Brother MFC-990CW Color Inkjet All-in-One Review, Manual, Drivers, Troubleshooting & Coupons
Features
All-in-one device prints, faxes, scans, and copies and has built in call center and wireless handset
Print borderless photos at up to 6000 x 1200 dpi; prints at up to 33ppm black and 27ppm color
Wireless networking built-in for easy sharing with multiple computers
Built-in 4.2-inch touchscreen display for easy navigation
Measures 18.4 x 7.1 x 14.8 inches (WxHxD); backed by a one-year warranty
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Price Range:
Superwarehouse: $249.00
Review 1
Header: A Tough Call
Reviewed By: F. Jury "sunglasses"
Date Reviewed: January 17, 2009
Despite all the models on the market, and the rather cheap prices for All in ones, it seems to be impossible to find one unit that does everything well. It's sort of like finding a mate, you just might have to settle on some things.
I previously had the HP 7310 all in one, which I previously reviewed on here, but a lightning storm fried the fax board in it. The rest of the unit still worked, but I didn't want to get a separate fax machine. I called HP's customers service, and all they wanted to do was sell me a new expensive unit, at what they told me was a discount price. It was actually much cheaper elsewhere online.
Supplies:
Compatible Brother LC61BK Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Compatible Brother LC61C Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Compatible Brother LC61M Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Compatible Brother LC61Y Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
Value pack for the Brother LC61 Series Compatible cartridges
Compatible Brother LC61BK Premium Ink Cartridge (Black)
Compatible Brother LC61C Premium Ink Cartridge (Cyan)
Compatible Brother LC61M Premium Ink Cartridge (Magenta)
Compatible Brother LC61Y Premium Ink Cartridge (Yellow)
Value pack for the Brother LC61 Series Compatible cartridges
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Review 2
Header: Wish I had waited for reviews before purchasing.
Reviewed By: Jase T. Wolfe
Date Reviewed: February 2, 2009
Absolutely frustrating. Its been anything but a hassle-free setup from the moment it was removed from the box:
1) It has flimsy parts. The paper tray has lots of internal parts you move around, the hinges of which will bend or snap easily without much effort. The scanner lid is bizarrely loose, acting like it would lift completely off, but it doesn't, resulting in an opening that isn't smooth but rather clunky. There is no manual feed area, so anything like envelopes or labels you will need to load directly into the main paper area - real pain.
2) Printing quality is just OK. Perhaps good enough for general document printing, but certainly not for images. You have to really crank up the settings to get anything but washed out colors - even then, not a deep as desired. Very disappointing. Speed is quick enough, loud however.
3) Scanning is decent enough for documents (just not great for pictures you're trying to convert to high quality scans) but has some behavior you have to get used to. If scanning from the bed and not the sheet feeder, you can't select the area to scan, instead it scans the whole region and you have to crop later. When scanning from the sheet feeder with items thinner than 8.5 inch, the end scan always has the document correct on one side, but lots of blank space on the other, as though it only cropped part of it.
4) There is external media (USB Keychain, SD, CF, etc.) slots in the front, but the USB slot is recessed making it impossible to use any keychain drive that has a bulky body. If you plug in an external media (USB Keychain, SD, CF, etc.), the printer dedicates itself to scanning it for pictures. If you have a large capacity media with lots of files that are not media, you can have quite a wait.
5) If you use the phone, you can't scan or copy. It tells you line in use, and you need to either unplug it from the phone line, or wait until you're off the call.
6) In Windows Vista with the printer attached to the network wirelessly, I've had the OS tell me the printer is offline, while the local printer software tells me it's online, requiring a reboot or two of Vista to get printing capabilities back.
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