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| Brand | Brother |
| Item model number | MFC-L8850CDW |
| Color | Multicolor |
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| Product Id | 704784 |
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| User Reviews and Ratings | 4 (262 ratings) 4 out of 5 stars |
| UPC | 012502637868 |
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I would like to share my experience with the Brother MFC-L8850CDW – All in one printer. The machine is used in an office setting and all the options are used on a daily basis. Pro: I love having access to a printer/copier/scanner at my fingertips, didn't realize how much time I spent running from one machine to another, now I don't even need to leave my office. The setup of this machine was extremely simple, easiest process I have ever experienced. Con: The machine seems to have trouble feeding the paper evenly when scanning a document, the picture appears skewed at times. My other comment is the drop-down tray which allows you to feed paper, could be made more durable, I find it a little cheap. My final comment is, I do find this machine to work for my needs, definitely worth the cost.
The MFC-L8850CDW is a fast and loaded with impressive features and networking and it is built in. The MFC-L8850CDW is a large heavy printer. It also has a serious footprint: 19.3in Wide x 20.7in deep x 20.9 in High. The packaging is quite good as is typical for Brother and while the box had some dings the printer was in perfect condition. The setup was very simple and easy. The printer comes with TN331 standard yield cartridges that drop right in. They are good for 2500 pages B&W or 1500 pages Color. It can take the TN336 high yield cartridges that mean less frequent changes and printing that is more economical. I always get genuine Brother Cartridges. I connected the printer using the Ethernet cable to my Netgear router, install the software on my pc's download the app for my iPad and Samsung Galaxy 4 and had everything configured and up and running in minutes. Driver installation was simple and consistent with other Brother Printer installations. When installed the driver finds the printer on the network and registers the PC with the MFC-L8850CDW so you can scan-to-PC from the device. This is a very nice touch! The installation installs PaperPort scanned document management from Scansoft. I found the large LCD touch screen both intuitive and attractive. It was easily use it for setup and to manage functions/settings of the printer/scanner/copier and fax at the printer. Printing is very quick. I believe the specifications are close to real world at 32ppm for both color and B&W. The MFC-L8850CDW has a quick first page print time. To get that the printer has a large surge current needed to warm the print drum/fuser. I used ordinary laser printer paper. I also used business card stock all with no issues. Bottom-line it does want I want it to do effortlessly and at a very good price point, Brother builds very good products that deliver every time. I have had many Brother Products and have never been disappointed. What I would like to see: An additional paper tray at a reasonable price, not one that cost almost as much as the printer did. An envelope cartridge/tray for high run mailing jobs Near Field connectivity.
As expected, the Brother MFC-L8850CDW is a great overall printer. For the price, it's even better. Fast startup, fast printing, super-fast single-pass, dual-sided scanning, and a legal sized scanning bed for scanning larger bound documents. But the thing that impressed me most was the super easy wireless install. OK. I must admit that I'm using entirely Macs and iPhones, so all installs tend to be easy. But this wireless install was beyond easy. I plugged in the USB cable, ran the installer, put in my network password and system administrator password and a few moments later, I disconnected the USB cable and that was it. The second Mac and the iPhones and iPads were even simpler, since they didn't require the USB cable. FYI, according to the instructions, you can do the install without a USB cable. Since I had the USB cable handy, I didn't try it the other way. After the wireless install, printing, scanning, and faxing worked as expected. AirPrint works like a charm, too. I've used it on iOS 7 and 8. Another neat feature is that you can use the printer to fax wirelessly from your computer. On a Mac, there are two ways to fax. Both involve starting as though you were going to print. 1) You can select "Brother MFC-L8850CDW Fax" as your printer. 2) You can Select "PDF" and then "Fax PDF…" from the drop-down menu. Both will bring up your cover-page and dial screen. I'm also pleased that it has a straight paper path, for printing on card stock or envelopes. As a former print shop owner, I can assure you that regardless of brand or quality of printer, card stock and envelopes are guaranteed to give you problems on any printer, sooner or later, if that printer doesn't have a straight paper path option. The only problem with this is that the straight paper path is rather limited in how many pages or envelopes you can put in the feeder at a time. All in all, I'm very impressed.
With a busy house, involving 3 kids in school with printing needs, I pondered getting a Laser printer 1.5 years ago. Instead I wasted time with an inexpensive ink jet that turned out to have a printing defect, not to mention the seemingly constant battle with dry Ink, alignment, running out of Ink, etc. So fast forward to a couple of months ago, I took the plunge and bought this MFC-L8850CDW printer. It has been the best decision for our home. All the Apple devices print seamlessly with AirPrint, the Android devices print as well with the Brother App. All PCs on the home print over the network. Configuration was a breeze. Features on this unit are perfect for our needs, I love the auto duplex scanning. If you're considering saving up-front money on an Ink Jet, reconsider that thought. Had I made this move 1.5 years ago I would have saved lots of time and money.
This product has been one of the best I've had. Its fast on everything, except printing from the computer. It goes off line and its hard to wake it up to print. Some times I have to shut it down and turn it back on. or go into the trouble shooting in the computer and have the computer check out the problem.
Haven't had a chance to use it a lot yet. Infancy problems might still arise. Initially I noticed the duplexing unit would jam paper, until I noticed a lever in the back that moved with resistance. The one on the other side didn't. I exercised it, and after that the duplexer seems good. Print quality is great, scanning functions are excellent. Scan-to options are plentiful. Tested scp and to mail server without hiccups. Unit makes a little more sound while printing than some other units, but it's quieter than other printers. I switched from an HP to this one, and I am not dissapointed. I will order more RAM for the printer though, spooling large jobs takes quite some time.
I can tolerate the bit inferior quality, little loudness, little curling, but I cannot just stand the fact that this printer would auto-print the Broadcast report or Transmission report or failure report and there is just no way to disable them. I'm really dissatisfied to report that if you use "scan to email server" feature, for each attempt, success or not, this would cost you a piece of paper! Totally unnecessary and not eco friendly at all!
The printer does a decent job of printing. It can't print envelopes without creasing on the normal paper path. Brother does provide an optional straight through path, but it requires access to the back of the printer to drop a panel and flip 2 levers. In my case the back isn't very accessible so I couldn't test it that way. Some have complained about the noise of the printer. I found it perhaps lightly noisier than the HP color laser printers I've had in the past, but not a huge difference. The deal killer for me was the inablility to scan multiple sheets using the automatic document feeder and save each scan as an individual pdf. The only way you can save multiple sheets in individual files was to use jpg format. The only way to save multiple sheets in individual files is to use the flat bed scanner one by one. Something I was unwilling to go back to. I returned the printer and got an HP M476dw.
I have had several other Brother MFC All-In-Ones. Each of those worked beautifully with Adobe for scanning documents. The L8850CDW does not. I can scan, but only one page at a time. I received a note indicating that there would be an update in mid-September; hopefully that will fix the problem.
I was looking for something to use in my home office that wouldn't end up being more of a hindrance than a help. It's really tempting to treat the space as "not a real workplace" or some such justification for not equipping it properly, but while I had a budget to improve things I looked at quite a few reviews online before settling on this model, and I'm glad I did. The one thing I do think is totally sleazy about all printer manufacturers - and unfortunately this includes Brother - is the way they have apparently conspired to form a toner cartel "ink fixing" arrangement where every single one of them microchips their products so we are entrapped in this long expensive transaction that never ends. I'm not stupid enough to believe that the market is spontaneously producing that result since there's such a high demand for refills ........... Obviously a bunch of golfing buddies in a smoke filled room came up with that nonsense and it's really a shame that the productivity of millions of people is being hindered by a few cronies' fear of losing toner sales. For that very good reason I am giving you one lonely star. But hey, other than the whole getting price gouged for the entire life of the product thing, it's great!!