Brother MFC-4420c Multifunction

by Brother

Product Details

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• Item Weight: 20.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008DHTG
• Item model number: MFC-4420c
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 13, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This unique, low-profile flatbed multifunction center is the ideal product for your home or home office. It offers color inkjet printing (up to 11 ppm color, 13 ppm black), standalone color copying and color faxing, PC faxing (send only), and color scanning. Plus, the included Brother PhotoCapture Center lets you print high-quality color images from most digital camera media (Memory Stick, CompactFlash, and SmartMedia cards), with or without a PC. You can also select high-resolution, photo-quality 2,400 x 1,200 dpi printing for exceptional color output.

The device offers a simple process for scanning directly to e-mail, OCR (optical character recognition), and imaging applications, as well as high-resolution color scanning at up to 9,600 dpi (interpolated) and 600 x 2,400 dpi (optical). Maximum scanning resolution with Windows XP is limited to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi; resolutions up to 9,600 x 9,600 dpi can be selected using the Brother Scanner Utility.

The MFC-4420c's 16 MB memory stores up to 480 pages so can scan your next faxes while sending or receiving others. Other features include a versatile flatbed design to simplify copying from bound documents, copy reduction and enlargement from 25 to 400 percent (in one-percent increments), and award-winning ScanSoft PaperPort and TextBridge OCR software (OCR does not work with Mac OS X).

Compatible with both Windows and Apple computers, the MFC-4420c offers a USB interface (cable not supplied), and a 100-sheet-capacity paper tray. It is backed by a one-year warranty.

Product Description

MFC-4420C Color Flatbed Multifunction Printer/Copier/Fax/Scanner/PC Fax/PhotoCapture
Features PhotoCapture Center™
Fax Modem Speed14.4 Kbps
Fax Maximum Resolution203 x 392 dpi
Grayscale Halftones64 mono/256 color
Memory (pages)480
PC Fax Control SoftwareWindows® 98/98 SE/Me/2000/XP; Mac® OS 8.5-8.51/8.6-9.2 OS v.10/10.1/10.2.1
Cut Sheet SizeLetter/Legal
Cut Sheet Tray Capacity100
Copier Maximum Reduction25%
Copier Maximum Enlargement400%
Maximum Copies99
LCD Display2 Line x 16 Characters
Delayed Transmission Fax
Broadcast Transmission130
Auto Redial
Speed Dial Entries80
Directory Dialing
On-Hook Dialing
Distinctive Ring Detection
SpeakerphoneMonitor only
Auto Fax/Telephone Switch
Answering Machine Interface
Scanner Maximum Resolution9600 x 9600 dpi
Caller ID/Call Waiting
Printer Maximum Speed13 ppm Black, 11 ppm Color
Printer Maximum Resolution2400 x 1200 dpi
Interface ConnectivityUSB
Size15-7/10w x 16-9/10d x 6-2/5h
Shpg. Wt.22 lbs.
Ink Yield Black/Color480/400
Manufacturers WarrantyOne Year Limited
Replacement Print CartridgeBRTLC25BK (Black); BRTLC25C, (Cyan); BRTLC25M, (Magenta); BRTLC25Y, (Yellow), (sold separately)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Durable, July 11, 2004

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E. Roche (NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother MFC-4420c Multifunction (Office Product)

I liked this printer at first because I was able to insert my CF card from my digital camera right into the front of the printer. It would then download all my pictures.
Soon I found the ink clogs so easily that after about 5 pages printed the black ink was only half there. It was very light and smudged. I would have to get it to run a cleaning cycle. Sometimes it had to clean 3 times or so before the black would work. It also happened with the colors several times.
The photo printing was so-so.
Then I got an "error 41." This says to unplug the printer and call brother. Great. Its a generic catch all error I've found and it can mean your printer is now useless. This happened to me after only having the printer 5 or 6 months.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars MFC-4420c (MalFunctioningCrap), November 13, 2004

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S. Weinstock (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother MFC-4420c Multifunction (Office Product)

You know, today my wife and I were discussing how this scanner/fax was the worst piece of garbage we have ever purchased. Notice, I left off the word "printer." That is because it's spent more time performing the print-head cleaning than it has actually printing anything.

But alas, it was done in by the very act it seemed to enjoy so much. After a few months where we only used it as an outgoing fax, I took it to my office. Once there, I performed the head-cleaning ritual 8-10 times before the printer would deign to lay down some ink. After the 12th head cleaning the MFC-4420c committed printercide; the message "Machine error 41 - unplug and call Brother" scrolls incessantly across it's LCD display.

I believe the only remedy is to ship this rubbish back to Brother. Unfortunately, the 4420c is not worth the cost of shipping.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Piece of JUNK! Fatal error exactly 2 months after warranty., March 8, 2005

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Marek Merta (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother MFC-4420c Multifunction (Office Product)

I bought this printer for a friend. It was refurbished, but it still had a 1 year warranty from the date of purchase. The printer worked flawlessly for the most part within the warranty timeframe. Some two months ago it began complaining that some of the inks were low, even if they were full or new. Just weeks after the ink problems, the machine displays on its LCD "MACHINE ERROR 41... CALL BROTHER". Having come on this website by accident while researching this error, I am surprised at the amount of people with the same problem. Now I am convinced this is all made intentionally, no way something completely stops working immediately after the warranty. Repair costs are simply not worth it at $150 to $200 dollars. The most ingeniously evil plot about this error is that, in essence it blocks the whole machine from being used. Can't print, scan, fax, copy - nothing. The only thing you can do is throw it into the trash if you don't want to dish out cash to fix it. Absolutely evil machine, along with its creators. Never Brother again, they clearly encase rigged errors to poop the device after the warranty. Next I will go with Canon, maybe HP if the price is right. But HP tends overprice their printers way too much, and for the longest time they did not even offer borderless printing like Canon did for a much lower price with their machines.