Hi all,
My dad's business MFP has recently developed some issues after ~12 years (smudging, ADF issues etc) and I'm looking for a replacement.
Needs a duplex ADF and duplex printing. Not too worried about speed and don't need fax. Wanting to spend around $400, and this is the best I can currently find.
Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Must be Mono
Ah, that looks great. I forgot to add to my post that it must be B&W only (never does colour printing + more to go wrong and huge speed tradeoff).
(smudging, ADF issues etc)
I assume you've given all the ADF rollers a good clean with some metho?
Also, pull out the drum unit/toner give the insides a careful vac out and wipe over with a rag (turn power off first). Might save you some money.
Have tried cleaning the rollers of the ADF, but it's not totally reliable sadly. Has also frozen up many times printing (not printing a full document altogether) and a factory reset/driver update couldn't fix :(.
I have the M426fdn.
I haven’t had any issues with it but wish it had duplex scanning.
Ahh…the user manual says that the fdn model does have double-sided scanning though? That sucks :(.
If it does I haven’t seen how it is done. Will look into it again next time at the machine.
The Brother MFC 2740 ticks all your boxes but is more of a SOHO thing. Got it for around the 200.
Thanks, the "single pass" had me thinking it only did single-side scanning through the ADF but it seems that isn't the case!
I have the Brother MFC-9330CDW but it doesn’t do auto duplex scanning, however the MFC-9340CDW does. They’re both in the $350-400 price bracket. Wish I’d spent the extra money on the 9340 instead, but otherwise the printer runs great. I use it at home which is probably overkill, but the wife and rest of the family love it as they can print straight from their iDevices. I buy 3rd party toners from eBay.
Oh, and this is a colour laser. Quality is far from photo quality, but good enough for office documents.