Brother MFC-9320CW

New Brother MFC-9320CW High Quality Digital Color All-in-One Printer with Wireless Networking

Remarkable color all-in-one for its price point (updated)By Karl(Updated to reflect experience and the updated version "C" firmware.)This Brother color MFC is a reasonable choice if you are looking for a wired or wireless networked high speed laser-like color printer, copier, scanner and fax all-in-one, but do not need duplex (two-sided) printing/faxing/scanning. Personally, I duplex almost everything to save paper, and so would prefer the model Brother MFC-9840CDW Color Laser Multifunction Center with Wireless Interface and Duplex which is a small price increase over this one. (You can manually duplex with the MFC-9320CW by printing odd numbered pages, taking the output stack and placing it in the paper tray, and the printing the even number pages. But, just one paper jam would ruin that process.)I have a variety of complaints about the machine and the software which prevent me from giving it more than three stars. Note that laser-class printers are no substitute for photo printers. Do not expect photo quality color (or even a very wide color gamut) or the ability to print on photo paper. That is not what this class of device is for. If photo quality is your expectation, look to inkjet photo printers. (The scanner on this device is photo-quality, though.)My rating is based on the reasonable expectations of what a color laser is supposed to do: spot color, color graphics, mixed text and graphics documents, reasonable color copies.... and all water resistant, due to the fused toner.Both wired and wireless networking worked well, although the instructions for the wireless setup are written by and for a geek, so if you're not a techie, you'll probably need a tech friend to help if your wireless network is secure, with hidden SID and password. It is really annoying that the device prints two sheets of paper when you change the network settings, one with the wired and one with the wireless settings. That should be a user option.The printer comes with four toner cartridges, each good for about 1,000 pages according to the instructions. But, there is some kind of bug in the firmware or the software. After printing only a handful of pages, both the device and the software monitor reported that the Cyan cartridge was almost empty. The color bar charts showed it empty. But, the web-based control panel for the printer showed all cartridges full. The only way to get rid of the Cyan empty messages in all places was to turn the MFC off and then back on again. Installing the software onto another computer on the network caused the message to come back - this time saying that both Cyan and Yellow were empty. Updating the firmware from the delivered version "A" to the current downloadable version "C" seems to have fixed this problem.Print quality is quite good, but requires adjustments for printing photos. I printed the PDF for a software user manual that included various color screenshots. It looks terrific and printed at close to the 17 PPM advertised rate. Nice.Even if it is not a photo printer, photos are part of what will be printed on a color ... »» Read more about Brother MFC-9320CW High Quality Digital Color All-in-One Printer with Wireless Networking.

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