Brother MFC-3100C Inkjet Multifunction

Product Description:

Faxes, Prints, Copies, and Scans - all in blazing color or crisp monochrome / Photo quality output up to 2400 x 1200 dpi 20 Page Auto Document Feeder Broadcasting (up to 90 locations) 40 Station Auto Dialing Parallel and USB interfaces for Windows PC or Mac connection (cables optional) Copies up to 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution Up to 99 copies from original Reduction/Enlargement from 25% to 400% Paper sizes to 8.5 x 14, including Envelopes & Transparencies Includes ScanSoft PaperPort and TextBridge OCR software Up to 300 x 600 dpi Optical, 2400 dpi Interpolated Scanner Resolution Compatible with Windows 95 > XP or Mac OS 8.5-9.1 Dimensions - 13.5H x 16.8W x 8.5D ONE YEAR MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY
Product Details
  • Feature:
  • All-in-one office companion for color copying, printing, scanning, and faxing
  • Photo quality 2400 x 1200 dpi resolution for printing
  • High-speed 14.4 Kbps fax modem
  • 10 pages-per-minute black printing speed, 8 ppm color
  • Individual color cartridges for easy and efficient replacement
  • Binding: Electronics
  • Brand: Brother
  • EAN: 0012502565819
  • Label: Brother
  • Manufacturer: Brother
  • Model: MFC-3100C
  • MPN: MFC-3100C
  • PackageQuantity: 1
  • ProductGroup: CE
  • ProductTypeName: MULTIFUNCTION_DEVICE
  • Publisher: Brother
  • Studio: Brother
  • UPC: 012502565819

Customer Reviews

Don't waste your money at any price2007-06-17
Like others I have had Brother products which I was happy with. Thankfully Brother has discontinued this model.

1. ADF snags multiple sheets causing major jams. Have to feed 1 sheet at a time, which is a problem for large files
2. Ink dries out quickly, cartridges need replacing very often even if you don't use it a lot
3. Scanning quality poor
4. Printing quality poor
5. Of the three years I've had mine I've gotten a total of three hours genuine work out of it. The rest of the time it sits on the shelf wanting to be feed new ink which, as someone mentioned, nothing will function if it's out of ink, or with some other error code on the cp. BTW, Ink is expensive ($15 per cartridge x 3 cartridges+ $25 black).
Brother MFC 3100c A Real Problem!2006-06-03
The Brother MFC 3100 C should of never been sold. The print heads are absolute garbage. The cost to replace them is more than the machine is worth and more than a good machine of another brand. Stay away from them. Brother will NOT stand behind them.
Nothing new under the sun2006-02-28
I have nothing new to add to the reviews mentioned above. To restate some, though: the printer eats through ink and requires to be cleaned five or more times prior to each print and still does not provide more than an adequate print; the loss of one color makes the entire machine inoperative for any function -- great for Brother ink sales, horrible for use.
Seemed like a good idea at the time2006-01-29
The last time I bought a Brother product, it was an electric typewriter that I was very happy with. The MFC-3100C had a superior combination of price and function when I bought it about 3 years before its utter failure.

It has a major defect I now know of called "machine error 41". It won't print. It also won't print B&W even if the black cartridge is full and the color cartridges are empty (before machine error 41). It has also spent a lot of time washing itself and has never put out more than barely acceptable copy.

I've also had trouble configuring it to automatically pick up faxes. The bottom line... this one is a dog. That is to say, don't buy it new or used. Disappointment is the norm for this product.
Paper feed very problematic - not recommended2005-09-09
We have had this printer for about a year and a half. It was a bit touchy at first in terms of jamming the paper from the feed slot. Now it reports a jam constantly when there is none. We tried new paper from a freshly opened ream, different brands of paper, and nothing seems to get it to feed properly.

While the ink cartridges are separate for each color, sometimes it reports that a certain color is empty when there is still a lot of ink you can see in the cartridge.

The cleaning process is very time consuming (and ink consuming).

Another negative is that it is not network ready. As more of us have home networks with routers, this feature is increasingly important.

This puppy's headed for the junk pile. We just bought an HP 7410. (The Fortune 500 company that I work for only uses HP printers in the office areas.)

Not recommended.
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