Brother - Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner/ Fax

Ok, for guy called 'DisgustedwithBrother' that gave the review a 1.0... dude, admit it you and Brother products don't get along. I have long been a HP fan myself. I was first turned onto this one for the price to start with, I probably won't hardly ever use the FAX portion of the machine if ever. I have been scanning pictures and documents from 2 X 2 inch to Legal size papers for a week or so now, lots scanning a printing. So far it has worked just fine... On some of the legal size ADF scans, the feeder did somewhat pull in paper a bit crooked but wasn't enough to make me want to through it in the trash. Also, the catch tray after the document comes out above the ADF feed (lower) doesn't appear to have enough room to handle the load of paper that fits into the feed tray, it is a fairly narrow area and you have to keep removing the paper for the output of the ADF. Minor issue for the fact that it does scan legal size papers. I have my own business for Home Desktop Support and know the difference between cheesy and an all out peice of junk. This is not a peice of junk.. it is actually very good for what you are paying for. Copy, Scan and Photo Capture appears to work very well on it. BUT if you are wanting a 'print' quality photo.. don't get this, it does good for the price but not great in you are into Photograhy, you will see a difference, buy a printer that is designed for high quality photo printing. My Photosmart 8250 did a really good job that, but is now retired. Scanning high resolutions are as expected, somewhat slow but acquires a good clean picture. The software that comes with it is pretty easy to use to. Again, I work with computers day in and day out, so I know my way around the system pretty good, but considering, it is still easy to use. My final thought is IF you need a All in One unit, this is a great machine for the price, IF you need something specific in 'great' quality, go buy a unit caters to that specific function, you'll be thankful you did. BUT for a very good all-in-one machine for just home use or light home office work... this unit works perfect. Sorry DisgustedwithBrother, some people just doesn't have any luck with certain brand names... i.e. You and Brother, I've seen this happen with People and Cars (my friend tried 2 difference ford vehicles, both were returned under the lemon law), People and computers (i.e. one person got 3 dells and all crashed within of 1 month of receiving). IT JUST HAPPENS :D... Please note I gave 4's for the Print Quality and Speed just because it is a tad slow on print speed and print quality only uses 3 color cartridges, really good photo printers will use 5 color cartridges and much better results. Hope this review helps whoever reads it.

Since my wife and I had ditched the desktop and went out and bought new laptops, we were in need of a wireless printer. Usually I would stick with HP when it comes to purchasing a printer, but HP didn't seem to offer a good printer with all of the functions that we needed and include wireless networking in our price range. I did a lot of research on printers and was pointed to this printer every time as the best in it's price range. The reviews were right. This is a great printer with a huge feature set and a great print quality! Out of the box setup was a snap. After installing the ink cartridges it runs through an initial cleanup that takes about 5 minutes. After cleanup you can set up the printer to your specifications. Wireless setup took about 5 minutes to connect to my router and installing and setting up the software on both laptops took about 20 minutes in total. I probably spent a total of 30 minutes setting this printer up. I am not sure where people were having problems with 3 and 4 hours setup times, but you do have to be somewhat tech savvy to understand some of the setup procedures My only complaint and this is a very common one is that the print speed is not what is advertised even if you put the print quality to draft. I printed up a 10 page report and it took about a minute and a half to print the report. This is the only reason why I am not giving it 5 stars because Brother should advertise the real world printing speed. Other than this one very minor flaw, this is a great printer for anyone who is looking for a great performing all in one that is wanting to cut the wires.

I picked this up on sale for $80. I can't believe all the features packed into this thing. I was looking for a scanner with a document feeder that didn't require a PC. This was the only one Best Buy had , and one of the only ones I could find anywhere on the internet. I wanted to be able to come home, empty the receipts out of my pockets, feed them into the machine, and through the paper away. Thats it. No fooling around with a PC and it had to be fast. This machine does this wonderfully. I can feed all my receipts, bills, invoices into it and it just saves JPGs or PDFs of the documents on a media card, usb drive, or wireless over the network to my PC. No manual interaction with a computer is needed. The document feeder works great too. I was able to load up tons of Tax documents and receipts and feed them through quickly. One note to others, use a plastic document cover found at ofice supply stores to load small receipts. This prevents jamming. Printing is quiet and relatively fast. Photo printing has issues. Bleeding heavy colors is a problem.

I can't believe no review has mentioned this so far but the software is licensed per-host and limited to 2 hosts. To use more than that, you must purchase Brother product "NL-5" for $50 for an additional 5 licenses. I went back to the Best Buy store and none of the sales guys had ever heard of this nor could they tell me if HP printers would have similar restrictions. Otherwise, it's a perfectly fine product for the price but the 2 host limit is a deal-killer for me. It's going back to the store tonight to exchange for an HP.

I should have done more research about the ink is getting really expensive i am in the process of purchasing a home but I bought it 2 months a go and i am aready on my second black (29$) pz and I am out off all the color cardridges even though i have not printed any thing in color!!! If you are out of color you will not be able to print any thing. There is a way to set it in grey scale and in uses less of the color ink to print in black but it STILL USES COLOR INK TO PRINT IN BLACK!!!!. if you are not going to be using this alot is great! also the printer uses ink to clean it self 3or 4 times a month. I would recommend only if you are not going to be using it too much! I don't think I got 75 prints out of the black, (normal paperwork and bank info)

THIS BROTHER WIRELESS PRINTING IS REPLACING A NON WIRELESS BROTHER MFC-210-C. I READ MOSTLY GOOD REVIEWS AND WITH THE SALE PRICE SIMPLY CAN'T GO WRONG.WIRELESS SET-UP IS ALMOST ( I SAID ALMOST) SIMPLE. YOU MUST KNOW YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER PASSWORD AND SSID ID TO SET THE UNIT. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFO DON'T EVEN TRY !!!. THE FIRST STEP IS TO CONNECT THE UNIT TO YOUR WIRELESS SYSTEM. AFTER THAT YOU HAVE TO INSTALL THE CD ROM IN YOUR COMPUTER. WITHOUT THE CD ROM INSTALLATION; PRINTING WIRELESSLY IS IMPOSSIBLE. BEWARE. FOLLOW THE STEPS TO THE DOT OR YOU WILL NOT HAVE WIRELESS PRINTING CAPABILITY. IT TOOK ME ALMOST TWO HOURS AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPUTERS. IS A VERY GOOD VALUE AND THE PRINTING QUALITY WIRELESSLY IS VERY GOOD.

I got this nice all-in-one when it was in the BestBuy Weekly Ad sale at very reasonable price. I haven't find a better one so far. Its quality is very good. I used to have different all-in-ones. This one scans colors correctly and sharply, with a reasonable default resolution which does not create a huge file. It also prints very good. Of course if you print pictures on regular plain papers, colors are faded; but with highest quality on glossy papers it is fine. Since it is an ink printer, paper you feed should be appropriate for it, otherwise ink will absorbs to the paper and fade. Regardless of brand, if you want to get a good print quality, you should use Ink-Jet or at least, Multi-Purpose papers. Generally you would not get a satisfactory print from an ink-jet printer on Copy Papers. All functions are accessible by wireless - like adjusting all different options, accessing menus, etc. Also you can scan directly from the machine, without running any software on the computer, it includes: setting scan resolution, file type and scanned file destination - all from the machine screen and you do not need to be at the computer. Wireless installation and setup may take a bit longer than other wired USB printers, but if you exactly follow the instruction, it would be a piece of cake. I saw some complains about its cheap material and paper jamming; I should say its material quality if not less, is the same as other brands. Since it is a compact multi-function device, its parts and components can not be bulky and if you really care, should handle it not harshly. It has a capacity of 50 plain papers in its paper feeder, adjustable for all different sizes, and if you don't exceed the capacity line, it doesn't jam at all. It is a very good option for home use, especially by wireless. It only consumes 4W when standby (as low as a night light), so you do not need to shut it down at all. It is always ready for print or scan. It does not loose its connection to the router at all.

After numerous calls to HP and Brother, I've come to the conclusion that this unit is NOT compatable with my Vista 64bit machine in my office. It's not that big of a deal, since I have 2 laptops which it works fine with. I'm using those to print wirelessly, and they both work every time. It's just an inconvenience to have to leave the office and go to the laptops when I want to print something other than a picture. Other than that it's a nice unit. Easy to set up (wired or wireless). For a hundred bucks, it was worth it.