Customer Reviews
I'm more than happy with my Brother printer. 
2008-10-06
I have had three HP printers and something always went wrong with them. It is not because they were subjected to lots and lots of use either.
So when my last one broke down, I said "enough with HP already". A coworker suggested buying a Brother printer. He said the ones he has had are real workhorses and has never had a problem with them. The only reason he has had more than one is to upgrade to a later model. He also said the prices are very good, which is another reason it is affordable to upgrade if you choose.
I am so glad that I took his advice. I love the features on the MFC-465cn. It is fast, quiet and so easy to use. It didn't come with a lot of needless software like my HPs did, and the price was phenomenal. I couldn't beleive that I could get some a great printer as such a great price. I couldn't be happier.
Don't try doing anything with heavier paper 
2008-10-06
I upgraded to this model over the MFC230 I had, hoping it would not jam paper when I tried using the heavier weight paper to do brochures up. This one was worse then the MFC230. I was CONSTANTLY unjamming paper! I am now going to have to try to go with a different brand. [...]
Great MFC for the price 2008-09-16
You can find this MFC as low as $69 and at this price you really can't go wrong. This MFC comes with the features of expensive MFC's of a few years ago, but at a fraction of the cost.
The ink is relatively cheap for an MFC. I was using an HP all-in-one and the ink was always expensive to replace. Not so with the Brother MFC-465cn.
I have this set up as a network printer and it was done relatively painlessly. Yes, it does take a few days to learn all its functions, but getting past the slight learning curve is well worth the effort. If you are slightly tech-savvy, you will find it has really powerful features. For example you can set the IP address to a fixed one. You can also "telnet" to the printer and change settings with the command line.
Although you can send and receive faxes directly from your PC, this MFC also works in complete "stand alone" mode. I like the fact that the fax scans all your pages to memory before sending it out. If you have a bad destination line, you can set the "compatibility" mode to "Basic" and get the faxes sent over a noisy line. You can set the fax transmission report to include a copy of the cover sheet, making them easy to file.
The color lcd, card readers and pict-bridge slot make it easy to print directly from your camera or flash media, as is the 4"x6" photo print feeder for printing postcard size pictures.
Print quality is excellent. Scanning multiple pages to a PDF document is a cinch. Speed of scanning, printing and copying is reasonably fast, though not as fast as the higher end-MFCs. But with the low price, who cares!
Great mfc 2008-09-16
I'm very happy with this printer. It's quite, fast, and prints high quality. Network setup was done by installation software, so it was no problem to get started printing. My daughter started printing out pictures from her phone (about 25-30 4x6 photos) and we still have ink left so it will be cheaper than any other inkjet I've used. Haven't used the fax, but it does a good job as a copier, color or black and white.
My Second Brother 
2008-09-16
This All in One is my second from Brother. It has a great photo printing setup and download. It prints only Ok if you want something printed in less than 5 minutes. At first it would hardly print at all, and I had to go to the Brother website to make it play nice with Vista. Now it's fine as far as that's concerned. My biggest gripe is that it either drinks ink when I'm not looking, or the cartridges don't hold much. I'm on my 3rd set of cartridges and I've had it for 4 months. If this continues, I'll have to stop using it because the ink cost will be prohibitive!
Very easy to install and nice for the price 2008-09-15
The MFC-465CN has everything you need in one small footprint including a 2.0" Flip-up Color LCD display, Ethernet interface so you can share it with others on network, direct photo preview, editing and printing capabilities, and even an automatic document feeder to easily fax, copy or scan multiple page documents. Just plug it into your wired or wireless router to allow shared access to printing, scanning, PC Fax and the digital camera media cards. The bypass tray holds up to 20 sheets of 4x6 glossy paper without removing standard paper. Resolutions up to 6000 x 1200 dpi and a minimum droplet size of 1.5 picoliters shows the fine details of your photographs. The automatic document feeder holds up to 10 pages for unattended fax, copy and scanning of multi-page documents. Print photos directly from your digital camera's media card, USB Flash Drive or from your PictBridge-enabled camera without a computer. Faxing Capability - B/W & Color Faxing Fax Modem Speed - 14.4K bps Transmission Speed - 6 seconds per page Total Auto Dial Locations - 80 Broadcasting - 210 locations (B&W only) Quick Scan (Memory Transmission) Approx. 4.72 sec/page Auto Fax Reduction for fax receiving Dual Access - B&W only Fax Gray Scale - Mono 64, Color 256 Fax Coding Method - Mono MH/MR/MMR, Color JPEG Fax Page Memory - Up to 480 pages fax memory Copying Capability - B/W & Color Copying Black Copy Speed - 22-cpm Color Copy Speed - 20-cpm Reduction/Enlargement - 25% - 400% Scanning Capability - B/W & Color Scanning Interpolated Scan Resolution - 19,200 dpi Optical Scan Resolution - 600x2400 dpi Input Color Scan Bit Depth - 36-bit Media Types - Compact Flash, Memory Stick/Pro, xD-Picture Card Type M/H, SD, MMC, SDHC and USB Flash Memory Drive Scan to Card or USB Flash Drive - JPEG, PDF (Color) & TIFF (B/W) Paper Handling Size - Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5, Photo (4x6, 3.5x5, 5x7,
Great buy! 2008-09-15
I bought this product based on the positive reviews I read here on Amazon. I bought it because others said:
- Ink is cheap to replace (which it is!)
- It does not install unnecessary services for use with networked computers
For the price this is an excellent deal. It will not win any speed races in regard to printed pages per minute, but is completely adequate for my purposes. Installation and setup was a breeze. Network setup via LAN is surprisingly easy to work..I can scan documents from the scanner to any networked computers with ease. Print quality is good and paper has never jammed on me. It even has slots for media cards as to be expected with most new printers these days.
In an office with 12 computers, there are several different brands of printers, each installing either extra services or requiring bloated software to make it work. The software (optional) that comes with this product is easy to use and is not bloated.
The OCR (text recognition for scanned documents) is low-frills, HOWEVER it makes fewer mistakes than many other scanners I have used of the same price range. I was very surprised by how few mistakes this machine made.
My only gripe is that I could not for the life of me figure out how to type in letters to name my MachineID for faxing (it would only type numbers over and over and would not allow me to input letters). Luckily it is not our primary fax machine. Other than this issue the documentation seems sufficient.
I wholeheartedly recommend this mid-range printer / scanner / copier / fax machine if you are looking for an excellent value for the price you pay.
good machine for the price 2008-09-14
I am very pleased with this all in one. Easy to use and set up.
Good AIO printer 2008-09-13
So far, this is a very good all in one printer. I haven't used all the functions, but the ones I have worked well. It was relatively easy to set up, and the wireless networking is very cool. (Several laptops use the printer.)I also like the individual ink tanks.(Less waste by replacing only what you need.) The only negative would be the bulk. It's pretty large, but then again, it does alot.
Great Deal! 2008-09-09
I've owned this printer/scanner/fax/copier for almost a month now and I am very satisfied with my purchase. The installation was a breeze. Everything functions fine and is easy to use. The onscreen display guides you through each task wonderfully. I'd recommend this product to anyone in need of a printer. I can't elaborate on the fax function since I've not yet used it.
