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Brother MFC-5840CN All-In-One Printer (20 PPM, 6000x1200 DPI, Color, 16MB, PC/Mac)

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Brother MFC-5840CN Review

by Paul Jasper

- Priced at a modest $200, the Brother MFC-5840CN offers a host of features perfect for office tasks. Besides offering built-in networking, the unit lets you drop 35 sheets into its automatic document feeder or lift the cover to scan larger documents, such as books. Dual paper trays permit you to load different types of print media in each--say, 250 sheets of plain paper in the lower drawer and photo paper in the flimsy upper cassette. The fax machine can send color documents. There are even memory card slots for digital photographers, though no PictBridge port for printing directly from a digital camera.

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User Reviews for Brother MFC-5840CN All-In-One Printer (20 PPM, 6000x1200 DPI, Color, 16MB, PC/Mac)

  • Reviewed by: NELSON30213

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: NONE

    Weaknesses: BREAKS DOWN EVERY MONTH

    Overall Evaluation: THIS PRODUCT IS PURE JUNK. I AM NOW ON MY 7TH REPLACEMENTALL BROTHERS WANT TO DO IS REPLACE IS WITH MORE JUNK. OFFERED TO PAY FOR UP GRADE THEIR RESPONSE WAS CAN'T DO UNDER THEIR WARRANTY...CALLED CORP. NO RESPONSE." BEWARE OF BROTHER AND THEIR WARRANTY "NELSON JOHNSON

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    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: The machine is very good all of the funtions are very good for the price

    Weaknesses: Support fom Brother needs alot of improvement

    Overall Evaluation: I bought 3 of these units about 3 months ago and one started printing lines in the photos and text. Cleaning the print head works for one or two pages then back to the lines. I called support and after about 45 min. on the phone they decided to send a replacement. The next day I recieved a call from another person at Brother who wanted a fax copy of the print. I faxed it to her with the print quality page clearly showing the missing boxes in the black print. No one ever contacted me again. I finally sent and email and the responce back from that was they could not see the lines so they stopped the replacement. So I am stuck with a printer that will not print correctly after only two months of service. I guess it wasn't cheap after all. I am going to replace it with an HP.

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