Customer Reviews:
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 Tremendous Value & Performance! January 7, 2008
Nate Esteban (Kenai, Alaska USA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
There may be faster machines that may have more features but I'd be hard pressed to find one in this price range! It's been great! I purchased it for a home network along with a wireless router because our kids received their own laptops for Christmas with wireless networking and I already had 2 computers, a PC and a Mac that existed on the network and this was a fairly straight foward process when following the easy to read instructions.
We love it here. It prints fast (compared to others we've owned in the past) it faxes and scans quickly and is a snap to do a quick print from the camera memory card!
Get one, you're gonna love it!
 Scanner is horrible for Mac OS X Leopard January 12, 2008
Sohail Ahmed (Seattle, WA USA)
19 out of 33 found this review helpful
The scanner used to work for me. After upgrading to Leopard (which is supposed to have updated drivers bundled), it would still print, but scanning always returns an error on the Mac. So I then found an updated driver separately released and I installed that, rebooting as instructed. Still no luck. Whether I ask the printer to initiate the scanner or Presto Page Manager 7 (came bundled with the printer), scanning is broken for Brother printers on Mac OS X Leopard.
Totally frustrating experience.
 W O W January 19, 2008
nightwalker (Gill, MA)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
W O W....I just set up my Brother MFC-465CN All-In-One printer and it was a snap. The Quick Setup Guide must have been written by someone that has gone through the nightmare of setting up computers, TV's, stereo components, answering machines and all other electrical gadgets that come with truly non user friendly manuals. If you can read you can set this machine up without pulling out a single hair. For the price the quality is Ok though I was disappointed that it comes without a USB cable.
Mac user recommends MFC-465CN May 15, 2008
Shenanuke (St. Louis, MO USA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
After reading up on all the all-in-one printers available for $100-$300, I purchased this printer for $89.99 in April of 2008 to use on a network, primarily with Macs. I have it networked through a Cradlepoint MBR-1000 EVDO router.
I'm about a month into use with the printer and am pretty pleased. For $90 (including ink), it was a real bargain for what it's capable of. That, and generic replacement ink is dirt cheap.
PRINTING
I haven't printed any photos yet, but my day-to-day printing has been of reasonably good quality. At first, the blacks weren't as black as I'd like, but I think it's gotten better with continued use. Paper tray could be bigger and easier to access, but I don't hate it.
COPYING
Auto-Feeder isn't bad. Only holds ten pages. But it's a low-priced printer with an auto-feeder, so I'm not going to complain. Flatbed is big enough for letter, but not legal. Ok.
SCANNING
I am using OS X Tiger (10.4) and have no problems scanning when connected by USB or through the network. It works well, and I'm pleased with the results. Custom scan settings are fairly simple to set up through the "Brother ControlCenter" on my desktop, too.
I read complaints about scanning being a problem on OS X Leopard. I can't speak to this, but know that Brother has posted drivers/updates for Leopard on their site to address this. Leopard users, are you up and running as of yet?
NETWORKING
Networking this thing wasn't as easy as it should have been. That's the main reason I'm giving it four stars instead of five. It took me an entirely uninterrupted half day to network this thing the way I wanted - it wasn't self-explanatory. Be prepared to understand your router, network, IP addresses, DHCP servers, whatever other networking stuff that isn't entirely self-evident. I eventually figured it out without contacting customer service, and I'm no IT guy. So yes, this thing CAN be networked, and yes, it CAN be networked with a Mac. Once you get the networking up and running, it's a pretty nice thing.
FAX
Haven't used this yet.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Haven't called 'em yet (by choice).
IN CONCLUSION
I like this printer, and it does what I need for a low price. At this point (one month in), I would recommend this printer. Beware the difficulty factor in networking, but know that it can be done.
For Mac Leopard users June 3, 2008
Michael Ratliff (Denver, CO)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was skeptical about buying this unit after reading some of the other reviews, so I thought I would share my experience.
My setup: connected via ethernet connection to Airport Extreme, accessed by old G5 tower and new MacBook Pro both running 10.5.3.
Setup was a breeze. The software install took about 5 minutes. I was quite surprised that I did not have to further update anything from the net.
Connection was simple although the location of the ethernet port and USB port is odd.
Calibration check passed out of the box.
Plays well with phone line (doesn't interfere with voicemail or anything like that)
Scan feature works better than I had expected. Works well from the icon is the menu bar and allows for some great preset tuning depending on what you want to do. I used one of the custom presets to do simple B&W scans of receipts for expenses and can even default the folder it saves to.
I don't use this as a primary printer (have color laserjet) but printing is ok. A bit slow for my tastes, but I bought the unit primarily as a scanner, fax and copier.
My only real complaint so far is the ridiculous packaging. Stickers, tape and all sorts of crap you have to pull off. After unboxing Apple products this is a real shocker but only lasts a few minutes.
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