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Brother MFC-8840DN
I've recently been in the market for a good laser printer for my home
office. I generally was not a fan of multi-function devices, but with the need for a fax and the niceity of coping and scanning, it seem more attractive. I've looked at the HP 3030 from HP and the Brother 8840DN. Now, I really need a network device so I can fax from any computer, print from any computer, and the scanning to any computer on the network would be nice. I don't do graphics so the scanning does not need to be top quality. My first impulse was to go with the HP. I always considered them to be the defacto standard in B/W laserjets. But a lot of online reviews gave their products iffy feedback. The Brother got much better reviews. Typically I would think you get what you pay for. But I believe that HP may be pricer due to its name. I would appreciate any feedback on these two (or any other) devices. It must be a laserjet and the monthly pages is far less than the lowest model's recommended amount (about 1000 pages per month is what I print). I am really a fan of a flatbed scanner over the devices that scan like a fax. Thanks in advance. |
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WJ wrote: I've recently been in the market for a good laser printer for my home office. I generally was not a fan of multi-function devices, but with the need for a fax and the niceity of coping and scanning, it seem more attractive. I've looked at the HP 3030 from HP and the Brother 8840DN. Now, I really need a network device so I can fax from any computer, print from any computer, and the scanning to any computer on the network would be nice. I don't do graphics so the scanning does not need to be top quality. My first impulse was to go with the HP. I always considered them to be the defacto standard in B/W laserjets. But a lot of online reviews gave their products iffy feedback. The Brother got much better reviews. Typically I would think you get what you pay for. But I believe that HP may be pricer due to its name. I would appreciate any feedback on these two (or any other) devices. It must be a laserjet and the monthly pages is far less than the lowest model's recommended amount (about 1000 pages per month is what I print). I am really a fan of a flatbed scanner over the devices that scan like a fax. Thanks in advance. With the brother you dont need to buy a print server u can install it on 1 computer and share it and then you can print/fax from all computers on the network vs. the hp i had a problem to set up to be able to fax from any computer |
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