Editorial Review:Item Description:With USB - Parallel and Ethernet ports, the Brother MFC-7820N can be installed on the network right out of the box! It also has the flexibility of working with computers with Windows or Macintosh OS. The MFC-7820N is a smart choice for small-to-medium size businesses or even if you work out of your home office. In addition, everyone can use it for making quick copies, sending faxes or color scanning. Its flatbed design and convenient copying or scanning makes this the right choice. Crisp, sharp, monochrome laser print mechanism is aptly suited for a wide range of office needs. The built-in scanner scans documents in both monochrome and color. Print Technology B/W Laser Technology using ink toner cartridge and drum Standard Memory (MB) 32MB Memory (maximum) Standard Interface(s) Parallel, Full Speed USB 2.0 & Ethernet Interfaces Optional Interface(s) NC-2200W (external wireless print/scan server) Printer Driver Compatibility for Windows & Mac OS Emulation(s) PCL-6 & BR-Script 3 Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle 10,000 printed pages B/W Faxing ability with up to 33.6K bps Super G3 Fax Modem at about 2 seconds per page transmission plus up to 600 page Out-of-Paper Reception memory / External TAD interface / Caller ID abd Distinctive Ring Detection Ready where service available / Total Auto Dial Locations 208 locations Letter-size Copying Capability B/W Copying with uip to 35 page Automatic Document Feeder with up to 20 cpm output for Stand-alone Copying / Reduction/Enlargement 25% - 400% Scanning Capability B/W & Color Scanning with Interpolated Scan Resolution Up to 9600 dpi and Optical Scan Resolution up to 600x2400 dpi /Input Color Scan Bit Depth 24-bit / Scanner Driver Compatibility Windows / Mac OS / View and OCR software included by Brother on CD Paper tray holds letter and legal paper sizes 2-Line x 16 Character multifunction LCD screen Unit Dimensions (WxDxH) 17.0 x 15.6 x 11.6 / Unit
Customer Reviews
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* Excellent Printer ...
Printer works great as I expected from Brother. The PC Fax features are very useful. Print quality is exceptional.
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* Excellent Value ...
This machine performs numerous important functions, and a great value for the money. Easy to set up. We have it for home use and haven't expected it to make more than a few copies at a time. Quality of printing is all I'd expect from a home machine.
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* Great product. Great support. ...
I have had this printer for the past 11 months and is perfect for my home office. I have had no problems getting this to work with Mac, XP, and Vista operating systems. Print quality is excellent. Scan quality is excellent. Having a networked printer is fantastic and I'll never own a non-networked printer after owning this.
In the 11th month my printer started making a loud grinding noise. I called Brother support and a new printer was shipped out. I wish other companies had product support as good as Brother's.
All in all, great printer. I'm very happy with mine.
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* Great AIO printer, little disappointed with build quality ...
Purchased in June, 2006. Unit performed great while it worked but paper feed mechanism broke in August 2008. Toner low message just started showing so I estimate usage at ~2,500 pages over the past 2 years. Closer examination of unit shows that plastic hinge holding down plastic gear is broken causing gear to not make contact with screw mechanism. Plastic gear also shows some wear from use. Unit is 1yr 3 months out of warranty.
I'm a bit torn as to whether I'll send the unit in for repair or move on to a new unit. I've been very impressed with it while it worked but was hoping that it would last for more than 2,500 pages before breaking. IMO, it was a poor design choice to use cheap plastic on such a high stress part.
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* works fine - except the networking / software is kind of buggy ...
Overall system is good. But there are several limitations - some of which are mentioned in other reviews. One problem is that if you want to receive fax to pdf, you must also connect the printer by USB to a computer - you can't just have a standalone network/ethernet set up. And if you connect the printer to a computer by USB, you can't have that same computer be part of the scan to group over the network (you can only have that computer be configured to scan to by USB). There are other little problems - quirks with the software. But overall I think it's a decent system.
