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The Brother MFC-8460N is another all in one printer from the Brother line that pretty much does everything and, for the price, does it well. In fact, the only thing that really stands out about it is the fairly huge LCD display Brother decided to put on the front of the unit, making this model particularly easy to navigate. Up to 22 large characters per line and the convenient backlight settle it: this is a big LCD.

Besides the beefy navigation screen, the MFC-8460N is putting up some big numbers across the board. Most notably being the particularly large scan resolution of 19200 X 19200 dots per inch interpolated, which can be used congruently with another oversized feature of the product, a 50 page auto document feeder that helps when managing large quantities of paper that need to be copied, faxed, or scanned. The always convenient, “Scan to,” features let you scan your time and memory consuming high resolution images directly to an e mail or a PDF file. With resolutions that high, and a ADF that large, you could even consider setting up a project that required a huge quantity of extremely high res scans for overnight operation to save yourself the hassle of having to check when each image was complete. Also, legal sized and color scans are also welcome thanks to the large document glass.

Who doesn’t like large amounts of paper? The 250 sheet paper capacity of the unit is expandable with an auxiliary tray of equal size. Interestingly, the MFC-8460N also comes complete with a 50 sheet multi purpose tray, not always seen in office grade printers of the sort, which brings your total possible paper capacity to 550 sheets. Also on the expandable features list is the on board memory, which comes stock at a decent 32 MBs, but can be upgraded to an astounding 544 MBs.
Network incorporation is a must for many high yield businesses and, though the MFC-8460N doesn’t have a wireless modem, it does come equipped with an Ethernet port to get your office connected. Also included are a USB port and a Parallel port if your demands require the use of only a single Macintosh or PC.  Either way, speed will not be an issue as the hardware is capable of churning out 30 pages per minute or quality of up to 1200 X 1200 dots per inch, which will insure that your projects look professional and neat in a short amount of time.

As is often seen in many of the larger units such as this, a high yield replacement toner cartridge is available, meaning you’ll receive more bang for your buck when it comes to ink, and also suffer through less cartridge changes. If your business insists on high monthly output, shaving pennies at a time can add up quickly, and the MFC-8460N can take the abuse as well, sporting a maximum monthly duty cycle of 20,000 words, though 500 to 3,500 is recommended.

The Brother MFC-8460N is seated squarely in the middle of a long line of Brother Multifunctional Centers and, like its brothers and sisters, is a relatively good buy for the money.

Here we have a multifunction center that fully embodies the concept of a small office printer. The Canon Copier ImageClass MF4690 has all of the features you’d expect from a Canon all in one, but doesn’t go overboard with the bells and whistles, which plants this unit firmly in the realm where performance is balanced with value.

The Canon Copier ImageClass MF4690 is a network printer with a built in Ethernet port which allows access to the hardware for an entire small (or large) office. It also includes a UBS 2.0 hi-speed port for direct connection to a single unit and, additionally, provides a front USB port for direct connect to a USB memory device. When using a portable memory device, the dedicated “scan to” features allow you to scan documents directly onto your thumb drive or other device in JPEG, PDF, TIFF, or BMP formats. You can also use this function to send data to a computer you are interfaced with without bothering with PC software.

If you do choose to go with the Windows or Mac based software, compatibility will not be an issue, as both TWAIN and WIA types are supported. Scan quality is decent, with optical topping out at 600 X 1200 dots per inch and interpolated at a maximum of 9600 X 9600 dpi. While color scans are an option, printing is monochrome only, but the quality is also more than suitable and can be set at either 600 X 600 or 1200 X 600 dots per inch which is enough to make your text documents crisp and professional looking, and keep black and white charts and graphs looking fairly clean.