Refurbished Brother MFC-8860DN Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center with Duplex

by Brother

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 21 x 19 inches
• Shipping Weight: 50 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000O7VPSK
• Item model number: EMFC-8860dn
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 9, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Brother MFC-8860DN is a 5-in-1 multi-function center that combines automatic duplex (two-sided) printing, copying, scanning, and faxing and includes a built-in Ethernet network interface for easy connectivity. With several features in one compact model, the MFC-8860DN helps save space while increasing workplace productivity. Perfect for small to medium-size businesses or workgroups, the MFC-8860DN offers every function and feature your workgroup needs to increase efficiency and save time.

This compact unit delivers print and copy speeds up to 30 pages per minute (ppm) and 1200 x 1200 dot-per-inch (dpi) print resolution, so you can count on professional results with every job. The 50-sheet multipurpose tray is convenient for printing envelopes, transparencies, letterhead, or even various types of card stock, while the automatic duplex capability means you can copy or scan two single-sided documents and produce a copy or store a scan as a single two-sided page, thereby saving paper and freeing space. The MFC-8860DN also features a high-yield replacement toner cartridge that is as economical as it is efficient. Finally, to help quickly share information, the Ethernet, USB, and parallel interfaces provide the option to install this model on a network for multiple users or via USB or parallel for a single user.

In addition, the MFC-8860DN offers a 50-sheet paper tray that adjusts to accommodate letter- or legal-size paper, and an optional 250-sheet paper tray to increase your total paper capacity. The user-friendly, intuitive five-line LCD displays up to 22 large characters per line and is backlit for easy reading and scrolling, no matter what the lighting conditions. Finally, the fast fax modem lets you send and receive faxes quickly.

Product Description

A 5-in-1 high performance flatbed laser Multi-Function Center® that combines laser printing, copying, faxing, color scanning, PC Fax and built-in (Ethernet) network interface in one product. It includes built-in duplexing for 2-sided printing, copying, scanning and faxing. Also, a fast fax modem with ample fax features, up to 1200 x 1200 dpi laser printing, print/copy speeds of up to 30 ppm and flatbed color scanning. It has a legal-size document glass for scanning and copying plus a 50-sheet multi-purpose tray convenient for printing envelopes, transparencies, letterhead or even various types of card stock.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value with 21st century features! (recommended), July 14, 2007

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K. Williams (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Refurbished Brother MFC-8860DN Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center with Duplex (Office Product)

My office was full of hardware overdue for consolidation. A 10-year-old B+W PostScript laser printer (Apple 16/600 PS) with a fax card was retired. It received laser-quality faxes while using a daisy-chained Brother InteliFAX thermal-paper fax machine to send pages. An HP 290 inkjet color copier rounded out the triad of devices within the crosshairs of the BROTHER MFC-8860dn. As a bonus, this printer includes network scanning capability and drivers for current operating systems like Mac OS X and Microsoft Vista. My aging CanoScan flatbed scanner included Mac OS 9 software -- limiting its use with current configurations.

Some competitors charge more for a network card which is included with this BROTHER MFC-8860dn. I most appreciate the PostScript Level 3 emulation, high-resolution duplex printing, 30-page per minute reproduction, and network scanning. Even more impressive features are being discovered in the manual, like fax forwarding, remote control from other locations via a phone keypad, and the ability to share a fax number with a voice line. The automatic duplex feature is well integrated. It is possible to copy single-sided documents to duplex, split duplex into single-sided, or make duplex copies of duplex originals. To save paper, faxes can also be received and scaled (if necessary) with the duplex option.

For a great price, this one product sent many other devices to the recycling bin and released much valuable desk space. I look forward to becoming even more familiar with the breadth of features.

[EDIT Jan 6, 2009: Still holding up well. I purchased a replacement toner cartridge but have yet to use it. Color scans are of poor quality (pixelated with moire at high resolutions). Other features are great.]

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the functions at a reduced price, July 17, 2007

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R. J. Walters (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Refurbished Brother MFC-8860DN Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center with Duplex (Office Product)

July 2007 -- I have been using Brother printers/multi-function machines for 10 years. When I needed double sided capabilities I decided to get the refurbished 8860 and it more than does the job for me. In reality a refurbished unit is more likely to be without problems than a new one as it has been checked and re-checked. Coming from a consumer product engineering background I know that most products returned to the vender are as a result of buyer remorse or other non-technical reasons. I have been using this machine for about a month now and have already printed more than 2,000 double sided pages. It has worked like a charm and it is definitely easier than trying to double feed your printer to get a two sided copy. The way the page comes out and then goes auctomatically back into the machine for the second side is kind of weird to watch but it does it very fast and with total reliability, at least so far.

Sept 2008 - I have now had this printer for over a year and have exceeded 45,000 pages and it continues to work wonderfully. I has almost never jammed and continues to entertainingly flip the pages for the other side. Brother Printer are on my lifetime "buy" list.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Machine - Couple of Hints, August 6, 2007

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Joe Smith "value shopper" (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Refurbished Brother MFC-8860DN Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center with Duplex (Office Product)

Received machine last week and I am pleased.

These all in one machines are NOT well reviewed. The reviews lump all the AIO machines together and do not allow features to be isolated. I bought this machine because it has laser printing (better for business purposes), full duplex scanning, full duplex printing and, I think, full duplex faxing. I could not find any other company that has all these features at a reasonable price. Rather than repeat other reviews, following are a couple of comments that might be useful.
1. Documentation is fair. There is a bound manual included with the machine but all too often you are referred to the CD Software manual.
2. Phone service is good. Unlike the situation with most software today, there is actually human phone support. Have a speaker phone ready because accessing a person can take 5 - 10 minutes. On the other hand, the service people are patient and provide good quality support.
3. Crinkled envelopes. The remedy is actually in the manual but phone service pointed out that two plastic levers at the back of the machine have to be switched to "up" to remedy the crinkling problem. I view this as "poor" design because the levers have to be switched back to print flat paper - regardless which tray is being used (they should allow separate settings for each tray and if the switch has to be accessed that frequently, it should not be at the back of the machine).
4. Scanning. I purchased the machine largely for scanning and printing (I use Internet fax). The scanning is slower than I thought it would be. It is nowhere near 30 pages per minute.
5. Another comment on scanning. Brother produces a Scanner/copier/printer (DCP-8065DN) but the MFC-8860DN which is similar also has fax capabilities. The 8860DN is less expensive than the 8065DN. I assume this is because the 8860DN is produced and sold in higher volume.
6. Warrantee. Amazon confirmed that the refurbished machine has a one year warrantee from Brother. A new machine also has a one year warrantee -- go with the refurbished machine.

I really will not know how solid this machine is until I have had several months of hard useage on it. However, so far I am more than satisfied. I have other Brother products and think highly of the brand. I expect a similar experience with this machine.