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Brother MFC-885CW Photo Color All-in-One with Wireless Networking and 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone

Brother MFC-885CW Photo Color All-in-One with Wireless Networking and 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone

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Brand: Brother
Category: CE

List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $169.99
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 reviews

Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 26
Dimensions (in): 14.6 x 18.7 x 7.1
nv:Print Method: Inkjet
Resolution: Up to 6000 x 1200 dpi
Maximum Duty Cycle: 2,500 Pages Per Month
Print Speed: 30 PPM (Black)
Print Speed: 25 PPM (Color)
Dimensions: 18.7"W x 14.6"D x 7.1"H
Special Features: Border Free Printing
Connectivity: Ethernet
Connectivity: USB
Connectivity: 802.11b/g
Connectivity: Wireless Technology
Standard Paper Input: 100 Sheets
Standard Paper Output: 50 Sheets
Paper Sizes Supported: Letter
Paper Sizes Supported: Legal
Paper Sizes Supported: A4

MPN: MFC-885cw
Model: MFC-885cw
UPC: 012502618232
EAN: 0012502618232
ASIN: B000X9Q9QW

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Features:
  • All-in-One device offers printing, faxing, copying, and scanning, with in cordless handset
  • Built-in wireless 802.11b/g and wired Ethernet connections for easy networking
  • Prints at maximum 30 ppm black and 25 ppm color
  • Built-in digital answering machine has 29 minutes recording time
  • Backed by 1-year warranty

Accessories:

  • Brother LC51M Magenta Ink Cartridge
  • Brother LC51Y Yellow Ink Cartridge
  • Brother LC51C Cyan Ink Cartridge
  • Brother LC51BK Black Ink Cartridge
  • Brother LC51HYBK Black Inkjet Cartridge (900 Page Yield) for MFC-5460cn & MFC-5860cn

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  • Brother LC51 Compatible Deluxe Ink Set
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  • Brother LC51BK Black Ink Cartridge
  • Brother BCLD10 5.8 Digital Cordless Handset Expansion for use with IntelliFax-1960c, IntelliFax-2580c, MFC-845CW
  • EFORCITY Premium Brother LC51 Compatible Ink Set

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
The Brother MFC-885CW Photo Color All-in-One with Wireless Networking and 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone is an ideal all-in-one solution for your office. With a large 4.2-inch widescreen LCD display, printing photos, previewing faxes, and navigating menus and prompts have never been easier. The MFC-885CW allows you to print photos directly from your digital camera's media card without a computer, and the LCD display lets you automatically remove red-eye, enhance skin tone, enhance scenery, and perform other visual tricks. Accepted media types are: CompactFlash, Memory Stick/Pro, xD-Picture Card Type M/H, Secure Digital MultiMediaCards, SDHC, and USB flash memory drives.

The MFC-885CW makes it easy to connect to your network with a built-in wireless (802.11b/g) and wired Ethernet connections. With a maximum printing speed of 30 ppm black and 25 ppm color, there shouldn't be any worry of office printing jobs causing a traffic jam. With a resolution up to 6000 x 1200 dpi, photos look wonderful. The copier works without a PC and has a maximum copy speed of 22 cpm black and 20 cpm color. An automatic document feeder tray has a capacity of 10 pages for fast copying of multiple pages. The copier can scale documents from 25 to 400 percent of the original. The scanner has an optical scan resolution of 600 x 2400 dpi at a 36-bit color depth. Included is Scansoft PaperPort SE with OCR for Windows and Presto! PageManager for Mac, making it easy to organize your scanned pages. OCR software lets you convert scanned pages into editable documents.

The MFC-885CW also features fax capability with black and white and color faxing. The 14.4 Kbps fax modem allows a transmission speed of approximately six seconds per page. A cordless telephone handset is built in as well, using the 5.8 GHz frequency for great range and clarity. The phone supports caller ID and the built-in digital answering machine has up to 29 minutes of recording time. The Brother MFC-885CW Photo Color All-in-One with Wireless Networking and 5.8 GHz Cordless Phone is backed by a 1-year warranty.

What's in the Box
MFC-885CW All-in-One, LC51BK ink cartridge, LC51C ink cartridge, LC51M ink cartridge, LC51Y ink cartridge, CD-ROM (software, user's guide), and user's guide.

Product Description
Featuring a sleek, contemporary design and a 5.8GHz digital cordless handset the MFC-885CW is the ideal All-in-One solution. It includes the industry's first wide 4.2" color LCD that simplifies enhancing and printing photos as well as previewing faxes and offers easy to understand menus and prompts. In addition to having built-in USB and Ethernet interfaces, the MFC-885CW also includes a wireless (802.11b/g) interface.


Customer Reviews:   Read 21 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars MFC885CW REVIEW   September 5, 2008
IT COMBINES ALL OF THE OF FEATURES ONE COULD WANT IN ONE MACHINE AT A REASONABLE PRICE. I HAVE BOUGHT TWO.


4 out of 5 stars Great home office machine   August 26, 2008
The size is great and the scanning/printing so far has been very good. We started out wireless and have never looked back. We bought the machine more for the built in phone than the fax capabilities. Based on the functionality and configuration options I think Brother designed it more for the fax than the phone. It works good but there are much fewer options for the answering machine / phone than there are for the fax. The only other bummer is that there is no GUI interface but rather a config program so I cant make adjustments from any PC. I'm a sys admin so these things are likely not as important to others. I really wish the extra phone handset wasn't so over priced or I would have bought it too. Over all very happy with the product and would recommend.


5 out of 5 stars printer offers multiple features w cordless cord   August 9, 2008
I bought the "little" 685CW Brother MFC printer a few months ago. When I decided to open a new office, I bought the "older" brother 885CW because it has a cordless phone, in addition to all the features. It's a wireless color and black printer. It can also scan, fax and copy, too. It's not a "race horse" when it comes to the speed of the printing or copying but the quality is good. The ink cartridges are small, compared to other printers I own, but I found a resource on line that sells the ink at a reduced price (re-filled cartridges), which makes the 885CW printer an even better bargain. I have this printer set-up with 3 wireless computers so several employees can print documents from their offices. Based on the features and the price, it's a good "little" work horse. I have a 1300 sq office area. The wireless printing feature is good. I'm having a bit of a problem with the saving the documents after I've scanned them, via the wireless connection. I suspect it's not the Brother's fault. I suspect we haven't completed installing all of the necessary features for the scanning. I'll admit that I don't always read the handbook but I need to go back to the basics to get the scanning features working. Scanning hasn't been a high priority for our office.


5 out of 5 stars Love it!   July 26, 2008
There are lots of comprehensive reviews on this if you want more detailed particulars, so I just want to say if you are looking for a multifunctional system, this is a great one. Simply put, it is a great price, easy to use, and compact. Perfect for a home study, small business, or college student. We use it at home for our business and are very pleased with it.


3 out of 5 stars What has happened to quality products!?   July 7, 2008
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

My existing scanner, printer, etc. have worked great for years but now incompatible with Vista (it's such a waste to throw great working items away just do to the fact that it is not as profitable for companies to create new drivers vs. just selling you a new printer .. I would pay good money for a new driver if available ... but i digress)

Ok. So I shop Amazon and read the reviews about the similar Epson model, seems like it has serious issues with using way to much ink and then shuts down your ability to scan and fax if empty (functions that don't even use ink)! No good. Then I look at the similar HP model, only to find out it appears to have issues with paper jamming, software bugs, and so on. The reviews on this Brother model did not seem so bad in comparison - so I took a chance and purchased.

Here is a quick summary of what you will find:

Pro's:
- Stylish, well made.
- Uses a paper tray
- Scanning was good quality and fast
- Printing speed seems ok (but really only as fast as my old printer)
- Automatic document feeder on the top is nice, and works well.
- Separate phone with the ability to listen using machine speaker phone

Con's:
- COLOR PRINT QUALITY IS BAD. When I print the exact same Google map (for example) on my very old HP P1100, the quality is far superior than this brand new one .. the Brother color print outs are 'washed out" and are sometimes hard to read (cleaning, priming, etc. on the printer heads did not change anything). I can only imagine what would happen if I tried to print a photo ... but I wanted to return while I still could. I knew something was strange when I printed a test page and it looked so strange and generic (and also 'washed out')
- When you press the scan button, defaults to "scan and send to email" (only configures goes to outlook which I don't use anyway). If you want to scan to your PC, then you have to navigate through a menu to get there. Then, the next time you scan ... guess what ... back to the default again! Seems like a minor issue, but wait until you need to scan 200 photos or multi page document.
- The handset nor speaker phone has no MUTE button ... a problem if you attend a lot of conference calls like I do.

The only problem is now I have to choose between the best of several 'evils' ... is there not a good printer out there somewhere ... I am willing to to pay even up to $500 now for something that works, but where is it? Also, what has happened to quality products! Seems like they just want to sell low quality printers and then milk you for even more money later via printer cartridges that cost more than the printer itself! Seems like the industry is going backwards. The bad part is that I need SOMETHING and will end up purchasing one of these eventually and that sends the wrong message to these companies that think they can get away with it ...






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