Fuji Xerox DocuPrint CM205 Series

Best I ever had – Best printer I ever had. Purchased 5 years ago and never had a issue with it. I operate the printer on wireless without a problem. Toner catridges I get from Honkong for $44.00 a set and they are excellent. I have been in IT for 25 years and had many printer but this printer is the best I ever had.  Show details

Great copier – I have owned my Fuji Xerox for 5 years, has not given any problems at all. Not using WiFi so unable to review this. My only negative point would be that it needs all cartridges working. Solved this by keeping a spare set on hand. Excellent colour reproduction, great for a small office situation.  Show details

Reliable & Good – I really like this printer/scanner/copier. I've never had any problems with it and I've had it for about 3.5 years. It was easy to set up for both my Mac desktop and my PC laptop. I am really disappointed that Fuji have decided not to write new drivers so that it will work with the new Mac OSX update. The only negative I found which was annoying… Read more

(and the reason for only 4 stars), if one of the colour cartridges ran out, you could not continue to print in just B&W with the black toner.

Wasted money and time – One line comment is ... this is really a bad stuff... not able to install properly... don't buy. So hard to install ... so slow .... IP address settings is a nightmare ... Look soothing else ... I thought they are the no 1 in this space ... mmm not really.  Show details

redundant since windows 10, great before that – This was great with windows before windows 10. Since then have many issues getting scanner recognised or even printer by the system. Must manually put in UP address and then must use docuworks software to scan. Then must convert files. Bothersome and time consuming, I have not used wireless so cannot review.  Show details

Worst ever – Rubbish if you want to use it. Won't connect to the computer, use WPS, scan to Mac, print documents, etc. Absolute waste of money and time. I would never, ever, in my life, get another Fuji printer. Manual was helpful, if I only used iOS. Great as a paperweight. Or as a way to smash windows. Or for anger management.  Show details

A really good printer and no fuss – I bought this printer in 2011 and after 12 years still working. Only minor glitches. Fuji technical support is excellent to fix them. Disappointed that it is discontinued.

Good but Redundant for Windows 10 – Good printer, but Fuji Xerox website says printer is now redundant. Why must I throw away a perfectly good working printer, scanner and photocopier in the landfill and contribute to green house emissions and waster?

Still excellent after 10 years – I'm very surprised at all the negative reviews on here. I bought this in September 2011 for around $330 after a succession of unreliable inkjet printers and it's been the best printer I've ever owned by miles. It's been totally reliable, has decent quality printing (including quite nice colour images when used with heavier glossy paper) and,… Read more

unlike others on here, I've never had any reliability issues with the WiFi or scanning functions. It's used on a daily basis as the family workhorse printer, and I also use it most days for scanning receipts etc. to a NAS device on my network. I just downloaded the driver from the Xerox web site and it's working fine with my new 2021 M1 MacBook Pro running the latest Mac OS Monterey. In 10 years the only maintenance issue I've had was an error a couple of years ago that required me to clean one of the sensors at the back with a cotton bud. I always use genuine Xerox toner. The only minor annoyances I've encountered are (a) it doesn't do automatic duplex, although with the Windows driver you can do this by manually re-inserting the pages part way through, (b) if you tell it that it's loaded with US Letter paper when it's actually A4 and print a US letter document it will jam every time and (c) sometimes (perhaps once every couple of months) it doesn't wake from sleep and has to be switched on and off. I hope it lasts forever as it seems very hard to get anything similar from Xerox now in Australia.

The absolute worst printer imaginable – Let's get the positives out of the way first: 1. It powers on when you flick the switch. 2. It sits stably upon the desk. 3. It powers off when you flick the switch again. Now the negatives: 1. Wireless networking is next to impossible, frequently dropping the connection. 2. It chews through the toner (which is expensive)… Read more

like no tomorrow.

3. It paper jams approximately every second page.

4. It constantly gets confused about paper sizing (A4 and US) and then reprints the first page over and over.

5. The scanner doesn't work - never has.

6. It now occupies way too much space in my rubbish bin.

In all seriousness, I've had this printer for about two years. It printed beautifully for the first six months. Since that time it has been an utter hindrance and caused endless headaches and frustration. Tonight I cracked. Yanked the cord. And tossed it into the rubbish bin. I'll never get a Fuji Xerox again.

It is IMPOSSIBLE to use wifi to print from this printer – Sadly I bought this printer so that I could print wirelessly, but it is frankly impossible. There is painfully poor support, and I would strongly recommend NOT buying this printer unless the wifi is not important. It is diappointing that a company like Fuji Xerox would not do a better job making this printer do the job it is advertised to do.  Show details

A Problem every day – Prices for the printer itself are fine, refills are fine but this product has one massive down factor. It's reliability. I sware, every time i come to use this product there is always something wrong with it. One day a sensor, the next a jam, the next it doesn't pick up jobs from the computer even though its both wirlessly and manualy set up. Terrible product, don't purchase.  Show details

Good allrounder for price and specs – Colour match was good. Had a couple of jams, my own fault mostly with foreign object in the infeed and some dodgy paper. Performs much better than ink ones I had before. I print maybe 120 to 180 pages a month, mostly B&W with full colour Logo 4x6cm on 75% of the pages, a few Maps, and the colour toners last me a year and 2 months, the Black a bit… Read more

less. Quality of scan and copy is very good. so running costs are pretty reasonable with Original toner and very cheap for compatible inks (about 6 cents plus paper)... but I have heard some bad stories about non original inks so I don't use. Had mine for a bit over 3 years.

don't use the wi fi,

Pretty sure the "Reviewers" with PVT and only 1 message are either competitors or just bored Trolls.... (eg I had like 20 of theses...?

completely rubbish – I have many unit of this ,complete rubbish, got over 20 unit of it and they all queue up and take turns to failed. Although replaced the expensive IOT unit (the IOT included new fuser assembly, new drum and development parts and etc), it still fail after working for s very short period

Died too quickly – I owned this printer for 2 years, the roller died on me at around 2 year mark. The cost to replace the roller is a whopping $280!!! Almost the cost of the printer itself! I felt cheated by Fuji, it's one of those Planned Obsolescent scheme to get you to buy new printer every 2 years! At any rate I can't recommend this printer to anyone.

I really like mine, had no problems in 18 months – Surprised by the negative reviews. I just connected mine by USB which avoids some of the problems mentioned by others. It is not a wireless model (I use a canon inkjet for wireless printing) It works well with generic cartridges which I got from a large online supplier. A whole set of 4 for the cost of only one genuine cartridge! Print quality… Read more ·  1

is great and it is reasonably quick for a cheap colour laser. It will even print more than acceptable photos on 10gm matte photo paper (which is relatively cheap)

Haven't had one incidence of jamming (touch wood)

It doesn't get a lot of work because we have an old HP we use for faxing plus the Wi-Fi Canon for wireless printing from our laptops and for the odd 6x4 photo etc.

I know this model is discontinued, but would consider another Fuji Xerox when it dies.

Worst printer owned – In the almost 12 months I've owned it, only been able it print 47 pages and each one was a mission. Doesn't connect to computers, usb reader doesn't support a bunch of standard formats and just beeps constantly. I bought this to print large volumes in colour and in that regard, is a complete failure. The mono laser on the other side of my… Read more

desk (Brother HL210) was $88 and makes a mockery of this one (dream to use). Next time with stick with Brother.

Fuji Xerox DocuPrint M205b – I found this OK as I only print 20 pages per month and do the occasional scan and copy. The price was good as well. Need to watch the jamming of the unit though. Took up 20 pages tonight fo a single page and took forever to clear (confetti everywhere).

Good printer - works well with static IP – Own this printer for two years now. Print quality and yield is excellent. Need to replace the toner cartridges soon. Wireless networking was terrible while it had dynamic IP. Could not find the printer on network, etc. After assigning static IP no problems whatsoever.

A crappy infuriating printer – I had very similar problems with the CM205 fw. I have persevered for years with multiple issues of network IP addresses not remaining fixed, the scanner working intermittently with "name resolve errors" and despite connecting the printer with an ethernet and resetting all the settings, the problems still reappear after a few months. It is a… Read more

cumbersome and hopelessly ineffective printer. I use Brother in my office so I have trashed the Fuji in the bin after driving my car over it several times to release my pure frustration.

cm205fw good print and scan result, poor networking – Have this all in one printer for two years now. Network setup failed so connected via usb. Other than the setup problem, this is a good printer,/scanner. Printed out colour google maps and details are legible. Never tried the fax though. Compatible toners works fine. One set of compatible toner cost A$45 on Ebay. Oh, one more issue, it does… Read more

not like cardboard or thick paper.

The weight is reasonable. When I lift it up, it is like 6 reams of A4 paper.

Considering a price of A$300, I am very happy with this printer.

I like it – Paid $228 with full set of cartridges + extra toner Bought this for its scanning ability after our previous FX printer needed a new drum which was dearer than this printer. Scanner is good , very easy to use. Printer is unusual in that the colour catridges work better if you remove the chip. This does not effect its ability to monitor the ink… Read more

levels.

I removed the chip because it kept beeping that K cartridge was nearly out ( sensor failure ) when the level was

still 80%.

I have used generic cartridges with no problems .Clean and very easy to install ( best ever actually )

Very easy to set up and comes on line in seconds, works well over the network ( Windows 7 )

The only con. is you cant shut the paper drawer

Lasted two years – Lots of issues with this. Regular frustrating errors re page size/setup (lots of beeping from the printer and swearing from the users). Then it threw up a message say "error 092-651... contact support". I did so, and they told me to buy a new printer. Had it about two years. Will be a different brand next time.

You wil regret if you Purchase a Fuji Xerox Printer – While in the warranty period, this printer does not work due to the sensor defects, and I had to send it back several times to the service centre which is located more than 60km away whereas most other printer brands provide onsite service in the same time. This issue was only resolved after the technician has totally changed another version of… Read more

sensor after seeing me coming back for the same issue a few times. Now just after 3 years of service, another cartridge problem comes. Browsing through internet there is no solution. I guess I have return it to the technician again, may be I have to scrap this printer very soon. This is the first Fuji Xerox printer I tried, and I believe is the last unit. I will not purchase another Fuji Xerox again. The HP printer that we used 8 years ago is still running well despite the product has discontinued I would rather go back to HP..

I like it – No problems with this printer. Printed text and colour photos are all good. Scanner works well. Easy to use. The only downside for a home user is the cost of replacing the 4 toner cartridges. Although toner cartridges lasts so much longer than ink jet cartridges the cost of replacing 1 black and 3 toner cartridges recently was $293.

Don't get sucked in – I have just thrown my CM205fw in the hard rubbish as I couldn't in all honesty sell it on eBay and inflict it on anyone else. I have persevered for year. I confess I am not a techo, but a qualified one lives in the house and he cannot make the wi-fi work. The instructions may as well have been written in Chinese (in fact they are). After 9 Mths… Read more

it refuses to scan. No solution is identifiable, despite restoring all settings and reloading drivers.

It is pedantic regarding which paper size it uses. As I interact with the US a lot documents cannot be printed in US letter, without reloading all the document settings to A4, then doing it all again when using an A4 document.

Yes it was relatively cheap, however I am spending twice the value of the printer on cartridges each month or so.

It now tells me that the CTW sensors need cleaning after using the net I found out what a CTW sensor is and where it is and cleaned it - but that wasn't good enough.

Let the rubbish collectors clean it. When printing it looked good. Ra above

Good Cheap Colour Laser Printer – Having owned this for 8 months and am happy with the quality and speed of print and reliability of the printer. I am only just reaching the point of having to replace one of the stock toners and have found a large variation in prices, so shop around! The scanning capability was an added bonus, but has come in handy mainly for the ability to… Read more

quickly copy a document independent of the PC. Scanning works but does not compress the documents as much as I would like so I continue to use my scanner for keeping copies of receipts for archiving. I have not seriously considered this device for scanning quality prints, etc - preferring to use a dedicated scanner for this function. Then again, that wasn't one of my criteria.

Unfortunately this printer can't be run off my Synology NAS - but again, this printer was not on their compatibility list so I can't complain (the printer came before the NAS). Quality of print; small footprint; easy setup Limited options to compress scanned images

Potentially OK – Conflicting jargon-filled instructions to set up for it to work wirelessly with a desktop computer which is only 5m away in the same room! A nightmare to get it working--needing many phone calls to Sydney's helpful support staff. My model was so faulty that Fuji Xerox decided to replace it, but they would not restart their one-year warranty from the date of delivery of the replacement.

Great printer – Great, simple to use colour and black and white printer. Print quality is above average, and speed is fine for a home printer. The scanning side of things is a little clunky, and took some getting used to, but it gets the job done. Easy to source replacement toner at reasonable prices - from ebay or… Read more

http://www.tonerstop.com.au/xerox-docuprint-cm205b-black-compatible-toner-refills-including-2-smartchips . Easy to setup, cheap to run (with non-genuine toner), sturdy, above average print quality Loading the toner cartridges through the side is can be annoying, depending on your desk layout

Nice print, but NOT user friendly – When it works, its nice; but to actually setup the wireless facility is laborious and not straightforward, not even for someone who enjoys a computer challenge! Ok, but that's just to set it up, but have to do this again and again - when a blackout, or resetting of modem. It is now unreliable as we don't know if it will print each time we want… Read more

it to print from our home/office.

Now it's just taken 5 mins to print something I sent wirelessly over home network!! nice print job UNuser friendly, expensive & unusual cartridges - even compared to other coloured laser printers

BAD BAD AND BAD !!! – This printer is one of the most frustrating printers by far. Why? If you are serious about bringing one home, I guess find another one or buy another brand. This printer is cheap and unreliable, so unless your work is not important, maybe this could be your answer, however if you plan to get one that saves you time and effort, I guess choosing… Read more

another is your answer. This printer has many potential faults during printing from USB or computer as it often JAMS like crazy or sometimes refuses to print for you just because of the paper size sensitivity. However the scanner works and photocopies decently, the paper would start jamming anything over 1 page. Therefore, do not be a fool and listen, this is a filthy printer which has heaps of potential faults, and Fuji Xerox fails to resolve. I suggest going for HP or Cannon. Decent quality Heaps of Jams, Unresolved

Look for another brand – What ever you do don't purchase this printer. It is so bad I have just re-installed my old printer a Cannon. So what's wrong with it. 1. Really slow printing 2. Does not hold much paper 3. Turns itself of when not in use not ideal for a work situation. I can't get a refund so I'm putting it on Ebay. nothing Prints slow and does not hold enough paper

Don't buy trouble – This docuprint colour laser printer started off well but as soon as I replaced the first toner cartridge I started having trouble. It kept saying either that the toner was still low or else it said the toner cartridge had been removed. I had to open the cover and fiddle with the cartridge as though there was a loose connection somewhere. Very… Read more

frustrating. This problem comes and goes and means that you can never rely on the printer to work properly.

Now after owning the thing for just on 17 months it is making the loudest grinding noise you've ever heard. I think it's the mechanism that pulls the paper through. Harvey Norman says "sorry, the warrantee is only 12 months. You should've paid extra and got our extended warrantee"

Rang Fuji Xerox and they said "this is a low end printer and I advise you to go and purchase another printer".

Thanks for nothing you bunch of &#%€+?s. I sure won't be buying a Fuji Xerox again and I'd advise you to avoid them too.

$400 for one year of hassles

Fuji Xerox Docuprint CM205FW – I bought this printer as a shop's demo model just over a year ago. I paid a reasonably good price for it and it performed beautifully at the beginning. But after 6 months, the print results for letters (b/w) and colours began to show signs of fatigue. Especially when I am printing 30 or more copies, I find shadowing, smudging and even on… Read more

inconsistent density on some pages. I am also experiencing regular 'paper jam ' stoppages when it was not there at all. The warning buzzer won't ley me continue until I have opened and shut all the relevant doors.

As I am looking for another more reliable laser printer to replace this one, I am sorry to say that I will not be recommending this product to any of my friends. Cheap initial price. Unreliability.

Coloured Laser printers – The Laser printer I bought was a Fuji Xeror which has copy, print, scan in both black & white as well as colour. The price was reasonable with want we wanted to spend on our new printer. We also bought an extra laser printer cartridge and extended warranty for this product. Low cost, energy efficient, reliable laser printer