Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Review for PPC - Brother aims low and scores big!

Review Brother hl-4040cn
Street price < $399
Specs
21 pages per minute
USB and ethernet
Direct camera printing
Rated at 35,000 pages per month
250 paper tray capacity
Operating costs are approx $0.04 per page for monochrome, and $0.14 per
page for colour.

Biggest missing feature
Duplex printing

Cons
Banding win printing solid colours is acceptable for office use but not
photos

Pros
Ease of use and driver config
Price

Why should you care that a month ago we got the newly announced Brother
network colour printer?

Because it sucks less then your old inkjet or black and white laser.

But your inkjet isn't broken, and neither is your black and white laser
printer, why should you switch?

When did that stop you before? Did your last digital camera die before
you bought a new one? How about your car?

You sold the one on ebay or craigslist and bought the new one.

Why do you need it?

You don't need it. Just like you don't 2gbs of ram to run vista, or just
like you don't need a wii, or just like you don't need an ipod.

Its just more convenient not to get ink on your fingers.

Really - I don't need a color printer for business - and you can't use
this printer for photos.

So what's the point?

The point is, when do decide to replace your old laser printer - what
are you going to pick, a monochrome printer or a colour?

I want to print what I see on the screen.

So a reasonably priced colour printer does that.

Conclusion
Very highly recommended for home office user
Highly recommended for small 10 to 15 person office or department as
main or 2nd printer

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