Secondhand Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5535i on the Gold Coast

The model itself

Of the speeds in Canon's imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5500 series, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5535i is the one that does 35 pages a minute. Sister models and their A4 speeds: imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5540i (40), imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5550i (50) and imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5560i (60). From the maker's own figures, it reads both sides of a double sided original in one pass, at as many as 80 images a minute, has room for 1,200 sheets (or 6,350 with extra paper options) and copes with card stock to 300 gsm.

The right size of business

As a rough guide, it is sized for an office of somewhere between five and fifteen staff. If the business is growing, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5540i gives you 40 pages a minute in the same family.

Picking a grade, then a way to pay

Choose a renewed imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5535i if you want one that runs close to new, refurbished for the balance most customers pick, or used to keep the outlay down. Every unit is checked first, with the page count in writing. Pay outright, or rent, lease or finance it over a term that can reach 60 months on a younger machine. Delivery, setup on your network, scanning setup and a run through for your team come with it, wherever you are on the Coast.

A secondhand machine on our service agreement has the same replacement warranty as a new one: if it fails, we replace it, for the full term. Approved rentals on the selected machines that qualify are priced from $15 a week plus GST.

Questions worth asking first

• The page count. Ask for it in writing; we give it before you sign. Pages printed tell you more about wear than the year a machine was made.
• The options on it. Find out what is attached, such as a stapling finisher, more paper drawers or a high capacity feeder. Each one changes the jobs it suits and the figure you pay.
• Who looks after it. A machine nobody can repair is no bargain, however little it costs. We only sell what we can service ourselves, everywhere we deliver.
• The running cost. Have the black and white and colour page rates put in writing, along with what each rate includes.