The Brother MFC-9440C Multi Function Center (MFC) is a network ready all-in-one printer that can be used in either your home or your office. Amazingly this printer prints 21 pages per minute not matter if you are printing black/white or color pages. Almost every other printer on the market is a few pages slower when printing in color. this is a great feature.

The 9440C has 64MB of memory and prints at an outstanding resolution of 2400 x 600. It comes with a standard paper tray that can hold 250 sheets, but you do have the option to move up to a tray that can hold 500 sheets. The printer handles a variety of paper sizes, including letterhead, letter, and legal, as well as envelopes.

As said before, it is network ready and even has a Ethernet jack. Setting this machine up in your office will be a breeze.

What about the other features?

The copier works without a computer, and copies at a rate of 17 copies per minute (black). This is a pretty decent copy speed. The fax machine supports both black/white and color faxing, and has a 33.6 KBps modem speed. This means that your fastest faxing speed is about two seconds per page (that is pretty good too!).

Our customers have called this a “work horse printer”, which for what is costs is a great thing. We have also been told, and have read, that this printer has duplex capabilities. Our customers have confirmed it does NOT. They have also told us that this is not an easy machine to set up. In fact, we have heard a lot of complaints about the complication of setting the machine up (from both MAC and PC users). But, they all say once you get past the set up it is a wonderful machine.

The editors at CNET loved the machine and gave it an excellent 8.2 out of 10. Take a minute and read their review.

Now we know what at least one company is doing with the printer ink cartridges they collect. There has been speculation over the years that some OEM’s collect empty cartridges simply to ship them to third world countries and dispose of them in landfills. This has never been confirmed, but the rumor has continued to grow over the years.

But, we finally have confirmation of what one OEM is doing with them, and they are doing something good.

HP, through its Planet Partners program, has revealed that it uses post-consumer recycled plastic in the production of new original HP ink cartridges. The cartridges that are returned through the company’s Planet Partners program are reduced to raw materials (plastic and metals). The plastic is then combined with recycled bottle resin and other compounds to make new inkjet cartridges.

HP reports that the amount of recycled material in a new ink cartridge may vary between 70-100% of the total plastic used. If 100% of the plastic is recycled does this mean that HP is selling remanufactured ink cartridges?

They have further reported that more than 200 million cartridges have been manufactured using recycled plastic, and in 2007 alone they used more than five million pounds of recycled plastic. Their goal is to use twice as much in 2008.

Pacific Ink offers the same empty cartridge collection services. When you recycle with us, our goal is to take your empty and use it as a remanufactured cartridge. A remanfuactured ink cartridge will save you substantial money over using the “name brand” OEM cartridge.