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

laser printer

Advantages: laser printer
Disadvantages: bit dark on photos

...…………………………̷ 0;….................................................................. ................. Using a laser printer instead of a normal standard injet printer is great, there a lot faster than normal inkjet printers, there a lot more reliable and can carry on printing for ages without you worrying whether the things going to blow up or over heat or not. But most importantly of all, they have such better print quality, the ink stands out amongst the page which is what gives you that shiny ink and picture pages and it makes documents and pictures not only look great quality, but very professional too. This is why companies use them, so that their printed documents look a lot more professional, however all this does come at a price. These are known as office...

techno_man_37 04.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Dell Laser Printer 1720dn

Give your printer a proper clean

Advantages: Quick and easy, cleans well
Disadvantages: None

... Fargo Printer Cleaning Kit The Fargo printer cleaning kit is designed for Fargo printers. Fargo printers are printers that are designed to print on plastic cards, using a ribbon. In most of these printers it is nearly impossible to get into the inner workings to clean manually, and by design they get dust inside which makes for poor quality prints and eventually, jamming of the cards. It is important therefore to periodically clean your printer using a Fargo cleaning kit. The whole procedure will take you less than ten minutes and will have your printer back to life again as good as new in no time at all. In the box In the box are the following: * 4 Printhead Cleaning Swabs - these are moistened with 99.99% isopropyl alcohol and should be used for cleaning the printhead inside the printer. * 10...

TheHairyGodmother 07.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of FARGO printer cleaning kit

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

Lexmark 3 in 1 Multifunctional Printer (X3480)

Advantages: Reasonably price for a 3 in 1 MULTIFUNCTIONAL Unit.
Disadvantages: So easy to accidently switch off.

...I have had this printer for nearly 1 year now. Be aware that it has been updated by Lexmark and a newer version is available (the X3580). I've done some compairing and will mention any differences I know of below. What it is: Its a 3 in 1 Multifunction unit. It prints, has a scanner and has a copier. Will connect to your computer via a USB port. Shops: This is available on E.Bay (various sellers) and PC World have it listed. Its NO longer on Currys or comet (who used to sell it). It'll cost under £40 from the shops and less from auction. Size: On line you'll get info on it in various sizes. I'll show it in 'old money': Its 15" wide, 11" long and 6" tall, so a fair size. Just look at a piece of A4 on the floor and imagine a few extra inches all round! Once its loaded with paper, the paper shoot sticks out at the back by a few...

martinwi 12.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Lexmark X3480

Canon MP610 multifunction printer

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

...This printer/scanner has just replaced my MP460 which was next to useless and was sent back to the shop. So before bringing this one home I asked to see a demonstration of its abilities. I was suprised when the shop said "yes ok". After that I decided it was right for me. On getting it home, the unit was well boxed up and would be safe if you chucked it into your boot to travel home. Everything on the unit that would be loose or moved about were fastened down with what looks like orange tape keeping it in place. When it is on the desktop it looks quite chuncky but not out of place. It is finnished in silver and black plastic but does not look cheap. The first thing I did was to load the drivers and extra features for the scanner into my computer. This actually took 25 minutes altogether. There seems to be a lot of software...

kindlyraccoon 31.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon MP610

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 Pixma MP750 - An excellent choice

Advantages: Fast printing and excellent print quality
Disadvantages: None really

...Having been through a succession of cheap printers in the past, we decided that this time, if we were going to get a printer, we were going to get one that lasted the course. We wanted something with ink that didn't cost the same as the printer to replace, and actually printed more than 2 sheets before running out! Our other specification was that as we had a digital camera, we were looking for a machine that would be able to print out all our photographs. (We have been storing them up on CD for well over a year and I was getting seriously fed up of relatives asking for photos of the children!!). With a little advice from Which Extra to point us in the right direction, and a lot of consideration, the Canon MP750 was our final choice. The manufacturers specification is as follows: Dimensions: (WxDxH) 48.6 cmx 47.2 cm x 31.4 cm...

Serenfach 10.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Canon PIXMA MP750/Multi-function Printer

Great Multifunction Printer

Advantages: Small single office solution, cheap to run.
Disadvantages: Cant think of any.

...I use this machine in a small to medium business office and find it fantastic. It only take up a small footprint in the office and yet offer the capability for scanning, faxing. copying, printing from 2 computers through its network connection. However there are many machines which can offer this, but are they as cheap to run, this machine takes 4 seperate good sized ink cartidges meaning you only have to replace the one that goes done and not waste any ink. Previously I had used 2 other high profile brands of printer anf thhe brother costs a fration of the running costs, especailly when you shop for the cartrides online. I was so impressed with this machine that my business bought several to give away as christmas presents last year, and I have a spare one in the storeroom incase it breaks down. Some of its other features are dual...

lightheart 17.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Brother 5840CN

Canon Multifunction Fax-Printer-Scanner-Copier

Advantages: Multipurpose, cheap, easy to maintain
Disadvantages: Bit complicated to use in the beginning

...I am posting this opinion here as I'm quite sure that the C50 is the same as the C530. Canon Multipass C530 – Fax, Printer, Scanner and Copier. = The Canon MultiPass C530 is extremely easy to set up. In the beginning, it's a little confusing to operate which is due to its many functions. Once you get the hang of it, then its really quite easy to operate. The printer function is just as easy as any other printer (although I don’t print much with this as I already have an HP Printer), and the printing and copying quality is reasonably good. Images and documents are easily scanned, no matter what the size. There are different settings depending on what you're scanning. The scanning quality is a lot better than the old Flat Bed Scanners, so if your not fussy then...

vinodgm 11.06.2001 · Read review
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