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Brother MFC-5840CN

Brother MFC-5840CN
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alaScore 78

90 reviews

May, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 90 reviews of Brother MFC-5840CN. The average rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the connectivity and paper handling. The noise and usability also get good feedback. There are some less positive opinions about the control panel and durability. Reviews about the print quality and multifunction are mixed.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Brother MFC-5840CN is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 78/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Brother MFC-5840CN

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 39 user reviews of Brother MFC-5840CN from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the multifunction and noise. The price and usability are also appreciated. Some have doubts about the size and design.

performance, usability, price, noise, multifunction

reliability, design, size

67% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

May, 2024

Expert review by : M. David Stone (pcmag.com)

Brother MFC-5840cn

 

The Brother MFC-5840cn offers a network connection, ADF, memory card slots, and more, but is relatively slow, with less than ideal output.

Lots of features for the price. Built-in network port. ADF. Prints directly from memory cards. Works as a printer, scanner, standalone fax, and copier.

Relatively low output quality for an ink jet AIO. Slow performance, particularly over a network, both for its price and for ink jets in general.

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Jun, 2005
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Expert review by : Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

Brother MFC-5840CN Printer

 

Priced at a modest $200, the Brother MFC-5840CN offers a host of features perfect for office tasks. Besides offering built-in networking, the unit lets you drop 35 sheets into its automatic document feeder or lift the cover to scan larger documents,...

Good value overall

Slow speeds

The Brother ran slow across the board. Text printed at a sluggish 3.4 pages per minute--far below the 6.2 ppm average for the nine MFPs we tested for the June 2005 chart. Color graphics emerged at a snail's pace of 1.1 ppm, slower than any other model...

May, 2005
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Expert review by : Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

Brother MFC-5840CN All-In-One Printer (20 PPM, 6000x1200 DPI, Color, 16MB, PC/Mac)

 

Photograph: Rick Rizner

Good value overall

Slow speeds

This unit offers networking, but text printing and scan speeds are slow. Copy speed is below average.

May, 2005
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Expert review by : Paul Jasper (pcworld.com)

Brother MFC-5840CN

 

The MFC-5840CN's built-in networking lets you share it as a printer, scanner, fax, and memory card reader.

The Brother MFC-5840CN is a good value for a networked MFP, but slow speeds and middling print quality limit its usefulness in an office setting.

May, 2005
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Expert review by : Kristina Blachere (cnet.com)

Brother MFC-5840cn review

 

Brother MFC-5840cn

Roomy, dual-input paper trays; automatic document feeder (ADF); Ethernet port; media-card slots; bargain price.

Crummy output quality; slow print and scan speeds; ugly design.

We love this all-in-one's low price and office-appropriate features, but we can't overlook its poor performance and dismal output quality.

Apr, 2005
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Expert review by : CNET staff (cnet.com)

Brother MFC-5840cn

 

It's affordable, easy to use, and full of professional features, but this all-in-one printer scans and prints like an amateur.

Apr, 2005
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Expert review by : Paul Jasper (goodgearguide.com.au)

Brother MFC-5840CN

 

Priced quite modestly, the Brother MFC-5840CN offers a host of features perfect for office tasks. Besides offering built-in networking, the unit allow...

Great feature set

Disappointing text quality, poor photo printing, slow printing

The Brother MFC-5840CN is good value for a networked MFP, but slow speeds and middling print quality limit its usefulness in an office setting.

May, 2005
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Expert review by : CNET staff (cnet.com.au)

Brother MFC-5840cn

 

It's affordable, easy to use, and full of professional features, but this all-in-one printer scans and prints like an amateur.

Apr, 2005
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Expert review by : Kristina Blachere (zdnet.com.au)

Brother MFC-5840cn

 

This network-ready multifunction is easy to use and feature packed, but it won't please print-quality purists.

May, 2005
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Consumer review (newegg.com)

I Guess

 

If i knew that i was going threw this trouble with this printer i should have never had bought it cause of one dumb cartridge that get's low on ink

It prints good times and it's alright when it print paper dosen't get that stuck

Don't like it when it runs out of ink then that's when it really suck cause when one of the inks is low you actually can't print anything cuz of one ink cartridge runs out

Nov, 2006
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