MFC9340CDW Brother Wireless Color Laser LED All-in-One Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax, Mfc-9340Cdw, Black

I was looking for a color laser printer after my dumpy Samsung quit. I have Macs, PCs, iPads, iPhones, and Android devices. I really wanted a multifunction printer but was never impressed with the quality of such devices. Scanners are typically a gimmick slapped on a printer to make basic copies or basic scans. What I lusted for was a real scanner with Auto Document Feeder. Duplex Printing and Scanning I considered a luxury I wouldn't be able to afford. My wife and I stumbled onto the Brother 9000 series of MFC printers. Things looked promising for my printing needs (iPads, Mac, PC). Then I compared the scanning features of the MFC9130CDW, MFC9330CDW and MFC9340CDW. Here is the difference the 9130 No duplex scanning or duplex printing no USB flash drive support, the 9330 has duplex printing and USB flash drive support but no duplex scanning, the 9340 has duplex print and scan plus the USB flash drive support. Here is where it gets better then anything else I've seen for the price. Brother's Web Connect is awesome. I've scanned three months of bills and statements directly to Evernote without this thing being connected to anything but power and Wifi! It has the features office copiers that cost thousands have. Scanning to Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, FTP, Box.net, email and more is dirt simple using the touch screen interface of the MFP all without needing a computer connected. I tries it once but you can even scan to your computer's software without hooking it to USB which is brilliant! Setup to my wifi was a snap. Once on the network my iPad could print to it without anything installed. My Mac was super simple to setup as well, the drivers and software include were easy to install and no frustrating at all. Printing is a snap with a B&W setting al ready to go when I want to conserve color toner. Very well thought out. I'll never use the Fax portion of it unfortunately. Thankfully the backlit keypad (to the right of the touch screen) dim out when not in use so you don't even see them. It makes the printer very attractive and gives the unit a more symmetrical look which I appreciate. Its not too big or bulky. I'm very very happy with this purchase, and would highly recommend it.

I have a Brother HL-L2380DW, and it is wonderful. I was hoping this printer, the Brother MFC-9340CDW, would also be the same. Setup was very easy, instructions were very clear, and the interface is wonderful. Wifi/AirPrint printing worked great. The Brother software you can install on your computer (Windows or Mac) is not bloated, resource intensive, or intrusive, and it provides you with excellent information. The fax setup was pretty easy as well. The colors are great too. Obviously this is not for glossy photos, but for anything else, it was terrific. The reason I had to give this one star is because I returned it. The reason I returned it is because when scanning single sided documents, scanning duplex documents (which this model does support via the ADF (auto-document-feeder)), printing duplex, and printing on envelopes, there are simply WAY WAY WAY too many paper jams. I tried a few different paper weights and a few different textures (smooth white paper/"textured" paper/recycled paper), and a few different envelope types. I also triple checked I removed all the "blue scotch tape" that usually comes with printers during shipping. It just jammed far too often. If you end up purchasing this, and don't have those issues, consider yourself very lucky. I would have given this 5 stars if there were no jams, but alas, I had to return it. Amazon made returning this hassle free, and I did NOT have to pay to shipping to return it.

EXCELLENT PURCHASE! Read nearly every comment before purchasing. I am a personal NOT office buyer/user. Would like to use for basic personal use and occasional full color band flyer ads. PROS: familiarity with the structure, transitioning from older b/w brother laser jet SUPER easy set up (plug in, pull off ink tabs, turn on, and enter wifi password..good to go) Quality color printing Duplex (see photo) Copy/scan work great (probably won't use fax) Wireless nice user-friendly screen (love the subtle lit number buttons) Cat friendly printer (see photo) Cons: -As previous buyers stated, this printer is NOT "photo" quality, but GREAT for anything else - the ONLY time you even notice a slight drop in quality is when I held up the heavy black ink section to a light... I bet it would look even nicer on higher quality paper... this will work PERFECTLY fine for rock band flyers... but perhaps not for actual photos...but unless you're a pro, why not just print photos for cheaper at costco and walmart? -NOTE ON DUPLEX: ms word refuses to offer duplex. Printer works perfectly fine---still able to duplex print from MS word IF you click PREVIEW AS WEBPAGE Side note: since I'm a personal buyer not an office...I do not expect to run into the TONER REPLACEMENT ISSUE anytime soon, but I'd like to take a moment to thank the printer pioneers before me who have already solved this crisis with software toner reset instructions.

I was looking for a printer that scanned both sides, printed colour on both sides, had low running costs and was durable. This printer does everything after doing a lot of research. Since the printer is LED array technology (not laser), the durability is very high because it does not have any rotating mirror components to build the image like laser printers. I've had LED array printers before and I am buying the colour version. The toner is cheap as well, which makes the running cost very low. You can get cheap toner from eBay and here at Amazon. Toner is still toner, no matter what the manufacturers tell you. :) Print quality is not the same as laser, but good enough for most everyday print jobs such as brochures and graphics (if you're printing photos, suggest you look at inkjet instead because of the higher resolution). It also connects to the network enabling me to print from the phone and the iPad. I highly recommend this printer. I've had Brother printers before and this is replacing a black and white printer. I've never gone wrong with brother. They are hardy, last a long time and have overall low running costs.

I bought this for $340 from Amazon.ca directly (unfortunately right now they're sold out!). I purchased a laser printer to replace my ink guzzler of an inkjet printer (especially when you have to clean the print head every week! What a waste of ink!). Some of the main features I was looking for was network-connected, duplexing, and low cost-per-page. Some of the main features that attracted me to this specific model are: * Very low toner cost per page: 14 cents colour, if I recall my calculations correctly * Automatic duplexing * Wi-Fi and wired network capable * Solid driver and configuration software, according to IT friends * Duplexing ADF scanner * Flatbed scanner (I would have preferred legal-size, but I can use ADF when I need to scan legal most of the time) At the price I paid for it, I am very happy with this item. At the MSRP of around $500, I would be slightly disappointed with this item, but not exceedingly so. Pros: * Decent speed: faster than an inkjet. Good enough for me! * Text looks great on it! * Inexpensive toner, especially if purchased on Amazon or Newegg. (Don't go to Staples unless it's an emergency...) * Very easy to set up on a wired network: set the printer on the table, wire it up to the network, configure a static IP (in the case of my network) via the touch panel, download the drivers, install them, and done! Printing without a problem! * * A LOT of configurability. Feels closer to a professional piece of equipment than meant for the consumer market (but only if you dig into the web configuration panel). Nonetheless, if you don't dig into advanced configuration methods, it's very user-friendly to set up for less tech-oriented users. * Google Cloud Print support. Nice if I find something on the go or at work and want a copy ready to read at home. Cons: * Streaking, esp. colour figures. Text looks fine. I've tried a few basic steps to reduce the streaking to no avail, but I'm not too bothered for reports, articles and the like. * Even at full resolution, dithering is more prominent than I would like for colour printing. * Lost a good 2-3 hours trying to get scanning to work when initiated from the computer. I got it working, but I have no idea how I got it working. * Colours tend to be a LITTLE dull. It's fine for reports and articles, and you're silly if you're printing graphic design materials or photographs on an inexpensive home laser printer... * Auto duplexing is of the "print one side, gobble the paper back, print the other side" variety. At this price point, that seems perfectly reasonable, if a little slower than the printer at work. * According to IT friends, the drum/heater have relatively short life and are very costly to replace. However, as a home user with a minimal print volume (a few journal articles, drafts, reports per week), I don't anticipate them requiring replacement before I would reasonably want to replace the unit anyway. UPDATE: After a few months of use, I wanted to leave a quick update. Overall still very good. I'm still very happy with the unit overall, at the price I paid. Printing has remained very reliable. Scanning is still a bit buggy, but since I got it working (involved manually adding/installing a package or maybe it was manually adding a scanner device in Windows's printers; unfortunately, I don't entirely remember what I did) it has worked when initiated from the computer. If I try to initiate it from the printer side and select my computer, however, it fails; this might be my software firewall's rather strict configuration, though, and I've put less than an hour into trying to get it to work. One small annoyance is that the printer disconnects from Google Cloud Print on occasion and doesn't warm me or automatically reconnect. I'm not sure if this only happens when I disconnect or power off the printer, but I suspect so; hence it should be fine most of the time. At my printing volume, the starter black toner looks like it'll last me six months since purchase, and the starter colours might do 10 months. I print 1-2 academic journal articles, reports or similar documents a week, in general.

Update: firmware updates made the wifi rock solid stable. And unlike other brands forcing you to buy their overpriced ink/toner, Brother seems to not play that game. I'm so impressed on that feature alone, I usually by their brand of toner. The only real annoying thing is how much it curls the pages but considering the price, speed and quality of printing I can live with that. This printer replaced an inkjet that was supposed to be lower cost to run than a laser printer but because I wasn't printing high volume that printer was wasting a lot of ink cleaning the heads every week. The final straw on the other brand is they did a firmware update that actually printed blotches if you didn't use their ink (if I printed directly from USB and skipped windows driver it printed fine). It would also park the printhead as normal when finished printing but then if you didn't use their brand they would would move it over and un-park it so it would drain the cartridge and wreck the printer. Put a name brand in and it would park it and leave it parked. Ink shouldn't cost exponential more than gasoline or human blood and then to sabotage the printer if you use another brand of ink is such a dirty trick. Now that I've had this printer for a while and seeing real world results this brother laser printer is costing less than 30% to run than my commercial grade ink jet. First brother printer I have owned and I will definitely be buying another brother if they keep this up.

It was a good printer while it lasted. It died almost exactly 3 years from receiving the printer. Printer no longer powers on. There are no error codes to indicate the problem. I had purchased AMT 3 year warranty as well (which they indicate starts after Brother's warranty). I recently found out that this 3 Year warranty is actually 2 year, they are counting Brother's 1 year warranty as part of this 3 year warranty.

We purchased this printer in February 2015 from amazon.ca. It ran fine for the until last month when it began showing dirty roller type marks on the printed materials. After spending several hours chatting online with the Brother USA and Canada tech support staff, and spending as may hours removing toner and drums, replacing toner and drums, cleaning, re-cleaning, taking pictures, submitting pictures, and printing reports. We were in constant communication with their tech support until we finally requested a replacement printer since this one is under warranty. Then: silence. This is when communications stopped and our e-mails were left unanswered. That was one week ago and we have not heard any reply from the Brother Canada staff. We are now in the process of filing a formal complaint with their corporate headquarters requesting a replacement new unit since they have been traditionally sending refurbished one on warranty claims. Does this printer do the job when it is working? It sure does, and with the quality to be expected for this level printer. However, it is not even worth it weight in plastic and metal when it breaks down. We have purchased several Brother printers in the past, and this will definitely be our last one if we have to spend more time forcing them to honor their warranty. Update: A few weeks after we filed our complaint, we were provided with either a new or very finely refurbished printer. This one works like a charm. This is why we upgraded our rating to a 3-star from the original 2-star.