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Excellent overall in every tested function. I haven't yet used the fax though it appears straightforward. This replaced a Xerox Work Center 6027 laser printer. It is about the same size and far better. The Xerox never stayed wirelessly connected, had paper jams, and would only do single side printing/scanning. There is no comparison of these similarly sized and priced printers. The Canon wins hands down. I'm using this printer on a wireless home network with WPA encryption. I'm using Windows 10 on a Lenovo Thinkpad Workstation. Longterm reliability is yet to be determined. Setup: 1. Before starting setup decide connection method to your computer or network because the setup process requires you to make a selection. Connection can be wireless/wired ethernet/USB cable. I selected wireless setup on my home network. 2. I unboxed the printer which was securely packaged, removed a lot of packing material and tape as found on most printers for transport. The laser print cartridges are preinstalled. Load paper in the 150 sheet bottom feed tray. 3. Turn on the printer and set it up initially from it's five inch LCD screen before connecting to the computer or installing software. Following the User Guide setup instructions was quick and seamless. 4. The LCD screen walked me through setup in an easy to understand manner. Set local info such as time, date, and language. Next, it asked me how I would connect. I selected wirelessly and it walked me through setting the SSID (name) and password of my network. It connected quickly then went through a series of internal tests including printing and scanning a color test sheet. In all it took about 15 minutes. 5. Once the printer was operating and connected to my wireless network, but not yet connected to my computer, I loaded the software drivers and other software from the Canon website onto my computer. I did this versus using the included CD disk to ensure I received the latest drivers and software. Installation of drivers and software was seamless. During driver/software installation the computer automatically detected the network connected printer and ran a test page. This took another 15 minutes. Software: 1. Drivers and software are provided for printing, scanning, faxing and copying. All software loaded fine in Windows 10. This is a business printer; you don't get much extra software as you do with home style printers. I'm okay with that since I use outside document preparation and PDF software, i.e., PaperPort, Adobe Acrobat, and Power PDF. Faxing and Scanning software allow extensive setup and use options though I didn't test the fax function. 2. The printer is WIA and TWAIN compliant so my non-Canon software works fine with it. Use and Performance: 1. Duplex (2-sided) printing and scanning work perfectly. Page scanning and printing is fast as expected from a laser printer. 2. Print and scan quality is indistinguishable from originals including color documents. This is not a photo print quality printer. However, color documents are excellent. 3. The machine is fairly quiet. It goes into power saving sleep mode after about two minutes of non-use. Touching the screen or a lit half-moon button wakes it up. It automatically and quickly wakes when it receives a print/scan/fax/copy signal from the wireless network. 4. Duplex scans are fast. This is a useful feature since I copy many two-sided documents. I save scans in a variety of formats from JPG to PDF to Word documents. Using this machine and software is straightforward. 5. Printer/scanner/fax/copy functions can be controlled from the LCD screen on the printer or computer. Screen layout and resolution are good. Screen is touch sensitive but doesn't always respond to a light touch and sometimes requires a firm touch. SUMMARY: In a few days of operation this machine has operated flawlessly. I am satisfied with setup, operation, and overall functionality. Double sided printing and double sided scanning are easy to control and fast. I highly recommend this printer for home office or small business purchasers.