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imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C257iF

  • 10.1″ intuitive touchscreen with smartphone-like usability.
  • A unique, customized experience tailored to individual preferences using My ADVANCE.
  • Supports mobile solutions and integration with many popular cloud services like Google Drive.
  • Scan and convert documents to searchable digital files in a variety of file formats.
  • Integration with Canon and various third-party software with embedded application platform.
  • Hot Folders allow users to drag and drop a file into a hot folder, and automatically print with predefined settings such as number of copies and finishing requirements.

  • Advanced standard security feature set to help safeguard sensitive information and assist in regulatory compliance.
  • Integrates with existing, third-party Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems to help provide real-time comprehensive insights into potential threats to the network and printers.
  • Technology to verify that the device boot process, firmware, and applications initialize at startup, without any alterations or tampering by malicious third parties. During operation, McAfee Embedded Control utilizes a whitelist to protect against malware and tampering of firmware and applications.
  • Security policy settings can be controlled with a dedicated password, configured from a central location, and exported to other supported devices.
  • Control aCess to the device and specific features, using a host of flexible authentication methods – PIN code, username/password, or card aCess.

  • Canon’s signature reliability and engine technologies help keep productivity high and minimize the impact on support resources.
  • Outstanding imaging technologies and toner allow for consistently striking images, thanks to Canon’s V2 color profile.
  • Designed to achieve maximum uptime with status notifications that help keep supplies replenished and intuitive maintenance videos for consumables replacement.
  • imageRUNNER ADVANCE models have received many awards and recognition from leading industry analysts, often referencing strong reliability.

  • Designed for quick, easy deployment.
  • Remote diagnostics and parts life management for proactive maintenance and rapid fixes.
  • Easy and intuitive to monitor device status and consumable levels, turn off devices remotely, observe meter readings, manage settings, and implement security policies.
  • Common firmware and regular updates with Unified Firmware Platform (UFP) for continuous improvements and consistency across a fleet.

  • Track and assess print, copy, scan, and fax usage and allocate costs to departments or projects.
  • Apply print policies and restrict usage by user to help reduce unnecessary printing and contribute to cost efficiency.
  • Standard cloud-based solution provides a centralized dashboard with up-to-the-minute insights into printer activity.
  • Upgrade to uniFLOW server or cloud-based solutions for full aCounting and reporting for compatible Canon and third-party devices, pull printing, job routing, and powerful scan workflows.

  • A combination of fusing technologies and low-melting-point toner minimizes power requirements and helps achieve low energy consumption.
  • Encourage environmentally conscious work practices by enabling multiple settings that can help save paper and energy.
  • ENERGY STAR® certified and rated EPEAT® Gold.

imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C257iF
MAIN UNIT
TYPE

Color Laser Multifunctional
CORE FUNCTIONS

Print, Copy, Scan, Send, Store, Fax 
PROCESSOR

1.75GHz Dual Core Processor 
CONTROL PANEL

10.1″ TFT LCD WSVGA Color Touch-panel 
MEMORY

3.0 GB RAM 
HARD DISK DRIVE

320 GB (available disk space: 200 GB)
INTERFACE CONNECTION

Network: 1000Base-T/100Base-TX/10Base-T, Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n) 
Optional: NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy 
Others 
Standard: USB 2.0 x1 (Host), USB 3.0 x1 (Host), USB 2.0 x1 (Device) 
Optional: Serial Interface, Copy Control Interface 
PAPER CAPACITY (LETTER, 20 LB. BOND)

Standard: 650 Sheets 
Maximum: 2,300 Sheets 
PAPER SOURCES (LETTER, 20 LB. BOND)

Standard: 550-sheet Paper Cassette, 100-sheet Multi-Purpose Tray 
Optional: 550-sheet Paper Cassette (CASSETTE MODULE-AE1), 550-sheet Paper Cassette with cabinet (CASSETTE FEEDING UNITAJ1), Triple 550-sheet Paper Cassettes (CASSETTE FEEDING UNIT-AK1) 
PAPER OUTPUT CAPACITY (LETTER, 20 LB. BOND)

Standard: 250 Sheets 
Maximum: 500 Sheets (with STAPLE FINISHER-Z1) 
FINISHING CAPABILITIES

Standard: Collate, Group 
With External Finisher: Collate, Group, Offset, Staple 
SUPPORTED MEDIA TYPES

Multi-Purpose Tray: Thin, Plain, Heavy, Recycled, Color, Transparency, Pre-punched, Bond, Label, Envelope
Paper Cassette: Thin, Plain, Heavy, Recycled, Color, Pre-punched, Bond, Envelope 
SUPPORTED MEDIA SIZES

Standard Size: Legal, Letter, Executive, Statement Custom Size: 3-7/8″ x 5-7/8″ to 8-1/2″ x 14″ (98.0 x 148.0 mm to 216.0 x 355.6 mm) 
Envelopes: COM10 No.10, Monarch, DL, ISO-C5 Envelope 
Custom Size: 3-7/8″ x 5-7/8″ to 8-1/2″ x 14″ (98.0 x 148.0 mm to 216.0 x 355.6 mm)
Paper Cassette Standard size: Legal, Letter, Executive, Statement Custom Size : 3-7/8″ x 7-1/2″ to 8-1/2″ x 14″ (98.0 x 190.5 mm to 216.0 x 355.6 mm) 
Envelopes: COM10 No.10, Monarch, DL, ISO-C5 
SUPPORTED MEDIA WEIGHTS

Cassettes: 16 lb. Bond to 60 lb. Cover (60 to 163 g/m2) 
Multi-Purpose Tray: 16 lb. Bond to 80 lb. Cover (60 to 220 g/m2) 
Duplexing: 16 lb. Bond to 60 lb. Cover (60 to 163 g/m2)
PRINT/COPY SPEED (BW AND COLOR)

Up to 26 ppm (Letter); Up to 21 ppm (Legal)
WARM-UP TIME

From Power On: Approx. 10 Seconds1 
From Sleep Mode: Approx. 10 Seconds2
Quick Startup Mode: Approx. 4 Seconds3
DIMENSIONS (W x D x H)

Standard (Desktop): 20-1/2″ x 25-7/8″ x 25-1/8″ (519 mm x 658 mm x 638 mm) 
INSTALLATION SPACE (W x D x H)

Basic: 33-1/2″ x 35-3/4″ (852 mm x 908 mm) (with Paper Cassette Open + Multi-Purpose Tray Extended) 
Fully Configured: 55-3/8″ x 35-3/4″ (1407 mm x 908 mm) (with Staple Finisher-Z1 + Paper Cassette Open + Multi-Purpose Tray Extended) 
WEIGHT4

Standard (Desktop): Approx. 108 lb. (49 kg) 
PRINT SPECIFICATIONS
PRINT RESOLUTION

1200 x 600 
STANDARD PAGE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES

UFR II, PCL®6, Adobe® PS® 3
SUPPORTED FILES

PDF, TIFF, JPEG, EPS, XPS
PRINTING FROM MOBILE AND CLOUD-BASED SERVICES

A range of standard and optional software and MEAP- based solutions (including AirPrint, Mopria, Google Cloud Print, Canon PRINT Business, and uniFLOW Online) are available to provide printing from mobile devices or internetconnected devices and cloud-based services depending on your requirements. Please contact your sales representative for further information. 
FONTS

PCL: 93 Roman, 10 Bitmap fonts, 2 OCR fonts, Andalé Mono WT J/K/S/T (Japanese, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese),5 Barcode Fonts6 
PS: 136 Roman
OPERATING SYSTEM 7

UFRII/PS: Windows® 7/8.1/10/Server 2008/ Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/ Server 2012 R2 /Server 2016 / Server 2019, Mac OS X (10.10 or later) 
PCL: Windows® 7/8.1/10/Server 2008/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/ Server 2016 /Server 2019 
PPD: Windows® 7/8.1/10, Mac OS X (10.9 or later) 
COPY SPECIFICATIONS
FIRST-COPY-OUT-TIME

As fast as 6.9 seconds (BW)/ 9.4 seconds (Color) 
COPY RESOLUTION (dpi)

With Platen: 600 x 600 
With DADF: 300 x 600 
MULTIPLE COPIES

Up to 999 
MAGNIFICATION

25%-400% (1% Increments) 
PRESET REDUCTION / ENLARGEMENT

25%, 50%, 64%, 78%, 100% (1:1), 129%, 200%, 400%
SCAN SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE

Single-pass Duplexing Automatic Document Feeder8
DOCUMENT FEEDER PAPER CAPACITY

Up to 100 Sheets (20 lb. Bond) 
DOCUMENT FEEDER SUPPORTED MEDIA SIZES

Legal, Letter, Statement Custom Size: 1-7/8″ x 5″ to 8-1/2″ x 14″ (48.0 mm x 128.0 mm to 216.0 mm x 355.6 mm) 
Business Card: 1-7/8″ x 3-3/8″ to 2-1/8″ x 3-5/8″ (48.0 mm x 85.0 mm to 55.0 mm x 91.0 mm) 
DOCUMENT FEEDER SUPPORTED MEDIA WEIGHTS

One-Sided Scanning: 13.3 to 34 lb. Bond (50 to 128 gsm) (BW), 17 to 34 lb. Bond (64 to 128 gsm) (CL)
Two-Sided Scanning: 13.3 to 34 lb. Bond (50 to 128 gsm) (BW), 17 to 34 lb. Bond (64 to 128 gsm) (CL)
Note: Business Card: 21.3 lb bond to 80 lb cover (80 to 220 gsm) 
PLATEN ACCEPTABLE ORIGINALS

Sheet, Book, 3-Dimensional Objects 
PULL SCAN

Color Network ScanGear2 for both Twain and WIA Supported OS: Windows® 7/8.1/10/Server 2008/ Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/ Server 2012 R2/Server 2016 
SCAN RESOLUTION (dpi)

Scan for Copy: 600 x 600
Scan for Send: (Push) 600 x 600 (SMB/FTP/WebDAV/IFAX), (Pull) 600 x 600 
Scan for Fax: 600 x 600 
SCAN TO MOBILE DEVICES AND CLOUD-BASED SERVICES

A range of solutions is available to provide scanning to compatible mobile devices and certain cloud-based services depending on your requirements. 
SCAN SPEED (LETTER)

Send: Automatic Color Select “OFF” (300 x 300 dpi): Single-Sided Scanning: 100 ipm Double-Sided Scanning: 200 ipm Automatic Color Select “ON” (300 x 300 dpi): Single-Sided Scanning: 50 ipm Double-Sided Scanning: 100 ipm 
Copy: Scan Speed priority (300 x 600 dpi): Single-Sided Scanning: 50 ipm Double-Sided Scanning: 100 ipm Image Quality priority (600 x 600 dpi): Single-Sided Scanning: 30 ipm Double-Sided Scanning: 50 ipm 
SEND SPECIFICATIONS
DESTINATION

Email/Internet Fax (SMTP), SMB v3.0, FTP, WebDAV, Mail Box, Super G3 Fax, IP Fax (Optional) 
ADDRESS BOOK

LDAP (2,000)/Local (1,600)/Speed Dial (200) 
SEND RESOLUTION

Push: Up to 600 x 600 
Pull: Up to 600 x 600 
COMMUICATION PROTOCOL

File: FTP (TCP/IP), SMB v3.0, WebDAV 
Email: SMTP, POP3 
FILE FORMAT

TIFF, JPEG, PDF (Compact, Searchable, Apply policy, Optimize for Web, PDF A/1-b, Trace & Smooth, Encrypted, Device Signature, User Signature), XPS (Compact, Searchable, Device Signature, User Signature), Office Open XML (PowerPoint, Word)
FAX SPECIFICATIONS
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CONNECTION LINES 

2
MODEM SPEED

Super G3: 33.6 Kbps 
G3: 14.4 Kbps 
COMPRESSION METHOD

MH, MR, MMR, JBIG
RESOLUTION

400×400 (Ultra Fine), 200×400 (Super Fine), 200×200 (Fine), 200×100 (Normal) 
SENDING / RECORDING SIZE

Statement to Legal 
FAX MEMORY

Up to 30,000 Pages (2,000 jobs) 
SPEED DIALS

Max. 200 
GROUP DIALS / DESTINATIONS

Max. 199 Dials 
SEQUENTIAL BROADCAST

Max. 256 Addresses
MEMORY BACKUP

Yes
STORE SPECIFICATIONS
MAIL BOX SIMPLE (NUMBER SUPPORTED)

100 User In-boxes, 1 Memory RX Inbox, 50 Confidential Fax In-boxes, Maximum 10,000 Pages (2,000 jobs) Stored 
ADVANCED BOX

Communication Protocol: SMB or WebDAV
Supported Client PC: Windows (Windows 8.1/10)
Concurrent Connections (Max.) 
SMB: 64 
WebDAV: 3 (Active Sessions) 
ADVANCED BOX AVAILABLE DISC SPACE

Approx. 16 GB
SECURITY SPECIFICATIONS
AUTHENTICATION

Standard: Universal Login Manager, uniFLOW Online Express,9 User Authentication, Department ID Authentication, Access Management System, Device and Function Level Log-in 
Optional: uniFLOW 
DATA

Standard: Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Hard Disk Password Lock, Hard Disk Drive Erase, Mail Box Password Protection, Hard Disk Drive Encryption (FIPS140-2 Validated), Verify System at Startup, McAfee Embedded Control
Optional: IEEE 2600.2 Common Criteria Certification, Data Loss Prevention (Requires uniFLOW) 
NETWORK

Standard: Encrypted Secure Print, IP/Mac Address Filtering, IPsec, TLS Encrypted Communication (v1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3), SNMP V3.0, IEEE 802.1X, IPv6, SMTP Authentication, POP Authentication before SMTP, S/MIME, SIEM Integration 
DOCUMENT

Standard: Secure Watermarks, Secure Print, Adobe LiveCycle® Rights Management ES2.5 Integration, Encrypted PDF, Encrypted Secure Print, Device Signature 
Optional: User Signatures 
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

Temperature: 50 to 86 ºF 
Humidity: 20 to 80% RH (Relative Humidity) 
POWER REQUIREMENTS

110-127V AC 60 Hz, 6.9 A 
PLUG (MAIN UNIT)

NEMA 5-15P 
POWER CONSUMPTION

Maximum: Approx. 1,500 W 
Standby: Approx. 38.9 W10 
Sleep Mode: Approx. 0.8 W or Less11 
Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) Rating12 0.25 kWh 
STANDARDS

ENERGY STAR® Certified
Rated EPEAT® Gold
CONSUMABLES
TONER

GPR-58 Toner 
TONER YIELD (ESTIMATED @ 5% COVERAGE)

Black: 23,000 Images 
Color (C,M,Y): 18,000 Images
FOOTNOTES
  1. Time from device power-on until copy ready (not print reservation). 
  2. Time from exiting Sleep Mode to when printing is operational. 
  3. Time from device power ON to when the copy icon appears and is enabled to operate on the touch panel display. 
  4. Includes consumables. 
  5. Requires the optional PCL International Font Set-A1. 
  6. Requires the optional Barcode Printer Kit-D1.
  7. Other operating systems and environments, including AS/400, UNIX, Linux, and Citrix may be supported. Some of these solutions are chargeable. SAP Device Types are available via the SAP Market Place. For more information, contact your authorized sales representative. 
  8. Multi-Sheet Feed Detector Supported. 
  9. No charge for this solution; however, activation is required. 
  10. Reference value (measured one unit). 
  11. 0.8 W Sleep Mode not available in all circumstances due to certain settings. 
  12. Based on ENERGY STAR Product Specification for Imaging Equipment Version 3.0.