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Thread ID: 47209	2004-07-19 10:58:00	Brother Multifunction : compatibility with my pc?	beetle (243)	Press F1

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253561	2004-07-19 10:58:00	ok now we all now how i am with anything electrical. so we are looking at getting a Brother multifunction MFC - 3420c for the front office - faxing, invoices, and the odd copying of stuff (bookin sheets) and a bit of book scanning. am i possibly going to run into any probs with compatability with it on my comp? its running Win XP, and as you know Callista and a pabax etc, our phone person doesnt think so....any comments people? at this point it is $349.99 and will be cheaper possibly to run than the current two printers we have (Epson 2 x black cartridges and 2 x colour cartrides a month) dont you think? i need or should say want to be able to scan stuff out of books and fax mainly, as well as print out invoices for customers, that will be its main duty. the epson is driving us up the wall, but budget has not allowed us to run out to replace it yet. and is it easy to set up and use? anybody got one? anybody? beetle	beetle (243)
253562	2004-07-19 11:10:00	I use a Brother MFC-3100C as a fax, copier in my home office. It works fine, although if you have to replace the ink often it costs you big time, three colour cartridges at about $28 ea and the black @ $47. But in saying that I've only just bought ink for mine and I've had it nearly a year, so I guess I can't complain too much.	Sb0h (3744)
253563	2004-07-19 11:11:00	Forgot to say the setup is easy as, the instructions are quite clear too if you need to refer to them. :-)	Sb0h (3744)
253564	2004-07-19 11:13:00	An "almost relative" has one, just plugged it in, threw in some paper and used it regularly since - absolutely no drama, kids use it without problems, all it needs is ink and paper and a light dusting occasionally. A magically simple thing R2	R2x1 (4628)
253565	2004-07-19 12:06:00	I use a 3820CN, its the same as the one you are looking at apart from having a network connection as well as USB. They are a superb fax, and generally "OK" at printing copying and scanning. Mine runs on XP just fine. Go through a set of cartridges reasonably often, they are not very big. Not very dear either though ($20 each for the 3 colour ones, $30 for the black). At least you only have to replace the colour that runs out and not all. Ink costs are probably middle of the road. They will do photo printing but not all that well, if that was a consideration. "Acceptable" comes to mind, not "Brilliant" For the money, they are OK value.	godfather (25)
253566	2004-07-19 12:10:00	Thanxs all. Goddie - hadnt even thought about photos.....farthest thing from my mind at mo since i arnt taking any. or cant take any. cost is ok, has to be cheaper than the lot we seem to be going through..... invoicing and small amounts of copiying is main aim. then fax. beetle	beetle (243)
253567	2004-07-19 12:32:00	The MFC - 3420C will probably have Camera Card Reader slots (thats what the C stands for I think) . So thats a bonus (if you ever see your camera again that is) I suppose . Like you, printing Invoices (with a colour letterhead printed at the same time) and copying is the main "printing" function here .	godfather (25)
253568	2004-07-19 12:34:00	Did those models mentioned ship with a driver? I had to find and download the printer driver for mine, not the ideal scenario.	metla (154)
253569	2004-07-19 22:28:00	Hello Beetle, Re problems with the print quality of the Epson, I found in my travels the other day that WWW.computerfood.co.nz sell special cleaning cartridges for your model of Epson (at least from memory your model, TO13 black) these cartridges are designed specifically to overcome the white streaking etc. At $20.00 including delivery, would be worth a try Hope this is of some use to you. Regards AC	Alan Cottrell (624)
253570	2004-07-19 23:37:00	> Did those models mentioned ship with a driver? I had > to find and download the printer driver for mine, not > the ideal scenario. Mine came with a CD and driver installation program.	godfather (25)
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