Brother MFC-8420 Laser Multifunction Review

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(More customer reviews)I went through a slew of hp printers. I experienced lousy, "outsourced" technical support, and had two printers fail in the same year. This on the heels of my friends brand new color laser fiasco, which was three failures in one year (also HP). They used to be the best, with printers like the 4050n and other tireless workhorses, but I think other vendors are now making significant inroads, especially in this middle ground space. You'll find HP laser printers to be profoundly expensive for what they buy, with high print costs, and low ram. The 1300 is a fine example of where HP has gone wrong.
So, we took the plunge on this 8420 (we got the "one up" D model, which includes duplexing -- works like a charm, and at about 1c a page (as the cost of paper) it will pay for itself quickly).
The upsides:
1) Very cheap toner. Especially the high yield. 6k pages for 90 bucks, which is more than any other cartridge we could find (and you get get those cheaper than 90 some places)
2) Very convenient. You've no idea how awesome a 50 page sheetfed scanner with OCR actually is until you need it. ;-)
3) Comes with a full toner cartridge. My hp's came with 1/2 full "intro" ones.
4) Best-of-breed. For it's downsides (below), it really is the best you can buy for the money.
5) It doesn't jam.
The downsides are:
1) It's a little slow to copy
2) High end color scans are not that hot. A little flat. If you want high end color scans, drop 60 bucks and buy a Scanjet 5300c. The scanner is really designed for document processing, at which it excels.
3) It's a little pricey to buy in. The high end models are overpriced for what they buy (duplexing for ~100 bucks, network for another 100-150). Yikes.
4) The software is a little "clunky", but it works
5) The warranty pretty much stinks (1 year). If you can get an extended warranty, it's a [really] good idea. With so many components, all-in-ones have that much more of a chance to fail, and they do. ;-)
Remember, inkjet printers are sold practically at a loss by their manufacturers (especially cheaper ones). They are designed to make up their money in ink cartridges. This is important when you are comparing all-in-ones.
Despite it's minor downsides, I'd highly reccomend this ot a friend. If you need something to get your business off the ground like we did, and don't want to spend a fortune or worry about being in constant IT mode keeping everything configured and working smoothly, this is the way to go. Faxing is a breeze, scanning is easy (50 docs at a time is a LOT btw), and printing is very high quality.
We combined this with a cheap bubblejet, and now we have the best of all possible worlds. We reccomend this route!!!

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Winner of the prestigious Editor's Choice Award from PC Magazine and combining all the necessary office machines into a single box, the Brother MFC-8420 is an excellent addition for home businesses or small networks. Including a laser printer and copier, color and monochrome scanner, and a 33.6 Kpbs modem fax, this convenient desktop assistant offers all the functions you need to keep printing and mailing costs to a minimum.
The monochrome laser printer and copier produces letter or legal sized pages at up to 17 ppm, with an outstanding 2,400 x 600 dpi resolution. Up to 99 copies can be sorted or reduced or enlarged at a range of 25 to 400 percent; manual two-sided printing helps you save on consumables. The scanner operates in either 48-bit color or 256-level grayscale, enabling you to scan full-color photos or monochrome documents. Either way, with an interpolated resolution up to 9,600 x 9,600 dpi, your scans will be impeccably smooth.
The fax provides a variety of sending and retrieval options designed to improve efficiency. Broadcast faxes up to 390 stations, or speed dial to any of up to 300 coded numbers. The 50-sheet automatic document feeder frees you from having to baby sit the box, while the 600-page memory guards against paper shortages. The MFC-8420 includes a one-year warranty with instant exchange service.

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Brother MFC-8440 Laser Multifunction Review

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(More customer reviews)I run a home office and am a heavy user of printing, scanning, faxing and copying. This unit replaced an old copier and an older printer/fax.
Installation gave me error messages. My system does have a lot of software and drivers on a WinXP Pro SP2 operating system. I was able to manually get the drivers installed. No, I didn't have the patience to call Brother.
Function in all modalities is superb. Text print quality and speed are excellent. Graphics are good.
Copying and fax work like a charm, both sheetfed and flatbed.
I compared the color scanning against my Epson 2450 Photo scanner. For routine scanning, I prefer the Brother. If I need to tweak a scan, I'll use the Epson. That's a pretty good recommendation!
I can highly recommend this product (with the one installation caution). Others have not reported install problems and I suspect this was my fairly complex system.
If you need a laser based AIO, by all means give this a try!

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Item #: BRTMFC8440. MFC-8440 Laser Flatbed/Fax/Printer/Copier/Color Scanner/PC Fax Fax Modem Speed33.6 Kbps Fax Maximum Resolution203 x 392 dpi Grayscale Halftones64 Memory600 pages Auto Document Feed50 sheets Sheet SizeLetter/Legal Sheet Tray Capacity250 Copier Maximum Reduction25% Copier Maximum Enlargement400% LCD Display5 lines x 16 characters Broadcast Transmission390 locations Speed Dial Entries340 Extension Phone Hookup SpeakerphoneMonitor only Auto Fax/Telephone Switch Scanner Maximum Resolution9600 x 9600 dpi Caller ID/Call Waiting Printer Maximum Speed21 ppm Printer Maximum Resolution2400 x 600 dpi ConnectivityParallel, USB Size21w x 17-1/2d x 18-1/2h Shpg. Wt.48 lbs. Manufacturers WarrantyOne-year Replacement Toner CartridgeBRTTN540 (sold separately) Features delayed fax transmission, auto redial, distinctive ring detection and makes up to 99 copies. Legal size scanning glass. Customers also search for: BROTHER;Color;Copier;Fax;Laser;MFC-8440;Multi-Function Machine;Multifunction Machines;Phone;Plain Paper;Printer;Scanner

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Brother HL-5250DN Refurbished Network Ready Laser Printer with Duplex Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought the Brother HL-5250DN printer from Amazon for five reasons:
1) fast monochrome (black and white) printer.
2) network capability.
3) automatic duplexing (printing on both sides of the paper).
4) Enclosed paper tray.
5) Price (and the one-year manufacturer's warranty is nice, even on the refurbished product).
I also like the low toner, paper, and drum replacement indicator lights on the printer. The cost of the toner cartridges is about the same with other printers I've seen.
What comes in the box:
Printer, drum and toner assembly, AC power cord, paper Quick Setup Guide, CD-ROM. The CD-ROM has the drivers, entire Owner's Manual, and animated installation guide.
Note: No cables are provided.
If you are going to connect the printer to a wireless router, you will need an Ethernet cable.
If you are going to connect the printer directly to one computer, you will need either a USB or parallel cable. The printer has connections for both.
Setup
The setup did not go as easily as I hoped.
I had two problems with installation and setup:
1) I was not sure which network to use (peer to peer or shared).
2) After installation, I could not print from one of the two computers on the network.
After easily removing some shipping adhesive tape, inserting the drum/toner assembly (looks like a full toner cartridge, not a starter cartridge) and paper tray, I was ready to proceed with installing the software drivers.
The Quick Setup Guide presents you with choices for Windows 98/Me/2000/XP: USB interface, parallel interface, and network interface. There are also choices if using Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Macintosh. The manufacturer's website indicates Microsoft Vista has "built-in" drivers but Brother drivers are also available on the website.
Upon clicking "Install Printer Driver" from CD-ROM menu, I was presented with three choices: USB cable users, Parallel cable users, and Network cable users. I chose the network cable users since I wanted to add the printer to my wireless network router. I was presented with a license agreement that I accepted. I then had to choose between "Brother Peer-to-Peer Network Printer" or "Network Shared Printer". I chose peer-to-peer to print directly to the printer over the network rather than to a central server on a shared printer. On Step 8 I had to choose "LPR" or "NetBios". I had no idea which one to choose and I didn't find any useful information to help with the decision. I chose LPR and clicked Next. The printer was recognized. Make sure to write down the IP Node Address (for a wireless router it is something like 192.xxx.xx.x).
Now, I needed to access the printer from my wireless computer running Microsoft Vista. I went to the Control Panel and double clicked on Printers. I then chose "Add a Printer" and selected "Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer". The computer searched for and found the printer. A couple more clicks and I was successfully printing from the wireless computer.
Printing from the desktop computer running Windows XP, connected to the router with an Ethernet cable, would not be as simple. The computer recognized the printer but would not send any data to the printer. I went to Control Panel, Printer and Faxes, right clicked on Properties. The General tab did not have the Location of the printer. I added 192.xxx.xx.x and clicked OK and tried printing a document but I was not successful. After two hours of dealing with it and looking at the company's website, I called the company (toll-free phone number right on the box). The company was closed; I called the next morning just after the company opened at 9 a.m. Eastern. I went through a very brief voice prompt menu and I was connected to Robby in all of about two minutes. He was polite but he was not able to solve my problem. He told me second level support would call me within 24 hours. Just over two hours later I got a call from Debbie, who was in Memphis, Tennessee. She was very helpful and quickly identified the problem. When hovering over the printer icon in the Printer and Faxes folder, the little popup message indicated the printer was offline. I don't know how I missed that. To correct the problem all I had to do was right click the printer and select "Use Printer Online". After a few seconds the printer was in Ready status. Problem resolved.
Summary
This is my first Brother printer and I am very favorably impressed. I don't think there is another printer on the market with these features at such a low price, at least at the time of this writing.
The product is shipped in the manufacturer's box, not an Amazon box, so all your neighbors will know what's in the box on your doorstep. The box looks like the box for a new printer, listing many features of the printer but it is clearly marked "Factory Refurbished". The printer itself has a sticker on the back with "Re-manufactured Product". My printer was originally manufactured in September 2005. I bought it in May 2007.
My experience with Brother International has been very positive. I got a great printer with excellent features, a full-size toner cartridge TN-550 (not a starter toner cartridge!), and a one-year warranty. From idle/sleep, the first page took only 20 seconds to print and the text quality is great. The icing on the cake was the technical support provided by Americans. Their promptness and knowledge was impressive. This was easily the best technical support experience I have ever had!Update December 4, 2007:
I am still very pleased with the printer but it is noisy when printing and it does make "tick, tick, tick" noises sometimes. Neither of these issues has effected performance. The only annoyance I've experienced is with envelope printing - the envelope always crinkles. This isn't a big deal for me but it is something to consider if envelope printing is important to you.
Update October 7, 2008:
I purchased another refurbished HL-5250. The toner and drum are also factory refurbished. The drum unit (DR-520) has life expectancy of 22,500 pages, about 90% of new. The toner cartridge (TN-550) has an expected yield of 3,150 pages at 5% coverage. A new toner cartridge has an expected yield of 3,500 pages.

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The EHL-5250DN is a 30ppm network-ready monochrome laser printer with a built-in duplex feature. Designed for busy offices and small workgroups, it is a smart and versatile choice.

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OKI C9650dn - Printer - color - duplex - LED - Tabloid Extra (12 in x 18 in), 12.9 in x 17.8 in - 1200 dpi x 600 dpi - up to 40 ppm (mono) / up to 36 ppm (color) - capacity: 760 sheets - Parallel, USB, 1000Base-T Review

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(More customer reviews)I moved up to this printer from an (excellent) Magicolor 3100 printer.
My basic requirements were large format printing (11x17), cover paper
handling, color, speed and duplexing. The printer arrived palleted.
First, the printer is very heavy, and two of us had difficulty setting
it up. I would almost recommend a lift table to handle it. I plan to
get the high capacity feeder both for the extra trays, and also for a
way to get it around, since it is really to heavy to lift without a
dolly or other aid. The HCF has wheels on it, and basically converts
the printer to a roll around waist height machine.
The C9650 is a LED printer, meaning that it uses a bar of LEDs to do
the same job as a rotating laser. This both gives it both less rotating
parts as well as simpler mechanics. The bar has 66000 leds (600x11"),
and there are four of them, one for each color. There is a version of
this printer with 1200x1200 resolution, which means a LED bar with
twice the number of LEDs, but the price increment is more than the cost
of this printer at almost $4000 (yikes!). The odd sounding 1200x600
resolution of the c9650 printer comes from the fact that although the
LED spacing is fixed, the modulation of the LEDs across the width of
the paper can be increased to 1200 dots per inch easily.
Oki is one of the few makers of pure LED driven printers. I have no idea
why LED based printers have not taken over the market due to the
advantages of this type of print head. Possibly it is just far cheaper
to make scanning heads than LED bars.
The first comparision was to my older 3100 printer, which claims
1200x1200 print resolution against the C96450's 1200x600. There was no
contest, the C9650 was far clearer and sharper than the 3100 on photos
I fed both. In addition, the C9650 produced far less paper curl than
the 3100, a fact I attribute to the simpler paper path of the C9650.
In fact, the C9650 produced copy that was virtually flat. I was
impressed. Low curl is important in my one-off binding application.
The other reason I chose this printer was because it can print cover
stock without complaint (gsm 300 or better). This is due to the ability
of the printer to both input and output such thick material directly
from the sides of the printer with (as the brochure says) almost a
perfectly straight printer path. This also be attributed to the
printers simplified LED print path, but to be fair there are other
non-LED printers that can do this. I use the ability to print covers
to feed a one-off perfect binding operation with a BQ-140 binder and a
Triumph paper cutter. The C9650 will (according to the brochure) also
accept longer than 17" material, which will be essential for 8.5x11"
binds, because of the 1-2" of spine needed at the back of the book.
All in all, so far this is shaping up to be an outstanding printer. The
few negatives I had were the fact that the printer was shipped with the
wrong toner cartridges in the box (they fixed it quicky and said it
has happened before, but it says something about quality control at
Oki), and a salesman at Oki who told me that this printer is considered
a low volume item at Oki, to be discontinued.
The 11x17 market needs this kind of printer. I notice that other
companies, including Xerox, are reselling this printer. One maker is
even marketing it as a "super thick" stock printer (they may modify it
for this purpose). The bottom line is that this is a workhorse printer
able to do jobs that other printers cannot. The large format market is
new, neglected in my opinion, and the large format market with thick
stock ability is only a handfull of machines.
Scott Moore,
San Jose, CA

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HP Laserjet M1319F Mfp Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)I had an HP Fax 1010 for my home office, and it was a trouper - always worked great. But then HP had a recall due to potential fire hazard, and offered a rebate on several of their faxes and multifunction fax/printer/scanners.
So I went for the M1391F MFP. I don't really care about printing - I've got a color duplex laser printer for that. I wanted something that would fax, copy, and scan with an auto-feed.
Here's what it's good at:
1. Scanning letter-size pages (although their Mac software could use some work).
2. Copying letter-size pages.
3. Faxing letter-size pages to U.S. recipients.
And the document feed works great.
Here's what it won't do:
1. Scan legal-sized pages
2. Ring or make any kind of noise when it gets an incoming call, from a fax machine, cell phone, or land line. Even with all the volume settings turned to high.
3. Receive an incoming fax or phone call. At all. From anywhere.
The capper tonight was that I had to fax a time-sensitive document to New Zealand, and this piece of work thinks the NZ dial tone is a busy signal and won't connect.
I tried to access HP's live chat help desk, but nobody picked up in over a half-hour. So now I'm having an extended, hours-between-installments email correspondence with Nigel from Bangalore, and he's asking me to verify the model number and what version of Windows is on the attached computer and am I using USB. Well, there is no computer attached, Nigel, I'm using this as a detached fax machine. But as someone who's written printer drivers for your own company's printers, and fax software for your competitors, I can assure you that if the attached computer is preventing this unit from receiving faxes or recognizing international dial tones, you need to look for another job.
I dug out the old 1010 and it sent the fax just fine.
This unit has a wonderful feature set. If only it worked. It's useless to me, and I'm going to have to start looking for a fax machine that works.
When I was in grad school over 20 years ago, HP sold the best lab equipment money could buy. You knew if you got an HP gas chromatograph, or infrared spectrometer, or oscilloscope, you had the highest quality available on the planet.
Now... I've bought probably a dozen HP laser printers since 1990, and never even looked at another brand, with one costing over $10,000. But after this hunk of junk, I will certainly look at alternatives in the future.

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Satisfy your office needs by combining fax, copy and scan capabilities with high-quality laser printing. Just about everything you need is in the HP most affordable multifunction laser printer. Its a high-end fax machine that can do so much more. Save money with a multifunction laser printer with a low purchase price. Typical office print job time to completion can be more than two-times faster with Instant-on Technology. Connect to the network quickly with the reliable Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. Use the host PCs processing power to complete complex jobs and avoid costly memory upgrades.Read and navigate menus easily thanks to the two-line, back-lit control panel.

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HP Color LaserJet 4550 Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)I printed a lot of photos with my old 895cse printer, and they looked great, but the ink could smear and it took forever. I recently bought this printer, and it is fantastic, clean and crisp prints... and full color in the same time it takes to print a text page, about 20 seconds. And you don't have to replace the cartridge every other week, so far it's been 3 months and I haven't changed the toner yet. I say if you can afford this now, it will pay off in the long run.

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The Hewlett-Packard 4550 LaserJet printer is ideal for a small work group or office looking for a color printer. This printer makes color laser printing simple and fast, producing 4 ppm in color and 16 ppm in black. This is true even when printing complex color print jobs.
The 4550 has automatic color calibration, which offers surprising color print quality for the life of the printer. With Hewlett-Packard's Image Resolution Enhancement technology, a 600 dpi engine puts out 2,400 dpi color-laser print-quality images.
The 4550 has two trays that provide a paper capacity of 400 sheets. Duty cycle is 35,000 pages per month. This printer also has a 233 MHz processor and up to 192 MB memory. Color prints up to 8.5 by 14 inches on both sides are available with an optional automatic duplex unit.
The 4550 comes with an expanded control panel to better help with potential problems and to recommend solutions. It is compatible with both IBM and Macintosh operating systems, and it is network capable and Internet enabled. The 4550 measures 20 x 22 x 16 inches and comes with a one-year limited warranty. This product also meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency.

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B411DN - Laser Printer - Monochrome - Laser - Mono Print Speed 35 (ppm) - 2400 Review

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(More customer reviews)This printer is excellent! Fast (even with duplexing), energy efficient, and sleek in design. LED technology is similar to Laser technology but more energy efficient (meaning less heat and curling) and less moveable parts which means longer lasting. And Oki is the innovator in this area. I was so tired of replacing color cartridges on my HP inkjet when all I do is print B/W for the most part. The B411 also seems extremely well built. Overall I am very pleased!

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C530DN Digital Colorprinter 27/31PPM, 12 Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a good printer. It is fast and the image quality is good. It also takes up much less space than my previous laser printer. Initially, I had a problem with the printer not printing graphics from my MS-Access reports, but after calling the tech help number for OKI I found out that I had to use the PS driver instead of the PCL driver to print the graphics. I ended up installing both drivers and I use the PCL most of the time, but when I am printing the MS-Access reports I have to use the PS driver for all of the graphics to print correctly. I don't understand much about the technical aspects of the different drivers and why they exist, but if I could recommend anything to the company I would suggest that there only be one driver to print everything. Overall, this is a good printer, but be aware that there are two drivers.

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Aficio Sp C430DN Review

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(More customer reviews)Purchased this printer for business presentations. The output quality and speed are impressive. So is the size. It looks like it belongs in a corporate office. Placed on a 30" table top, it's up to your arm pits. We haven't owned this printer for long but we love what we see so far.
Printing cost is at least rated lower than just about any color laser (< 5cents color). Speed is up there with any other printer in this price range. I actually broke a small plastic piece in the paper tray. The warranty repair person was there the same day I called (the part didn't keep it from working).
The printer has an automatic standby and sleep mode which reduce power use (Sleep is 6w, standby 100w). While it's printing, it'll dim your lights. We have a modern house and the lights really do dim during printing runs.
Other than the part in the paper tray, the printer is well made. The only other negative I can mention is the stock toner tubes are 3000 pages which are pretty small. It may be typical to include lightly loaded cartridges but HP for one now includes 8500 page cartridges with their 4000 series color laser. Here's to hoping others follow suit.
Pros:
Beautiful Output Quality
Takes Legal/Heavy weight paper
Low cost per page
Excellent service
Low power use in sleep

Cons:
Huge
Stock toner small capacity
Power hungry while printing


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Aficio SP C430DN37-PPM for color and monochrome prints.Mainframe includes 550-sheet Paper Tray, 100 sheet Bypass Tray, 384MB RAM and integrated Duplex.Ships with Starter Toner that yields 3K prints @5% coverage.

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Wasp WWS850 Wrls Lsr Scnr Kt USB Review

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(More customer reviews)This is an excellent scanner.
Be careful when placing your order. For some reason when ordered from Amazon, the order automatically adds a USB cable at an additional $44. I thought that maybe this was because the scanner kit did not include the cable and you really need the cable to set it up. Turns out there is an identical USB cable in the kit and therefore the extra one is just a waste of money.
If this is your first time working with a scanner I strongly suggest you read the instructions. If you plan to make your own labels, you will need a barcode font. There are no free versions, but you can get shareware versions. The most common barcode font is called 3 of 9.

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Brother HL-4070CDW Color Laser Printer with Built-In Duplex Printing and Wireless Interface Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased the '4070' when I was getting tired of paying for the ink cartridges in my HP DeskJet 6840, especially for 'everyday' home printing (online order confirmations, homework, drawings, etc.) I was also looking for a printer to operate on a Mac network. This one is great! The wireless feature allows you to 'plop' this thing down wherever there's a power cord and setup is fairly easy. It's a single-pass unit (e.g. color and B&W printing are the same print speed) and has duplexing built in. Does a 'realistic' job with color photos (not overly saturated). I don't think it's too noisy as previous reviews have stated, but it's certainly not as quiet as an inkjet. The cartridges are neatly laid out in a removable 'drum' tray, making changeout that much easier. I particularly like the LCD display with 3 backdrop colors (green for 'everythings okeydokey', amber for 'I'm in maintenance mode, so don't bother me' and red for 'Help!'. This screen tilts out so you can read it more easily as you walk by it. There are some notes for those Mac (maybe windoze too???)folks that I'd like to bring up:
1) get the latest firmware update - especially for PDF files, the first version of firmware caused all sorts of problems where files didn't print at all. It may not be an issue, but as I got one of the first ones out I got the original firmware version.
2) memory - get more! Especially if you use the BR3 (Brother's PostScript3 emulator) you'll need at least another 64 MB just to make it work. There may be some confusion as to which memory it takes, but the notch in the connector indicates that it's an SDRAM. I pulled memory out of an old laptop I was parting out and works fine.
If you're looking for a cheaper, water-resistant printout, especially if you need duplex, this is your printer!
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UPDATE - almost 2 years later and still running strong. I'd recommend locating the 'TN-115' series of cartridges as the 'TN-110's don't last nearly as long. Unfortunately, many traditional brick-and-mortar stores only carry the 110's

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HL-4070CDW Wireless-ready color laser printer with duplex HL-4070CDW produces brilliant business color output for all your office documents at up to 21 pages per minute in either color or monochrome. Delivering outstanding output quality at up to 2400x600dpi, the HL-4070CDW makes it easy to produce high-quality color reports, brochures, and presentations right from your desktop, or, using its built-in front-panel USB Direct Interface, directly from a USB Flash Memory drive. And to keep your running cost low, this printer also features high capacity in-box and replacement toner cartridges. Its impressive list of standard features also includes built-in automatic duplex for two-sided printing, PCL6 and BR-Script3 emulations, flexible paper input capacity that can be expanded by adding an optional 500-sheet paper tray, and built-in 802.11b/g wireless and Ethernet network interfaces to allow sharing its powerful performance with your small wired or wireless workgroup. With its fast print speeds, outstanding print quality, and flexible connectivity, the HL-4070CDW gives you the ability to get your message across and add impact to all your color office documents.

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Brady TLS2200 Thermal Labeling System Review

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(More customer reviews)I recently purchased a TLS2200 and am glad I did. Being able to print labels right on the spot has been fantastic, and prove helpful for the other workers in my facility. I'm going to recommend we buy a few more to share within our department; money well spent!


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Brady TLS2200/18550 TLS 2200 thermal labeling system features include memory for label storage, banner printing, and PC connectivity. More than 500 different label are available to fit all your identification needs. Agency approval(s)/Compliance FCC Class A approved. RoHS compatibility compliant with RoHS directive. All statements concerning RoHS directive compliance refer to 2005/618/EC MCV amendment to RoHS directive 2002/95/EC. Product compliance is based upon information provided by suppliers of the raw materials used by Brady to manufacture these products, or by independent laboratory testing of these products. As such, brady makes no independent representations or warranties, express or implied, and assumes no liability in connection with the use of this information. Print resolution 203 dpi. Thermal transfer print technology. Application(s) circuit board labeling, data communications labeling, facility, safety and maintenance identification, general and industrial labeling, healthcare identification, laboratory identification, panel identification, security identification, wire and cable marking. 750 label/day max label per day. Display LCD. Character height 4 to 72 pt. 2" max label width, 1.810" max print width, max print length Up to 54" (1371.60 mm), max roll length 50' (500' bulk), 1 to 19 (4 to 72 point) text sizes, color capability single color printing. New PC compatibility allows you to print directly from brady labelmark software. Now you can import lists from a spreadsheet to labelmark and print directly to the TLS 2200 printer. This software package is written specifically for identification applications in the telecomm, electrical, laboratory and general industrial markets. labelmark simplifies label formation through an easy step-by-step wizard; it is the perfect compliment to any TLS 2200 printer. Portable bar coding. The TLS 2200 printer's internal memory create and save legends in lists and recall them with only a few keystrokes.

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Brother PT-9600 Labeling System Review

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(More customer reviews)We use the PT-9600 at work to label everything. We've had one unit for a couple of years and just picked up a second one because the first is in such high demand.

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Dual operation - standalone and PC connected. Full size, notebook-style keyboard. Print bar-coded, serialized, and patch panel labels. Perfect for Telecommunications, Asset Management, Maintenance and Repair Operations, and Labs. Produce laminated labels for harsh-environment applications. Automatic tape cutter built-in, backlit display, heavy-duty protective carry case. Stores and downloads graphics, templates, and databases. Prints 360 DPI up to 16 lines in 10 fonts and 25 sizes. Includes regular and extra strength adhesive tapes, rechargeable Ni_MH battery, AC adapter, USB cable and software. PC and Mac USB connectivity. 9-1/4"Wx4-1/8"Dx11-3/4"H.

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Brother MFC-9120CN High Quality Digital Color All-in-One Printer with Fax and Networking Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this Brother printer to replace an HP 2840 color laser. I like the Brother. It's smaller and quieter. It doesn't have to calibrate a couple times a day either. Scans are way faster than the HP and the scan quality if far better than the HP. Copies and printing are great, as expected. I don't ever fax so I can't address it's capabilities there.
I found one limitation with this printer that prevented me from giving it five stars. The printer can only be used as a network printer attached to the router via an Ethernet cable or it can be a workstation printer supporting one PC attached via a USB cable. If your using Windows networking to share the printer (i.e. it's connected to one PC via USB and enabled for print sharing), it's not supported. What? You got it. Brother won't let you share the printer other than to have it setup as a network printer attached to the router.
This is an issue if, like me, the router is nowhere near the printer and you want to do a lot of scanning using the PC based utilities vs. the little screen on the printer. You can scan with it as a network printer but you can only do it using the function keys on the printer itself. You lose the benefits of the PC software based approach. If you do any volume of scanning, you want the PC utilities enabled.
I was able to work around the problem and get it working like I wanted but it took a couple days working on and off to sort out. I called Brother technical support. They kindly told me the printer doesn't support what I wanted to do and I should return the product. What? Unbelievable!!
To get it to work as a shared USB attached printer, you have to go through the CD install process on each PC. That's okay once you understand that's the process.
The only remaining limitation is quickly setting up a temporary shared user. Say your brother-in-law is in town for the weekend and needs to print. He can't use the Windows "Add a printer" function and get to your Brother printer. You have to go find the CD and do a full install for your brother-in-law to print his Mapquest directions home. It's not a huge problem but Brother should not have designed it this way.
Hope it helps somebody.

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The MFC-9120CN is a compact, yet powerful digital color all-in-one solution that delivers brilliant color printing, copying, scanning and faxing as well as excellent network connectivity with its built-in Ethernet interface. It quickly produces outstanding color and monochrome output at up to 17 pages per minute and offers flexible paper handling through its adjustable 250-sheet capacity paper tray. In addition, for envelopes and letterhead, it features a manual feed slot and straight through paper path that helps ensure excellent output quality every time. The MFC-9120CN also features a 35-page auto document feeder that allows you to copy, scan or fax multi-page documents quickly and easily.

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Brother MFC-9440CN Color Laser All-in-One Printer with Built-in Ethernet Network Interface Review

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(More customer reviews)I am very pleased with my Brother MFC-9440CN. Here are some positive and negative points:
-- Positive --
It is very easy to set up. I have it configured for access through Ethernet, and it was far easer to get set up than other network printers I've installed. Other setup options are easy to understand and set. It also supports USB and parallel connections. No printer cables are provided. Software installed quickly and without problems under Windows XP.
Black and white print quality is outstanding -- as good as any printer I've ever used.
The print speed is very good.
Is a very solid machine (it takes two people to lift it). It feels like it is built to last. (see negative comment below)
Copying is easy, and there is an option to collate copies of multipage documents (they call this "stacking").
Toner cartridges are reasonably priced on a cost/page basis.
It has a front auxiliary paper feeder that can be used for envelopes or other media. I find this extremely valuable.
I haven't had any paper jams.
I have successfully printed color CD labels using Neato label material. It handled the thick material fine, and the image was good.
Faxes are easy to send.
-- Negative --
It takes 30 seconds for the first copy to be completed when you do the first print while it's cold. I have an HP 2420d that gets the first copy out in 7 seconds flat.
The machine is heavy and large. Don't try to move it by yourself. (see positive note above).
The color saturation is not as deep as I would like. Don't misunderstand, the color is good, but when printing something like a bar chart with deep, solid colors, the colors aren't as deep as I would like. There may be some setting to adjust this, but I haven't found it.
The machine makes more noise than my HP 2420d, but the noise is not objectionable.
The machine draws a lot of power. My room lights dim when it is warming up.
Overall summary: Very fine color laser printer that is easy to set up, easy to use, fast, and solidly built. I have no regrets with the purchase.

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The MFC-9440CN is an affordable, network-ready color laser flatbed Multi-Function Center that is ideal for any business. It combines vibrant color laser printing, faxing, copying and scanning in one device with an impressive print speed of up to 21 pages per minute color/black. Additional features include a 33.6K bps high speed fax modem, a 35-page automatic document feeder and a flexible 300-sheet paper input capacity that consists of a 250-sheet adjustable letter/legal size paper tray and 50-sheet multi-purpose tray ideal for letterhead or other media. High capacity replacement toner cartridges are available to help keep your cost per page low, too.

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Lexmark T650N Mono Laser Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a solid business printer. The pages look great and the ink cartridges are reasonable. Setting it up was very easy right out of the box. The only negative is that it's so big. Other Lexmark lasers are quite a bit smaller. Still, for the price this is a winner.

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Robust, ultra-fast and incredibly versatile, the Lexmark T650n Series fits every type of need. Whether you're looking for a serious performer for high-volume printing or an effective solution for printing on a wide range of media, these powerful monochrome laser printers deliver the ultimate combination of quality, low ownership costs and outstanding reliability.

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Brother HL4570CDW Wireless Color Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)The Brother HL4570cdw is a fantastic printer for everyday and office use. This is my first Brother purchase. I'm using it to print out full colored brochures (graphics, photos, and text). So far it's been more than adequate when using the appropriate paper i.e. glossy paper. When on regular paper, the colors are not as sharp and pictures are not as clear. For photos, the resolution quality is acceptable/good, but there is a noticeable difference in quality from a print shop and a heavy duty office printer (you know the 5 foot jumbo printers).
As for print speeds, from start to finish it prints at an above average pace. The spooling process is quick (less than 2 minutes) for a 80 mb print job. It printed a 60 page, full color (vivid mode), double sided booklet in about 8-10 minutes.
PROS
- Easy printer and wireless Setup (less than 5 minutes).
- Good print speeds (auto-duplex and straight printing).
- Excellent print quality for general graphics and text.
- Good photo quality when using the right paper.
- Acceptable noise level for a printer
- Toner replacements are cheaper than HPs, Lexmark, and Canon.
CONS
- Printer reads toner as empty when full. You must do the toner trick which involves covering the clear holes with black electric tape on the toner cartridges as a temporary solution. For a more permanent solution, you need to reset the computerized toner levels on the printer. You do this by 1) Opening the printer door 2) Holding Back and Cancel at the same time 3) A menu to reset the toners pops up 4) You hit Okay to reset.
- I printed approximately 900 full color pages with the "starter" cartridges it came and some cartridges are already visibly running low. While the prints were on the high color (vivid) settings, it is a shame that this printer appears to be another "toner hog" and did not print to the 3000/1500 page estimates the cartridges claim.
- Photo prints are poor when printing full sized photos on regular paper. For best printing results you need to use specialized glossy paper.
- Must use "multi-purpose" pullout feeder tray for specialized paper or else risk paper jams
- Very slight paper curl
- Noise level maybe too loud for a quiet office space.
I compared the Brother HL-4570cdw's print quality extensively with HPs and Canon color lasers in this price range, and the Brother printed out more impressive looking demo prints than its competitors. The print quality is enough to merit the purchase of this printer and because the toner replacements are relatively cheaper than other companies the Brother HL-4570cdw receives my recommendation.
Overall, I'm happy with this purchase and would recommend it if you get it for the right price. I would not pay more than $400-$425 for this machine which is the price I paid.


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The hl-4570cdw is a high-performance, wireless-ready color laser printer ideal for offices or small workgroups. it produces brilliant, high-quality output at an impressive print speed of up to 30 pages per minute in color and black. it features automatic duplex printing for two-sided documents and produces impactful color business documents at up to 2400 x 600 dpi resolution. also, high-yield replacement toner cartridges are available.

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