Brother DCP 7040

As an office manager, finding the right printers for the department was a big responsibility. I needed to find something which was affordable, reliable and had good long-term economy and efficiency. After much investigation, I decided to go with the Brother DCP-7040.

I am very glad to have bought the Brother DCP 7040 as it has proven itself to be a great asset and a boost for our productivity. It’s a dual function printer, copier and has a more than adequate speed of 23 pages per minute. The best thing is that it doesn’t need a PC to be directly linked to it, and for copying it requires no PC at all. This simplified things a bit for us as everyone needed to be able to both print and copy without having go through a host computer because that can be a pain. Another useful feature which the Brother offers it its capacity of doing 35 pages through the automatic document feeder.

This printer and copier can also reduce to 25% and enlarge up to 400% which is among one of its more useful features. The buttons are fixed in a logical way for users of all finger sizes and abilities and can be clearly understood and used. Although this laser machine does not have a huge networking capability, it does have an automatic feeder which makes up for it a bit. Even if a person is busy, he can leave it to work and collect the pages after the copier has finished, adding a bit more productivity.

Its standard paper output is 100 sheets while its standard paper input is about 250 sheets. Its output is monochrome which is fine for our needs as we don’t print color much. The printer does not have a fax capability which isn’t a problem for us as we already have a separate fax machine. The toner cartridges seem to be very efficient, which will prove to be a good asset over the long-term cost of the machine, as in previous experiences uneconomical toner usage was a big problem, not to mention excessive cost.

We have been using the printers for the last few months now and I am glad to say the investment has been worth every dollar. Despite being used every day, sometimes even at weekends the only maintenance we needed was the toner change. You can’t ask more than that.