- Print as well as duplicate speeds of up to twenty-one pages per minute
- Produce crisp, abounding black outlay up to 2400 x 600 dpi imitation resolution
- 35-page genius automobile request feeder
- 250-sheet genius paper tray tractable for minute or authorised distance paper. Plus, the single-sheet primer bypass for envelopes, labels or alternative sorts of media
- Flatbed tone scanning
Product Description
The MFC-7340 is the compress as well as affordable laser all-in-one befitting for your home bureau or tiny business. It combines high-quality monochrome laser printing, copying, tone scanning as well as faxing in the singular compress unit. Use the request potion for copying, scanning or faxing the singular page or the 35-page genius automobile request tributary for multi-page papers (up to legal-size). It additionally has the USB interface for internal connectivity, as well as can even be used as the stand-alone device for duplicating as well as faxing but being continuous to the computer…. More >>
Brother MFC-7340 Flatbed Laser Multi-Function Center
Tags: Brother, Center, Flatbed, Laser Printers, MFC7340, Multifunction
I seriously considered buying this printer for home use based on its 4.5-star rating by six Amazon users. The 1.5¢ cost per page rating by a major consumer organization was another major attraction. But, then I wandered around the Staples store some more and did my own calculations. There are three toner cartridges that can be used in this printer: TN-350, TN-360 and DR-360. Their respective prices are $57.69, $72.29 and $115.49. Their claimed maximum pages-yield are, respectively, 1500, 2600 and 12000. Excluding sales taxes, these compute to the following respective ink costs per page: 3.8¢, 2.8¢ and 1.0¢.
A 2000-sheet case of 8.5 x 11 white laser paper costs $38.99. Excluding taxes, this computes to 1.9¢ per page.
So, for ink and paper you are going to pay between 2.9¢ and 5.7¢ a page (excluding taxes) depending on the toner cartridge that you buy. This is getting up in the range of inkjet copy costs and you do not have the option of color printing. I have no idea how the consumer organization came up with their 1.5¢ cost per page. This is a gross underestimate.
I ended up buying a Canon Pixma MX860 which gets 4-stars from 173 Amazon users. It is wireless, prints color and sells for $30 less than this Brother at Staples. The consumer organization claims 4.6¢ per black-text copy for this Canon. Based on their major underestimate on the Brother, their estimate on the Canon may also be inaccurate. A 2500-sheet case of inkjet paper sells for $38.99 which is 1.6¢ per sheet. This is 16% less than laser paper. Unfortunately, I cannot calculate the yield from a black inkjet cartridge since there are no yield figures from the manufacturer. Thus, I do not presently have a cost per page for the Canon inkjet. And, the Canon is too new for me to comment on at this time.
I am forced to rate the Brother for this review. But, I did not buy the Brother, so I have no user experience with it. I am giving it 2 Stars based mainly on the high cost per page for a laser while having fewer features than many comparably priced inkjets.
5 stars across the board, yet I hate it. Why? Because I just tried to print from MS Word and I get “manual feed insert paper”. Spent the last hour or so trying to figure it out. Did what the Brother site said, and it didn’t work. Been on hold for Brother customer service for about 10min now and I *think* they just hung up.This was *supposed* to be a big Monday for me, and yet all I’ve done so far is deal with this crap.
I’ve been looking for a flat bed MFC for a couple of years and could not find an affordable one.
This is a Godsend. I bought 4 for my friends/family and myself.
For the money, this is a great little printer. I have scanned with it, printed and copied with it and it works great. It has a very small footprint and, for me, brought my home office into the twenty-first century. I regularly use Bother printers at work and knew of their realiability.
i have had this machine for over 1 year with over 5000 pages printed and new toner changed, no problem at all. brother 7340 was the best! Adf scanner works great, can scan over 35 pages at one time, printer is great, never jammed. i used other printer such as hp, canon printers in the last 10 years, now i would never use those machine again. Brother is my choice.