Brother MFC-9320CW High Quality Digital Color All-in-One Printer with Wireless Networking
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The MFC-9320CW is a compact, yet powerful digital color all-in-one solution that delivers brilliant color printing, copying, scanning and faxing as well as excellent network connectivity with its built-in wireless and Ethernet interfaces. It quickly produces outstanding color and monochrome output at up to 17 pages per minute and offers flexible paper handling through its adjustable 250-sheet capacity paper tray. In addition, for envelopes and le... » full description
The MFC-9320CW is a compact, yet powerful digital color all-in-one solution that delivers brilliant color printing, copying, scanning and faxing as well as excellent network connectivity with its built-in wireless and Ethernet interfaces. It quickly produces outstanding color and monochrome output at up to 17 pages per minute and offers flexible paper handling through its adjustable 250-sheet capacity paper tray. In addition, for envelopes and letterhead, it features a manual feed slot and straight through paper path. Its USB Direct Interface allows you to conveniently print from or scan to your USB flash memory drive. The MFC-9320CW also features a 35-page auto document feeder that allows you to copy, scan or fax multi-page documents quickly and easily. « short desciption
User Reviews
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Review Date: 2009-11-18
I titled this Big Brother because of the size and weight of this printer. Before I could even set it up I had to order a print stand from Amazon because none of my furniture would hold 50+ pounds. When I received the printer I was astounded at the size of the box thinking to myself this is one big printer. But after opening the box I saw that the printer was suspended in Styrofoam. Installing the cartridges was easy. Take them carefully out of the packing, open the lid, slide them into the matching slots and close the lid. The starter cartridges (there are 4) are rated for 1,000 pages, so the total cost of ownership will be lower than with a low-priced inkjet printer. My first setup was for a desktop that was close by so I set it up via USB cable. The manual that comes with the printer is very clear so the setup was straightforward. My next setup was going to be wireless because of the distance of the other computer. Again, the manual is very clear on how to set up a wireless network so again, this was basically a straightforward setup. Now I have to say, that when you're typing in the encryption key on the printer there is a lot of letter/number pushing. Whatever number you're pushing it goes through the lower case letters, the uppercase letters and then the number, so pay attention. As you can probably tell, I missed a few numbers and had to press the keys many times. Once all that was done and it was okayed, 'connected' showed up on the LCD screen and I was good to go. The software install is pretty straightforward. Matter of fact, a lot easier then some of the other printers I have played with.
My first trial print was a simple text document. The print quality was very good, as you would expect. My second test was a 3 page PDF file that included graphics, text, and colored background. This is where the Big Brother shined. Without doing any color calculations to Big Brother I thought the color was rich and the text distinct. The printout was a little darker than on the LCD monitor, but very satisfactory. Because this PDF was a multipage printout and I wanted to save paper, the duplexing was missed, but the window that comes up if you choose duplexing is very straightforward. For my needs this would be a convenience but not a necessity. I also tried the same PDF wirelessly. Normally print speeds across a wireless network often are slower compared to a direct connection, but I didn't run into that problem with Big Brother. The third test was using the manual feed with 2-sided matte photo paper. I was going to try to print a greeting card, the card being 4 sides. I set the printer to the thickest paper setting, inserted the paper and sent the image to Big Brother. Even opening the rear door so the paper would not have to make that bend, it still came out curved. Trying to put the paper back thru the manual feed, a warning came up on the LCD that there was a paper jam. The paper never made it into the roller, but the message was there anyway. It tells you to remove the toners, and clear the paper, but if the paper didn't make it in, then just lift the lid, then close it and you are good to go. I'm beginning to think that the manual feed is a one side only. No turning the paper over to send it thru again, because of the curling. I guess I will save my greeting card printing for the Canon MX-860. This is one of the cons of this printer, it curls the paper no matter what end it comes out. A review online states that laser paper may cure the curling.
Now to using the software. The scanning via the control center is a very convenient way to scan with many options. I scanned a page filled with text, graphics and colored background. It scanned it quickly, putting it in a e-mail as a attachment, or putting the paper in a file, or as a image for editing in MS Paint and last but not least as a text only using OCR. Clicking on custom scan in the Control Center gives you many formats to choose from on how you want the document scanned. Like how you want to scan to image, scan to e-mail, scan to OCR, and scan to file. Plus you can name each tab to make life easy.
Of course you can also access some of the scan options thru the LCD on the printer, but the computer would have to be on and using the Control Center is a lot less nosier with a lot more options.
Then there is copying thru the Control Center. You have the option of setting copy ratio; resolution; scan type; and document size on 4 separate tabs that you can name. As far as stand alone copying, the Control Center options are not available. There is an option button on the printer that gives you brightness, contrast and page layout(2in1P&I,4in1P&I and 1in1, an enlarge/reduce button, and a quality button that gives you auto, photo, and text.
As far as faxing goes, this is something I don't do. Using the Control Center I can scan the document and send it to e-mail.
Last but not least, I had to try out the direct print. I inserted a USB flash drive with many files on it. After scanning thru the drive I finally found the 3 page PDF I wanted to print. There are a lot of options to go thru in order to set up the print job. Unfortunately one isn't duplexing, so it printed out 3 sheets. I guess this could be a convenience if the computer was off?
I had wondered about making this my default printer? After checking the cost of the toners on Amazon and seeing the amount of printouts and with a max duty cycle of 25,000 pages monthly I believe I will.
User: Susan
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Summary: Big Brother
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-11-14
This is definitely a great printer for the small office. It performs most of the functions extremely well and is acceptable at the others as follows:
Pros:
* Paper feeder and scanning to memory are very fast for faxes and copies - much faster than an inkjet unit.
* Black and white capabilities are excellent.
* Status reports are available for all consumables, not just the four toner cartridges.
* Several parts are replaceable making it possible to repair rather than replace the printer. That's good for the environment.
* Wireless setup is easy to follow -- you don't have to be a techie.
* Color graphics are very good.
* For all it does, the footprint is relatively small.
* The unit's price is quite reasonable.
Cons:
* The two-line monochrome read-out is simply alpha-numeric with no pictures. Scrolling through a menu is tedious.
* The USB input is limited to PDFs and simple text documents; i.e., not Word documents.
* Photos are best left to a photo printer since there is some banding and colors are not true -- to be expected in an all-in-one.
* Color saturation in copies is decreased.
In my opinion, you can't beat a laser printer for reproducing black and white text. Add that to the speed of this printer and it's a great value and highly recommended.
User: Barb Nicolson
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Summary: Great Small Office Multi-Tasker
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-10-29
The MFC-9320cw Digital Color All-in-One prints, copies, scans and faxes with high quality up to 600 x 2400 dpi, contains a 35-page capacity auto document paper feeder and provides easy access to install and replace toner cartridges. But its key features are what makes the 9320cw ideal for small office or business where value and performance are required.
Flexible networking means you can share documents via Ethernet or wireless connectivity as well as with the standard wired connection.
Fax flexibility with stand-alone or PC faxing.
Direct Print/Scan means you can print from or scan to your USB flash memory drive (not included in package)
Copying occurs at a speedy 17ppm with black and white or color, and the paper tray has a 250 sheet capacity, however, for business cards, posters and other thick papers, there's a nifty manual feed.
This all-in-one replaced a trusty HP Deskjet workhorse, and I can say the results have been surprisingly good. I have tested it in print, scan and fax mode and found it fast and efficient. I even printed two sheets of my business cards with better-than-average results. Does it print as well as my HP photo deskjet? No, the first copies were a tad disappointing, however, after tweaking the advanced adjustments, I got color that is almost as good, and since most of my work does not involve photo printing, this is quite acceptable.
Installation was a snap. (I used the wired hookup.) Directions are easy to follow with screen prompts. Setup was accomplished in less than fifteen minutes and this for a person who has never before installed an all-in-one printer.
I have only two nits: this unit does not offer duplex printing, so two-sided copies must be done manually and I occasionally get a message that the yellow and cyan toner cartridges are low, when this is not the case. Another reviewer has made similar comments. The message disappears when I reboot so is not a problem, but rather an annoyance. I would give this printer two thumbs up.
User: S. Barrett
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Summary: Great machine for the money
Helpful Votes: 2
Total Votes: 2
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Review Date: 2009-10-29
This is a very fine all-in-one laser printer for the small office, that does lots of things and does them quite well. For me the most important features are the copier and printer, and I'm very happy with what it for those functions. What it won't do, as others have noted, is automatic duplex printing. It is a bit noisier than the all-in-one I have at home, a Canon PIXMA MX860, and did let off a bit of a "toner odor" when I first got it that seems after a week or so to have gone away completely. In spite of a few concerns, I'm quite happy with this. I just want to outline quickly my take on the basic features.
easy to network - just go to the network setup menu item on the printer and connect it wirelessly to the router, then install the driver on the computer and it should find the printer. Worked perfectly for me. I set this up and was happily printing in about ten minutes.
faxing - this is a full quality fax system, that allows you to share a line with a telephone, and gives lots of options I'd not be likely to bother with (I rarely fax anything anymore, but it's nice to have the option if it becomes necessary)
fast printing - whether you're printing color or black and white documents, the brother prints very quickly - it's astonishing how quickly a full color detailed document can be printed with the brother.
quality printing - not only very fast, but the results are crisp and clean, very professional; color and black and white prints looked great
color printing - note that while it creates nice looking color documents it doesn't do a great job with photos on photo paper, but, importantly, it does do a better job printing color pictures on ordinary paper than most inkjet printers, since the ink they shoot out tends to warp ordinary paper. if precision photo printing on photo quality paper is key, you might do better with the less expensive Canon PIXMA MX860, though it is a much slower printer, and much less of a "workhorse" than the brother. If you just need occasional photo printing and top quality is not an issue, be sure to set the resolution to the highest level, and make some adjustments to the color settings until it looks right. (As soon as they upgrade the driver for a Mac, I plan to try calibrating the color settings using my ColorMunki.)
copying - works great, and I like that there are two different "start" buttons, one for color and one for b/w copies, so it's easy to choose one or the other without fussing with settings. You can feed in a whopping 35 pages automatically, and have it copy either to the regular paper or to a special paper run from the manual feed slot. It can collate and sort documents, though it won't do double sided unfortunately, unless you run it through once for one side and then turn the paper over manually.
scanning - scan in pictures, text or other documents and have them wirelessly transmitted to your computer or emailed to your account. You can set where you want them to go in the Control Center that installs with the driver.
scanning text -- I like that you can scan in documents to be edited in Word or another editor - though you have to be sure it's a clean document if you select this option. I tried scanning in a document with some handwriting and some text and the software interpreted the handwriting in funny ways, and put lots of weird characters on the page. Even with a clean document it seems to make a few mistakes: the word "cherish" on a very clean times roman font doc was interpreted as "chehsh"; and it messes up with the formatting. What that means is you will still have to proofread everything you scan before you can use it - I noticed that, for whatever reason, the text scanning function on my PIXMA doesn't have this problem and, from my experience, interprets typewritten text perfectly every time.
To sum up: in spite of a few caveats, this printer plus is highly recommended for the small office setting, where copying and printing professional laser quality documents is important, where space is at a premium and usage level is low enough that it makes sense to share faxing and scanning with the copier/printer.
User: Nathan Andersen
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Summary: Brother printer - a powerful do-it-all office tool
Helpful Votes: 0
Total Votes: 0
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Review Date: 2009-10-21
As a previous reviewer pointed out, this printer doesn't do automatic duplex printing, although you can do it manually. I'd say that's its main downfall if duplex printing is something you frequently do. If you don't, then this machine is really impressive in all other respects. I agree with the other reviewer that the color is a little off, but for color copies it's fine. It's a big beast of a machine so you better have space for it. You can connect it directly to a computer via USB, or network it either wired or wireless. I connected with a USB cable (not included but it's a standard USB printer cable and I had one around) and installation was very easy. I quickly had this set as the default printer and then shared it on my network. Printing was fast and the print quality is impressive. In particular, the lines on black letters were noticeably crisp and sharp.
The addition of a sheet feeder for the copier/scanner/fax makes this a really useful small office all in one machine. If you've got a lot of copies to make, stack 'em up and let 'em rip. For single copies you open the lid and set them on the glass. Either way it's easy to choose color or black and white on the control panel.
The fax feature allows you to share a phone line with your telephone, in which case you can use distinctive ring to let the fax machine know when to pick up and when not to. If you don't have distinctive ring, you can just set it so you manually answer the phone with the fax machine to avoid people having conversation with that screeching fax machine sound. You can fax from your computer or the machine.
All in all I was impressed with this machine. Again, if printing duplex (both sides) is a common task for you, I'd look for another machine. Otherwise, if you want an all in one that's easy to set up and use, you should consider this machine. I barely read the manual and had it up and running in no time. It took me about 30 seconds to teach my wife how to use it. I agree the instructions for wireless set up are a bit techy, but that's the nature of wireless. Aside from that, it's easy going.
User: Bookenator
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Summary: Easy to use, easy to install, does it all. Almost :D
Helpful Votes: 4
Total Votes: 4
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- Prints up to 17ppm in color and black
- High-quality output at up to 600 x 2400 dpi resolution using Brother¿s Digital LED technology
- Built-in wireless, Ethernet & Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces
- 250-sheet paper input capacity
- USB Direct Interface
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