Pros

  • Excellent scan quality
  • Produces sharp and dark text

Cons

  • Middling network support

At A Glance

High print quality distinguishes this color laser MFP, though it's not speedy and networking options are limited.

Manufacturer’s Description

The Color imageCLASS MF8170c will generate impressive, cost-effective color documents that will elevate your company's professional appearance. Your color copies and prints will be made at 4 pages-per-minute, and black and white documents will print and copy at 16 pages-per-minute. With a 375-sheet total paper capacity and the 50-sheet Automatic Document Feeder, copying, printing and faxing are done with ease.Your scanned image color will be true to the original. You will achieve remarkable tone-on-tone clarity with 1200 x 2400 dpi 48-bit CCD technology. Scanning text is also simple and accurate with the included OCR (optical character recognition) software.When your office needs a single business machine that produces documents with beautiful color and speed, meeting the demands of today's fast-paced environment, choose the Color imageCLASS MF8170c. It provides outstanding Color Copying, Color Printing, Faxing, Color Scanning and Network Capabilities for printing and faxing. It is the essential color laser solution for every small office that demands professional results.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number 8916A001
Inventory Number 24263
Memory
Memory size 128.0 MB
Memory max 0.128 GB
Requirements
Operating System Compatibility
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft Windows 2000
Display
Display type Monochrome
Ports and Connections
USB 1.1 Yes
USB 2.0 Yes
PictBridge No
Parallel Port 0
Serial Port No
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 960 watts
Standby Power Draw (watts) 5 watts
Faxing
Fax Resolution (dpi) 406 x 391 dpi
Fax page memory capacity 256.0
Dimensions
Width 20.1 inches
Depth 20.2 inches
Height 25.2 inches
Weight 79.4 pounds
Media Handling
Standard Number of Input Trays 2
Standard Input Sheet Capacity 375
Manual Feed Slot 0
Automatic Duplexer Not Available
Max Input Trays 2
Maximum Paper Height 14.0
Storage Media
Compact flash Yes
Resolutions
Monochrome horizontal optical resolution 1200 x 600 dpi
Color horizontal optical resolution 2400 x 600 dpi
Scanning
Scanner Type Flatbed
Maximum External Bit Depth
  • 24
  • 8
Maximum Scan Resolution 9600 x 9600
Optical Scanning Resolution 1200 color / 600 B/W

Performance

PCWorld Test Center (Quality)
Print quality: Text Very Good
Print quality: Color photo Very Good
Print quality: Grayscale photo Very Good
Copy quality Very good
PCWorld Test Center (Speed)
Print speed: Text 10.6  ppm
Performance
Color Output Quality Very Good
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pv2x2maxmax-Average) 17.86
Output Score, Grayscale Graphics, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Grayscale-Best) Very Good
Color Photo (secs) 50.34
Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best) Very Good
Total Scan Time, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-LAmax1-Average) 32.31
Line Art Output Quality Very Good
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) 23.57
Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-2x2maxmax-Average) 19.2
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 29.1
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) 83.2
Color Photo, Normal Settings 50.34
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 56.77
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 17.79
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default) Very Good
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi 17.67
Preview Scan, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pvLAmax1-Average) 17.79
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 55.96
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 17.4
One-Page Copy (secs) 21.63
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi 17.8
Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default) Very Good
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 1.9
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default) Very Good