What Toner Does the Canon imageCLASS MF465dw Use?
Last Updated:Quick answer: the Canon imageCLASS MF465dw uses Canon Cartridge 070 toner, or the high-capacity Canon 070 H. Those are the only two options, and there is no separate drum unit to buy — Canon lists no drum consumable for this printer at all.
The wrong answers to watch for are Canon 057 / 057H, Canon 071 / 071H and Canon 052 / 052H. The 071 is the dangerous one: Canon sells it right alongside 070 on the same page, one digit apart, and both are current. The 057H is a close second because its 10,000-page yield is nearly identical to the 070 H's 10,200, so the numbers look interchangeable when they are not.
CastleScore · October 2026
90/100 — Castle Elite
Canon imageCLASS MF465dw
| Pillar (weight) | Score | What it is based on |
|---|---|---|
| Owner ratings (28%) | 86 | 4.40★ average across 452 ratings at Amazon (4.4) |
| Expert reviews (20%) | 90 | PCMag 4.5/5 |
| Cost per page (18%) | 96 | About 1¢ per page all-in with our compatible 070H toner (10,200 pages; drum built in). |
| Reliability (18%) | — | Not enough owner complaint data to score. |
| Features (11%) | 92 | Print, copy, scan, document feeder, auto two-sided printing, fax, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, touchscreen, fast (20+ ppm). |
| Value (5%) | 91 | Running cost and owner satisfaction |
Limited data: We could not find enough owner complaint data for this printer, so that weight is spread across the other pillars.
Replaced by the MF465dw II. Canon lists the original MF465dw as no longer available. The MF465dw II is sold new (Quill lists it at $329.99) and takes the same 070 and 070 H toner.
CastleScore is Castle Ink’s own editorial rating, built from retailer star ratings, expert reviews, real cost per page and owner complaint patterns, checked October 8, 2026. It is not a customer review. See every ranked printer or how the score works.
The toner, pictured
Canon 070H TonerOur own compatible toner, photographed in-house.
Canon imageCLASS MF465dw toner at a glance
| Consumable | Part Number | Also sold as | Approx. Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toner (standard) | Canon 070 | 5639C001 | 3,000 pages |
| Toner (high capacity) | Canon 070 H | 5640C001 | 10,200 pages |
| Drum unit | — | — | None listed by Canon |
Both figures are Canon's own ISO ratings. The gap between the tiers is unusually large — more than three times the pages — which makes 070 H the obvious buy for anything beyond very light use.
One nice detail most guides miss: the cartridge that ships in the box is a full 3,000-page cartridge, not a half-filled starter. Quill's listing for the MF465dw II says the box includes a standard Canon 070 cartridge, which is unusually generous for a laser at this price.
What it actually costs to run
Castle Ink's compatible 070H is $105.95 for 10,200 pages — roughly 1.04 cents per page. Because Canon lists no separate drum for this machine, that is the entire consumable cost. There is nothing else to budget for.
The sticker price puts people off, and it should not. A cartridge covering 10,200 pages is doing the work of three and a half standard cartridges, or dozens of inkjet cartridges. Run it against your own volumes with our ink cost calculator.
All-in-one cartridge: the trade-off
Canon lists no drum unit for this model, and no drum replacement procedure appears in the manual — the only user-replaceable consumable is the toner cartridge. The upside is simplicity: one part number, nothing else to track, and print quality resets completely with every cartridge. The downside is that you pay for the imaging hardware every time you replace toner.
Printers with a genuinely separate drum, like Brother's TN and DR pairings, work out cheaper per page across a machine's whole life for exactly that reason. Our drum unit guide explains when each design wins.
About the Canon imageCLASS MF465dw
A monochrome laser all-in-one: print, scan, copy and fax at 42 pages per minute, with automatic duplex printing and a 50-sheet ADF that does one-pass two-sided scanning at up to 100 images per minute. Paper capacity is a 250-sheet cassette plus a 100-sheet multipurpose tray, expandable to 900 sheets with Canon's optional 550-sheet cassette.
The control panel is a 5-inch color touchscreen. Connectivity covers gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB and a front USB port, plus direct scanning to Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. Canon rates it for 750 to 4,000 pages a month.
Note that the current US retail model is the MF465dw II — the original MF465dw is discontinued. Both revisions take the same 070 and 070 H toner, so it makes no difference to what you buy.
Several nearby models share the same cartridges: the MF462dw, the print-only LBP246dw and LBP247dw, and the II versions of each.
Common problems on this model
Streaks, uneven print or white spots
Canon's documented first step is to remove the toner cartridge and shake it five or six times to redistribute the toner, then reinstall it fully. Try that before buying anything — it resolves a surprising share of quality complaints on this series.
Scanning fails while printing still works
A common and frequently misdiagnosed one. It is almost always the network scan driver or MF Scan Utility registration rather than hardware — reinstall the scan driver and re-register the device before assuming a fault. See our guide to printers that will not scan to the computer.
Paper jams
See our paper jam guide covers the general Canon steps.
What imageCLASS MF465dw owners ask
These are the questions that come up most for this printer on retailer Q&A pages, Canon's support community and owner reviews, answered in our words.
Can the document feeder scan both sides in one pass?
Yes. The 50-sheet feeder scans both sides in a single pass, at up to 100 images per minute in black and white and 80 in color.
How much paper does it hold, and can I add a drawer?
It holds 250 sheets in the cassette plus 100 in the multipurpose tray. Canon's optional 550-sheet AH-1 cassette takes the total to 900 sheets.
Can I connect it to a wired network?
Yes. Canon lists gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000Base-T) alongside Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and USB 2.0.
Will it work with PostScript or PCL drivers?
Yes. It supports Adobe PostScript 3, PCL5 and PCL6 as well as Canon's own UFR II, so it fits into most office setups.
What is the smallest paper it takes?
The multipurpose tray accepts paper down to 3 x 5 in. Both the cassette and the multipurpose tray go up to legal (8.5 x 14 in).
imageCLASS MF465dw quirks worth knowing
- The 070 H is the clear value buy. At Quill's prices it costs about twice as much as the standard 070 ($341.19 vs $162.79) for 3.4 times the pages.
- It has 1 GB of RAM and Adobe PostScript 3, which is unusual for a monochrome all-in-one at this price.
- Canon recommends 750 to 4,000 pages a month. At the top of that range, one 070 H lasts under three months.
- Besides the network ports there is a front USB port for printing from and scanning to a flash drive.
FAQ
What toner does the Canon imageCLASS MF465dw use?
Canon Cartridge 070 at 3,000 pages, or Canon 070 H at 10,200 pages. Nothing else fits.
Does the MF465dw have a separate drum unit?
No. Canon lists no drum unit for this model and there is no drum replacement procedure — the toner cartridge is the only user-replaceable consumable.
Does it use Canon 057 or 071 toner?
No. 057 fits the MF445dw, MF448dw, MF455dw and LBP226dw generation; 071 fits the MF272dw and LBP122dw. Both are cross-listed onto this printer constantly and neither will seat.
Which other printers use Canon 070?
Canon lists the MF465dw and MF465dw II, MF462dw and MF462dw II, LBP246dw and LBP246dw II, and LBP247dw and LBP247dw II.
Is the MF465dw II different from the MF465dw?
Not for toner. The II is the current retail revision; both take 070 and 070 H.
Other printers that use Canon 070 toner
Canon imageCLASS LBP246dw · Canon imageCLASS MF462dw
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Replacing it? Our highest-rated alternatives
- Brother HL-L2460DW — CastleScore 90
- Canon imageCLASS LBP246dw II — CastleScore 86
- Canon Color imageCLASS MF753Cdw II — CastleScore 85
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