Brother MFC-8840DN

[wj]

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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