 [Larger view] | Brother MFC-9700 Flatbed Laser Multifunction
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 Poor print quality. | |
| When the machine was new, it worked fine. But after printing 1000 pages, there are toner stains all over the printed page. I replaced new drum and toner(cost about $200), but nothing improved.
Just like other brother laser printers, this machine has some design or manufacturing defect. The real lifetime of the drum unit is far less than they labled on the manual(20000 pages). | |
 Outstanding machine; great price | |
| I can't say enough about this machine. I wanted a multifunction printer but had no desire to go the inkjet route. This printer (which Amazon is selling for about $100 less than I paid for it a year ago) gives you laser quality for a great price.
And, of course, it's a multifunction, so it also makes copies, scans, and sends faxes. I've found the quality of all of these functions to be simply superb. Also, I find the machine very easy to use. If I want to scan a picture, I press the "scan image" button and the software opens on my desktop. If I want OCR scanning, I press "Scan OCR." What more could you ask for? I remember reading older reviews of this product and having concerns about XP compatibility. Well, I can report that that problem has long since been solved. I'm running XP and the printer, which the box now says is XP compatible, works just fine. Now it's true, as the reviewer below says, that it sucks a lot of power, but that was true also of a Panasonic laser printer I had years ago. It hasn't caused us any problem. In short, this machine is an amazing bargain. It gives you great quality, and it's super reliable. I've really given it a workout, printing out entire book manuscripts on it, with no problems. A great, great printer. | |
| Works awesome with Macintosh OSX and OS 9.x and Windows | |
| Great little workhorse. I have the machine hooked to a Windows 2000 & Win 98SE (dual boot) thru the ECP parallel port. Works great for scanning, faxing, printing, copying. Only feature I don't use is fax receiving on the PC thru the Brother 9700. I also have the unit hooked up thru USB to my Macintosh G3 B&W (upgraded to G4-450 w/ Panther). I regularly scan into Photoshop 7 (OSX) without any problems. I can print and fax thru USB to the Brother 9700 (both OSX and classic (not fax) works fine) without any probems. I haven't scanned into classic mode (why would I) Also haven't had a need to receive faxes into my Mac thru the Brother 9700. One complaint is that the PaperPort software is Windows only-Bummer! If paperport for OSX was included, this machine would get another star! I wish this unit could be networked as well as have the USB, Parallel (for scanning, faxing, etc) and network (for printing and fax only) at the same time! (hmm, maybe dual USB connections???) Otherwise, this Brother rocks! And only $350 (price match office supply stores)!!! |
