Brother MFC-7820N 5-in-1 Network Monochrome Laser Multifunction Center
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Customer Review: Economical to operate and easy to use
Summary: 5 Stars
This multifunction center has been a wonderful tool for us so far. It replaced a fax machine, a scanner, and cheap printer that we used to have. We have less machinery crowding the desk.
I print a lot of things from the internet. With my old cheap printer, I bought a lot of ink cartriges. When you consider the cost of the ink, that cheap printer wasn't so cheap. True, this is only a monochrome machine, but I can live with that. I didn't need color ink for what I do. This is so much more economical to run. I don't have to worry about the cost of my copies as much.
My old printer was also SLOW. I was constantly frustrated by the time it took to print simple pages. Well, let me tell you, this baby can really crank out the copies. It is fantastic.
As for the old scanner, it was a really temperamental. This machine, so far, has been a breeze to use. Ease of use is important to me, since I am just a novice home user.
I really appreciate the faxing abilities of this machine. How I wish I had owned this machine when I used to fax my husband's paperwork every night. It doesn't need the supervision the old fax needed. I haven't had paper jamming problems that I used to have.
When we set up the machine, we also were adding a new modem for DSL and a telephone with answering machine to our new system. Since we are not computer whizzes, we had a little difficulty with figuring out the wires. My spouse called Brother for help. They worked with us until we found out what we had done wrong and had the machine up and working.
I am really pleased with this machine. It has really filled our needs beautifully. I hope the machine will work as well for you!
Customer Review: Great Multifunction Laser Printer
Summary: 5 Stars
My previous multifunction laser (a Brother MFC-4800) finally gave me a hardware error code after nearly four years of good service. After reviewing the market for multifunction flatbed scanning laser printers, I found my choices were the Brother 7820N, the Canon MF5750, and the HP Laserjet 3030 (I also considered the Samsung SCX4720F but could not find it locally). I was never keen on Brother's approach of using separate toner and drum cartridges because of the slightly greater expense, so I decided to try a different manufacturer. I bought the Canon since it got better reviews than the HP. Got it home, set it up, and found out the paper tray feed mechanism did not work correctly; likely because of the flimsy way in which it was designed and constructed. Rather than exchange it, I returned it and came home with the Brother 7820N instead. After one week, I am extremely pleased I decided to go with the Brother instead of the Canon. The Brother seems better built and sturdier. It works like a charm (I don't use the network interface, bought this model to get the bigger memory). The driver and "tools" included are very nice and allow me to do everything I could ever want. Faxing capabilities are superb and way overkill for what I need, but still very easy to operate. I don't want to knock the Canon too much, since the brief time I used it, it seemed to have nice features. It just seemed like it would be easier to damage (especially the paper tray). The Brother is a slicker machine; smaller, better built, and less expensive. I think I'll just order my supplies online, where they can be had for much less than my local office supply store.Customer Review: pretty good
Summary: 5 Stars
I followed the directions for setting up with a USB connection and all functions worked flawlessly.
There seems to be some confusion on how to use an external telephone answering machine. I connected the external answering machine as described in the drawing. Then I set the FAX mode to manual as described on page 4-1 of the manual. The machine is set by default to answer the phone when it receives the FAX beeping sound from the other end. With this combination, if the incoming call is a voice type, the answering machine answers in the usual way and the FAX machine does not disturb it. If the incoming call is a FAX type, the answering machine answers but the FAX beeping signals activate the FAX machine to receive and it cuts off the telephone answering machine.
All in all a satisfactory situation for myself who receives very few FAX transmissions.
The unit goes into hibernate when nothing is happening and draws 10 W of power from the line. If you want to save even more energy you can turn the power switch off but the date and time are lost after a few days.
I especially like the way all functions are run by keys on the unit. On the scan you have several choices for storage of the results. The OCR mode has some problems. When scanning the printout of an email, it missed several strings of asterisks used as separators between text sections. When scanning a legal document with signatures it got confused around the signatures and reformatted the text and made spelling errors. However correcting them was faster than retyping the whole document.
Customer Review: Pretty slick
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm using the 7820N plugged into a Linksys router. Absolutely painless installation-I downloaded the latest drivers,run them and am happy. For faxing, I'm using Vonage VoIP. I was getting some line errors, went to Vonage's help, reset the default fax speed as directed and it seems fine.
I'm happy with this device so far and would buy it again. Having said that, things I would change ;-)
1) The computer interface is fairly primitive. It works fine, just not what I've come to expect. One neat function-it'll scan directly into a .pdf file. That has proven useful.
2) It's fairly noisy when printing. There are 3 noise levels,none of whic are really objectionable, but noticeable. The loudest level is only when it's actually printing.
3) The machine control panel display is fairly primitive. Small and narrow viewing angle.
4) It would be nice if the various fax settings e.g. resolution, retry interval etc. were settable via PC rather than numbered menus on (did I mention) a fairly primitive screen
5) The single sheet/envelope feed could use some sort of paper support. This hasn't proven a problem-paper has fed straight but having a sheet hanging out of an unsupported feed mechanism doesn't inspire confidence.
In fact, the user interface could do with an update. Don't screw up what works well but update a few facets. Having groused above, A device that simply installs and works without calls to tech support, editing windows registry entries etc. causes me to overlook minor items.
Customer Review: No regrets choosing Brother over HP for multifunction!
Summary: 5 Stars
After months and months of market research and reading endless reviews of Brother multifunction machines, I am so glad I chose the Brother 7820N as my business machine. All my friends and associates said to stick to HP for laser, but I am telling you... HP should stick to 1 function laser printing and ultrasound machines as Brother is the KING of multi-functions!!!!!
I have had this machine since the beginning of March and even with fairly heavy daily use, I have not had one single complaint. The unit is small, but performs better than most of the Canon and HP monstrocities that I have worked with in offices. I guess this proves that bigger isn't better.
I run an outsource admin and bookkeeping company and this machine keeps up just fine. The set-up was easy and the functions are user-friendly. Faxes are clear, photocopies are fast and printing is crisp. The unit seems to take a lot of the heavier card stock and labels through the manual feed just dandy - it hasn't choked yet! I have not had to clear any paper jams so the only time I've been into the front panel was to load the start-up toner, which by the way I have yet to replace!!!!
I highly recommend this machine. I've worked with printers, scanners, copiers and faxes for 16 years and I can tell you... when it comes to multi-function - Brother knows what they're doing. Do yourself a favor and buy one.
Oh yeah... the best part - I already received my $50.00 rebate from Brother!!!!