Canon imageCLASS MF644Cdw: Setup, Drivers, Ink and Common Problems

Is the Canon imageCLASS MF644Cdw right for you?

The MF644Cdw was Canon's best-selling colour laser MFP for home offices from 2019 to 2022, offering fax, a 50-sheet ADF, duplex and a touchscreen at a price that undercut HP's colour LaserJets. It prints crisp colour documents but photos look flat, as with all lasers. Four 054 toners add up, and the printer warns early on colour cartridges, so track actual page counts before replacing.

Best for: Home offices wanting affordable colour laser with fax and ADF

Setting up the Canon imageCLASS MF644Cdw

Use Ethernet or the touchscreen Wi-Fi wizard, then install the Generic Plus UFR II driver and MF Scan Utility. Run colour calibration from the Adjustment menu if colours shift after a toner change. Set up fax on the touchscreen and enable duplex defaults.

1. Unbox and prepare. Remove every piece of shipping tape and packing material, install the toner cartridge and drum unit, and load paper in the tray.
2. Join your Wi-Fi. Keep the printer close to the router for setup. Most printers only connect to the 2.4GHz band, so if your router broadcasts one merged network name you may need to split the bands temporarily. See our Wi-Fi guide if it will not join.
3. Install the setup app. Use Canon's official app rather than a driver you found on a search result — third-party driver sites are the most common source of printer malware.
4. Add the printer. On Windows 11: Settings › Bluetooth & devices › Printers & scanners › Add device. On macOS: System Settings › Printers & Scanners › Add Printer.
5. Print a test page and run a scan if this is an all-in-one, so you find any problem now rather than when you are in a hurry.

Ink, toner and supplies

The Canon imageCLASS MF644Cdw uses the following consumables. Match the number exactly when you buy: the same printer family often uses several different cartridge numbers by region.

• Cartridge 054 BK / C / M / Y
• Cartridge 054H high yield

High-yield (XL) versions almost always cost less per page if you print regularly. On third-party ink and toner, read our honest assessment first, and note that some manufacturers push firmware that rejects non-original chips.

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