Canon MultiPass MP C545 Color Bubble Jet Printer, Fax, Copier, and Scanner (Mac)

Amazon.com Buying an all-in-one unit designed to be partnered with your Mac may be the perfect solution for your family or small business, rather than stocking a roomful of electronics. Canon's MultiPass C545 is an ink-jet-based multifunction unit with the key features of color printing, scanning, and copying that are designed to work together and are supplemented by a fax function. The black text in crisp 720 x 360 dpi brings a professional look to résumés, papers, and presentations at 5 ppm. Color prints at 2 ppm. You can print on all the papers you'd expect from a high-quality unit, including letter and legal papers, envelopes, glossy photo, gloss film, and transparencies. A one-touch button makes scanning and editing photos for all kinds of projects and e-mail easy, even for the novice. A flatbed scanner lets you scan books and magazines. You'll appreciate OCR software for scanning text, and the clear optical resolution of 600 x 600 dpi with 24-bit depth provides accurate color.Use the color copy features of the C545 without starting up your computer. One button supplies posters, mirror images, and superzoom. Save time running around town to pickup photo reprints and enlargements when you can print your own on photo paper. The copier feature reproduces in 360 x 360 dpi resolution, for black and color, with reduction capability up to 70 percent. Load paper in the rear of unit and collect finished work on your desktop. A low-ink sensor alerts you to get more, and the separate black and tricolor ink tanks mount in a removable print head. Transmit faxes with another one-touch feature, automatically speed dialing to send up to 30 pages at 6 seconds per page (14,400 bps), or print incoming faxes at 4 ppm.The MultiPass C545 offers family-friendly features and software. Children and adults alike will express themselves more creatively in home projects, school assignments, work, and community projects. And don't forget the advantages of an all-in-one unit with a small footprint of 14.4 by 12.7 by 8.1 inches and just 10.5 pounds for saving space, and reducing clutter and the need for disparate accessories and supplies. The software bundle includes the MultiPass CD-ROM for Mac with printer drivers and multifunction setup utilities, plus Canon Photo, TextBridge Pro, OfficeReady CC, ChromaFax, Printmaster SE, and EarthLink Sprint Total Access. The box includes a power adapter, phone cord, color and black ink cartridges, and an ink cartridge container. The unit is covered by a limited one-year warranty. --Barbara Price

• Multifunction printer, fax, copier, and scanner for Macintosh computers
• 720 x 360 resolution for color or B&W printing
• Mulitasking lets you print, scan, or make copies while sending a fax
• 1-touch scanning operation
• Small footprint