Brother MFC-7420 Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center
by Brother Printer
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Manufacturer: Brother PrinterAudio: English (Original Language)
Model: MFC7420
Color: GRAY
Product features:
- Multi-function unit prints, copies, color scans, and faxes
- Flatbed design for quick and easy copying and scanning
- Print and copy speeds up to 20 ppm; up to 2,400 x 600 dpi resolution
- 35-page auto document feeder for copying, scanning, or faxing multiple-page documents
- Dimensions: 17 x 15.6 x 11.6 in. (WxHxD); weighs 20.8 pounds; 1-year limited warranty
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to B-Male Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
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Customer Review: Seems like a near-perfect match for Apple OSX Leopard!
Summary: 5 Stars
Finding multi-function units that are compatible with Apple is not easy. I first bought a Canon MF-4150 (about $250). Gorgeous unit, everything worked great until I tried to scan...no luck, no matter what I tried. Finally contacted Canon customer service, and they responded that Canon machines don't support scanning on Mac. I took it back (thank goodness for Staples' return policy...no questions asked, they just exchanged it for my next choice, a Samsung SCX-4725FN). Again, all the right features, but again, no luck getting it to scan. So last week, I exchanged the Samsung for a Brother MFC-7420. Seems Brother takes great pride in their support of Apple, according to another reviewer. (Again, awesome customer service from Staples on the return.) Got it home and spent 2 hours trying to get everything hooked up but NO SCANNER. After 40 minutes on the phone with Brother tech support, I learned that it does indeed support Leopard 10.5, but needs a bit of tweaking, accessed by the tiny little icon that loads at the very top of the monitor to the left of the clock. Once I clicked on that, a whole new world of scanning opened up. Very sad that this bit of information isn't anywhere in the manual, setup brochure, or disk. But once tech support told us what to do, the machine runs like a champ. Admittedly, I haven't used it much yet, but I am absolutely thrilled with this unit. You can scan directly into an e-mail, or into a folder, or onto your desktop. Scan is very flexible. Great Automatic Document Feeder, and flatbed scanner (ANY printer you buy must have a flatbed scanner if you plan to scan books, checks, photos, receipts or anything else, other than standard-sized paper, because without a flatbed scanner your original must be fed through the document feeder.)
Anyway, the Brother manual is written extremely clearly, with great diagrams and flow charts, and not full of typos like the Samsung manual was. There are higher levels of instruction that you must access from the CD-ROM, but you can get all the basics just by reading the manual, and lots of what you'll be doing is intuitive. Features, quality, dimensions and footprint are great. Brother has been making faxes for seems like centuries, and they're wonderful units. I'm only sorry that I didn't just go with this unit originally. A note on fax machines in this category: it seems (to me anyway) hard to find a multi-purpose unit with fax that will co-exist with an external answering machine. With most of these units, you have to plug the answering machine directly into the unit, or they 'fight' over which one answers the phone. I found an almost perfect solution with this one: you set its fax machine to 'manual' (it won't answer when the phone rings) and then if you answer your phone and hear it's a fax, you just type *51 on your phone's keypad and it activates the fax machine. It works like a charm...only down side is that you can't get a fax if you're not home to manually answer the phone first, so this option isn't for those who get many faxes. This machine has a 'brother' unit which I think is identical other than it is dark gray in color and that it can be networked; It's about $40 more.
If I have any problems down the road with this one, I'll update this review, but I have a feeling I'm going to be thrilled with it. If you've tried to find a Mac-compatible printer (laser or inkjet) you know what I've gone through...but for me, at least, it appears my search is over. Thank you Brother, and thank you Staples! (no offense to Amazon, but I spend enough money there already to not feel guilty).
Description of Brother MFC-7420 Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center
With a combination of high-quality laser printing, flatbed copying, full-feature fax and color scanning in one product, the MFC-7420 offers great value, while saving you space. Flatbed design lends itself to convenient copying or scanning by allowing you to place your originals on the document glass or through the convenient automatic document feeder. Black and white laser printing function generates 20 pages per minute with up to 2400 x 600 dpi. Offers 250-sheet input capacity, 16MB, parallel and full speed USB 2.0 interfaces. Compatible with Windows and Max OS. Fax function features 14.4Kbps modem, 208 total auto dial locations and a fax memory of up to 500 pages. Black and white copying function produces 20 copies per minute and includes a 35-page automatic document feeder and reduction/enlargement from 25 percent to 400 percent. Scans color and black and white up to 9600 dpi with a 600 x 2400 dpi optical scan resolution. Input color scan bit depth is 24-bit.The Brother MFC-7420 is a multi-function center that combines high-quality laser printing, flatbed copying and color scanning as well as a full-featured fax. Because it offers several features in one compact model, it can help save space while increasing the productivity of your workplace. Ideal for home offices or small-to-medium-sized businesses, the MFC-7420's flatbed design makes copying and scanning quick and easy, while the fast print speeds give you professional results exactly when you need them.
The MFC-7420 delivers print and copy speeds of up to 20 pages per minute (ppm) with up to 2400 x 600 dot-per-inch (dpi) resolution, and boasts a 35-page automatic document feeder for copying, scanning, or faxing multiple-page documents. With these features, you can produce crisp, professional-looking documents and free more time to work while spending less time waiting. The efficient MFC-7420 also boasts a large paper capacity, thanks to the 250-sheet paper tray, which easily adjusts to accommodate letter- or legal-size paper. There's even a single-sheet manual bypass for envelopes, labels, and other types of media.
To help workgroup members share information, the flatbed color scanner will scan documents directly to an email application or to a single PDF file by using the automatic document feeder. And up to 600 x 2400 dpi optical scanner resolution with OCR support means crystal clear, vibrant images that are a snap to share with colleagues. Additionally, the 16 MB standard memory stores up to 500 pages in memory for faxing and can handle multiple print jobs and copying. Finally, the USB and parallel interfaces provide the flexibility to connect to your computer or even to two computers.
The MFC-7420 is PC and Mac compatible and includes easy-to-use software that guarantees high quality results in all functions.
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