Brother MFC-210C Color Inkjet Multifunction Printer

by Brother

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002UECG6
• Item model number: MFC-210C
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 6, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you work at home or in a small office environment, the cost in both money and space of buying single-use machines can be prohibitively expensive. The MFC-210C from Brother delivers printing, copying, scanning, and faxing capabilities, allowing you to free up office space and combine all your important office tasks into one effective machine. With its small 3-picoliter droplet size, the MFC-210C delivers print resolutions of up to 6,000 x 1,200 dpi and print speeds of up to 20 ppm for black and up to 15 ppm for color. The easy-to-use, 100-page, front-loading paper tray accommodates sizes up to 8.5 by 14.0 inches, while a 25-sheet output paper tray accommodates most print jobs easily.

The fax machine is capable of both black and color faxing, and has transmission speeds of up to 6 seconds per page. Twenty auto-dial locations are provided to help you keep track of your most important numbers, and a 70-location broadcasting feature allows you to send one fax to multiple locations. A redial function will automatically attempt to reach the dialed number until you receive an answer, while a 25-page internal memory means that you won't miss important faxes, even when you run out of paper.

The built-in copier is capable of both black and color copying, with copy speeds of up to 17 cpm for black and up to 11 cpm for color. You can reduce or enlarge your copies anywhere from 25% to 400%, while a multi-copy function lets you make up to 99 copies from a single original. The scanner has a 36-bit color depth and 256 levels of grayscale, resulting in crisp colors and subtle grays; and the 600 x 2,400 optical scan resolution provides accurate, true-to-life scans. Additionally, one-touch scan-to-e-mail, scan-to-image, scan-to-OCR, and scan-to-file buttons automate these frequently used scanner functions.

If you are a digital photo enthusiast, you'll be glad to hear that the MFC-210C has a photo capture center that allows you to create photo-quality prints directly from a wide variety of media cards, with or without your PC. Several helpful software tools, including ScanSoft PaperPort, ScanSoft OmniPage OCR Software, and Presto! PageManager Software for Mac, help you get the most out of your prints and scans. The unit connects to your computer via its USB port, while an optional wireless print server can be purchased to use the MFC-210C as a wireless print device. Energy Star compliant, the unit consumes only 20 watts during normal operation and about 3 watts during sleep mode. Compatible with PC and Mac operating systems, the MFC-210C also comes backed with a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
MFC210c multifunction, paper tray, ink cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, yellow), CD-ROM with PC fax/drivers and bundled software (ScanSoft PaperPort, ScanSoft OmniPage OCR Software, and Presto! PageManager for Mac), telephone line cord, instructions; USB cable not included

Product Description

MFC-210c All-in-One Inkjet Flatbed Color Fax Printer/Copier/Scanner/PC Fax with PhotoCaptureFax Modem Speed14.4 KbpsFax Maximum Resolution203 x 392 dpiGrayscale Halftones256Memory8 MBSheet SizeLetter/Legal/A4Sheet Tray Capacity100Copier Maximum Reduction25%Copier Maximum Enlargement400%Maximum Copies99LCD Display1 Line x 16 CharactersBroadcast TransmissionYes/70Speed Dial Entries20Auto RedialDistinctive Ring DetectionDirectory DialingOn-Hook DialingAuto Fax/Telephone SwitchAnswering Machine InterfaceSpeakerphoneMonitor onlyScanner Maximum Resolution600 x 2400 dpi (optical color dots per inch)Caller ID/Call WaitingPrinter Maximum Speed20 ppm Black, 15 ppm ColorPrinter Maximum Resolution6000 x 1200 dpiInterface ConnectivityUSBSize14-7/10w x 17-4/5d x 5-3/10hShpg. Wt.15 lbs.Manufacturers WarrantyOne-YearReplacement Ink CartridgesBRTLC41BK (Black), BRTLC41C (Cyan), BRTLC41M (Magenta) and BRTLC41Y (Yellow), sold separately

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Compact and inexpensive all-in-one printer, December 2, 2004

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Cheppanu (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother MFC-210C Color Inkjet Multifunction Printer (Office Product)

I wanted to buy a All-in-One printer for my personal home use. I have done extensive reaserch for an All-in-One mono laser printers, in no time I realized that toner and drum prices are exorbitant and gave up that idea and started looking for All-in-One inkjet printer. I was very inclined to buy HP Photo Smart 2610 printer because of HP's reputation for quality. At BJ's, I compared the size and price of MFC-210 and HP2610, what a difference.... HP2610 is double in size and triple in price. I went with MFC-210C and have been using print, copy, fax for last one week and so far no complaints.

Pros:
1. Ultra Compact
2. Inexpensive (printer as well as ink catridges)
3. Reasonably fast print, copy and scan (20 pages per minute)
4. Dirvers for most of the windows O/S
5. Easy set up
6. Individual ink catridges(1 black and 3 color)
7. Fax and Copy without a PC
8. Directly reads digital memory cards for picture printing

Cons:
1. No automatic feeder for FAX and speed is only 14.4 Kbps - if you don't do lot of faxing then speed should not matter.
2. Print Quality is not as good as HP - for home use I can live with that quality.
3. No USB cable - I had to buy 3 Pk USB cables for $7.95 at BJ's
4. User manual talks (75%) on how to send and receive fax - I think Brother is still in FAX era.
5. No networking - it is too much to ask from a $63.00 printer

78 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Scanner issues!, March 30, 2005

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A Reader - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother MFC-210C Color Inkjet Multifunction Printer (Office Product)

I got this today and I'm returning it tomorrow. The printer part is fine, but I do a lot of scanning and I am dumbfounded by what I discovered with this aspect of the machine. First off, when scanning you don't get a preview, you have no option of controlling the size of the scan, or the HSL or any other color/brightness control, nor can you control the dpi. You push the scan button and it scans the whole bed. If your object is smaller than the bed size, too bad. If you want something at 72 dpi (which is all any monitor can "see" so all you use for the web), too bad. If the colors aren't good, too bad. If there's a glare off of something you're scanning, too bad. No options are available. The files end up being large as they're the size of the bed and at 300dpi (the default).

When I first tried scanning and didn't get a preview window or any controls, I picked up the manual to figure out what was going wrong. Guess what? no mention of scanning in the 200 page book. When I looked "scanning" up in the index, it told me to look on the cd. When I looked on the cd, nothing. I went to Brother's site and downloaded a manual from there--only to read that you don't get any options on any part of scanning!

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exceed expectation, December 11, 2004

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S. C. LU "midipig" (Miramar, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother MFC-210C Color Inkjet Multifunction Printer (Office Product)

For a machine at this price I was not expecting anything good, but I was wrong. All the features (Scan/Fax/Print/Copy/Photo reader) works better than I expected. The software for PC and Mac has very good quality too. I will buy Brother's all-in-one product again in the future. It is a good machine for light use. I use it at least three times a week for fax and for daily printing and photocopy.

Just like what they said on the box, it is for home and home office use. It does not have auto paper feeder. It support overseas fax mode (which is good when fax via VoIP service such as AT&T Callvantage), but this cannot be as the default setting, so you need to set it up for every transmission.

The image scaling function works fine just like regular commercial photocopy machine.

*** The comments below is written after I use it for almost two years ***
This machine lasts more than one year so it passes the warranty, and then the printer functionality died after 18 months. During the 18 months of use, I constantly buy ink catridge for it because:
(1) The MFC-210C will purge the ink catridge almost every day to keep printer head flowing. You lose ink without printing anything.
(2) Among all four ink catridges, as long as one of them is low, the whole printer refuse to print. I can't seem to find an option to print it in reduced quality, which is a good feature for all HP printers.

Because of the two ink reasons above, plus the printer head machanical failure, I decided to go back and get an HP printer after my happy two years with MFC-210C printer. Again, I like this printer because I get it for all nice features for only $79. Even now the printer/fax output is gone, I can still use it as a scanner.