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Review: Brother MFC-6490CW multifunction device

Will Stapley — 2008-09-04T11:21:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Thursday 4 September 2008 at 11:21:00

Print, scan and fax A3 documents

The MFC-6490CW is an A3 alternative to A4 multifunction devices (MFDs). According to Brother, it’s the world’s first compact A3 wireless inkjet MFD....

Review: Brother MFC-7840W multifunction device

Anthony Dhanendran — 2008-08-15T10:12:00.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Personal Computer World, Friday 15 August 2008 at 10:12:00

A compact printer/scanner suitable for home offices

For an office workhorse device, the Brother MFC-7840W is surprisingly small. Despite packing in a scanner, copier and fax facility (as well as the monochrome laser printer), it takes up...

Review: Lexmark X4650 multifunction device

Will Stapley — 2008-08-01T12:08:00.000Z

Will Stapley, Personal Computer World, Friday 1 August 2008 at 12:08:00

A slick new design, but ever so similar to its vastly cheaper predecessor

Despite the popularity of wireless networks, Lexmark appears to be the only manufacturer pushing wireless printers. The X4650 is the latest and takes the form of an MFD, providing printing,...

Review: HP Officejet Pro L7590 multifunction printer

Alan Stevens — 2008-07-28T16:56:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Monday 28 July 2008 at 16:56:00

Do it all with this small-business multifunction device

Part of the HP Officejet family of small-business inkjet printers, the Pro L7590 is a professional-looking multifunction device offering not just colour printing, but walk-up scanning, copier and fax facilities....

Review: Oki C3530 MFP

Paul Monckton — 2008-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 00:00:00

An expensive, yet solid-performing multifunction printer complete with fax support

With print, scan, copy and fax features, the C3530 is based on Oki’s well-established single-pass LED technology. It sports a large, backlit LCD with a multi-line display that allows Oki...

Review: HP Photosmart C7280

Anthony Dhanendran — 2008-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Print, scan and copy in high-quality colour

Despite its Photosmart badge, HP’s C7280 is actually a multi-talented device. In addition to printing it can scan and copy as well as send and receive faxes....

Review: Canon Pixma MP970 multifunction device

Ciff Joseph — 2007-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Ciff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Thursday 8 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Impressive performance from this top-of-the-range multifunction device

At first glance, Canon's multifunctional Pixma MP970 looks very similar to the Lexmark X4850. In practice, though, the MP970 is in a different league altogether....

Review: Lexmark X4850 multifunction device

Cliff Joseph — 2007-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Monday 5 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Attractively priced, versatile and wireless MFD

Lexmark is really going gung-ho with its range of wireless multifunctional devices at the moment, launching new models on an almost monthly basis....

Review: Kodak Easyshare 5500 multifunction device

Paul Monckton — 2007-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Friday 28 September 2007 at 00:00:00

Excellent quality photo printing and ultra-low running costs

We recently reviewed Kodak’s Easyshare 5300, Kodak’s first product to use their new ultra-competitively priced ink. It’s a multifunction device, providing print, scan and copy functions, with memory card slots...

Review: Lexmark x502n MFP

Alan Stevens — 2007-06-26T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 26 June 2007 at 00:00:00

A powerful, fast colour MFP with scanner, document feeder and fax modem

Cheap multifunction printers (MFPs) are all very well, but they’re not particularly robust, and most lack the performance and capacity for shared use....

Review: Brother MFC-845CW multi-function device

Paul Monckton — 2007-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Monckton, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 8 May 2007 at 00:00:00

Brother adds a Dect telephone and answering machine to an already bulging sack of features

If you have limited work space yet require maximum productivity, then an all-in-one printer is the ideal choice. However, some are more all-in-one than others....

Review: HP Photosmart C6180 multi-function device

Emil Larsen — 2007-03-23T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Friday 23 March 2007 at 00:00:00

We put HP's "world's fastest" claims to the test

HP says the Photosmart C6180 is the world’s fastest multi-function device (MFD) at 32ppm (pages per minute) and 31ppm colour....

Review: Acer C510 pocket PC with GPS

Paul Lester — 2007-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Friday 2 February 2007 at 00:00:00

Acer provides a dedicated GPS solution in the guise of a pocket PC

The Acer C510 is a fully functional Windows Mobile pocket PC with a clear emphasis towards GPS. With a fully enclosed antenna, it’s a pretty compact device and at 122g...

Review: HP Ipaq HW6915 Mobile Messenger

Alan Stevens — 2006-11-18T00:00:00.000Z

Alan Stevens, Personal Computer World, Saturday 18 November 2006 at 00:00:00

Phone, PDA and GPS receiver with Wifi and push email on this multifunction device

The Ipaq HW6915 Mobile Messenger is fine if used just as a phone but is easily outclassed by dedicated mobiles....

Review: Brother MFC-440CN multi-function device

Paul Lester — 2006-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 1 November 2006 at 00:00:00

A mid-range entry from Brother’s new all-in-one range

The MFC-440CN is part of Brother's new all-in-one range and includes a fax, copier, scanner and photo capture tools within a compact and stylish enclosure....