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You’re in very cramped quarters and need a machine that can print, scan, copy, fax and handle photos, but it would also be good if it had a phone and digital answering machine. Brother’s petite MFC-990CW has the spec for this, but can the metal and plastic match up? Brother MFC-990CW Brother's MFC-990CW: fax machine styling …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Linux

    This would have been a useful article ...

    ... for me if it had at least mentioned compatibility for non windows users.

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  2. Christian Berger

    Uhm????

    So you'll have a phone and a Fax on the same phone number? How is that supposed to work?

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  3. Anomalous Cowherd Silver badge
    IT Angle

    Second the first poster

    So it has wireless networking, that's just super. So I print over TCP/IP, correct? How do I get to it? Jet Direct? Does it appear as a Samba printer, perhaps, or is it configured via Bonjour/Zeroconf? Do I need to install drivers? For which operating systems are they supplied.

    Review rating: 10%, with "this is not Computer Shopper Magazine, pull your socks up" as the summary.

    Oh and @ Christian - I imagine the same way this has worked in small offices for years. Fax calls emit beeps down the line when calling, presumably this will identify fax from voice that way. Maybe we could ask the nice reviewer to tell us when he's finished reading the box.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Almost identical

    to my MFC-665CW.

    The only improvements I can see is the DECT phone (which would be handy) and the widescreen LCD display (which matters little), and the wireless antenae (missing on the 665CW).

    My two main grievanceagainst the 665CW are the fact it won't send Faxes when the ink has run out (probably because it likes to print out a confirmation after the fax has been sent - there is probably a way to disable this, but I haven't bothered looking) and the fact it doesn't support WPA (it would be good to know if this one does)

    I use mine with windows, so I can't vouch for the *nix support, but I'm pretty sure it supports the usual lpd type queuing.

    Another advantage to these - the ink cartridges are very simple and can be refilled easily and cheaply.

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