Brother MFC-9840CDW Multifunction Printer

Color Laser Multifunction Center with Wireless Interface and Duplex offers superior quality color laser printing, faxing, copying and scanning with built-in wireless and Ethernet network interfaces. Prints 21 pages per minute with 2400 x 600 dpi and copies 17 pages per minute. Features automatic duplex printing, copying, faxing with 33.6 Kbps and scanning with 1200 x 2400 dpi, a legal-size document glass, 250-sheet paper tray capacity and a 50-sheet auto document feeder. Multifunction center has a USB direct interface for printing directly from a USB flash drive or PictBridge enabled camera. 128MB internal memory holds 500 pages. Copy function offers reduction down to 25 percent and enlargement up to 400 percent.

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• Reviewed by: Drtam

  09-23-09

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  Strengths: Good quality

  Weaknesses:takes a long time to warm up

  Overall Evaluation: If you are retired and do not mind waiting this is a Good quality reliable machine for you. Every time when you want to copy something you just have to wait and wait and wait for the machine to warm up and then you have to wait again for the scanning bulb to warm up. A very good machine if you don't mind waiting.

• Reviewed by: ifdefmoose

  10-10-08

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  Strengths: Great feature set, excellent price/performance

  Weaknesses:high power consumption (38w) while sleeping; loses date/time when powered off

  Overall Evaluation: This printer has everything that I want for my home office, at a price point well below anything comparable on the market. It scans to the network, has duplex ADF and printing, legal size scanner, and a host of other features. I read all the reviews, and I want one. I have 2 problems with it: First, the relatively high power consumption when not in use (38w while sleeping, and 30 minute timeout for scanner light that cannot be shortened); second, the fact that it loses date/time setting when powered off. I'm trying to decide whether to buy this one, especially at the steep discounts now offered, or wait and hope the next model resolves these two (minor) issues. How does a printer get an Energy Star rating when it uses 38w while sleeping?

• Reviewed by: SusanBunch

  09-01-08

  Duration of ownership: 1 Months

  Strengths: Print quality, durability, ease of set-up, networking capabilities

  Weaknesses:Network scanning is somewhat iffy

  Overall Evaluation: I purchased this product to replace a plethora of printers in my home office and to have one networking printer. The set-up was a breeze and I have been able to access the printer from every computer in the house (PC and Mac), except for one which I am working on now. Printing speed is slower than I expected, but a little faster than the printers I have accessed via Bluetooth. If you are looking for speedy start-up printing, this may not be the printer for you but once it starts printing, it is fast. Sometimes it takes a while for the print job to reach this printer. Print quality is fine but I have only been using for documents and have not yet had time to play with photos. All in all I am very satisfied with this printer and the ease with which we are all able to print without being physically tied to the printer or in the same room for Bluetooth.

• Reviewed by: Nytehawq

  08-11-08

  Duration of ownership: 30 Days

  Strengths: Built in auto duplexing, wireless, Available Linux drivers.

  Weaknesses:None so far.

  Overall Evaluation: What an amazing multi-function device. It does everything I've wanted in a multi-function device and more. My two favorite features is it's wireless capabilities and that it works with LINUX. Drivers for the 9840CDW are provided for you in the latest version of Ubuntu (8.04). Brother's website also contain additional drivers to allow scanning and faxing. It's quality is amazing for the price with a ton of features as well. A lot of thought went into the design of this MFC. It's one of the few MFC's that allow auto duplex printing, copying and faxing. This MFC also offers a large number of options for faxing. There are even multiple faxing options to support homes with only a single phone line. My one and only complaint was that it was a bit difficult to find a stand/table that could support it's size and weight of near 115 lbs. I've been a big fan of Brother printers for awhile now. They have been one of the very few printer companies that offered built in duplexing at prices that beat printers without duplexing. After using this MFC I am now an even bigger fan. GO BROTHER!

• Reviewed by: crunch03

  07-30-08

  Duration of ownership: 2 Months

  Strengths: Great all in one solutionWifiWell built

  Weaknesses:A bit slow

  Overall Evaluation: I bought this printer for my home office in April 2008. I wanted a single machine that I could use to print (B&W & Color), Scan, Copy, Fax and it had to be able to duplex, all over a network. I have used it for all of these things and it has been flawless. It was easy to set up (follow the instructions and disable your antivirus software!!!) and has worked perfectly for everything I need. It isn't the fastest machine out there, but I'm not a high-volume user so I don't care. For an all-in-one solution, it fits what I need perfectly. It comes in a very big box, be prepared.

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