The Brother MFC-9420cn is a color multifunction laser printer designed for small or home office users. With strong speeds and quality at an affordable price, and sporting a multitude of features, it has a lot to offer the home or small office.
The MFC-9420cn is priced affordably for a color multifunction laser printer, and thus, it fits a niche for small or home office users on a budget who need its multifunction features, but also want color printing capabilities.
The unit ships with ?starter? Brother MFC-9420cn toner cartridges with capacities of 5,000 pages for black and 3,000 pages for each color cartridge, but these can be upgraded also to high-yield cartridges. The high-yield Brother MFC-9420cn toner cartridges have capacities of 10,000 pages for black and 6,600 for each color.
The design of the MFC-9420cn is much bulkier than either the inkjet printers or dedicated laser printers it is likely replacing, and is almost certainly to large to share a desk with its user. That is not to say that it is cumbersome, however, as it is average in size for a multifunction printer. At 76 pounds, it will take at least two people to move it around.
The multifunction capabilities of the Brother MFC-9420cn include, printing, faxing, scanning and copying. Scans can be sent to either a networked PC or can be sent as an email directly from the machine. A flatbed scanning surface is available, as well as an automatic document feeder, which can hold up to 35 pages. Faxing can also be sent from and sent to a networked PC.
The MFC-9420cn?s printing speed is impressive, at around 31 pages per minute in monochrome and 8 pages per minute for color. Text quality is sharp and defined down to around a 5 pt font. Color print quality suffers from color inaccuracies and disappearing thin lines, but this is typical of a laser printer, especially a multifunction printer.
Overall, the Brother MFC-9420cn is a solid choice for a small office that needs its multifunction capabilities and color printing. Its size and weight will make it difficult to fit into the smallest office spaces.
