Comments on: Review: Brother MFC-420CN

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:26:34 +0000

Good little printer, but their are newer models that are superior. It does feel cheap but i haven’t had one break on me.

Also if you intend to print 50+ pages at a time, don’t bother with these little printers because the paper tray is rather small. Same goes for if you print many different formats constantly. It is a very slow process to load paper and change between different paper sizes. I would not recommend this printer to someone who prints to a variety of different sized media on a daily basis.

The scanner is very slow on this model. I have also have a 465CN the scanner runs at a good pace.

Make sure you buy the cheap compatible ink if you intend to print on a daily basis. No sense in pissing your money away. You should always recycle your ink cartridges, if you don’t know where to recycle them, then get the brother ink cartridges because you can mail them in at no cost to be recycled.

All in all a good cheap printer for what it does

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:15:38 +0000

Pure piece of shit this thing. I mean I guess it functions fine, it prints things and scans things. I really liked that it has a document feeder on the scanner. In fact I bought it just as a scanner. And I never printed anything on it. Which is why I was surprised when it started beeping at me that it was running low on ink. Apparently it had been ‘cleaning’ the heads, which I guess means dumping the ink into a sponge somewhere. So then when I wanted to use it to print I went to take the paper tray out and it was like pulling a car uphill. It was absolutely impossible. I broke the tray trying to take it out. Go ahead and buy it for the scanner, but also be sure to buy a separate printer if you want to have the option of ever opening the paper tray.

By: Hob

Hob — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 01:14:11 +0000

JJ,
Multifunction devices are good for people that do not need dedicated full time devices for each function. If your business depends on scanning, I would not recommend any multifunction device. Get a dedicated scanner. It will do what you want when you want it and will likely be quicker, better, easier, etc. I don’t need a full time dedicated scanner, printer, or fax so one device that does all three works great for me. Good luck.

By: greee

greee — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:13:25 +0000

Boy that sure is cheap!! I have a separate Scanner, Fax, and printer. . .oh, what money I could have saved if I had bothered to do a little research at the beginning instead of impulse buying as each need arose.

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:12:26 +0000

Dear Home Office Blues,

Might I suggest that you are “blue” because of the slow performance of your Brother MFC. I too purchased a similar machine, the laser printer version, for my home-based business which relies heavily on scanning documents.

This machine is now relegated to my ‘back-up’ category due to its sluggish scanning speed. Set-up and go was quick and easy, but the scanning speed left much to be desired.

None-the-less, thanks for the review and I’ll check in for more info at the Home office Blues.