivity issues.

After upgrading to a Win 11 computer, my earlier version of this printer was no longer compatible (thanks MS :-( ) I bought this printer as a replacement for home use. So far it has been a fine replacement for my previous one, which I had used for nearly a decade. Hope this one lasts as long.

I got close to boxing it up and sending it back. But I believe I managed to get the installation done.1. The manual is actually a composite for 3 different models which makes it tough to follow along. One of the 3 models supports wireless lan but this printer does not so WHY is that crap in the manual at all?2. Many people complain because the printer doesn't come with a USB cable nor an RJ45 network cable. I expected that by reading reviews prior to ordering but since I have an existing HP officejet (that is what the Canon is replacing) I thought I would just use that cable. That proved to be yet one more stumbling block. Canon, WTF! stick a GD cable in the box!Installation with printer on LAN network: I actually bought it to be a networked printer so I first thing I connected it to my router with RJ45 cable. I downloaded the installation software (MF230SeriesMFDriverV520WPusEN.exe) rather than trying to start with the CD in the box. The second or third time trying the install software and it found the printer on the network. It seems like chicken and egg problem whether the sofrware is installed before connecting the printer and turning it on, but whatever, it took about 15 minutes and I was beginning to be hopeful. Ok, I could print to the printer from my laptop. Seemed to easy. Then I went and got the scanner software (winmfscanutilityv11000.exe) and installed it but it complained about not seeing the printer. And after far too much fooling around trying to get scanner to work I decided that maybe the scanner software only works when using the USB cable.Installation with printer connected by USB to my laptop: Hours of frustration trying to get the sofrware installed. Went to the canon forums and found postings talking about the issue "Scan Utility A Scanner Driver Supporting This Software Is Not Installed". Long story short - at some point just before I boxed it up to send it back I thought maybe I should try a different USB cable. It was a working cable but I dug into old boxes to see if I had another cable. So after switching USB cables, I uninstalled all the printer software, rebooted and then ran the install. This time it installed using plug and play (which it hadn't done before) and so the scanner software worked. Again, Canon, I hate you for not putting a USB cable in the box. Grrrr.Other negative comments is that the paper bin has a strange cover and even just getting paper loaded the first time was unnecessarily awkward to figure out and the manual was no help at all.There are two yellow plastic things on the toner cartridge and the manual shows removing only one of them. Both must be removed so again, the manual was misleading and not helpful.By the way, I am using NAPS2 scanner utility which is simpler to use than the Canon scanner utility.It worked on they HP printer and I'm happy to find it works on the Canon.There were mixed reviews regrading how noisy the printer was. There is a button on the printer console labeled "Quiet Mode". With quiet mode off the printer makes a sort of hi pitched whine which I think is too loud but the printer runs fastest that way. With quiet mode on the printer is nicely quiet and honestly I didn't perceive much of a slow down. I bet the time difference to print 100 pages would be less than one additional minute. I can sure live with small delay to enjoy the quiet mode.Print quality: Fine for BW documents. The scanner scans in color. The printers gray scale conversion of color pdf files isn't to my liking yet. I'm experimenting with the settings to darken the lightest parts but it does do a good enough job on the darker colors.

I don't like wireless printers. Half the time I can't get it to work right. This printer thou. I click print, and it prints. Without hesitation. That I like.

I wrestled with this thing for several hours and I've had enough. Perhaps all printers are this complicated to set up and operate. I remember the old days when you could plug in a printer and were pretty much good to go. Those days, it seems, are gone and have been replaced by what feels like a room of fun house mirrors.Right off the bat, after installing the toner/ink crap provided by Canon, I was given error codes that the toner I used may not be legit Canon toner and because of this the machine would not be able to gauge the level of toner left for use (lucky for me, this would never be a problem I'd have to face since I never did successfully anything). And the first time I tried printing something (stupid of me to try since my laptop and the printer never were successfully wedded to each other), I had a paper jam which I was unable to figure out how to solve.I called Canon. Their customer service announcement states I have to register with them on-line first before speaking with anyone (I don't even know how to do that -- perhaps they have another phone number to users stuck back in the Stone Age). Stupidly staying on the phone, an automated voice says that because of "high call volume blah blah blah" my wait time will be "more than 30 minutes." No clue to how much more than 30 minutes -- 1 hours? 5 hours?It seems Canon's too cheap to opt for that option some good companies employ to call you back in the order the call was received, so as to not waste folks' time. Their current system must be working for them, with befuddled users like me hanging up in frustration rather than endlessly listen to their musack in frustration.I successfully download the CD-rom (which appears to only work with FIREFOX, a server I don't care for). The User Guide is only on-line, no hard copy of it, which I find difficult to use. There are so many disclaimers, so many fine print caveats, I'm not sure which applies to me, etc.I'll end here, as I've already handed over to Canon enough of my life during the past two days.

Works very well and easy to use!