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Ron, I know you didn't. I remember back in the day when I sold vacuum cleaners. YES vacuum cleaners. Ours was the Vorwerk from Germany, and it cost $699.00 plus tax. Our main competitors were the Electrolux and the Kirby (both in the $700 range). We were taught to always say, "That is a nice vacuum -- good choice." Because if you put it down, you put them down. Eric is a big boy. I doubt you hurt his feelings. And, he probably doesn't need me looking out for him.

That said, I think you may want to go up in price to get what you need. Try looking at the ones in this link:

http://amazingcharts.com/ub/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4556&page=3#Post4556

Now, I have never used a Brother. Eric and Leslie like theres. But, you want to make sure it does what you need and that it does PC to Fax and Fax to PC through a phone line. Internet is a bonus but not that useful. You can always do Internet fax using a 3rd party program If you Internet fax FROM your own fax machine, the recipient needs to have a fax macine capable, and in 2008 that would be about 1% of fax machines.

Bert, it looks like I need the print/scan wireless device NC-2200W from Brother to share the MFX-7820N on my wireless network. Other print/scan wirelss rounters need to be connected to my AT&T wireless router which is not in the right location. If that works as advertised, this machine will fill all my needs at the present time at a very low price since the store manager reduced the price $129. It's consumables may be a bit costly, but then again we won't be printing as much.
Thanks for your input.

Haven't had time to check it out yet. Sounds good. Ron, is there a Brother dealer in your area. If so, I would tell them to come over and set it up. Have them stay there until it does what you want. Even if you have to lease.

We lease and in the long run leasing is always a bit more expensive, but they are at our office in less than an hour every time we have an issue. Also, if you lease, tell them if I get busier can I move up to your next best machine. If you get them to commit to that, you're golden. Call around.

Ron,
My last comment on this. If this one machine is going to stand as your one and only, do it all machine, don't go too cheap. In now time this thing is going to running a small marathon for you every day, trust me.

We started with the Largest, not available in stores HP AIO, the OfficeJet 9120. It's an anchor, and makes the 7780 we got to replace it look like the difference between my 1st, 2nd generation Grand Cherokee and a Toyota Corolla. And guess what eventually did in the small parts on the autodoc feeder on top of the fold down cover. You are going to beat the CCHIT out of this thing once your panel gets up and running.

My other suggestion still stands because of all of this. Get one mother, main brick CCHIThouse one, and then relieve it of some of it's wear and tear as well as traffic and get one or two other less expensive units to help out once you have a feel for your needs and office work and flow... Like one for Rx's near but not in the examroom. Now I am scanning a lot and so we got a ScanSnap 510 that sits near that station in the backroom.

But none the less, get a tough one for anything that is going to have to serve all functions for everyone in the office.

Hey, I've got a quick question. Our old HP9120 had a built in print server, so it could take and control conflicting orders from multiple users, but all the lower cost ones we have gotten since then, can only do one task at a time even if they are on different parts of the machine, so it can't scan in and send out a fax while performing a print job at the same time. Does anyone know how these medium to upper priced Brothers perform in this manor. It is very frustrating a time wasting to have to wait for a simple print job to finish before one can send out a fax. Better yet, let's say the MA is sending out a long fax, meanwhile the doc is trying to print something from AC like lab orders or a 1500 for a patient, and all you can do is wait... Not fun. It is one of the things I really liked about our old 9120.

Too late, I already purchased it. I got an extended warranty for a total of 3 years that gives instant store credit. We have a dedicated laser printer so waiting for print jobs will not be an issue since they will do the bulk of the printing jobs. I can get my feet wet on this machine and then I can dive in on a more robust unit if this one fails. Since I just got the Brother MFC 7820N up and running this weekend, I can't answer your question on how it handles multiple tasks, but I should be able to answer that soon. It has a buffer, perhaps that is used for one task while the other is being handled? It is very quit though and very fast. I printed the software user guide (150 pages) in nothing flat. Thanks for you input, I hope I have not worn you out on this issue, I have worn everyone else out on it in my office and at home. Ron