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Stand and deliver: these laser multifunctions make quick copies
Elsa Wenzel
Elsa Wenzel,
associate editor

If eliminating trips to the copy shop is on your wish list at work, maybe you should go on the prowl for a time-saving multifunction--one that can make fast photocopies in addition to printing, scanning, and faxing.

The perfect model should let you pop originals into the machine to copy in one swoop, rather than forcing you to lay a multipage report onto the glass bed, one agonizing sheet at a time.

These copy, print, fax, and scan combos provide ADFs (automatic document feeders) that suck in a stack of up to 50 pages for one-step copying. Just stick your document into the ADF tray, hit Copy, and let the machine do what comes naturally.

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Product name Brother DCP-8040
Brother DCP-8040
Canon ImageClass MF8170c
Canon ImageClass MF8170c
Samsung SCX-4720F
Samsung SCX-4720F
HP LaserJet 3380 All-in-One
HP LaserJet 3380 All-in-One
Dell 1600n
Dell 1600n






Review date October 15, 2004 December 10, 2004 December 2, 2004 April 1, 2004 July 21, 2004






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Review summary The Brother DCP-8040 excels at prints and copies, but it can't handle everything in the multifunction bailiwick. The MF8170c is a great home-office multifunction, but in bigger offices it's suitable only for patient workgroups. The reliable, easy-to-use Samsung SCX-4720F has great performance but a few glitches, notably limitations on its USB flash drive reader. The HP LaserJet 3380 is a good match for a very small-business operation that doesn't require color printing. The Dell 1600n multifunction laser printer mixes single-user and small-office capabilities to one's complete satisfaction.






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Basic Specs
Copier Type Digital  
Digital  
Digital  
Digital  
Digital  






Max Fax Transmission Speed Info unavailable 
33.6 Kbps 
33.6 Kbps 
33.6 Kbps 
33.6 Kbps 






Data Compression System Info unavailable 
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MR , MH , JPEG , JBIG , MMR  
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Fax Resolutions Info unavailable 
406 x 391 dpi  
300 x 300 dpi  
300 x 300 dpi , 203 x 98 dpi , 203 x 196 dpi  
Info unavailable 






Scanning 600 x 2400 dpi  
1200 x 2400 dpi  
600 x 600 dpi  
600 x 600 dpi  
600 x 1200 dpi  






Original Type Sheets  
Sheets  
Sheets  
Sheets  
Sheets  






Document Feeder Capacity 50 sheets 
50 sheets 
50 sheets 
50 sheets 
50 sheets 






Media Type Recycled paper , Plain paper , Labels  
Plain paper  
Info unavailable 
Plain paper , Cards , Transparencies , Labels , Envelopes  
Plain paper , Cards , Transparencies , Labels , Envelopes  






Standard Media Capacity 250 sheets 
250 sheets 
250 sheets 
250 sheets 
250 sheets 






Max Media Capacity 501 sheets 
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Info unavailable 
Info unavailable 
500 sheets 






Bypass Feeder Capacity 1 sheets 
125 sheets 
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10 sheets 
Info unavailable 






Output Trays Capacity Info unavailable 
Info unavailable 
150 sheets 
125 sheets 
150 sheets 






Printer type Multifunction  
Multifunction printer  
Multifunction printer  
Multifunction printer , Multifunction  
Multifunction printer , Multifunction  






Max Resolution B/W 2400 x 600 dpi  
2400 x 600 dpi  
1200 x 1200 dpi  
1200 x 1200 dpi  
600 x 600 dpi  






Max Resolution Color Info unavailable 
2400 x 600 dpi  
Info unavailable 
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Product name Brother DCP-8040 Canon ImageClass MF8170c Samsung SCX-4720F HP LaserJet 3380 All-in-One Dell 1600n






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