User Reviews

1. Review Date: 2009-09-15

   This is a great multifunction unit!
   
   STRENGTHS
   -Cost: Try to find it refurbished. I got mine for $40.
   -Very fast faxing and scanning with the automatic document feeder (ADF). Most units with an ADF are far more expensive.
   -Doubles as a card reader, with a number of card types accepted. It has one-button operation ("Photo Capture") to access the files on the card.
   -Programmable scanning modes: You can program 4 quickly-accessible scanning modes (ex: scan in B&W at 400dpi with a pdf output) through the software.
   
   WEAKNESSES
   -The unit can be difficult to work with when someone is on the phone line. Sometimes it won't turn on or won't let you perform certain operations.
   -The printing quality is okay, but not spectacular. The cartridges are expensive, but I bought off-brand cartridges, which seem to work just fine.
   -It has a color and black button, but those are just for copying; it would be great if they were for scanning too.
   -The scan quality is not the greatest, but it's good enough for scanning in documents. I've cleaned up my office a lot by scanning in hundreds of pages quickly with the ADF.
   
   Overall, the machine is a steal, if only for the automatic document feeder.
   
   User: AA
   Rating:
   Summary: Great for automatic scanning
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

2. Review Date: 2009-07-24

   We bought this printer to replace an old All in one Epson that had clogged its printer head. The good thing is that it is on the lower end of cost. I checked it out at Office max and it seemed like it was pretty sturdy. It was net work ready (LAN only)and it doesn't need to be connected to a running computer all the time. This was a must for our family and this would also be good for a small business. The ink is less expensive than most of the other brands (e.g. HP, Epson, Cannon, etc...) and this was also attractive. We bought it and after having to go online to figure out how to install the client so we could connect to it from our various computers we had it up and running.
   I can't comment on the print quality except to say that it was good enough for me (I only print Journal articles so I don't need ultra sharp), but some might find it along the poor end of the quality spectrum. I was able to scan, print, copy with out difficulty. I did have some problems with the card reader, but I wasn't planning on using this function anyway. I never used the fax function as we don't have a LAN line. We never tried printing photos, but it was capable of doing this. It would clean its self several times a day, and that caused the color cartages to run out even though we weren't using them.
   Our biggest frustration and the reason for replacing it was the paper drawer. First of all it has a very low capacity (100 sheets). Our unit's draw stuck so we had to take off the back cover and slide a stiff piece of cardboard under a lever that wasn't lifting properly. After doing some online searches this is a common problem with this model.
   So in short it is a cheep networkalbe printer. The ink is cheep to replace. The set up on a network is somewhat difficult, and you may need to go online to get it right. The engineering is flawed and you may have difficulties with the drawer. As I said in the posting title I would pass this one by.
   
   User: Brett Gourley
   Rating:
   Summary: I would pass this one by...
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

3. Review Date: 2009-06-05

   Pros:
   Low profile - for a printer/scanner/fax with a NIC in it, it is much smaller than you would think.
   Multi-page copy/scan - but not double-sided :(
   Super easy cartridge changing system - simply open a small panel on the front of the printer, pull the tab, and the cartridge pops out!
   Scan/Print directly to/from memory card!
   Pictbridge (haven't used)
   DID I say it's network-compatible!?
   
   Cons:
   Photo printing. This thing totally sucks for photo-printing. It always makes my picturs have a bluish tint to them - no matter how high I adjust the red or how low I adjust the blue levels. I have swapped out caartridges, changed the type of paper, but it just does not do a good job with photos. I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to photography, so this may be acceptable to the normal user, but I had to go out and buy a separate photo printer to meet my photo printing needs!
   Scanning software sucks. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
   
   
   
   User: M. Rodriguez
   Rating:
   Summary: Great Network Printer - so easy to set up!
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

4. Review Date: 2009-03-20

   I almost didn't order it after reading some of these reviews. What a mistake that would have been. I love it. I have a home office and was looking for a new all-in-one because my lexmark has been having problems and it's Huge! I ordered a refurbished one of these Brothers from Staples for $29.99 and free shipping. What a deal, and it came with 4 new ink cartridges. It runs great and looks brand new. Some people put down that it uses lots of ink, paper jams and runs cleaning mode at start up every time, wasting even more ink. I have not expierenced any of these problems. It even came with the new installation disk I needed to make it compatable with Vista. It couldn't hae been any easier to hook-up and install. Took me all of 10 minutes to run disk and hookup cords. People talked about the cords snaking through being difficult and that is easy also! It only takes a sec to warm up and get signal for PC. Prints quickly, faxes great. For LESS than the price of one of my old lexmark black ink cartridges I got a new awesome all-in- one! Couldn't be happier.
   
   User: Suzanne M. Mcdonald
   Rating:
   Summary: I Love it
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 0
   

5. Review Date: 2009-02-27

   This fax machine makes YOU do the work. Faxing 1 or multiple pages you will have no problem. But if you are RECEIVING multiple pages YOU will need to do the SORTING. For example, after you receive a 30 page fax, normally the top of the stack would be the cover page, and the next page would be page 1. With this fax machine the cover page from the sender will be at the bottom of the stack, page 1 will be second to the bottom, page 3 will be third from the bottom, and so on... YOU WILL NEED TO SORT THE ENTIRE STACK!!! DON'T BUY, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED.
   
   User: Christopher Garcia
   Rating:
   Summary: TOO MUCH WORK!!
   Helpful Votes: 0
   Total Votes: 3
   

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description The Brother MFC-5460cn is a powerful color multi-function center with networking capabilities, making it a great addition to your home or small business office.

Color Printer
With the MFC-5460cn you'll enjoy up to 30 ppm black and 25 ppm color print speed, as well as photo quality printing up to 6000 x 1200 dpi. With a droplet size as small as 1.5 picoliters you can be assured of fine details and color accuracy. The unit's front loading paper tray holds up to 100 sheets. Borderless photo printing is possible, and USB and ethernet interfaces are included. The printer works with Windows and Mac operating systems.

Color Fax
When it comes time to send a fax, you can choose black and white or color faxing using the ITU-T30E standard. A 35-page auto document feeder makes big faxing jobs a snap, while the 33.6 Kbps Super G3 high-speed fax modem delivers your documents quickly. No PC is required for faxing, and you can take advantage of 100-station auto dialing, and 32 MB of total memory means you can store up to 480 pages.

Color Copier
The MFC-5460cn offers easy copying in color or black and white. No PC is required for copying, and you'll enjoy up to 22 cpm black and 20 cpm color copy speeds. The copier also offers up to 1200 x 600 dpi resolution, as well as multi-copying for up to 99 copies. Reduce or enlarge your copies from 25 percent to 400 percent, in 1 percent increments.

Color Scanner
Use the MFC-5460cn for 48-bit flatbed color scanning at up to 19,200 dpi (interpolated) resolution, and up to 600 x 2400 dpi (optical) resolution. The flatbed design also enables scanning from bound documents. The unit includes award-winning ScanSoft PaperPort SE with OCR Software for Windows and Presto! PageManager for Mac.

Photo Capture Center
Use the MFC-5460cn to print images or even an index--all without a computer. The MFC-5460cn features convenient digital camera media card slots for high quality photo printing (Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, xD-Picture Card Type M/Type H, CompactFlash, Secure Digital, and MultiMediaCard). The memory card system also works as a removable disk drive, and there's also a PictBridge interface to print photos directly from your PictBridge-enabled camera.

PC Fax
The MFC-5460cn comes with the Brother PC Fax Driver for sending and receiving faxes from your computer. The software supports fax broadcasting from your PC, as well as network PC fax send and receive. PC fax functionality works with Windows and Mac operating systems.

Product Details

1. Prints up to 30ppm black and 25ppm color
2. Print resolutions up to 6000 x 1200 dpi
3. Built-in Network Interface for Shared Printing, Scanning and Sending Faxes
4. 35-Page Automatic Document Feeder
5. 33.6Kbps high-speed fax modem

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