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Business Stationary Mart - Brother MFC-665CW Photo Color All-in-One Printer with Wireless Networking
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List Price: $199.99
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Manufacturer: Brother
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Brother
EAN: 0012502615811
Feature: Color multi-function unit with wireless networking capabilities prints, copies, scans, and faxes
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Label: Brother
Manufacturer: Brother
Model: MFC-665cw
Publisher: Brother
Studio: Brother
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Features
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Color multi-function unit with wireless networking capabilities prints, copies, scans, and faxes
Features a flip-up, 2.5-inch color LCD
Built-in digital answering machine records up to 99 messages or up to 29 total minutes
Up to 27 ppm black and 22 ppm color print speed; up to 20 cpm black and 18 cpm color copy speeds
Dimensions: 18.4 x 7.1 x 14.6 in. (WxHxD); weighs 17.7 pounds; 1-year warranty
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Overall it's pretty good with some annoying limitations
Comment: This is my first "all-in-one" machine so I can't compare it to other models, I'm generally happy with this machine with its ablity to do anything under the sun with an amazing price.
However after a while I noticed there are two annoying limitations:
1. the print speed is extremely slow.
2. it drinks ink like spring water! I got the "ink lever is low" after about one month of usage with about 30 pages being printed overall. What a surprise!
Another feature I wish is to have a cordless headset, I read there is acutally a step up model with that feature, but it didn't receive good reviews.
Even with these limitations I still recommend this machine due to its very resonable price and versatility.
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Summary: Great All-In-One, Small Footprint
Comment: I did a lot of research before I purchased this Brother MFC-665CW. Other than the standard Fax, Copy, Scan functions of an all-in-one, my primary criteria was that it have a 802.11b/g wireless interface and a small footprint. Without the phone handset, which doesn't have to be installed when unpacking, this unit is only 15.5" wide. Depth is 14.6" and height is a tiny 7.1".
The software installation and Wi-Fi configuration was very easy. The Control Center software is user friendly and using it with the unit is simple. Scanning documents to the PC over Wi-Fi is seamless. I was very impressed with how well the automatic document feeder works for a small unit. Another positive is that it has independant ink tanks so you only replace each color as needed.
Definitely a great all-in-one that I am very happy with. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Great all in one printer!!
Comment: Bought it Sept. 07, not from amazon, and don't understand the negative feedback.
Reviewers Mark Twain and Super Dolfan state cost of ownership is too high.. i can replace all 4 carts-3 color, 1 black for $50 total and have printed 100's of pages, only replaced the black once. don't do a lot of color printing. Cleaning cycle is not done once a week, more like twice a year.. never had to clean or clear the heads yet.
As far as ownership costs go, take a look at HP or Epson and your costs are much higher.
Carolyn Stevenson said the unit jams and doesn't feed properly.. this is user error. your overloading the tray and don't know what your doing. My printer jammed once, cleared it in a few seconds and that was it.
It's obvious the 8 people who gave it one star should use a mac.
The unit took 10 mins to set up with usb cable, never had a problem with printing color/black, copies or faxes. The wireless is slower obviously.
No printer is perfect, they all have there problems, in the year i had mine, i had less trouble with this, than any hp, epson or canon in the past and i used them all and paid less than $130 for it.
If your looking for a solid all in one printer with fax/copy and wireless features.. this one can't be beat.
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Summary: Cost to Own: WAY TOO HIGH $$$$$$$
Comment: This machine is on of the most expensive printers/all-in-ones ive owned. If you are planning to really use your printer (more than a few pages a month) please take this into consideration: This Brother machine will completely disable itself if it has a low ink warning on ANY of the 4 inks. The ink levels are based on # of pages not actual ink used. I am very conservative and set this printer to low quality black and whit mode to save money. in 4 months I have had to change all the color and black inks twice- almost $200! Keep in mind i have not used a single drop of color ink. By comparison the same amount of printing would have cost me $11 on my Canon.
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Summary: Makes for good disposable fax/printer/scanner. But that's all.
Comment: I purchased the Brother MFC-665 in Sept. 2007. Since I already had a color printer and a laser mono-chrome printer, this device would be used mainly as a scanner, fax and telephone (but not a copier).
As a fax machine it is great, with many useful features.
As a scanner it is great, with many useful features.
As a phone it is great, with many useful features.
As a printer it is pure garbage, with many money-wasting features. Allow me to elaborate.
Being cognizant of the price of ink, I chose to use this printer only to fax, scan and make phone calls. As mentioned before, I have printers dedicated to printing both color and BW. About four months ago, when the printer was about six months old, the icon in my PC's system tray began to indicate that the yellow print cartridge was less than 50% full. This was not only surprising (as I didn't use it for color printing), but also annoying. Now, to be fair, I did have the printer print a BW fax confirmation page and I have sent about 60 faxes in the last 10 months. The fax confirmation page is in very plain font and covers about half a page and consists of about 10 lines, so not very much ink.
As time went on, the warnings continued until a few days ago when the warning indicated that I was totally out of color ink (still plenty of black ink). Thinking there might be a problem, I contacted Brother's tech support. Here's what they told me. Even though you don't print color, color ink still is used when printing BW and once a week when cleaning (?? - where does the ink go?). The color cartridges are good for 400 pages at 5% coverage (one paragraph, so about 20 +/- pages at 100% coverage. The black cartridge is good for 500 pages at 5% coverage or about 25 pages at 100% coverage. (Following formula used: The Brother rep indicated the numbers regarding life expectancy. If the black cartridge is good for 500 pages at 5% coverage, then it should be good for 25 pages at 100% coverage 100% = 5% x 20. 500/20=25).
So they are making a printer that, if used to print full pages, is only good for 45 pages?? That doesn't count the "cleaning" cycle, which also uses ink, and is done once a week.
Replacement ink for the Brother cartridges is about $50 for the three color cartridges and $40 for the black cartridge. 3rd party ink, which Brother says they don't recommend as it may damage the printer, is much less expensive. I can buy the MFC-445 which doesn't have the phone feature on it for $80 and it comes with the ink cartridges or I can buy new ink for $90. Hmmm.
Unless you have a large fund for ink, I suggest looking at alternatives to this multi-function printer.
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Editorial Reviews:
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If you're using a PC at home or in a small office, an all-in-one printer, fax, copier, and scanner makes sense. Brother MFC-665CW is a complete all-in-one from its built-in Wi-Fi certified 802.11b/g wireless interface (also includes USB and Ethernet interfaces) to a digital cordless answering machine. It's designed for the home or small offce and offers fast print speeds, an automatic document feeder, a telephone handset and a digital answering machine. Accepts paper length to 14 Standard Memory (MB) 32MB Memory Connectivity ports - USB, Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wireless Interfaces Printer Driver Compatibility - Windows & Mac OS Faxing Capability B/W & Color Faxing / Fax Modem Speed 14.4K bps Fax Modem Out-of-Paper Reception Telephone Handset Message Center Yes (up to 29 minute built-in answering machine) Full Duplex Speaker Phone External TAD interface Caller ID Ready (service required); Call Waiting Caller ID Ready; Distinctive Ring Detection Ready Total Auto Dial Locations up to 80 locations Broadcasting up to 210 locations Up to 480 page fax memory Copying Capability B/W & Color Copying Design Style Flatbed Automatic Document Feeder Capacity - up to 10-Page ADF Stand-alone Copying - No PC Required Reduction/Enlargement 25% - 400% Scanning Capability B/W & Color Scanning with Interpolated Scan Resolution (dpi) up to 19,200 dpi with actual Optical Scan Resolution (dpi) up to 600x2400 dpi Input Color Scan Bit Depth 36-bit PhotoCapture Center Capability - Built-in Digital Media Card Drives and PictBridge capability Memory Card Slots - Compact Flash, Memory Stick Pro; xD-Picture Card TypeM/H, and Secure Digital media cards 2.5 LCD Screen Ink cartridges/Yield - LC51BK (500 pages); LC51C (400 pages); LC51M (400 pages); LC51Y (400 pages) Unit Dimensions (WxDxH) 18.4 x 14.6 x 7.1; Unit Weight (lbs) 17.7 lbs. Brother USA 1-Year Warranty
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