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Brother MFC 9420CN

The printer market is a competitive one. It seems there are new models being released almost weekly from the main manufacturers. A machine really has to stand out from the crowd to even be noticed nowadays. Fortunately the MFC-9420CN is just such a device.

The MFC-9420CN is a color multifunction device that offers color printing, copying, scanning and faxing. It isn’t the most subtle of office machines, especially when it’s working. It is quite noisy, and it won’t really fit quietly into a corner somewhere. This removes it from the home office market, but it is still very effective in the small business or office workgroup.

Setting up is easy, just a matter of unpacking everything and slotting it together. Connections are made by USB, parallel and Ethernet, which offer flexibility, and is easy to install into an existing workgroup. The paper tray holds up to 250 sheets, with a further 35 available in the automatic document feeder. Toner is easy to insert and remove and quite good value for money. Monochrome toner is good for 10000 pages of an average 5% coverage and color will cover 6600 pages.

The color fax is of excellent quality, both sending and receiving produced good clear results in no time at all. The simple fax controls on the panel are easy to use and contain all the functions you can think of.

Printing and copying is a real result. Image quality is excellent and monochrome text is especially crisp at standard resolution of 1200 x 2400dpi. There were rough transitions when reproducing photographs, but the overall quality was acceptable for normal use. The print speed averaged 31 pages per minute for monochrome and 8 pages for color.

Scanning is a delight, as the device is simple and effective, and produced excellent results when tested. The copy was just about identical to the original and came out in no time at all.

While capable of so much more, ideally this is a multifunction for the smaller workgroup who don’t print all that much. There are enough features to satisfy most needs, and the print quality is easily good enough for any office. Toner costs are remarkable low, with the 10000 page monochrome cartridge being a particularly good deal.

The MFC-9420CN is being marketed as a business friendly multifunction device, which it is. I think it will be a success, now and in the future.

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