Brother MFC-9120CN

Great All in One

Easy to set up and very easy to use. Every function is explained clearly. I was able to hook this up on my own and get it on line quickly. The unit is a good size for fitting in close spaces. I would recommend this all in one to anyone.

Constant Manual Misfeeds

This is an OK multifunction printer except for one thing - the manual paper feed doesn't work very well. If you need to occasionally print a few sheets on different sized paper and you don't want to change out the paper that's already loaded you can feed one sheet at a time through the manual feed slot. The problem is that the printer often fails to pull the paper through and then it reports a paper jam. Then you have to turn the printer off and back on, wait for it to warm up (even though it's already warm), and then set up the print job again. A real pain in the neck. Doesn't Brother test their designs before they manufacture and sell them?

Another minor complaint is that the scanner doesn't come with OCR (optical character recognition) software. Not such a big deal because I found a free open source OCR program called FreeOCR that works pretty well.

Great all around home printer

I bought this printer to replace an inkjet all in one. After owning about six or seven inkjets over the years I had finally decided that color lasers had come down enough in price to make them affordable for home use. I had been looking for some time, and was probably going to go with the HP. Then after reading the reviews on all the available models, I was impressed by the reputation that the Brother printers seemed to have.
I've had the printer now for close to a month. Although I haven't used the fax (people still use fax??) since I don't own a land line, I've extensively used the copy, scan, and of course print.
I've got 5 computers on my home network, and I believe it took me less than an hour to get them all connected and checked. The install was simple, although after the first install or two I realized that their Paperport software was unnecessary and quit installing it.
My favorite surprise capability was the scan to PC function that lets you pick a format (.pdf, .jpg, etc.) and scan a document directly to one of the computers on the network. There is no preliminary setup from the computer, you just pick the machine's name from the list on the printer display and the scan appears in the appropriate format.
Overall, I've had no negatives and would highly recommend this printer.

Not quite a workhorse... maybe a work donkey.

This is a fine printer for a couple dozen pages every few days. Setup is easy it works fine as a color copier. Prints, Faxes, Copies straight out of the box and it works with all the OSes I use. Things to note about this is it's a Brother. I work with hundreds of printers day in and day out, maybe thousands in my life. This printer behaves just as I would expect from a Brother. The feed tray for the scanner isn't perfect or fast but it generally works when you carefully fill it. The cheap pickup rollers get a little glazed after a year and have occasional pick up problems especially if you run a dusty or an already printed page through. But pickup rollers are under $12 after S&H and take minutes to install, I'm holding out until they start to crack. Don't expect to get great color photos. There tends to be slight color inaccuracies and occasional very faint banding. Of course, none of the color problems are noticeable when printing charts, graphs, contact prints, text documents and forms. So if you are looking for an affordable do it it all printer that does well enough for day to day business prints this is it!

Update: Brother has App for Android. I can tell you that this works great but only for a few specific use case scenarios. If it could print PDFs or some sort of document files it would be worth another star.

it works!

just bought this printer a couple of months ago and so far, it has performed very well. easy to use. great output. great price. scanner is fast. for scanning I prefer to use Adobe Acrobat instead of the printer's software.

Poor image quality

The Brother 9120CN has very limited adjustment for making copies - you can't lighten it enough to get a clean copy of a newspaper article - something my old HP 2840MFP handled fine. Normal computer print is OK, as it would be from most any laser printer, but the manual feed slot is poor. It only folds out about an inch, so it won't support your paper; you have to hold each sheet until it feeds - very inconvenient. The first time I used manual feed, I experienced the problem that others have reported where the printer says it has a paper jam, even though it doesn't. But, you go through a long process to reset the printer, only to have it repeat the error message. I sure wish I hadn't bought this turkey, but Brother has refused to let me return it after I identified all these issues.

Brother MFC-9120CN

I have had nothing bad really good performance from all of the Brother Brand printers I have purchased for home and work. If fact this new color all-in-one is replacing a B & W Brother All-in-one that I have had for 6+ years that still works good I just wanted color so I am donating it to a non-profit organization. Pricing has always beaten out the other "Big Name" All-in-ones and printers that have performed poorly and parts were overpriced to repair.

A good value for the money

It's a good value for the money. I'm coming off of more complicated 1st generation multifuction color laser of which I only remember was an epson which was twice the price originally as wells as 40% bigger. This has a much easier pull-out tray to replace toner rather than the epson's internal wheel which was dirty and confusing. The toner cartridges it comes with are loaded well and are not simply 200 page cartriges that have hardly anything in them.

Other reviews will probably highlight other features such as fax, network printing and scanning, and what not. I will just say that this is a LED and not laser printer. That means inexpensive LEDs take place of lasers in the operation of this machine, which is a step forward for lower prices. Otherwise it acts just like a laser machine and uses toner, and not ink like inkjets do, as well as other bonuses.

However, the colors on the older machine were more vivid and the scanning mechanism better -- I could lay out a 3D object on the older machine like pin, or knife or large coin memorative that had 3D features and the Epson would capture most of it without flaw. I know it was not a digital camera, but it was useful for some artistic work like outlining certain things in a 1 to 1 life scale without going through extra steps of photographing them, getting the files in the computer and then printing them.... This machine however loses focus within millimeters of it's distance from the glass.

Otherwise, it's a good machine and great value for the money.

Good, but manual feed is junk

For the price and quality it is a good HOME unit. I bought it for the parents and my sisters wedding invites. It works well, all the software is pretty simple. The pops loves the scansoft from his old black and white brother.

The manual feed tray for non 8x10 sheets is pretty crappy. You have to wait for the printer to ask for the paper then ram it into the mf tray. You cannot stack papers to send say 200 prints, they have to be done 1 at a time. Other than that, the printer is good. 3k yield with no compatible toners with higher yield.

Probably not a good fit for business use. Xerox phaser for that...awesome.

Best all around printer we've owned.

Best all around printer we've owned. only negitive is the cost of the toner, which is slowly going down.Great for copying doesn't jam. Very easy to change toner! Everything you want in a printer!