BROTHER MFC-4600 DRUM

Brother MFC-4600 Review

Overview:

The Brother Multi-Function Center (MFC) 4600 is a laser printer/copier/fax machine that was designed to handle a large portion of your small office needs. Not only does 4600 deliver high resolution laser printing and copying, it is loaded with useful, practical features such as Windows compatibility as well as a user-friendly One-touch dial, automatic redial, and automatic answering.

Pros:

MFC-4600 prints at 6 ppm with a maximum resolution of 600 by 600 dpi on plain paper. With a 200-sheet loading capacity, this machine can can handle 20 lbs worth of paper without undue stress to its frame. MFC-4600 comes with 1MB memory convenient for storing print jobs for completion at a later date. An economy printing mode is available, as well, allowing the user to save up to 50% of the normal toner usage during print jobs. This of course, allows the consumer to get much more out of their toner cartidge than they might otherwise get on a different printing device.

Brother MFC-4600 features a 14400 bps fax modem and utilizes electrophotography via semiconductor laser beam technology during faxing operations. Fax quality is enhanced by MFC-4600’s 64 levels of Grey Scale, as well as Automatic/Super Light/Super Dark printing settings which allows for the reception and transmission of a wide variety of incoming faxes, whether they come in a little too dark or a little too light. MFC-4600 allows you to store 8 fax/phone numbers, which you can dial at your conveniece by simply pressing a single key. With this machine’s Fax Forwarding function your FAX/MFC stores the received fax in memory, dials the fax number you’ve programmed, and forwards the fax message. When you are sending a fax, the FAX/MFC will scan originals into memory before sending. As soon as the phone line is free, the FAX/MFC will begin dialing and sending the fax. If the machine’s memory becomes full, the FAX/MFC will send the document in real time.

Cons:

With a print-out speed of 6 ppm, Brother MFC-4600 is quite slow in comparison with many of the more current multifunction devices. While this fact can be overlooked in some specific scenarios, a bustling small office with a heavy printing workload will likely experience a high degree of frustration at this device’s slow printing speed.

The Brother MFC-4600 can only print in black-and-white. Should the situation require even the slightest notion of color in any printed documents the consumer would be forced to buy/rent/utilize an entirely different copying machine. This seems like a bit of a downer, considering the wide variety of functions MFC-4600 has. Having to purchase a separate stand-alone color printer will, at the very least, take up extra office space and leave you wondering how you ultimately botched your mission to find and purchase a single do-it-all machine.

MFC-4600 is an older model laser-printer and shows its age. While this machine remains a very capable multifunction office center, the consumer may wish to go with a newer model device in order to have the peace of mind that parts and supplies for their investment will still be available for years to come.