Brother MFC-7360N

Great printer

Prints page , fans goes on, when printing is completed the fan goes off. pretty quiet printer

Best value for a networked multi-function printer

Bought this printer to enable scanning in my office. Works better than I expected. With the network feature, I located it in the front office to replace the fax machine where it`s also convenient for everyone to pick up their print jobs. The scanning feature allows us to scan documents directly to any of the office PCs as either an image or pdf file. I love it.

Very impressed

Had it about a month now and I love it. Purchased toner on ebay for $33 for two. (Haven`t used the ebay toner yet) But what comes with it works great. Use it for couponing and homeschooling. Very fast printing. Love the sleep mode when not in use.

Great for home use

No prob so far, print way faster and quieter than jet printer. Scan small pdf file which is perfect for email your file.

Excellent printer

Update Jan 2012-I am still very happy with this printer-no excessive noise and I am still using the original toner that came with the unit and I print alot. Very happy I purchased this printer.

I read the reviews that this printer is noisy. My friend has this printer in her home office and I have found that it is an excellent and very reliable printer. The toner goes a LONG way and it is extremely easy to replace. As for being noisy. This is not the case at all in my opinion. It stays in sleep mode until you print, scan, fax or copy. Even when it is working it is very minimal and when it is finished it is quiet.

I bought this on sale on black Friday for my personal use and I am very happy with it. I am not sorry to see my color printer go and all the money I have thrown away buying ink cartridges.

Poor Product, Horrible Support

I bought this and after three hours of trying to get it to work with a Dell running Windows Vista 64 bit I boxed it up and took it back.
I would suggest not buying this- brother is not "by your side".

Retired my HL-1440 For this Model

I have been printing on my very very aged HL-1440 about 8 years. It served me so well that I went back for another Brother.
The thing that I loved about the HL, it had good output and a Toner would last me forever!
The 7360 prints much faster. It was easy to setup without a hitch to my network. Very Long software install as reported by others.
Its' not as noisey as the HL but its a laser.
Plastic case looks fine to me. Now that I think of it, I think every printer I have owned all the way back to dot matrix was made
with a case of plastic. Let me know if they ever come out with wood grain....just so I can have a look.
Got mine for 99.00 at that price....what can I say.
If this thing last me as long as the HL It will pay for itself over and over again!

Brother Printer MFC7360N

My wife uses this printer a lots and she is very satisfied. It is fast and does a beautiful job of printing and coping. We would recommend it.

Very Nice

This is my second Brother printer, and my first all-in-one. I had high hopes based on my HL-2040, and this MFC-7030 has not let me down. It`s very fast, and really does everything I could possibly need in a printer. Printing envelopes is a little cumbersome, however. I have to reach to the back, flip down an access panel, then flip down two green levers to be able to use the pass-through. Inconvenient. It also makes an odd, gravelly, whiny sound when running. Deep sleep mode is pretty neat though. I leave the thing on all the time now. Otherwise, very nice.

Meets its promise

WHY I BOUGHT IT: I've had this printer for only two days but here are my initial reactions: I can't compare this machine with other 3-in-1's. I come from having three separate units to handle print, fax, and scan, so the 3-in-1 (four with copy) is a pleasure both for functionality and space saving. I've been a pretty loyal HP user, but I switched to this Brother this time because of the comparatively high reader scores on Amazon, because Consumer Reports gave it good grades, because ink costs are relatively low compared to many others especially inkjets, because I don't expect to give it heavy use and the laser toner will not dry up over time. For color and photos I still retain my old excellent HP photo printer, or I can head to the Copymat store, so I didn't see the need for color on this one.

SETUP: Setup on the home network was fairly easy. Wired hookup to the main computer was basically plug and play, but getting the networked computer to recognize the new printer took some detective work. Ultimately I had to search through the on-disk documentation (as opposed to the printed User's Guide) to figure it out. I knew I had to set the printer driver on the "share" position in Windows, but I learned that I also had to change the network setting on the printer itself, via the printer's menu. Had this been explicit in either the Start Here or User's Guide (maybe it's there, but I didn't see it), I would have been saved some frustration.

USING IT: The fax worked right away even though I do not have a dedicated fax line and my only line is hooked to an answering machine - a common situation I imagine. The explicit directions on how to deal with the answering machine question made it a no-brainer. The fax machine now recognizes a fax tone coming in, but otherwise lets the answering machine take the call.
Use is intuitive and straightforward in all functions. The Control Center is basic enough to dig right in for quick use without having to slog through the User's Guide for most operations. The smart scanning software has basic use at the front but has advanced controls should you need them. The Control Center software is much more user-friendly than the scanning software I was using for my Epson scanner. As indicated in other reviews, the LCD screen is absurdly small and not nearly bright enough to see easily, even at the highest contrast setting, but once setup is completed, I suspect there is infrequent need to refer to it.

I wouldn't recommend the machine if you need batch printing of envelopes. The manual paper feeder accepts only one envelope or sheet of labels at a time, and to avoid crinkled copies one must open up the back - an inconvenient step depending on the position of the printer. Feeding one envelope without opening up the back sends the envelope through the main print loop and produces an envelope with some creases but suitable for casual, not business, use. For this reason alone, I gave the rating 4 stars as opposed to 5, since occasionally it would be convenient to print more than one envelope or label page at a time.
The fan noise others have complained about does not bother me. I hear it, but it is not loud or annoying to me, and only lasts for several minutes before it goes into a "deep sleep" (no snoring observed yet).

SUMMARY: Overall, this is a very nice machine. It does what it says, quickly, quietly, efficiently. It prints crisp, clean text as one expects of laser printers, and cranks out about 20 ppm. Scanning docs including color photos are amazingly clear and true. I recommend this unit. If I have further comments after I give it more use, I'll update.

UPDATE (12/19/11): Now that I've used the machine for a little over a month, I can say I find it a pleasure to use for all functions. While I can't figure out a way to print more than one envelope or label sheet at a time and they must be fed manually, the trick to printing wrinkle-free is to read the manual (duh), which instructs you not only to open the back but to adjust two green levers down. Once that adjustment is made, envelopes slide through with nary a wrinkle. I know, reading the manual isn't much fun, but once in awhile you learn something. With that caveat, I'm bumping my review to a full five star.