Re: OT: Anyone using the Brother MFC-7820?

Hello Jim,


Receiving faxes is even more of a pain. Murphy says then just when a fax wants to come in I will have done something crazy with the uC compiler and hung the whole machine.

Some of us leave our systems on 24/7 ;-)


Well, that doesn't help if the machine that's supposed to receive the fax froze up just before the line rang.


I use WinFax which has junk fax filtering capability... incoming faxes
simply get written to HD.

Many of my outgoing faxes are simply files.

But I can sign a contract and fax directly from the scanner.


Yes, that's certainly an option. But as I said, I'd have to dedicate a machine for "fax only" since I have a propensity to crash PCs. I have an old one which could do that but it'll occupy additional space.


I have the same router as you do. Probably I could get the proper driver into it. However, it's going into the basement hub soon and the printer need to be close. Meaning lots of exercise for me ;-)

The printer driver is simply the _printer_ driver.

The Barricade install CD has a _very_simple_ installation procedure
which maps the printer of choice to "port"=PRTMATE.

RTFM already ;-)


Sure, I could make it work. Even an HP5L emulation would do just fine. However, from the LAN closet to the nearest practical printer location is more than 20ft of beeline, through one wall and one floor that has 2" concrete on it. No sweat, really, but 20ft with a parallel printer connection is a stretch. More like 30ft if I don't want to string it right in front of the furnace filter access path. A network printer can go anywhere.

Long story short I just bought it. Came with a one-year warranty and usually stuff that hasn't broken by then lives on. There was another enticement to do it: On the way back we had lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant, along with a nice Dos Equis from tap. Delicious, except that they still serve the beer a bit too cold.

Regards, Joerg

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