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Brother MFC-8870DW Wireless Flatbed Laser All-in-One Printer

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Released: 2006-05-14

Avg. Customer Review: 3.5 Star
Media: Electronics (1)
Platforms: Mac, Windows
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Product Features
Brother MFC-8870DW Wireless Flatbed Laser All-in-One Printer
  • A built-in 802.11b/g wireless interface
  • Automatic duplex (two-sided) printing, copying, scanning and faxing
  • Print and copy at up to 30ppm
  • Ethernet, High-Speed USB 2.0 and Parallel interfaces
  • 1200 x 1200 dpi Laser Printing

Product Review
Product Description
The MFC-8870DW is the flagship model of the Brother laser Multi-Function Center product line and it leaves nothing to be desired for your small/medium business or workgroup. Built-in (802.11b/g) wireless and (Ethernet) network interfaces and built-in duplexing for 2-sided printing, copying, scanning and faxing. All making this the optimal solution for any office.
Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description The MFC-8870DW offers economical and environmentally sound duplex capability that includes automatic two-sided printing, copying, scanning and faxing. You can scan a large multi-page, single-sided document and then print them on half the paper (odd pages on front, even pages on back), and save paper costs on all other functions by using up both sides of every sheet -- without the hassle of having to flip the paper yourself.



Print, fax, scan, and copy -- all from one powerful unit. View larger.

Send scans, copies, and faxes directly from the MFC-8870DW to colleagues that are listed in your network address book.

Choose the document feeder or the flatbed.

Single or double sided -- you make the call.
With the MFC-8870DW's duplex functionality, you can take a typical document file and simply choose to print it as a duplexed document right from the MFC-8870DW's print menu, with the orientation you prefer. Your selection then happens automatically, without the need to reload the paper to print the other side. You can also copy or scan two sides of the same document and either print the copy or store the scan as two single-sided pages, or as a single two-sided page. Or, you can copy or scan two single-sided documents and produce a copy or store a scan as a single two-sided page. You can even scan a two-sided document for faxing with only one step and it will be received as two single-sided pages.

The MFC-8870DW has a convenient flatbed design that accommodates either single sheets or bound documents for copying, faxing, or scanning. With the ability to function as a digital copier, the unit supports reduction and enlargement of documents from 25 to 400 percent in one percent increments, makes up to 99 copies and includes sorting functionality. Copies up to legal size can be made from both the glass and the automatic document feeder. Print and copy speeds up to 21 pages per minute keep up with busy offices, while outstanding resolution of up to 1,200 x 1,200 dpi gives each document exceptional legibility.

As a full-function stand-alone fax machine, the MFC-8870DW supports up to 340 total speed dial locations, and also incorporates dual access and broadcast faxing features. It stores up to 600 pages for Quick Scan faxing or out-of-paper fax reception. Stand-alone fax and copy operation is standard, so no computer is required.

When operating as a scanner, the unit is capable of color scanning up to 9,600 dpi interpolated resolution (up to 600 x 2,400 dpi optical). For Windows and OS X 10.2.4 or greater based users, there is an easy-to-use "scan to" button for scanning directly to an FTP site, image application, OCR, E-mail application or file. Save time and reduce errors with instant direct access through your network connected MFC-8870DW to a virtually infinite number of e-mail and fax addresses stored in your LDAP network address books. Simply use the large, clear 5-line LCD display on the MFC-8870DW's control panel to view the contacts stored in your network address books and scroll to select the address you need. Then you can quickly send faxes and Internet faxes to your selection, and perform scan-to-e-mail-address functions.

The MFC-8870DW provides the ability for an administrator to set various levels of password protected access to certain features, for each of up to 25 different users per machine. Through this feature, you can restrict specific employees such as part-time workers or interns from access to scan-to-e-mail functions or other avenues for sending data outside your walls.

The color scanner function comes bundled with document management and OCR software. ScanSoft PaperPort SE with OCR software is available for Windows and Presto! Page Manager is available for Mac users. Meanwhile, Networking options for the MFC-8870DW include wired Ethernet and 802.11b/g wireless, allowing you to place the unit in any wireless network environment. The unit is compatible with both PC and Mac operating systems (Windows 98/NT4.0/2000/Me/2000/XP and Mac OS 9.1-9.2, OS X 10.2.4 or greater). Standard emulations of PCL6 and BR-Script3 (PostScript3) are included as well. Brother provides a one-year warranty, covering parts and service.


What's in the Box
Multifunction unit, paper tray, multipurpose tray, TN540 Standard Yield Toner Cartridge (3,500 Pages), DR510 Drum Unit (20,000 Pages) CD-ROM with drivers and utilities, printed user's guide, and warranty information.


Product Details
Brother MFC-8870DW Wireless Flatbed Laser All-in-One Printer
  • Electronics: 0 pages (2006-05-14)
  • Platforms: Mac, Windows
  • Publisher: Brother Printer
  • Label: Brother Printer
  • Studio: Brother Printer
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 Star based on 31 reviews

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Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review: 3.5 Star

Customer Rating: 3 Star
Summary: Great copier; lousy for envelopes and scanning 2010-09-02
Comment: Amazingly this is a great copier/b-w printer for copying and printing. However, almost every envelope comes out wrinkled, even when we adjust the levers in the back as suggested in other reviews. We send out wrinkled envelopes to customers - yuk. Also I am not an expert in scanning but the quality seems truly lousy, so I only scan when necessary. Seems like a slow scanner too.
So if you don't need envelopes or scanning much, a good option. I would not buy again and regret my purchase.
Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: Paper keeps getting stuck in the feeder 2009-09-16
Comment: An expensive machine that is not worth the price. Paper keeps getting stuck in the feeder. So, great difficulty scanning or faxing multiple documents. And it has damaged important papers.
Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: Great All in One Printer! 2009-08-21
Comment: I bought a similar model to this one at Costco, model MFC-8670DW. As far as I can tell it has the exact same features and specs as the MFC-8870DW, but I only paid $349.99 ($399.99 with a $50 mfr rebate). I did a lot of research and read many reviews about Brother printers and other all-in-one laser printers and decided there was nothing on the market with the same speed and features as the Brother. I have never owned a Brother printer before, so I was a little skeptical buying something other than an HP. The HP products I looked at were slower with less capabilities and more expensive. I have a small business and use every feature, printing, scanning, faxing and copying. So far it has been awesome and the duplexing works great!

I read some reviews about how hard it was to set up and how Brother customer service is non-existent, but that was not my experience at all. It was very easy to set up with one exception. The scanner driver didn't load correctly so I called Brother and within 30 minutes they had diagnosed the problem and emailed me a link to download a new driver, which installed correctly and works beautifully. The speed is very quick and the print and scan qualities are great. I also read several reviews that talked about how bad it prints envelopes. People said they wrinkle and look terrible. So I tried printing a few envelopes and had the same results. I couldn't imagine a printer like this printing such terrible looking envelopes so I looked in the manual for a solution. After reading the manual, I discovered that there are two levers in the back of the printer that have to be changed when printing envelopes. I repositioned the levers and tried again and the envelopes printed just fine with no wrinkles. This is a bit of a pain, but it does print envelopes as well as any other printer I've owned.

So if you need the speed and functionality of this printer, I would highly recommend it. If you have a[...] warehouse nearby, go there and save some money!
Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: MFC 8480DN/8870DW Wrinkled Envelope Problem Solved 2009-07-23
Comment: I have a Brother MFC-8480DN which looks mechanically identical to the 8870DW.

In order to print unwrinkled envelopes, the Brother's straight path feature must be activated. The envelope flows in a straight path out the back of the machine.

Load three envelopes in the front, turn the machine around and open the large door on the back. On the right and left sides there are two blue levers. At the same time push both levers down to the "envelope" icons.

Voila, enevlopes print wrinkle free.

I print in WordPerfect and have no problem.
Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: Scanning only for an amateur 2009-06-05
Comment: I purchased the unit intending to replace a lot of machinery in my office: printer, copier, scanner & fax machine. I work in graphics so scanning is crucial to my work. The device's scanning is on amateur -- to scan with a preview using the ADF you must feed the document twice -- it doesn't retain the preview in memory! And, if you scan from the ADF and select to scan as grayscale image, no matter what, it produces an image that is not grayscale but is Index Color which is useless for print graphics work. I have sent nearly two hours on the phone with their level 5 tech support who in the end confirmed that I was correct in these issues and was how the machine was made to work! They even warned me that if I were to upgrade to a newer driver/software package, then all scanning, not just from the ADF (from flatbed too which is now okay) would be Index color even if set to grayscale! I can't begin to understand why anyone would want or expect a machine to perform in this matter.
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