Looking for a color printer or all-in-one for your home or small office? It just got harder to choose one. Brother has bolstered its lineup with two color printers and three color all-in-one printers that are fast, more compact than their made-for-the-big-office cousins, and inexpensive. All five models can print color or monochrome as fast as 17 pages per minute, Brother says, and all offer a 250-sheet paper tray. The two color printers (HL-3000 and HL-3070CW) range in price from $299 to $349; both offer the choice of connecting by Ethernet or USB, but the HL-3070’s extra $50 adds a wireless choice as well as a USB interface that allows users to print or scan to a USB drive to the mix. The three all-in-ones start at $399 for the MFC-9010CN, which can print, copy, and scan; the MFC-9120 retails for $50 more and adds a fax; and the MFC-9320CW allows wireless networking and the scan-to-USB option for $499.
Jeff Sandler, Brother’s Director of Marketing for Laser Products, told About.com that his title might be a bit misleading; these new printers and all-in-ones are not actually laser printers but use LED technology instead of a laser. “Why LED? We’re technology agnostic, and in this instance, LED allowed us to make a smaller unit faster.” Sandler calls them “digital color printers and all-in-ones,” but no matter what they’re called, the new lineup is sure to be good news for small- and home-business owners. You'll find reviews of the new printers on About.com soon.
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Hi Peter, I tried to read your piece about Brother printers but was totally, and I mean totally distracted by one of the most distracting and moronic ads I have ever seen. It shows a number of small red balls bouncing around a box, and to stop them you have to click on a number showing how many there are. You are of course clicking on an ad even though you don’t even know what the product is!!
I am angry. This and other ads from the same company give you no chance to concentrate on the copy. It is distracting and upsetting – and who do I blame? YOU of course. Well, if you have no control of the material appearing with your excellent posts, something is wrong, is it not?
Google and About.com simply trample on the sensitivities of readers. As it happens I believe advertising has an important place on the net, it often replaces other media entirely. I am in the market for stuff, and want to find sources WHEN I want to, not when I am reading something interesting. Who would disagree with this? Would you Peter?
Can you advise me how to block ads on Google Chrome? Is there a way of searching a single source for products together with independent reviews if possible? And would not industries support this method of providing a portal to products and services in the same way that Amazon does for books? Cannot criminals be excluded from taking part? I look forward to a reply do find the time if you can. Bob.
Bob, maybe your real problem is using Google Chrome. Try instead Firefox with the plugin NoScript. Also install PeerGuardian 2.
BOB LOOSEN UP!
Do you blame New York for the noisy subway system?
Do you blame BallPark when you drip mustard on your shirt?
You probably blame the table when you stub your toe.
Maybe Gordon should have charged you to read his review. There way there would not be any advertising. Are you OK with that BOB!!!???
Whiny people like you makes me wish there were “blockers” for you people. YES, you people!
Phenomenal beradkown of the topic, you should write for me too!