brother mfc-5890cn professional-series color inkjet all-in-one with networking and large-size printing
the brother mfc-5890cn professional series all-in-one with networking and 11 x 17-inch ledger printing does everything you need in a small office in one sleek device letting you save time space and money . and with built-in networking it is easy to share the device with everyone on the network . the brother mfc-5890cn offers support for paper sizes up to 11 x 17 inches . print speeds of up to 35 ppm black amp white and 28 ppm color . copying faxing printing and scanning in one device . integrated networking for sharing the device among multiple computers . easily scan full-color photos for editing and archiving on your computer . the mfc-5890cn can print on paper up to 11 x 17 inches in size . print top-quality documents fast the mfc-5890cn prints both documents and photos at up to 6000 x 1200 dpi and can reach speeds of up to 35 ppm black and 28 ppm color . the versatile printer supports paper sizes from 4 x 6-inch photos up to ledger-size 11 x 17 inches documents and has a large 150-sheet input tray so you won t be constantly adding more paper . it uses separate ink cartridges for each color so you only replace the color that runs out . high-yield cartridges are available for longer printing between replacements . built-in 3.3-inch lcd display for photo editing the mfc-5890cn features a 3.3-inch display that makes it easy to preview faxes and preview edit photos directly without a computer . you can edit and print photos directly by using either the built-in media card slot or by connecting a pictbridge-enabled camera or usb flash memory . the media card slot supports compact flash memory stick memory stick pro sd sdhc xd and xd typem typeh . copy and scan with the same device the mfc-5890cn lets you copy and scan as well as print from the same device . the stand-alone copier doesn t require a pc and can make both black-and-white and color copies at a speed of 23 cpm black and 20 cpm color . it can scale copies from 25 to 400 percent of the original and it supports sorting and 2-in-1 4-in-1 copying . a 50-sheet automatic document feeder lets you scan and copy pages unattended . the flatbed scanner has a maximum optical resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi at 36-bit color depth for high-quality scans . it works with both mac os and windows and it includes scansoft paperport v11 se with ocr software for windows and presto pagemanager software for mac . send and receive black-and-white and color faxes a high-speed super g3 33.6 k bps fax modem lets you send and receive black-and-white and color faxes at up to three seconds per page . the 50-sheet automatic document feeder lets you send faxes unattended . in addition to functioning as a stand-alone fax it also works as a pc fax . built-in networking lets everyone use the device the device has wired 10 100 base-tx networking built in making it simple to share the device with everyone in your network . the brother mfc-5890cn measures 19.1 x 9.5 x 16.1 inches wxhxd and weighs 23.6 pounds . it is energy star compliant and is backed by a two-year warranty . product description the professional series mfc-5890cn is perfect for everyday business needs with versatility to print up to 11 x 17 ledger size for added impact . built-in wired ethernet interface . unattended fax copy scan with up to 50-page adf . our 2 year limited warranty is best in class . high speed printing at up to 35ppm black 28ppm color . high quality printing with up to 6000 x 1200 dpi resolution . the up to 150-sheet paper tray is perfect for handling large print jobs . easily preview faxes or view help menus on the widescreen 3.3 lcd display . uses high yield ink cartridges . also includes high speed super g3 33.6 kbps fax modem . customers who bought this item also bought page of start over back brother lc65hybk high yield ink cartridge black 4.6 out of 5 stars 8 24.97 brother lc65hy-cl color ink cartridge - 3 pack cyan magenta ... 4.4 out of 5 stars 14 33.05 brother lc652pks ink cartridges - 2 pack black 4.9 out of 5 stars 8 36.32 10pk 4b 2c 2m 2y compatible lc61 lc-61 fits brother brother al. . . 3.5 out of 5 stars 18 7.68 10 pack 4 blk 2 of each color non-oem ink for lc61 brother dc ... 4.1 out of 5 stars 112 9.71 ld brother compatible lc65 bulk set of 10 high yield ink cartr ... 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 39.99 next product ads from external websites what s this sponsored content customer reviews average customer rating 3.4 out of 5 stars 42 customer reviews 5 star 15 4 star 11 3 star 2 2 star 4 1 star 10 ease of setup 3.3 out of 5 stars 33 saved ease of use 3.9 out of 5 stars 31 saved features 4.2 out of 5 stars 31 saved noise 3.8 out of 5 stars 31 saved saving ... not rated yet remove saved see and rate all 9 attributes . share your thoughts with other customers create your own review most helpful customer reviews 100 of 102 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars best printer i ve used in a long time december 21 2008 by k. reynolds illinois - see all my reviews real name this review is from brother mfc-5890cn professional-series color inkjet all-in-one with networking and large-size printing electronics this is a great printer -- i give it 5 stars because it works as advertised . this is high praise compared to the 6 other printers i ve owned over the last 5 years 1 brother laser 1 samsung 4 hp s only the brother laser is still in use to be fair one of the hp inkjets still functions but i have chosen to stop paying 60 every 4 months for ink . in looking for a replacement color printer my search criteria were high-capacity ink cartridges fax capability adf auto document feeder for scanning and networkability . ideally installation would be automated and wouldn t load my computer with megabytes of software that i didn t want ... sigh . i first looked at the brother mfc-490cw which on sale would have been 60 of the price of the mfc-5890cn . second i looked at the hp j6480 aio . i am at the end of my rope with hp printers i could write pages on this but it looked at it for 2 reasons 1 2 different sales people at 2 different stores said over and over that the hp had much better image print quality than the brothers and 2 it does have a high capacity ink cartridge option 74xl 75 xl . then i looked at the mfc-5890cn which i decided to buy . i did consider the brother mfc-6490cw but it would have been an extra 50 to 100 dollars and it s huge too big for my work space . i think the brother mfc-490cw is an awesome printer . it has good ink capacity lc61 cartridges but does not work with the high-capacity cartridges lc65 series 25 more expensive for double ink that it s big brothers can use 5890cn and 6490cw . i really wish that the mfc-5890 i purchased included the 6x4 photo paper bypass tray that the mfc-490cw has my only disappointment with it maybe brother will offer an accessory tray with that feature . it also has built-in wireless networking which sounded like a big deal but as i discuss below didn t add anything -- i am using the full capabilities of the mfc-5890cn wirelessly through my wireless router as i explain below . i decided to go with the mfc-5890cn over the mfc-490cw mainly so that i could use the lc65 high-capacity ink . printing on 11x17 paper may also be useful to me . it can not scan 11x17 documents as another review said . i guess that person never looked at it in the store as it s obvious that the scanner glass is only 8.5 by 11 and not 11 by17 like the mfc-6490cw . it also has double the warranty period 2 years and double the duty cycle -- i hope this means it really will last longer but only time will tell . i looked at the hp j6480 aio very carefully . the price was the same as the mfc-5890cn . this was the only similar hp printer that i found that had high-capacity ink . it has built-in wireless networking . it does not have a color lcd screen . to test the image quality i went to the store and made color copies of the same test documents pictures my children made with the hp j6480 and the mfc-5890cn both on highest quality . the brother mfc-5890cn was very much better than the hp . do the test yourself -- my staples in town has all the printers plugged in and loaded with paper . the only benefit of the hp j6480 is an automatic two-sided printing feature . however this isn t too great a feature with inkjet as there is a pause to let the ink dry before it flips the page . again i tried this at the store -- it was really annoying b c if you only copy 1 side the printed page pops out the printer status screen says please wait ink drying or something like that a few seconds pass it sucks the page back in to flip it over and then you can have your copy . if i want to duplex to save paper i ll just use my laser . so i bought the mfc-5890cn . i have had several nice surprises since . first it prints great photos using the ink provided . i bought the brother innobella 4x6 glossy photo paper 5 for 20 sheets put it in the paper tray put the memory stick from my camera into the printer card-reader slot selected the picture i wanted on the lcd clicked print and after about a minute out popped at beautiful borderless 4x6 glossy picture that to my eye was about as good as any photo i ve seen from another printer or walgreens . i was very very very happy how easy this worked and how good the picture looked . it worked just as well using picture bridge which just means you connect the camera straight to the printer with a usb cable . also i used the built in red-reduction feature and i was pleasantly surprised how well it worked this was a portrait type picture with one person s face in the picture . i can t vouch for pictures using other photo paper -- you see a lot of postings that it s better to match paper and ink . second i really like the paperport software . i can scan directly into pdf and organize my files easily into different folders . third the color lcd screen is extremely useful especially with direct photo printing . after 2 weeks there are only two negatives -- 1 i wish it had a built-in tray for photo paper as this would save time it s little brother the 490cw and it s big brother the 6490cw both do and 2 whoever designed the ink placement doesn t have any small children around -- my 3-year-old can pull the little door open and it s hard for him to resist trying to pull out the colorful ink cartridges most of the hp inkjets hide the ink deeper inside the printer . installation tips i have an desktop running xp with norton security suite this connects via ethernet to a belkin wireless router . i have a laptop running vista also with norton security suite that connects to the belkin router wirelessly . i connected the brother mfc-5890cn to the belkin router with a direct ethernet connection . i turned off the norton firewall and ran the standard brother installation including paperport software . note that i run the norton firewall but keep the windows firewall disabled on both computers . everything worked fine including scan to functions selected from the printer . when i turned the norton firewall back on it stopped working . i add the printer node name to the norton trusted site list and everything now works . the node name is a 12 character alpha-numeric code found on the printer as follow click menu button scroll to network and select select wired lan select tcp ip node name is at the bottom of the list -- leave off brn e.g. my node name is 008077d3c1b5 -- maybe it s the same for everyone -- i don t know . i tried using the printer ip address found at the same location but this did not work . to add to norton trusted sites do this open norton security suite by double-clicking icon in system tray find internet security and firewall options link and click in the settings section click trust control on left click trust tab on top click add button to add . i think it s all easier to do than it sounds . it shouldn t be so complicated but it seems like this kind of tweaking is inevitably necessary if you use norton and windows and want to network . my laptop was actually easier . i again turned off the firewall while i installed the software unplug your wan cable dsl line while the firewall is off . even though the laptop connects to the router wirelessly when i selected wired lan connection it found the mfc-5890cn just fine loaded the drivers and everything works fine . this includes walking up to the printer loading documents in the document scanner selection scan to on the printer menu selecting my laptop from the list clicking ok etc. to me it seems like it works as well as it would if the printer itself had built-in wireless networking . i have not yet tried the fax to pc function to the wireless laptop . one other thing built-in scanning options on the printer include scan to email image ocr file ftp . these all scan to the brother control center 3 program you can change these virtual buttons to scan to paperport via the xp or vista control panel double-click scanners select properties etc. this is a bit buggy with vista but works perfectly on xp . i hope this helps someone . merry christmas and happy holidays help other customers find the most helpful reviews was this review helpful to you yes no report abuse permalink comment comments 8 25 of 25 people found the following review helpful 4.0 out of 5 stars great affordable multi-use printer december 19 2008 by the taminator there s no going back . you ve ... the people s republic of indiana - see all my reviews vine voice this review is from brother mfc-5890cn professional-series color inkjet all-in-one with networking and large-size printing electronics we run a small design company from our dining room . with space a premium we needed an all-in-one fax copier and printer and the price on this one was very attractive . we had a brother already but we needed 11 x 17 prints in house to have for our customers . unpacking didn t take long . it includes a cord to plug into your phone line but it probably will be too short for most users . we plugged it in and ran a couple of test prints with no problem -- the quality was just like the test prints on the display model . the software for this loaded and did everything it was supposed to do but it took 30-40 minutes to install . i didn t install this on a slow computer either . i don t know how much hard drive space it takes . after the epic installation process printing from the computer was more than satisfactory for us in both speed and quality . i don t know if i would use this as my main photo printer we haven t tried it with photo paper and don t have much need for that . you ll get a little over 5 pages a minute with text and a little over 2 with images . the speed is great for us a larger business would do better with some kind of dedicated single-function laser printer . the trays hold a lot of paper with a 50 sheet auto feeder and a 150 sheet tray . loading can be tricky since you have to remove the tray but the manual has good instructions and you ll only have to learn this once . i love having separate color cartridges -- less waste not to mention that brother includes the three color and the black cartridges in high yield so you ll be ready to go right away . scans come out great and took less than a minute . faxes are faxes -- i think that it s only as fast as the machine sending to us we rarely fax anything out . the little color lcd is nice . i don t have much use for it for image editing but i can see how others would like this feature . overall this is a great multi-use printer for small business and is affordable for personal use as well . edit those of you using vista should know that there is a known problem with this printer s drivers and vista . brother is aware of the issue but it s a problem with vista and not with brother . we tried it on two pcs with vista basic and one with vista premium and none of them worked . it works fine on an xp computer . help other customers find the most helpful reviews was this review helpful to you yes no report abuse permalink comment comments 4 21 of 24 people found the following review helpful 2.0 out of 5 stars multi-page copying problems for starters march 25 2009 by j. smith derby ct usa - see all my reviews real name this review is from brother mfc-5890cn professional-series color inkjet all-in-one with networking and large-size printing electronics i bought this printer largely because of the good reviews and the 11x17 printing capability which comes in handy quite often . i was not impressed with the text quality could not print out a resume that looked good enough even on the best quality setting . on a side note quality settings below normal are pretty low quality - too low for legible emails etc. i m not sure who would ever want to use them to save ink as you ll be more frustrated with illegible prints . when attempting to make multi-page copies using the automatic document feeder adf the copies can be sorted which is to be expected but the pages print out in reverse order i checked to make sure i fed the originals properly face up went through all of the settings and also called technical support - all with no solutions . the only solution offered by support was to put my originals in reverse order yeah with a 30-page document - i don t think so for printing multi-page documents from the computer i was able to check off reverse order in the printer driver preferences . there is no such setting on the printer itself for copying . by default prints come out face up page 1 2 etc. that drives me nuts i want to be able to grab the stack staple it and go . also color copying did not pick up light colors at all even on the best quality setting . it also reduced the image size a smidge which support had no answer for . for some reason it does not scan the document edge to edge either so you ll lose some items in the margin even when just scanning can t do a true 8.5 x 11 area . fortunately i discovered all these problems within the first 14 days of ownership and was able to return the printer bought at staples . i never did get to test the 11x17 printing the printer was not worth the headaches i discovered already . sales associates noted that brother has one of the highest return rates for printers . hmmmmm ... . help other customers find the most helpful reviews was this review helpful to you yes no report abuse permalink comment comment 1 share your thoughts with other customers create your own review see all 42 customer reviews ... most recent customer reviews 1.0 out of 5 stars always on the blink first there was a paper jam then there must have been a tiny piece of paper stuck in it and it would not print . read more published 1 month ago by t 5.0 out of 5 stars paperless fax s some other brands might have paperless outgoing fax sending so does this printer . print to the fax printer in windows printer list and not to your default printer . read more published 2 months ago by dgb 5.0 out of 5 stars wow i went online looking for a printer that would handle 11x17 stock for brochures folders and book signatures ... wow i thought ok cheap and easy - well we will see . read more published 3 months ago by manuel c. hernandez 2.0 out of 5 stars if your in a hurry don t buy this printer every once in a while it has to do a self cleaning which takes about 2 minutes . it really is annoying . once it is ready to go it does print fairly fast . read more published 4 months ago by dwayne ardis 4.0 out of 5 stars pro print this product is great for home use i create so many flyers cards brochures that i can t keep up on my home business s i run 4 home business s and this printer handles them all ... read more published 6 months ago by jerell williams 1.0 out of 5 stars unable to init . af - amp of stay away from the mfc-5890cn google unable to init af and you will get a long long list of queries asking how to fix this . read more published 7 months ago by j.e. 5.0 out of 5 stars perfet multifunction for the price i had the same printer but not wide format . i loved it and the faxing scanner is great too . published 10 months ago by chris e. salonia 5.0 out of 5 stars super printer scanner would buy it again . printing is super and trouble free so far . have had it about 2 1 2 to 3 weeks . haven t tried to print an 11 x 17 sheet yet which was why i purchased it . read more published 10 months ago by oldphox 4.0 out of 5 stars works good so far great product thus far no issues works all functions working well crisp color fast copying ... bought this product for it s capability to print 11x17 copies small footprint does ... read more published 10 months ago by k9huey 3.0 out of 5 stars first one wouldnt print black got one from costco . test page wouldn t print black so called cs amp was sent a new one they needed a credit card to send you a second one no charges have appeared as long as ... read more published 12 months ago by gina gray search customer reviews 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