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Pros

  • Yellowish, grainy color quality
  • Average or better speed
  • Reasonably priced toner

Cons

  • No automatic duplexing

At A Glance

Compared to other low-cost models, the MFC-9125CN stands out for having reasonably good speed and toner costs--but color quality is mediocre.

Manufacturer’s Description

The MFC-9125CN All-In-One LED Printer from Brother combines a fast 19 pages/minute print and copy speed with high-quality color scanning and faxing in a compact unit that fits in any environment. The printer uses a 4-cartridge ink system so you can keep print costs low by only replacing the color that runs out.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number MFC9125CN
Requirements
Operating System Compatibility
  • Macintosh OS X 10.5.x
  • Macintosh OS X 10.6.x
  • Microsoft Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows Vista
  • Microsoft Windows XP
Memory
Memory size 0.064 MB
Memory max 0.576 GB
Ports and Connections
USB Yes
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 480 watts
Standby Power Draw (watts) 75 watts
Green
Energy Star compliant 1.0
Faxing
Fax page memory capacity 600.0
Dimensions
Height 15.7 inches
Weight 50.5 pounds
Depth 19.3 inches
Width 16.9 inches
Media Handling
Optional Trays Available 0
Automatic Document Feeder 1
Media Sizes Accepted Legal inches
Standard Number of Input Trays 1
Manual Feed Slot 1
Maximum sheet capacity with standard trays 251.0 sheets
Resolutions
Monochrome vertical optical resolution 600 dpi
Color horizontal optical resolution 600 dpi
Monochrome horizontal optical resolution 600 dpi
Color vertical optical resolution 600 dpi
Scanning
Maximum Scan Size Letter
Vertical Optical Scan Resolution 2400
Horizontal Optical Scan Resolution 1200
Maximum External Bit Depth 24-bit
Platform Support
Printer languages supported
  • PCL
  • PostScript Emulation
Printer Type
Number of Colors 4
Colors Available
  • Cyan
  • K (Black)
  • Magenta
  • Yellow
Cost Per Page
4-color page (cheapest vendor ink) 18.4 cents per page
Plain Text Page (Highest yield vendor ink) 3.4 cents per page
Vendor Rated Speeds
Monochrome print speed 19 ppm
Color print speed 19 ppm
Warranty
Warranty information 1 Year

Performance

PCWorld Test Center (Quality)
Print quality: Color photo Fair
Scan quality: Color photo Fair
Print quality: Text Superior
Copy quality Superior
Scan quality: Line art Good
Scan quality: Text Good
PCWorld Test Center (Speed)
Copy speed rating Very Good
Copy speed 4.5  ppm
Print speed: Text 12.2  ppm
Print speed rating: Text Good
Print speed rating: Color photo Very Good
Print speed: Color photo 2.7  ppm