Brother MFC-420CN USB Printer Review

I don't really print much, I don't scan much and I don't fax much.  So it really makes no sense for me to have a separate device for each function.  I bought the Brother 420 as it seemed the best thing on sale at the store at the time.  My only real concern was that there was linux support.  After hooking the printer up to the network, I installed the drivers and started printing.  It took a little tweaking, but I got there in the end.  Same deal with the scanning.  I'm probably lacking some of the features you get if you use the giant windows app that ships with it, but I'm happy enough.  Like I said, I just needed basic functionality.

Cartridges are a little steep in price and it seems to want you to change all of them when any colour gets low.  Seems a little odd and probably a scam to sell more ink.  I found a couple of guides online on how to get around this.

When I get a new printer, I won't avoid Brother but I won't go out of my way to buy another one.