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Brother MFC-8460N Network All-in-One Laser Printer

Brother MFC-8460N Network All-in-One Laser Printer

(34 customer reviews)

SKU:

012502615088-BRTMFC8460N

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Description:

A 5-in-1 flatbed laser Multi-Function Center® that combines printing, copying, faxing, color scanning and PC Fax in one product and is ready to be installed on a (Ethernet) network right out of the box! Includes a 33.6K bps fax modem with ample fax features, up to 1200 x 1200 dpi professional quality laser printing and impressive print/copy speeds of up to 30 ppm. Fast and convenient walk-up copying either using the 50-page auto document feeder or the legal-size document glass. Easy flatbed color scanning with up to 19200 dpi (interpolated) resolution for scanning documents or images to email, a file or as an editable text document.

Features:

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Print and copy at up to 30ppm

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Ethernet, High-Speed USB 2.0 and Parallel interfaces

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1200 x 1200 dpi Laser Printing

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50-sheet multipurpose tray

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33.6K bps high-speed Super G3 fax modem

Product Details:

Product Length:	18.0 inches
Product Width:	21.0 inches
Product Height:	19.0 inches
Product Weight:	48.4 pounds
Package Length:	29.1 inches
Package Width:	23.0 inches
Package Height:	22.6 inches
Package Weight:	50.4 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 34 reviews

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Customer Reviews:

Average Customer Review: 3.5

( 34 customer reviews )
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36 of 39 found the following review helpful:

As a network printer it works great, but...Aug 23, 2006
By W. B. Halper
I also have a problem with the printer creasing envelopes. It appears to shift the flap of the envelope slightly while feeding it through the fuser and the heat and pressure causes another crease about 1/8" offset from the original one.

I returned the first unit that I ordered because of a loud squeaking noise that developed while printing. The second unit also squeaks somewhat (Certainly more than my old mfc-8820D), but it doesn't sound like it's dragging a cat through the manual feed slot.

There's a big difference between this unit and my MFC-8820D in the scanning area. On my old printer, I could input an email address on the screen and it would forward the document to that address. This guy requires you to select a network computer and then sends the document there. A memory resident program needs to be running on the computer to process the received document...which is a worthless waste of memory space about 99.99% of the time when the computer is doing it's normal job. The memory resident process also conflicts with some HP network printer software and crashes on a couple of our systems, thus rendering them unusable with this scanner. Needless to say, the old way of doing it was much better.

In retrospect, and despite the 145,000 pages printed, I probably should have spent the $300 to replace the fuser on my 8820D instead of getting this unit. This one is much faster, but the other trade-offs - the lack of duplexing (known at the time of ordering, but the 8860DN wasn't yet shipping) and the dumbing down of the scanner firmware (unknown until received) are serious handicaps.

Oct 30, 2006 update - After about five month of use and about 20K pages printed, my printer is in the shop being repaired. The printer started making loud snapping sounds, like plastic gears stripping, whenever a page was printed...except that the paper jammed every time. The guy in the service center said that he has another identical printer in for repair and that it's the fuser unit that's shot. That would be easy to fix, except that they're on back-order and won't be available for a while. Sigh. I think my next printer will be an HP.

November 14, 2006 - I have to give Brother Service credit. 1000 pages post-repair and my machine broke again. They're shipping me a new printer. This will be my second replacement unit...hopefully this unit will be more solid as my warranty runs out in April.

November 25, 2006 - update - The replacement unit not only shifts the flap on envelopes, it puts creases all over them, rendering them completely unusable for any purpose. If there was a way to totally unwind this purchase, I would in a second. On the other hand, since design of this unit appears to have all the reliability of an alcoholic after a weekend on the town, I purchased the one year extended warranty.

February 10,2007 - update - Well, the machine is now starting to make loud snapping sounds whenever the paper tray is filled up to the full line. It also jams and refuses to feed paper whenever that happens. The solution (so far) is to only fill the paper tray half-full.

I really dislike this piece of junk...so much so that I bought HP for my new offices.

May 13, 2008 - final update - After limping along in the old office for the last year, the Brother finally died (again). The big question is whether to take it to recycling yard, where they would gently take it apart and salvage the parts, or take it to the local car crusher and watch it receive what it deserves. Alas, my ecological side is coming through and I'll recycle it. Oh well, it would have made a great YouTube video...

25 of 28 found the following review helpful:

The Brother MFC 8460N creases envelopesJun 19, 2006
By Diane M. Sauer
I have been unable to get this machine to stop creasing envelopes. It looks quite sloppy and affects the print in places. At times it is better than others but usually I get a big crease across the bottom left corner and a smaller crease across the return address.

I have spent a lot of time on the phone working with Brother technicians to correct the problem. They had me flip up the #1 toggles in the back of the machine, try using many different kinds of envelopes, try changing the paper thickness settings, etc. One even suggested I get 20 pound envelopes but those are quite uncommon. The typical #10 business envelope is 24 pounds. I could not find any 20 pound envelopes in local stores or print shops.

I have had a problem hooking it up through my network with the ethernet connection. It worked for quite a while but stopped working and I could not get it started again, even by reloading the driver or with the new machine. This problem could be my network, not the machine. However, the rest of my network seems to be working fine. I have no problem hooking it up directly using the USB port.

Brother technicians were very nice and sent a second 8460N but it also creases envelopes, plus the automatic feeder does not work at times on this new machine.

Other than these problems, the MFC 8460N machine works well. The copies are clear, the fax works well and the scanner seems to do well.

Brother has told there is nothing more they can do unless they hear of more people having problems with their envelopes on this machine. By that time it will be too late because I am exchanging it for a different brand.

11 of 11 found the following review helpful:

Super fast little guyMar 30, 2007
By P. Phillips "Consumer Snob"
We have been using this printer for a little over a month now at work where we print an average of about 100 pages a day and this little guy chugs through it like it was nothing. The best part of it all is the speed. It is quick to warm up and prints 30ppm, which is a billion times faster than our previous Brother printer (or so it seems). The print quality is excellent but so are most laser printers so that's not really a stand-out. As mentioned by everyone else here, the envelopes do get a little crinkled when they are printed through the printer but that beats our last brother printer that seemed to jam more often than not when printing envelopes. I have yet to have an envelope jam. A trade off (crinkled envelope to jammed envelope) we are willing to take any day. To print an enveiope you have to open a little door in the front of the printer to access the feed for it. Not a big deal but I thought I would mention it. So, why four stars? Well, the crinkled envelope issue mainly and also the plastic quality used to build the machine seems a little cheap (at least compared to our last Brother printer). Definitely not a big deal but warrants the four stars.

9 of 9 found the following review helpful:

Brother MFC-8460n Good for the priceNov 06, 2006
By John N. Lindstrom "Graphics Guy"
We're running the Brother MFC-8460n on a Mac OSX network. It's printing is remarkably sharp and fast. Copying is great. The only complaint we have is that scanning is not high quality and cannot be shared over the network. There have been some intermittent problems with receiving FAXes; we prefer to receive faxes in our e-mail rather than print on the Brother. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. Most of the time it does.

8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

Engineering Flaw?Mar 23, 2007
By Regi Ster
Recently, despite my recommendation of the Brother MFC-7820N, two of my clients decided to purchase the Brother MFC-8460N because of the faster print speed and legal-size scanning bed and, oh boy, what a mistake that was! Both customers have had almost identical problems; the unit doesn't recognize the paper tray intermittely and says 'no paper in tray' and the unit makes an annoying clicking sound just before and for several minutes after printing, copying or receiving a fax. That might be okay in a noisy environment, but in a home office or any place where it's reasonably quite this will drive you bananas. Brother tech support doesn't have a fix for either of these problems and so they shipped a refurbished unit, only the annoying clicking was slightly less noisy while the paper/paper tray (MP tray) issue has come back to haunt the replacement unit. My suggestion, go with the MFC-7820N or better yet, get a unit from another manufacturer because Brother does not seem to want to do the right thing which would be to replace this defective model with another model that doesn't have the engineering, design and/or manufacturing flaws that make the 8460N a lemon. I really wanted to give Brother a chance because I think that the 7820N is a terrific little all-in-one, but stay away from this unit.

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Brother MFC-8460N Network All-in-One Laser Printer

Brother MFC-8460N Network All-in-One Laser Printer

012502615088-BRTMFC8460N

Print and copy at up to 30ppm

Ethernet, High-Speed USB 2.0 and Parallel interfaces

1200 x 1200 dpi Laser Printing

50-sheet multipurpose tray

33.6K bps high-speed Super G3 fax modem