Brother MFC-465CN Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Networking

by Brother

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 15.7 x 7.1 inches ; 18.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000X9S1LI
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• Item model number: MFC-465cn
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 14, 2008

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Brother MFC-465cn Color Inkjet Multi-Function Center with Networking capabilities will print lab-quality photos, scan documents, copy, and even fax. This compact all-in-one machine offers everything that you would need to increase productivity and produce professional-quality results fast from your home or office.

Print black and white documents and photos as fast as 30 pages per minute and color in 25 ppm, and with a print resolution as high as 6000 x 1200 dpi, you can expect these prints to be extremely sharp and accurate. With a built-in 2 inch LCD display, it's easy to stay in control of the MFC-465cn whether printing, faxing, scanning, or copying.

The MFC-465cn is perfect for any multi-printer setup thanks to its built-in Ethernet interface which makes it easy to share this printer throughout the entire office. Print without using a computer by utilizing the printer's media card slot, USB drive, or by printing from any PictBridge-enabled camera.

The MFC-465cn can handle up to 100-sheets of paper via the main paper tray and up to 20 4 x 6 inch sheets in the bypass tray. It can handle up to 8.5 x 14 inch (legal) paper. The 10-page automatic document feeder makes it a breeze to copy multiple pages at speeds of up to 22 copies per minute. The scanning feature is equally impressive and is capable of scanning high-resolution documents at 600 x 2400 dpi and ultra-high interpolated scan resolutions reaching 19,200 x 19,200 dpi using a Windows-based scan utility.

Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh, the Brother MFC-465cn color inkjet all-in-one measures 15.7 x 14.6 x 7.1 inches and weighs 18.1 pounds. It's backed by a 1-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Brother MFC-465cn

Product Description

The MFC465cn includes a 2¿ color flip-up LCD display and a 4x6 photo bypass tray. Print rich, vibrant borderless photos with a droplet as small as 1.5 picoliters and True2Life® technology. The MFC465cn can also do other tasks with built-in functions to scan, copy, fax/PC fax, and the PhotoCapture Center® to print high quality color photos from digital camera media cards, PictBridge-enabled camera or USB Flash Drive. Print resolutions up to 6000 x 1200 dpi and color inkjet print speeds (30ppm in black and 25ppm in color).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

135 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet! No More HP 1410 FrankenPrinter!, December 20, 2007

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Jerry Hewett (Temecula, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother MFC-465CN Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Networking (Office Product)

I can't be happier about finally being able to take a sledge hammer to the festering pile of... err... that is, the HP PSC 1410 All-in-One Printer (Q7290A#ABA) I've been chained to for the past two years. This new Brother MFC-465CN is *everything* that the HP PSC 1410 is not -- it's quiet, it's fast, it's insanely easy to use, and (the single most important feature of all, in my opinion) it doesn't install hundreds of megabytes of useless bloat-ware and a dozen memory- and cycle-pig services on your computer when you install the printer driver.

I've got the MFC-465CN plugged into my LinkSys WRT54G wireless router, with wireless NIC's on five Windows boxes. It took me less than a minute per machine to install the driver, and (*gasp!*) it didn't add any services! Or tool tray garbage! Or auto-run garbage in the registry! My prayers had been answered! I wept for joy!

Regarding the other reviewer comment about slow printing, I have the feeling that your mileage may vary depending on how things are connected together. I just dumped this here page (lots of color, graphics, images, and whatnot) to the MFC-465CN and it took just a hair over 30 seconds from start to finish. Much, *much* faster than my old FrankenPrinter. And the print quality is *superb*, for both text and images. No idea how photos will look, but my bet is that it'll do an excellent job of it.

Also no clue about how long I'll be able to go before I have to replace the ink cartridges, but ANYTHING has to be better than the FrankenPrinter, which ate a black cartridge every three or four weeks... even though I rarely print more than a page every other day (!!!).

Just the mere thought of being able to nuke all of that HP bloat-ware on my computers and disembowel that PSC 1410 gives me great pleasure. And I think I'll jump up and down on its carcass a couple of times, and sprinkle some salt on it, just to make sure it doesn't rise from the dead.

UPDATED, 16JAN08: I've been working this printer like a plow-horse for the past month, churning out all sorts of stuff (maps, photos, mailing labels, etc.) and I *still* love the bejabbers outta it. I've dumped at least a dozen full-color Google maps, a dozen or so photos, around a hundred B&W pages and lots (and lots!) of mailing labels, and as far as I can tell it's NOT EVEN CLOSE to running out of ink -- black or otherwise.

Very happy camper. Loving this printer, and thinking about buying another one and putting it up in the attic, just in case they stop making 'em.

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compact and cheap to run, May 19, 2008

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Skylark Red (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother MFC-465CN Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Networking (Office Product)

This replaced a Brother MFC210 and Canon MP160 at home. Things I like:
Cheap--Consumer Reports rated this as one of the cheapest (i.e., ink) to use.
Compact--note the picture--no external paper feed or trough sticking out. It's all inside! I LIKE my desk space.
Ethernet hookup--I no longer have to keep a computer on so others can print.
Display--I didn't care too much about this until I noticed the caller ID displayed. The display gives a status of your phone line. Nice.
Easy to set up--no problems having wired and wireless computers detect the printer during setup. No IP address to setup.
Print quality is good. Photos print great--no lines. Card reader works fine. Cartridges are very easy to change--no need to open the printer because the access is on the front.
Copier reduces the image on the fly.
CONS: won't print or fax if one cartridge is empty. I ran out of cyan and c/n fax or print a black doc.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nice printer .... but ... BUT, August 17, 2008

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Thomas P (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother MFC-465CN Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Networking (Office Product)

I'm keeping this review short because there's only one thing that really, really bothers me which others should know about. We all know ink is expensive for printers. It's one of the major factors one should consider when buying a printer.

I am extremely annoyed with this printer because often times, the cartridges are half-full still and the printer insists the cartridge needs to be changed. When I need to reseat the cartridges, often times, the printer will say there is no cartridge there. I am no printer novice. I've had ink jet printers since they were first invented. My first inkjet lasted 10 years with no problems until the problem which ended it's working life. I definitely know how to clean printers and do any necessary maintenance to increase longevity.

Overall, I cannot rate the product very high because of this. You'd think manufactures would be able to improve all aspects of products over time instead of making them more annoying.

Updating on 3/12/2008. I've now owned this printer for a couple years. It has performed well. I now use bargain ink which I get for about $1 a cartridge. The network capability on the printer was never very good. I put up with it for quite awhile though. The scan to computer function isn't reliable, however using software like paint.net to scan initiating from the computer has always been reliable for me. Copying has been excellent. Printing pictures never was very good, but that's not what it was ever intended for. Overall, I'm happy with the printer. I like Brother printers because they don't try to screw you over on ink prices.

It did take awhile for Brother to come out with a Vista driver.

I was going to increase the rating to a 3, but Amazon isn't letting me right now.

July 16, 2010: I have now scrapped the printer. It had numerous errors at the end of it's life. Communication to network, scanning, and ink sensing were all screwed up. Copying in black and white still worked. Some of the parts of the printer now have a new home in a cabinet for my network equipment. Those parts are working well. I am disappointed with the lifespan of the printer.