Get a Wi-Fi multifunction printer for $75 shipped

Check out the wide-screen LCD on this wireless MFP.

(Credit: Buy.com)

Fwip-fwip-fwip. That's the sound of my beanie propeller spinning furiously. You see, Buy.com has the Brother MFC-490CW multifunction printer on sale for $75.24 shipped. Why all the fwipping? Because this baby's wireless.

As regular readers know, I've seen sweet deals on wireless inkjets and lasers and on Ethernet-equipped multifunction printers. But I've never seen such a great price on a wireless MFP.

Built for smallish offices, the Brother MFC-490CW prints, scans, copies, and faxes, all in color. It features an unusually large (3.3-inch) wide-screen LCD, Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, a media-card reader, and a 15-sheet document feeder.

It also has a couple offbeat features I find cool, like the option to scan documents directly to a USB flash drive. I particularly like the four-cartridge ink system, which eliminates the ink waste associated with tri-color cartridges.

I have an older, less wireless Brother MFP I use for making copies, sending faxes, and the like, and to my thinking it's a compact champ. It's rare enough to find a network-ready MFP at a price this low, but wireless? Icing!

[Mac128]

Just for everyone, especially those in the NYC. J and R Music world, www.jr.com is selling this all in one for $69.99. The sale is good only until 12/6/2008. The bad news is there will be a shipping charge so it probably will not be worth it with the S/H. But if you are in NYC, that an extra $5 less.

[Benoneya]

LOL, I got mine from Amazon.com on December 5th, and paid 79.00 with free shipping:)

[rickbroida]

Yeah, I actually saw that price as well, but shipping is around $24!

[anokaflash]

I keep trying to add it to my cart and it throws me to JR. Kind of wierd . . . it says it is in stock but won;t giv e me the deal

Just followed the Buy.com link and found the price, including shipping, to be $93.75

[rickbroida]

Buy.com must have run out. It's weird that they're steering people to J&R, but maybe they have a partnership with them or something.

[anokaflash]

Well, its still 79.99 at Office Max. I think I'll eat the tax and save the shipping and by it in store. I've been eying the Brother Brand and now athat my Scanner went belly up I am ready to pull the trigger

[anokaflash]

NewEgg may have a similar deal:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828113328

[doconn7]

Why bother Brother is simply the worst printer ever! Not even for free!

[Benoneya]

I've had a Brother mfc 210c for over 4 years, and it just finally gave up the ghost. I've loved that printer, I bought it on sale at office Depot for 89.00 and change, it had a small footprint and it was decent on ink. But then again, I got my ink for about 4.50 for a refilled cartridge. That's the only reason I'm buying another Brother, the first one was trouble free until it just wore out.

[doconn7]

Benoneya, you are the only one! In my experience these printers guzzle ink and the software and support are the worst of all manufacturers! I got mine at Staples and in just a few short months it was in the recycler .