Printer Reviews

We had lot of problems with this printer. We just printed one color paper and ink cartridge was half empty. It takes lots of ink and quality is not at all good. We did not use it much after that and now we are planning to buy new printer. Not a Xerox one - of course.

If you want to loose your money buy it. The ink head spills out and the software that it's suppose to "control" the printer does not work. I can't understand how Xerox sells this to their "customers". Last time I ever buy Xerox.

Just got one and am very pleased!! I feel that the quality and feed are much better than other low end printers I have owned in the past( Canon, Lexmart ) I am also very pleased at the price of replacing the ink cartridges. You just can't find a better value any where.

The reason I am writing a review on the printer is that due to problems with the driver the printer was honestly tossed on the sidewalk with box and all since it couldnt be returned after 30 days and after not being able to configure the multi non functional anything machine printer driver.
The printer was picked up and disappeared to some poor devil on the street thinking he got a freebee.My honest opinion to brother is it needs a friendlier printer driver or at least one that works.
I also own a mfc brother 4600 and currently not getting anything printed out but works in windows unlike the 7150c encountering driver problems with Linux nothing prints not even in the hp2 mode.Check to make sure your driver works with the printer or OS wherever the problem is.

This all-in-one printer/scan/fax etc.. was great in the beginning. However, just after the 90 day warranty expired, the print quality began to fall, especially with the black ink. The customer service people only tell you what you can read in the manual and their service center for D/FW is over 20 miles away. The print head has failed, costing 150.00 plus labor. So...here I am searching for a new machine. Buyer Beware!

If you are short on computer desk space, but need a printer, copier, etc. this is a great alternative rather than buying
separate components.
The printer works pretty decent in black/white and the color isn't picture perfect, but it gets the job done. The copier
works good and the scanner... I have never used it. The fax
works good, too, however, it seems to only work when the sender
presses the start button on their fax machine. It may be just an
adjustment on the Brother that can easily be made.
This system also has video capture input for a dig camera,
camcorder, and VCR. It also comes with a product manuel
with lots of easily understood instructions.
The most important feature which sold me was the price of ink
cartridges...And very
easy to install.
Bottom line...good starter machine, low price, cheaper ink and
a space saver!

I bought this on sale at Staples for $99. It was a disaster.

I have always bought HP printers because they have been so reliable and well designed. This unit seems to be the exception. It smears ink all over the page on printouts, even after multiple cleanings. Sometimes a 20 page print job takes 20 minutes, someimtes five minutes. I don't know if I just got a lemon or if HP tried to pack too much into a small unit and all the units are prone to defective output.

On the plus side, I bought it for the scanner and the scanner semmed to work really well.

Let's face it, this is a multifunction printer that costs under $150.

When you purchase one piece of equipment to do many things, you'll always be unhappy with at least one feature. For me, I needed a printer for my occasional printing at home (a few pages a week) that doubled as a fax. The copy feature and the scanner were pluses.

PROS:
- the HP software that allows one to send faxes straight from Word and create quick and easy cover sheets is pretty nice.
- the buttons on the machine are easy to use and not difficult at all to figure out. Want to copy? Press copy. Want to copy in color? Press copy, then color.

Photos print out alright, but I wouldn't recommend this as a photo printer. If you want high quality photos from your digital camera, use one of the online services or the machine at the store.

If you are truely considering some high level printing for a home office, don't buy this. If you do some printing, copying and faxing from home but use your office or some other location for the majority of your work, this is an excellent choice.

The install was no problem at all on my XP Home and Pro computers. Windows 2000 and Mac OS X worked fine as well.

We bought the printer today, and the setup was very easy, except that we had a problem with the catridge alignment page test. We called the HP customer service. It seemed that the alignment was fine but the machine just couldn't detect the page - don't know what the story was, but the rep evidently didn't think it was a problem.

It prints really fast, with good quality. I am pretty pleased with that. The copy, scan, and fax functions all function well. But I realized that it has two majoy flaws and wondered what the engineers were thinking when they designed this model. The first flaw is it is not designed to have a flat bed for copying and scanning. It uses ADF. It is fine if you just want to copy or scan regular size paper, but if you want to make a copy of a passport, then you are in trouble. The second flaw is the output comes out in a reverse order. If you only print a few pages, that's ok; but if you print a big document, prepare to spend sometime re-ordering it.

However, considering how much we spent on this machine (...), I would say it is good enough for the money.

I've had the same experience as several others. My printheads are all causing horizontal lines on the pages I print and the cost to fix will be over one hundred dollars (I suspect the printheads all need replacing). I've had this MFC for a little over 2 years. I don't print to it often, so it has to clean the ink cartridges every time, which takes several minutes. I also have to replace the cartridges quite often. Unfortunately, the Brother printers are the only ones I can get through my work program. Otherwise, I would definitely get something other than a Brother printer. I've used Epson and HP laser printers and love them.

I got an MFC-9200C on April 16 and began using it immediately. As a copier (mono or color), it is worth the $ I paid. I can drop a stack of papers into the sheet feeder and it runs them through without any problems, making excellent copies. Although not great, the color matching while copying is good. Another sheet feeder advantage is the ability to scan several pages; priceless for entering multipage documents into an application. If you want to FAX, there is no need to use the computer, the 9200C can operate independently as a FAX machine. It also has ports for CompactFlash and SmartMedia cards but I have not used them at all. I was leery of buying an all-in-one device because of reliability concerns but I am glad got the MFC-9200C. I saved many hours scanning a 200-page document into Adobe without any problems or having to individually handle all those pages. Since it has a flat glass surface, you can scan (or copying) several small items (like receipts) at once or pages from a bound book. As a printer, it is a little noisier than I would prefer but the output is high quality and fairly fast. Discount ink cartridges are not yet available but their cost is not too high. I would certainly buy this device again and highly recommend it to anyone who frequently needs to scan or wants the convenience of a home copier.

I recently replaced an HP scanner and Epson laser printer with the Brother MFC-9200C. Used in a simple home network, we primarily need it for everyday PC document printing and photocopying.

My wife really appreciates the "stand-alone" copier and fax functions, and we are all impressed with its overall speed and quality. This device makes photocopies in about half the time it previously took to scan (on a fairly speedy scanner) and print on a laser printer ... and the quality is as good or better.

My daughter has fun trying to see if she can spool a school report from her PC to the Brother MFC-9200C and get downstairs before the printed page is in the tray! She's pretty fast, but most of the time the MFC-9200C is faster!

The software that comes with the Brother MFC is easy to install and use. So far, this is one of the best purchases I've made.

the driver software dies after 12 hours or so of inactivity and you need to reboot your computer to be able to print again. Lexmark support does not acknowledge the problem and so you cannot expect they will ever supply a fix.

I bought the X125 All in One after much research. I thought I did a complete job of checking all the facts but I must have let the low price seduced me and I regret that decision.

The X125 is a poor printer, fax and copier. It doesn't do anything well. We experienced problems during our initial set up and we're forced to call the help line. We placed dozens of calls but we couldn't reach anyone. There was no help available and no easily accessible number. This forced us to fill out a help request form at the Lexmark site. It took them five days to get back to us via email and the email that we waited for all week didn't even supply the answer. Basically they made us go through all the troubleshooting steps that were already in the poorly written manual.

After a week we finally got it working. It really wasn't worth the wait. It makes poor copies; printing is below average and don't expect anything from the fax machine. The fax switcher is not reliable and sometimes it won't even pick up the incoming calls. The settings control didn't work properly either. We keep turning down the fax volumn but it keeps going back up. This is part and pacel of what you are going to get with this cheap machine.

But the worse thing about the X125 is the drag is puts on your computer's performance. Since I installed it on my fairly new computer using XP, system performance has degraded. I will end of having to get more memory. I hated this printer so much I ended up giving it to my 12 year old son who is happily using it with his new E machine. Funny thing is, however, after one month, he wants to give it back. His computer has slowed down too. Can you imagine that, he would rather have no printer than that printer.

Everyone so far seems to have written negative reviews. I use this product simply to fax, copy, scan less than 50 documents a week. It does the job great.
The instructions aren't much good but if you have the common sense to work any fax machine in the first place you can have this out of the box and running in 10 minutes. The fax works great, it scans before calling to save a few bucks, the scanner is slow but is above average for something in this price range. I am a computer professional and once I sorted out a few things the x125 has worked flawlessly with my computer and all applications. For 200 Canadian dollars this things is an incredible value as long as you realize this is obviously for light duty applications.
Recommended!

I purchased a refurbrished HP 15 inkjet cartridge twin pack from Inkusa. The first cartridge was rejected because it was damaged. The other cartridge worked for a day and a half before the ink nozzle clogged and wouldn't print. Such a deal!
Didn't try the HP 78 yet but perhaps picking up a replacement at ****** would be a good backup idea.

My first two black 15 cartridges worked pretty well in my HP Deskjet 3820 then the third one started to indicate low fluid level and stopped printing. I replaced it with a new cartridges but it refused to work at all. While repeatingly trying to reinstall it as tech support suggested, the etch tore. When examing the inside of the printer, I found that black ink had splattered around inside the mechanism area indicating a leakage. The next new cartridge would not work either. $$ wasted. Tech support said to have the printer repaired -- ya sure (after only one year of moderate home use and the warantee had ran out). Printer repair would cost me more a new one.

I was amazed by the low price of the C6615DN cartridge, this company has here the competitive edge. It was shipped just after the weekend and reached me in 3 days. Cool! I did not like the relatively high shipping costs (USD 4.99), as it was shipped for USD 1.98. Are carton boxes that expensive in Florida?

I purchased a refurbrished HP 15 inkjet cartridge twin pack from Inkusa. The first cartridge was rejected because it was damaged. The other cartridge worked for a day and a half before the ink nozzle clogged and wouldn't print. Such a deal!
Didn't try the HP 78 yet but perhaps picking up a replacement at ****** would be a good backup idea.

My first two black 15 cartridges worked pretty well in my HP Deskjet 3820 then the third one started to indicate low fluid level and stopped printing. I replaced it with a new cartridges but it refused to work at all. While repeatingly trying to reinstall it as tech support suggested, the etch tore. When examing the inside of the printer, I found that black ink had splattered around inside the mechanism area indicating a leakage. The next new cartridge would not work either. $$ wasted. Tech support said to have the printer repaired -- ya sure (after only one year of moderate home use and the warantee had ran out). Printer repair would cost me more a new one.

I was amazed by the low price of the C6615DN cartridge, this company has here the competitive edge. It was shipped just after the weekend and reached me in 3 days. Cool! I did not like the relatively high shipping costs (USD 4.99), as it was shipped for USD 1.98. Are carton boxes that expensive in Florida?

I've been trying to get this printer to work for three days with no luck. I have a Mac operating on OS X 10.3.3 and downloaded the latest printer driver off the Epson site. Every time I try to print, the printer stalls out on me ("Print job stopped"). I've uninstalled and installed again, to no avail. The Epson help site is useless. All my previous printers have been HPs and I wish I had stuck to them. This printer is also the loudest machine I've ever had -- really annoying. In all, I'd say I wasted $50 (after rebate) on what looks like a very large and ugly doorstopper. Don't buy this machine!

After owning an Epson 880 printer, I decided to upgrade to an multifunction printer for it's features. I needed a printer/ scanner/copier. This is the printer for me. The plus side is it's simple features, ease of use, and price. The b/w copier makes the copies with simple push of the button. It also does color copy. The software allows me view my scanned pictures in a picture gallery, rename it, and then save the ones I want only. The printing quality for photo paper is acceptable. After comparison shopping, I found this model under $$$$ after rebate. Also, an added bonus, the printer comes with a USB cable connection($$$ value) which most printers require you to buy separately. The negatives are that XP Windows user should download a update/patch from microsoft.com for the software to run properly. No problem, I followed the instructions and the printer is up and running. The paper did jam once so I removed the paper and redid the print job. No problems with jamming since then. All in all, the Epson cx3200 is a reliable printer, scanner, and copier. It makes sense to own this printer for any small home business wanting to save time and money.

i bought this all-in-one epson cx3200 in march,2003
unlike the previous reviewer there is nothing broken out of box, i'm sure its just a isolated incident..

anywayz, the print quality is awesome! i could hardly distinguish the original when printing on photo paper. and yes, when printing at its highest resolution it does take about 3 min for a full page of photo.

text print is very close to laser quality, very sharp. alot faster than printing in photo.

copy function works perfectly. there are 2 buttons, one for black copy and one for color copy. both works good because the scanning and printing goes concurrently.

scanning is good as well.

when i bought my cannon c555 i was very pleased on how it worked...but when i cant get the alarm light off and an err keeps flashing that my cartridge needs to be put in when it is in and full of ink..THATS FRUSTRATING....i cant get the alarm light off and cant print....i cant get any tech information over the internet without having to pay for it...thats frustrating...ive had it for about 2 years and this is the first time i cant find tech help.....thank you and good luck

I'm tempted to give this baby 5 stars, primarily because it exceeds expectations. First of all, it's practically half the price of any other manufacturer's competing model as well as half the size and weight. Secondly, the print quality should satisfy all but the most demanding tastes--even the color is more brilliant and and less grainy than what I'm getting from an Epson 740 at fast speed. The only drawback I've discovered so far with the Canon is the slowness, especially when printing color. If this were my only printer, I'd probably lose patience with the 2 ppm speed. And (...) the machine does not appear to be rugged enough to stand up to constant, heavy use. I suspect that few printers can match the "indestructibility" of an HP.

The Canon line of multifunction printers presents quite a challenge to the consumer trying to sort them out. The current models are the models ending in 5--the C545, C555, and C755. The "C" models ending in 0 are no longer being manufactured. The "F" flatbed models are the newest machines. The C755 is incompatible with Mac platforms, and I've had better success matching the C555 with my iMac than the C545, which uses a USB conversion device in the cable rather than in the machine itself. Windows users, on the other hand, will probably find the C755, with its faster printing, sharper resolution and steep discount from retail, the better value. The F models are faster and sharper yet, but at a significantly higher cost.

If you're purchasing a Multipass as a 2nd machine, or planning to use it sparingly, the C555 could still be the best bet, especially given its light weight and compact dimensions. Thus far I'm using it primarily as a stand-alone unit, and it does the jobs I'd formerly assigned to separate copy and fax machines--more efficiently, economically, and easily. Despite the comments of some other users, the black printing is among the most economical of any printer. And the individual tanks, especially by "clone" makers, can be picked up for peanuts from dealers all over the internet. Incredibly, for the price of a single Epson cartridge, I can purchase 10 Canon-compatible ink tanks! In other words, don't be too quick to believe some of the negative reviews of these "low-end" Canon machines.

I have had this machine for 1 year.
-Very reliable and easy to use.
-Omnipage comes free and is the best OCR program I have used yet.
-Printer works fine in OS9 and classic. I have not used the Scanner or Fax in classic.
-Paid [item price]. This is same price for a standalone Fax machine...which this can be.
-Printing is slow for any higher quality. But this machine is designed to print text, which is does fairly fast.
-Scanner can easily get dirty. So clean the scan white surface often.
-Eats ink cartridges in high quality, but cheap replacement ones can be had for $1-2.

I love this machine, but I need the OSX print driver to give it a 5.

No, No, No. Do not buy this printer.

A myriad of problems you'll encounter if you go ahead and ignore this and every other customer review that you'll find listed here.

There was a day when this printer truly impressed me. That day was about two weeks after I had the printer set up and already conquered the first of at least five Lexmark wars. That day I printed out about three color photo copies of pictures that were sent to me through e-mail. The quality of each copy was stunning. I had never seen such detail come from a home based printer! It was pure joy, and...

SCREETCH!! Dream over. Suddenly I was completely out of color ink, and it was a $45 trip to Office Depot to replace the cartridge. This new cartridge lasted me another very short life, and then came the paper jams. You'll discover that this printer is extremely fragile while trying to unjam the paper mess. As time goes by, you'll need to hold the paper against the right clip of the upright paper tray in order for the paper to feed in straight. And finally, after a month or two has trudged on by, all the while with the memory (now fading away) of the day when the Lexmark did what it should, my lovely printer died. My printer has become totally worthless because the electronic mechanisms that surround both the left and the right cartridges "shorted out," as the troubleshooting guide has told me so.

Take warning and go find a Canon or something.

I bought this printer last year with high hopes after owning a previous Lexmark printer (a cheap Z11) that lasted for nearly four years of heavy usage. This printer has been a disappointment from day one.

1. Once it actually begins printing a page, it prints at a decent speed. However, it takes a loooong time to start printing....you hit print, then wait, then the little "Printing Started" display comes up, then you wait, and wait, and wait, and THEN it finally starts to print. Very time consuming.

2. It frequently gobbles up too many sheets of paper at once and jams up.

3. Ink cartridges for this printer are very expensive and seem to run out fairly quickly compared to previous printers I've owned.

4. Several days after the 1-yr warranty expired, the printer jammed horribly and started shredding the edges of each page that fed through. After three or four sheets, it started printing blank pages. After going through every trick Lexmark's troubleshooting guide (printing test pages, cleaning print nozzles, wicking the nozzles, checking USB ports, etc) the most I can get it to do is print the test pages IN YELLOW....but only the test page....and after printing that several times, it goes back to printing blanks again.

I've contacted Lexmark's customer support and received the standard form reply (which is the exact same info as what's in the troubleshooting menu, by the way....real help that is!).

I'm off to plunk down the money to buy new printer now. I'll be extremely reluctant to ever buy another Lexmark after this experience - I certainly expect a printer to last longer than a year!

Purchased this printer, and it lasted just over a year.

The print quality for photos, the reason I purchased it, was acceptable, but it burns through ink quicker than my old Epson, and the ink is outrageously expensive. It is almost as expensive to buy your next round of ink cartridges than it is to just buy a new printer. It also frequently loses connection to your PC, and needs to be reset, but this is just an annoyance.

The printer finally died after the cartridge holders failed to reallign.

If you buy it, realize that you are buying a disposable printer that will last you about a year.