Pros
- Inexpensive; touchscreen control panel
- Wi-Fi connectivity; dedicated photo tray
Cons
- Agonizingly slow text printing
At A Glance
This multifunction packs some interesting features into a small space but is sadly way too slow.
Manufacturer’s Description
MFC-790cw Wireless network color inkjet all-in-one features an easy-to use, intuitive and interactive wide 4.2 LCD Touchscreen. 15-page auto document feeder is perfect for unattended faxing, copying or scanning of multipage documents. Prints 33 black/white pages per minute and 27 color pages per minute with 6000 x 1200 dpi resolution. Faxes documents with high speed Super G3 33.6Kbps fax modem. Multifunction printer offers flexible wireless or wired network connection, direct photo printing on demand from media card slots, USB direct/PictBridge interface, handy built-in digital answering machine with a 29-minute recording time, full-duplex speaker phone and handset.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | MFC790CW |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 48.0 MB |
| Memory max | 0.048 GB |
| Requirements | |
| Operating System Compatibility |
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| Display | |
| Display type | Color |
| Ports and Connections | |
| USB | Yes Direct |
| Wireless connection | Yes |
| USB 1.1 | Yes |
| USB 2.0 | Yes |
| PictBridge | Yes |
| Parallel Port | 0 |
| Serial Port | No |
| Power | |
| Maximum Power Draw (watts) | 28 watts |
| Standby Power Draw (watts) | 65 watts |
| Faxing | |
| Fax Resolution (dpi) | 392 x 203 dpi |
| Fax page memory capacity | 480.0 |
| Dimensions | |
| Width | 18.1 inches |
| Depth | 14.8 inches |
| Height | 7.1 inches |
| Weight | 18.5 pounds |
| Media Handling | |
| Standard Number of Input Trays | 2 |
| Standard Input Sheet Capacity | 100 |
| Manual Feed Slot | 0 |
| Automatic Duplexer | Not Available |
| Max Input Trays | 2 |
| Maximum Paper Height | 14.0 |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | CompactFlash |
| Micro SD | xD-Picture Card |
| SD card | SD Card |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| Resolutions | |
| Monochrome horizontal optical resolution | 6000 x 1200 dpi |
| Color horizontal optical resolution | 6000 x 1200 dpi |
| Scanning | |
| Scanner Type | Flatbed |
| Maximum External Bit Depth |
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| Maximum Scan Resolution | 19200 |
| Optical Scanning Resolution | 1200-by-2400 |
Performance
| PCWorld Test Center (Quality) | |
|---|---|
| Print quality: Text | Very Good |
| Print quality: Color photo | Superior |
| Print quality: Grayscale photo | Fair |
| Copy quality | Good |
| PCWorld Test Center (Speed) | |
|---|---|
| Print speed: Text | 3.9 ppm |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Overall Scan Quality | Good |
| Color Output Quality | Fair |
| Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 15.06 |
| Sports Action Shot (secs) | 87.94 |
| Tested Lineart Speed (ppm) | 2.4 |
| Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm) | 2.7 |
| Line Art Output Quality | Fair |
| One-Page Line Art, Maximum Resolution | Good |
| Three-Page Word Document (secs) | 61.24 |
| Grayscale Glossy Output Quality | n/a |
| 300dpi Line Art Image (secs) | 25.08 |
| Ten-Page Word Document (secs) | 202.58 |
| Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) | 0.7 |
| Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 11.68 |
| Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 13.5 |
| One-Page Webpage (secs) | 29.81 |
| Two-Page Excel Document (secs) | 48.37 |
| Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | 19.13 |
| Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi | 11.12 |
| One-Page Copy (secs) | 30.49 |
| Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi | 13.66 |
| 4 by 6 Color Photo (secs) | 23.64 |
| One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi | Very Good |
| 4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs) | 22.43 |
| Tested Color Speed (ppm) | 2.4 |
