Brother MFC-8480DN High-Performance Laser All-in-One with Networking and Duplex Printing

I owned the 1st gen. of the Brother MFC printer. This is my second Brother MFC. This one is generation 3. My original Brother MFC lasted about 5 years. I hope they worked out the bugs out of this one. It works just as good at the original one but it’s one does 32ppm and have more built in memory. My 1st gen has scanner lock issues and ADF started giving me issues. The high yield toner is TN-650 (8000 pages). It’s expensive toner but it lasts very long for the toner. It’s toner is also bigger than many other printers. Check that out if the price is what you need in features before buying. I was hoping Amazon sold it when I was buying it so I could have purchased it from Amazon.
Pros:
- The best ADF that I have seen for a while.
- Doesn’t jam much.
- Features. I looked at HP, Sharp, Canon, Lexmark, Minolta and can’t find any printer that comes close to the features and abilities of this printer. Too features much to list, read Brother’s website. Even supports Postscript, pdf.
- Legal size glass scanning is a big big plus. Many printer nowadays only does letter size or needs to the document to go thru the ADF (top feeder tray).
- Paper tray can adjust from Letter to Legal size
- fax is just a button away (Save phone number setup).
- Energy Star rated (not like gen 1 where your lights flicker when you turn it on). This issue appears to be fixed.
- DN = Duplex (2 sided printing) and network printing (if you have DHCP, just plug and play, no setup on printer really needed).
- Extremely fast printing (Thinking of replacing my other printers with is one).
Cons:
- Can’t find how to copy 2 sided using Legal sized paper so I have to do 1 page at a time either with the ADF or glasstop.
- The date and time doesn’t save at all and reverts to 1/1/2010 when power is turned off after use. *(fixed with new firmware update)*
- Duplex mode is confusing to use at times. Copying 1 -> 2 is not simple, needs time to read manual.
- Toner pricing for TN-650 is expensive but lasts a long time since it’s bigger than some (good for 6,000 pages). It’s around $83 at Amazon.com (best price also(
- Past experience with customer support is almost null. But all printer companies are similar.

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