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Pros & Cons
Pros
Laser is sharper than inkjet, more professional looking and doesn't ever smear.
Works great for scanning, faxing, printing, copying. Stand-alone fax is fast and sends very legible docs. Copier is one-touch and output looks great. Uses fax feeder or flat bed copier.
The flatbed cover hinges raise over 1 inch for book scanning. Though the laser is b&w, the scanner is 24bit color up to 9600x9600. The software opens on my desktop.
The mfc 9700 prints over usb to a windows 2000 & win 98se (dual boot) i also have the unit hooked up thru usb to my macintosh g3 b&w (upgraded to g4-450 w/ panther) one complaint is that the paperport software is windows only-bummer!
Cons
The mfc-9700 is disappointing for several reasons. The user interface is significantly more difficult to use. Mfc promises to enable pc-fax, but in practice the pc-fax software is so clumsy. Printer works ok, but after upgrading to windows 7 64 bit os... Read More
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Quality
I've found the quality of all of these functions to be simply superb.
The copier quality offers excellent resolution and i have not encountered any misfeeds.
Also, cost per page is very low.
Quality of print is indistinguishable from that of any of the numerous newer and 'higher end laser printer-based machines i've ... Read More
Price
Great workhorse and the price has come down considerably from the time i purchased.
Shipping
(think station wagon or suv, given the length x width x height of the shipping box.
Competitiveness
, low volume, few pages at a time) printer, pick up one of these used rather than buying some the more flimsily built and probl... Read More
I needed to replace my hp officejet 710 that was loud and aging.
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- This product had a total of 20 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 12 2022.
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The only reasons i was changing machines was because the mfc 1950mc was not compatible with windows xp
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One thing i do suggest if you have windows xp is to use the usb port rather than the parrallel port
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tried it with both and found the transmission of data when printing from the computer was faster with usb
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have had my machine for over a year now
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I have owned this machine for 5 months now
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My brand new laptop wouldnt work with my brand new printer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However after bitching to brother they have provided xp drivers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Works great for scanning faxing printing copying
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