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Seriously thinking of leaving Ciao now, just too many problems, too often......off by crimbo, you will find me on another well known site, same member name.
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I bought this all in one printer almost by accident. I have two computers (well three with the laptop) and two printers which are perfectly adequate. I was looking for a photocopier and was astounded to find that the cheapest photocopiers with auto feeding were coming in at around the £200 mark. I went to Maplin Electricals who told me about this. As an 'all in one' this product, which costs less than £70, has a fax machine, printer, scanner, copier (black and white and colour) and a really useful photo capture and print facility.
I will give you all the official specifications later on in the review, but I want to give you my experience of the product first.
As I've said, I only really wanted a photocopier, however, as I will explain, the product has now replaced
my older printer.
Firstly SETUP: Easy as anything. There is the obligitory manual and disc, however, if you just want to use the photocopying function, you do not even have to attach the product to the PC. Very comprehensive and easy to understand user guide arranged in to sensible chapters like 'Fax', 'Copy', what a refreshing change.
Copier: I used this first, and it works just like any copier, you press the button, specify the number of copies, colouror black and white and its off. It is quite slow, probably slightly slower than the specifications state, but that is not a problem, it does not need to be fast for my limited needs. Simple, pull out, feed tray as any photocopier.
Fax: Never thought I would need this, and never have, but I set it up to test it anyway and it worked first time, quite amazing really, as i always expect things not to, lol.
Printer: Pretty standard, again not quite as fast as the specifications state, copies are fine, colour is fine and what one would expect from a decent Inkjet printer. By the way, i should state that even the branded ink replacements are pretty cheap, and I have not looked into generic copies yet, they are also very easy to replace, much easier than a messy toner cartridge would be:
LC-970BK Black Ink Cartridge (Up to 350 A4 pages at 5% coverage) £ 12.91
LC-970C Cyan Ink Cartridge (Up to 300 A4 pages at 5% coverage) £ 7.63
LC-970Y Yellow Ink Cartridge (Up to 300 A4 pages at 5% coverage) £ 7.63
Photo Capture: I have not used this feature yet, but will do very soon. There is a USB port on the front of the printer which allows one to simply plug and print (little pun on plug and play).
Looks: This is/was quite an important issue for me, as I wanted something reasonably small that could go onto a stand next to the computer. It looks sleek and professional, of course it is plastic but then it would be for the price. You can see from the picture anyway what it looks like.
Brother decribe the features and specifications on their website as listed below:
Features • Up to 100 sheet paper capacity • Up to 20ppm colour printing speed • Up to 25ppm monochrome printing speed • 14400bps modem • 40 speed dials • Up to 170 pages transmit/receive memory • Colour copying • Up to 19200dpi scan resolution (interpolated) • Scan to email, OCR, image, file or card • 1 year on site warranty (upon registration)
Colour Inkjet Printer Scanner Copier & Fax The MFC-235C is an all-in-one that combines fax plus colour printer, colour scanner and colour copier in one compact unit. It's easy to use functions and fast print speed combined with high quality photo printing makes this the ideal product for the home or home office.
Specifications: Paper Capacity Standard Up to 100 sheet paper capacity Print resolution Up to 6000 x 1200dpi Printing speed Monochrome Up to 25ppm Colour Up to 20ppm Modem Speed 14400bps Speed dials 40 speed dials Transmit/Receive Memory Up to 170 pages Enlargement / Reduction Ratio 25-400% in 1% increments PC Free Copying Yes Resolution Up to 600 x 1200dpi Resolution optical Up to 600 x 2400dpi interpolated Up to 19200dpi Scan to email, OCR, image, file, card or USB stick Consumables Individual colour ink cartridges Dimension (w x d x h) 398mm x 360mm x 150 Warranty 1 year on site warranty (upon registration) Weight Approx 7.3
As I have said, the speeds do not quite make the makers claims, the only other downside to this product I have found is that they could probably made the feeder tray hold more paper, say 200 sheets.
Brother, is not a product name that would usually come to the fore of my brain, I am glad that I have found them though, very good.
Finally, by registering the product with 'Brother' within 30 days, the warranty is upgraded from 'return' to 12 months, on site, which is pretty amazing for a product costing less than £70.
I am really happy with this and will replace my newer printer when it is time, with a similar product.
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