When a printer has more than one key function, it is called an all-in-one printer. Some printers have three key functions, and some others have four key functions. Canon MX397 belongs to the latter group.

Whether you need to copy, print, scan, or fax pages, Canon MX397 has the related features to execute any of the task. Its price may be cheaper than buying a separate machine for each task but the additional functions may lack some advanced features.

Features and Highlights

Canon MX397 is a bulky color inkjet printer weighing approximately 8.4 kg with the cartridges installed. Two cartridges are included with the purchase of the printer. PG-740 is a black cartridge and CL-741 is a tri-color cartridge.

On top of the printer’s body is a flatbed scanner with a cover that can be lifted if necessary, like when you try to scan a book so thick that it blocks the cover from covering completely. The operation panel for scanning is positioned on the top of the cover, allowing the control buttons and screen to stay visible and operable even when you scan large-size materials.

An automatic document feeder is added to the machine with enough capacity to load up to 30 sheets of paper. The feeder allows you to scan, copy, or fax multiple pages without having to stand by all the time during the process. It helps increase your productivity to a certain extent as you can tend to some other task while waiting for the scan to finish.

Canon MX397 has a duty cycle of 3000 A4 pages per month. It comes with a 4-color ink system which includes a pigment black ink to get a better output quality.

Armed with advanced printing technology and 1792 nozzles, 640 of which are for ejecting black inks, the print head can print pages at a speed of 5 ipm for color pages and 8.7 ipm for mono pages. The smallest ink droplet and the highest resolution it can produce is 2 pl and 4800 dpi, respectively.

Canon MX397 includes some software enhancement to improve the output quality. One of them is Auto Document Fix. It sharpens and blackens text while maintaining the color contrast of pictures. The other one is Auto Photo Fix II which utilizes what is called as multi-zone exposure correction to perform necessary corrections on images to make them look better.

HD Movie Print is included with Canon MX397 too. It is a software that allows you to print HD movie stills, supported by excellent features such as Noise Reduction to smooth out lines, Merges Frames to merge several clips, and Auto Frame Capturing which automatically selects the best frames.

Canon MX397 Driver Free Download

Canon MX397 offers the convenience of having multiple functions on a single machine. It is one of the many solutions that Canon offers for people who need a printer that can do more than just printing. The ink cartridges, especially the tri-color one, makes the printer less suitable for high volume printing, however. You can click the link below to download Canon MX397 Driver for Windows: