For a good, economical all in one color inkjet printer, you should check out the Brother MFC 5490 printer. This lists for $180.00, but has been as low as $95.00 for a new one, yet it has a 57% customer approval rating, which is a little low for Brother, but a good rating for other brands. Yet it scans, faxes, copies and produces various types of reports, charts, and presentations, and has an automatic self-cleaner.
It prints at the rate of 35 PPM for black and 28 PPM for color and copies at 23 PPM for black and 20 PPM for color (which is above average on the copies). It has the standard resolution (6000 to 1200), will take documents up to 8 x 14”, and has both a 150 sheet input tray and a 50 sheet automatic document feeder for hands free usage. It can reduce and enlarge 25% to 400%, and has 1200 x 2400 DPI with 38-bit color depth.
Brother MFC 5490 All-in-One Inkjet Printer
This all-in-one inkjet printer comes with a photo capture center, which means you do not have to have a computer to print your photographs. It has a built in memory card slot you can use, or any PictBridge compatible camera, will let you do it directly to the printer.
There are a few minor annoyances with this printer, but nothing of real significance. The fax machine will often scan the document before sending it. When your ink is getting low, there are constant pop-ups about it. It will not work at all if it is too low; however, so that might be a good thing. The self-cleaner takes several minutes to complete the job, and does not go by your schedule.
All in all, the Brother MFC 5490 printer is a good all-in-one inkjet printer, copier, scanner and fax machine that is very economical. This comes with four ink cartridges, so you only replace the one that is empty, saving you money. It comes with a two year limited warranty, as well as a name that stands for quality.
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