In order to save both office space and money, an all-in-one printer is recommended. The Brother MFC-9120CN is a laser printer that can also do other tasks such as copying, scanning and faxing. It's a true multi-tasking machine because it can carry out anyone of these tasks while printing. This machine is one of the most affordable and compact all-in-ones in the market.
Placing it on a desktop at the home or office is possible while still leaving plenty of room for other things. Its body measures 428 mm x 491 mm x 401 mm (W x D x H) and weighs 22.9 kg. There's a 300 MHz processor (NEC VR5500) and a standard 64 MB memory within the machine. However, this is expandable to as high as 576 MB by purchasing optional memory.
Working as a printer, it employs laser technology and is capable of dishing out both color and monochrome printouts. It can produce up to 17 ppm (pages per minute), although some other similar machines can churn out pages faster than that. Printing resolution of up to 600 x 2400 dpi (dots per inch) allows for texts that are crisp and clean and images that are photorealistic. Printing languages used are PCL6 and BR-Script 3.
There are 3 different ways of media input: a 250-sheet cassette, a single-sheet manual feed slot for thicker media and a 35-sheet auto document feeder (ADF) for copying and scanning. Compatible media sizes include letter, legal, executive, B5, A4 and A5. The manual feed slot can work on custom sizes ranging from as small as 3.0 in x 4.57 in to as large as 8.66 in x 16.0 in. Recommended monthly print volume is set by Brother at 300 to 1500 pages.
As a copier, it takes on a flatbed design. Copying speed is the same as the printing speed (17 ppm) and both the ADF and platen may be used for the task. Reduction or enlargement of the document ranges from 25 to 400 percent, with 1 percent increments. 2-in-1 and 4-in-1 functions allow conservation of paper supplies. What's great about the machine is it can work as a stand-alone copier, which means it can be used even without a computer switched on.
This all-in-one is capable of scanning both color and monochrome documents. Optical scanning resolution used is 1200 x 2400 dpi, although the interpolated resolution can go as high as 19200 x 19200 dpi. There are special scanning features as well that enable you to scan directly to an e-mail, network folder, file, image or OCR. By downloading the free iPrint&Scan app, it's possible to scan to a compatible smart phone.
A 33.6 Kbps Super G3 Fax Modem is integrated into it for carrying out speedy faxing tasks. Because of this, transmission speed is approximately 2 seconds only. Just like when working as a copier, the unit may be used as a stand-alone fax machine. Some essential features around include fax forwarding, out-of-paper reception and automatic redial.
The Brother MFC-9120CN all-in-one laser printer is easy to operate, thanks to the 2-liner LCD that has backlighting. Also, the buttons for using the different functions of the machine are well-laid out right next to the LCD. Interfaces included are 10/100 Base-TX for hooking up to a network and a hi-speed USB 2.0 port for use with a single computer.
