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Brother MFC-8220 Laser Multifunction Center

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Brand: Brother
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$443.52~~
Buy New: $252.69
You Save: $190.83 (43%)

New (59) Used (2) Refurbished (2) from $142.79

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

13 reviews

Color: GRAY
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 39
Dimensions (in): 270 x 258 x 216
nv:Print Method: Black/White Laser
Resolution: Up to 2400 x 600 DPI
Maximum Duty Cycle: 20,000 Pages Per Month
Print Speed: 21 PPM (Black)
Special Features: 3 Color LCD display
Dimensions: 17" (W) x 17.8" (D) x 18.2" (H)
Connectivity: Parallel
Connectivity: USB
Optional Connectivity: NC-9100H (internal ethernet option)
Standard Paper Input: 250 Sheets
Standard Paper Output: 150 Sheets
Optional Paper Input: 250 Sheets
Paper Sizes Supported: Letter
Paper Sizes Supported: Legal

MPN: MFC8220
Model: MFC8220
UPC: 012502609957
EAN: 0012502609957
ASIN: B0001JSSKE

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Prints, scans, copies, standalone and PC faxes
•	Up to 2,400 x 600 dpi print resolution
•	Up to 21 pages per minute printing and copying
•	300 x 600 dpi monochrome scan resolution, 9,600 dpi enhanced
•	Parallel and USB interfaces, optional networking; PC and Mac

Accessories:

•	Spikemaster SM-BG8 8 Outlet Block, Standard Protection Surge Protector (White)
•	HP Premium Photo Paper, Glossy (Q1990A, 4x6, 100 Sheets)
•	Fellowes 24400 Printer Workstation Stand with 4 Drawers
•	Epson Premium Glossy 8 1/2 x 11 Inch Photo Paper, 50 Sheets (S041667)
•	APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The MFC-8220 is a 5-in-1 Laser Multi-Function Center machine that truly outperforms any other laser sheetfed all-in-one product in its class! The MFC-8220 is not only a laser printer and a feature-rich standalone fax, but also a full function copier and B/W scanner. Also included is PC Fax capability, allowing you to send and receive faxes via your desktop PC.In addition to producing sharp, laser print quality of up to 2400 x 600 dpi (HQ1200), the MFC-8220 prints and copies at an impressive speed of up to 21 ppm/cpm. The MFC-8220 comes equipped with a 250-sheet adjustable paper tray for letter or legal size paper and an optional second 250-sheet paper tray is also available. Both USB and parallel ports are standard and the MFC-8220 is compatible with Windows, Mac and DOS Operating Systems.

Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Nice machine April 1, 2005
Brad Bortner (Somerville, MA United States)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful

I just bought the mfc8220 after almost seven years with an older brother mfc 4350. It was still going strong, but the drum needed to be replaced, and prices have dropped so much it made sense to upgrade.

The printer is wicked fast. The industrial design is top notch. Print quality is good. Paper handling is good. It integrates with my favorite scanned doc management applciation, paperport.

If you want a laser, instead of inkjets that are slower and cost much more to run over time, and you don't need an integrated flatbed scanner, this is the one to get.

Brad

5 out of 5 stars

Agreed - great machine August 12, 2005
G. Abernathy (Raleigh, NC)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

I've had mine for 10 months now and it's been very reliable; not one problem with it. It's quick to print out the first page, the display is a monochrome LCD with a backlight so you can see in dark spaces (say, if you keep it under a counter), no paper jams, no nonsense.

Also, if you're an Apple owner the drivers are already included with OS X; truly plug n print. What's a real treat is to combine it with an Apple Airport Express and use Apple's Bonjour software to easily convert it to a wireless network printer. Bonjour is available for both OS X and Windows computers, and is a breeze to install.

I highly recommend if you're in the market for a multifuntion monochrome laser printer machine that is compatible with both Windows and Mac OS.

3 out of 5 stars

Not too bad September 13, 2005
Ilikestuff
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

The print quality is decent, but not as good as my old HP 6p.
The print speed is very good, though paper handling is pretty poor. It's copier function is really pretty good for small jobs.
It reports paper jams when there are none, the ADF often drags more than one piece of paper through the scanner, and the envelope/special paper feeder only accepts one lousy piece of paper at a time.
There's also a persistent "register me" popup when Windows loads, which doesn't give up, even after you've pressed "already registered/don't register" several times.
Installation under Linux was very easy (much easier than installing in Windows, even with the provided driver cd). Print speed under Linux is a bit odd, each page takes quite some time to print, though I haven't tried switching to any of the several other drivers for the printer that are part of a normal SuSE 9.x installation.
With Vonage, I'm not able to send or receive faxes a lot of the time, and, with certain machines on the other end, couldn't ever transmit or receive. To be fair, it probably is Vonage's fault.
Finally, there's an idiotic feature to the main paper tray that doesn't allow you to re-insert the empty tray unless you load more paper (or press a tab). It's the sort of unexpected, poorly designed user interface quirk that shouldn't exist in products that cost more than a few dollars.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Value for the Price & Features November 27, 2005
Electronics Systems Engineer (North Central Indiana, USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

Overall: This is a good multifunction FAX machine.
Background: About June 2005, our previous FAX machine, a Brother MFC-6550, died after 8.5 years of faithful service. We wanted to purchase a similar laser multifunction FAX machine, but at a price much less than the MFC-6550.
Result: We did a web search of reviews for various laser-based multifunction FAX machines and liked the features of the Brother MFC-8220. After searching many possible sellers, we bought a remanufactured MFC-8220 from Amazon.com because of the attractive base price ($180 before shipping) and the one-year warranty.
Comments: We are impressed with the laser printing speed (~ 20 PPM) and quality (sharp images). Please note that printing quality is a little better than copying quality because the scanner resolution is less than 600 x 600 dpi. Also, compared to our previous machine, this Brother MFC has much more standard memory (32 MB vs. 2 MB) and can print Asian fonts (e.g., traditional Chinese characters). Other cool features include the handset that allows us to use as a telephone, G3 FAX speed (i.e., 33K bps), and copying reduction/enlargement from 25 to 400% in one-percent increments. The one big negative that prevented us from giving a 5-star rating is the noise of the MFC-8220 when it prints/copies. The print engine revs like it wants to drag race! There are some smaller downsides, such as the occasional paper jam and a less-than-clear diagram of which way to face the paper for manual duplexing.
Conclusion: For the first three months, the factory refurbished Brother MFC-8220 has performed well.
YMMV,
M&I
26Nov05, after "stuffing" ourselves full of turkey, gravy, etc.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Truck Stop Fax Machine! August 18, 2006
Jerry A. Turner (Heflin, AL)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Our HP 4-in-one unit kept jamming and we were losing business. We asked out local computer repairman to replace the HP with a unit that provide better service and he brought us this Brother MFC-8220. What difference! This is a workhorse. The straight paper path is the main benefit as we have had no jams. These truckers bring all kinds of paperwork in to be faxed and this is important to us.

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