It aint heavy, its my Brother!

Advantages: Excellent print quality. Easy to use and setup, reasonabley cheap to run.
Disadvantages: slightly noisy fan when printing.

...After my 9 year old multifunction decided to chew paper regularly, I decided it was time to replace it. I decided to look for a cheap laser mutlifunction and after browsing different website, I stumbled across this machine at Inmac in its clearance section. It usually retails at around £138, but being an open box product, this particular machine was a bargain £82. On to the review of the machine...... BOX CONTENTS AND SETUP: On opening the box you find..... * The unit itself, * A brand new full size toner (good for 2,500 pages) rather than a starter toner you get with other brands. *Manuals and driver software CD. *Power lead *Some Free Polystyrene :D Setting up of the Brother DCP7010 was very easy. Firstly, decide if you wish to use the parallel port or USB port (cable not included). Then simply load the driver CD into...

cbzcbz 02.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Brother DCP-7010 Multifunction

BEAST of a printer, scanner, fax & copier (phew!)

Advantages: A printer, scanner, copier and fax machine (phew!)
Disadvantages: It's heavy in size and in cost.

...What we have here is the Brother MFC-7420 Multifunction digital laser device. Try saying it in one breath. Go on, I challenge you to say it in one breath. Did you manage it? If you did then you probably deserve a medal, but then so would 'Brother' for managing to cram so many features and uses into one device. That is a challenge in itself, and I'd imagine it was far from easy to accomplish and keep the design as attractive as it is. I know what you're thinking though. You've seen plenty of other printers out there that also do copying, scanning and faxing. They may even have been a fair bit cheaper. This is true, but what this item has in its favour is the speed of the printing, the attractive design, the brand name 'BROTHER' attached to it and the hardcore feel of the product. It really does feel like something that would...

4leafclover 28.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Brother MFC-7420 Multifunction

A good multifunction device

Advantages: Quality of Prints, Features
Disadvantages: Dark Prints

...This is one of the best multi-function printers I have used even if a bit pricey at £100 and missing some of the advanced features available from other manufacturers such as Wi-Fi printing it still provides stunning quality prints. The device contains a 2.5" lcd screen for direct printing from memory card with slots available on the front for a whole range of cards. This is great for printing photos quickly and easily. I had the printer set-up and installed in under 10 minutes with an easy to use usb plug that was recognised by plug and play in vista. Although I didn't try Epson's software although when I have owned Epson's before I have never had any problems with their software. At a decent readable text level the printer can churn out about 4 pages per minute, although this isn't as fast as a laser printer this printer was designed...

6heads 10.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of Epson Stylus DX8400

Mistress of multifunctions

Advantages: Lots of features in one package.
Disadvantages: Quite a big package.

...I chose an Epson Stylus RX500 multifunction machine after trawling through a few web sites. There are similar machines by other manufacturers at much the same price, dimensions and features, so why choose this? Two main reasons, apart from gut reaction to the advertising; I?ve had Epson hardware before and been satisfied, and this machine has a negative and slide adapter which appears to replace the fax facility on others. I use Windows XP, but the RX is also compatible with Mac. It was bought to replace an Epson Stylus Photo 895 which had served me very well for a couple of years until photographs began to look just that bit out of focus. (I swear a piece of paper went in but didn?t come out again ? although everyone tells me that?s impossible.) After considering camera shake, too much gin and performing all the suggested...

Granimo 20.02.2004 (21.02.2004) · Read review
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Review of Epson RX500

Exerciser you need a bravery medal to use

Advantages: Multiple hand grips not permanent fixture
Disadvantages: Does not fit all doors, not secure, missing parts.

...I used to own a chinning bar when i was 18yo and thought it was cheap and a very good piece of exercise equipment. Everlast Multi-Function Chinning Bar looked as if it was light years ahead of the straight bar that was used by me in my youth. Not only was their different places to hold the bar but also foam on the parts you hold to help prevent blisters and for a better grip. The price was £29.99 normal chinning bars are around £10, but it seemed to be worth it with the multiple grips and handles. Everlast is a company normally associated with boxing and have been around alot of years so thought the quality of the exerciser would be very good. After opening the box it was missing assembly instructions and all the fixing to put the chinning bar together, not a good start so back to shop. On getting the second one home all...

oldwasp 28.03.2006 · Read review
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Shame I'm not this Multifunctional

Advantages: Superb quality, ease of installation, Web based support info
Disadvantages: A bit slow, Network install of printer doesnt always work

...impressed with them, however this one has changed my opinion. The printer, scanning and faxing is extremely east to do on the device and the setup was also simple. This device is also lowest priced colour laser multifunction printer. My only slight concerns are that if this printer is used in an office environment then it may suffer with speed issues. This is a product that I would certainly recommend for a home user. you can find out any further details about the printer at HP site and searching for HP Color LaserJet CM1312nfi MFP EDIT ----------- The paper tray on the printer is to small and leaves you constaly having to re-fill the paper. I'm coming from a corporate environment where there are 2 possbily 3 paper trays, but this only has one small one. After reading the comments on this review. The printer is quite large, but...

mtpatton 02.01.2009 (15.02.2009) · Read review
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Review of Hewlett-Packard CM1312nfi MFP

Basic Multifunction Printer - Impossibly Low Price

Advantages: Very low price, carries out all basic tasks well, photo-print quality is excellent
Disadvantages: Basic feature set, low-quality scanner, ridiculously high-priced cartridges

...I bought this printer to replace the PIXMA ip1600 which I had before, prompted by the £20 cashback offer Canon was running at the time. This allowed me to purchase a multifunction machine for cheaper than replacing the cartridges on the ip1600! Unfortunately the cashback offer has now expired, but this machine is still available at an incredibly low price for the features. Out of the box, the MP210 is averagely sized for a multifunction machine, coming in at round about 45cm x 35cm x 17cm (not counting the headspace it needs for the scanner lid to open). The buttons on the front panel are somewhat lacking in description, meaning that you will almost certainly have to delve into the instruction manual to find out what they do. Essentially, there are buttons for colour and B&W copy, 'Stop', 'Scan', 'Settings', 'Fit to Page', 'Paper...

tech-review 01.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of Canon MP210

Multi-Functional!

Advantages: Multi-Functional. Affordable.
Disadvantages: Does not last as long as it says it does.

...I wanted a white eye shadow as they are pretty multi-functional. Not only do they tone down colours, give a subtle barely there look, or just a hint of sparkle, it can also be used as a highlighter which in my case is a must! I bought mine from Superdrug for 99p. It was the mono eyeshadow in shade 01 Ice (Creamy White). The packaging is quite simple. It is a blue flip top container which is made of plastic. And a clear little window in it so that you can see the product. "Collection 2000" is written on the front in silver. And on the back, there is a sticker which tells you about the eye shadow. On the back it says: "Silky Smooth & Crease-Resistant, Lasts up to 8 Hours, Fragrance Free, Contains Silk & Vitamin E". I found that the eyeshadow was silky, fragrance free. But however, it would not last up to 8 hours, so i had to carry...

Funkster21 10.04.2007 · Read review
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Review of Collection 2000 White Eye Shadow

Multi-function printer at quality price

Advantages: Saves space, modern look, fair price, doesn't require PC to operate
Disadvantages: Paper jams are not too easily dealt with

...retrieving my late-xmas present from its cardboard coffin. The machine is quite bulky as you would expect from a multi-function device and measures in at: Height  : 21.6 cm (8.5 inches) Width  : 45.2 cm (17.8 inches) Depth  : 38.5 cm (15.2 inches) Weight : 6.8 kg (15 pounds) It feels fairly sturdy and the bottom half of the body is a flat, grey and a front facia and lid of an off-white.  It looks quite posh (if it had been white like iPods and suchlike the glare would probably have been too much) and matches my tower unit wonderfully.  The buttons are silver with depictions of their use and there is a small display screen to allow the use of the printer without having to turn your PC on.  Slots are cut into the bottom left-hand corner of the front panel where all the usual memory cards can be inserted and, using the screen, searched...

david_1967 04.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of HP Photosmart C5283

Canon MP610 multifunction printer

Advantages: No seperate scanner unit. Seperate ink cartridges.
Disadvantages: you have buy your own bluetooth dongle.

...of colours or the text being blurred at all. The scanner was easy to use. Lift the lid and put onto the glass plate what you want to copy, then press the black and white button for....B/W. Press the colour button for photos and such. It was quick and started to print as soon as the scanner started to move. For a full A4 size page it took appro 15 seconds, that was with it set at default settings. I have not used the built in screen yet but have looked through the menu on it and it looks easy to navigate. Like all things new, you really need to read the instuctions of how to use it and get the most out of it. Overall this multifunction unit has it all. Good quality photo printing, quality scanning and copying, bluetooth and memory card slots. You have to buy your own Bluetooth dongle though. The printing program that comes...

kindlyraccoon 31.01.2009 · Read review
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