Customer Rating: 
Summary: Exceedingly average
Comment: This is a product that tries to do too much. On the plus side are the price and the features. It is a flatbed scanner, printer, and color copier. One major feature is the memory card reader function, it will read secure digital, memory stick/memory stick pro, SSFD, and compact flash. One last feature, and it can be a major one, is the very compact size for such a full featured unit. I'ts not much larger than a typical Lexmark printer.
On the downside is the performance. It is fast but the output is not up to most current inkjet printers. On plain copier paper the ink wicks just enough to be visible and the colors (black included) are rather flat looking. Using photopaper and max. resolution it produces passable output but no one will ever mistake it for a true photograph, unlike most inkjets today. If you are not too demanding of your print quality then you get a quick, compact unit with lots of features.
As a quick note, I found installation to be a breeze. While mine did not come with a usb cable... no printer I've ever purchased ever has so I did not expect one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't expect a USB cable!
Comment: The previous reviewers complain about the lack of a USB cable included in the box. Printers are NOT SOLD with cables any more. Customers are expected to provide their own.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointing -
Comment: No USB cable to connect printer. Set up was very complicated, I ended up calling technical support. After waiting 20 minutes to speak to a live person they troubleshooted me through the process. Together we managed to get the black to print. Unfornately, all attempts at color failed. She said that if I would give her my credit card number, she would see a replacement unit was sent to me. I declined stating I just had bought it today - and I could easily take it back.
What a disappointment -- I had high hopes for this print since I already owned a Brother. The compact size and added features is what drew me to it in the first place. Hopefully, the next person who purchases one will have a better experience than I have had.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Problematic Entry Level Some-in-One
Comment: This review describes a DCP-110C unit purchased in France.
This is an entry level MFP with no fax.
The installation on Windows 2000 was troublesome. This comment may not apply to Windows XP.
On our MFP, the LCD display is nearly impossible to see from directly above the MFP. It had to be viewed from an angle. This is a severe flaw. Make sure you see a model with the LCD turned on and viewable before purchasing. Hopefully other reviewers will clarify whether this is a one off situation.
One color cartridge didn't work. This was due to my attempt to insert the cartridge using the wrong orientation or into a wrong slot. I believe this to be a design error. Under no circumstances should a cartridge become damaged by such a common user error. Cartridges should be more clearly marked and impossible to reverse or misplace.
Initially, the copier function turned out black pages. All settings appeared correct. Strangely, scans appeared as expected so the scanning mechanism was working properly. Later, the copier function worked normally. Not sure what happened.
No USB cable is provided.
The quality of the printing, scanning and copying functions are as expected.
The unit has builtin slots for several types of memory cartridges. We found this to be a useful and unexpected feature.
Update: 28 August 2005
Disgusted by product description of "4 in 1 Multi-function Printer" that has no fax.
Summary: Exceedingly average
Comment: This is a product that tries to do too much. On the plus side are the price and the features. It is a flatbed scanner, printer, and color copier. One major feature is the memory card reader function, it will read secure digital, memory stick/memory stick pro, SSFD, and compact flash. One last feature, and it can be a major one, is the very compact size for such a full featured unit. I'ts not much larger than a typical Lexmark printer.
On the downside is the performance. It is fast but the output is not up to most current inkjet printers. On plain copier paper the ink wicks just enough to be visible and the colors (black included) are rather flat looking. Using photopaper and max. resolution it produces passable output but no one will ever mistake it for a true photograph, unlike most inkjets today. If you are not too demanding of your print quality then you get a quick, compact unit with lots of features.
As a quick note, I found installation to be a breeze. While mine did not come with a usb cable... no printer I've ever purchased ever has so I did not expect one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Don't expect a USB cable!
Comment: The previous reviewers complain about the lack of a USB cable included in the box. Printers are NOT SOLD with cables any more. Customers are expected to provide their own.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointing -
Comment: No USB cable to connect printer. Set up was very complicated, I ended up calling technical support. After waiting 20 minutes to speak to a live person they troubleshooted me through the process. Together we managed to get the black to print. Unfornately, all attempts at color failed. She said that if I would give her my credit card number, she would see a replacement unit was sent to me. I declined stating I just had bought it today - and I could easily take it back.
What a disappointment -- I had high hopes for this print since I already owned a Brother. The compact size and added features is what drew me to it in the first place. Hopefully, the next person who purchases one will have a better experience than I have had.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Problematic Entry Level Some-in-One
Comment: This review describes a DCP-110C unit purchased in France.
This is an entry level MFP with no fax.
The installation on Windows 2000 was troublesome. This comment may not apply to Windows XP.
On our MFP, the LCD display is nearly impossible to see from directly above the MFP. It had to be viewed from an angle. This is a severe flaw. Make sure you see a model with the LCD turned on and viewable before purchasing. Hopefully other reviewers will clarify whether this is a one off situation.
One color cartridge didn't work. This was due to my attempt to insert the cartridge using the wrong orientation or into a wrong slot. I believe this to be a design error. Under no circumstances should a cartridge become damaged by such a common user error. Cartridges should be more clearly marked and impossible to reverse or misplace.
Initially, the copier function turned out black pages. All settings appeared correct. Strangely, scans appeared as expected so the scanning mechanism was working properly. Later, the copier function worked normally. Not sure what happened.
No USB cable is provided.
The quality of the printing, scanning and copying functions are as expected.
The unit has builtin slots for several types of memory cartridges. We found this to be a useful and unexpected feature.
Update: 28 August 2005
Disgusted by product description of "4 in 1 Multi-function Printer" that has no fax.