subject: Panasonic Kx-mb773: The Fax Of Choice For Small And Medium Offices [print this page] Panasonic faxes have been renowned for more than 25 years, and throughout this time they've become prevalent and profited immaculate reputation. For several years now, Panasonic line of office equipment started to dynamically develop by utilising two major innovations in fax-building: the economical and effective laser publishing, and multifunctional technology that blends a broad kind of office devices in a one package.
Today we will see what the Panasonic KX-MB773 laser multifunction fax has to offer. At first glance, it's a versatile model binding in a solitary unit six office devices: laser printer, flatbed scanner, copier, fax, handset, and PC fax.
The specifications show the possibilities of the model Panasonic KX-MB773: printing speed of 18 pages per minute, the ability to scan color documents and photographs at high resolution, including batch mode (up to 20 sheets), reception and transmission of documents to/from memory in fax mode, and, the ability to print on ordinary office paper suggest that this office model is enough for a small and even average workgroup.
In terms of the exterior and design the KX-MB773 laser MFP observes the practices of Panasonic: frontal position of control panel, 2-line LCD-display to show the title and number, multi-color design of controls and light gray color of the casing.
The assembling and setting up is not hard, the steps are described explicitly in a short manual and are intuitive to any individual.
Along with the ability to customize the device through the front panel buttons, Panasonic KX-MB773 also supports the remote control mode features and settings.
Even if you do not have the slightest idea about the interface of the Panasonic KX-MB773, the overwhelming number of functions can be mastered "on the fly", without reading the manual. Flatbed design of the device with the scanner located on top and automatic document feeder for 20 sheet, comfortable control panel with 2-line LCD display, as well as the remote configuration and management make it possible to place the device in any corner of the office.
In offline mode, just press one of the big keys to the left of the display to instantly switch to faxing, copying and scanning, the active button will be highlighted with a LED.
The Panasonic KX-MB773 is equipped with a built-in nonvolatile memory, which enables you to receive up to 150 pages into fax memory if paper is not available. This apparatus has direct and deferred deliverance of document from memory, a set of 100 speed dial figures and a set of six one-touch numbers.
The Panasonic KX-MB773 has proved the declared high-speed and quality characteristics in tests. In particular, a great quality of printing at up to 600 dpi resolution has been reached two generations of printers ago and now with the new models coming out the Panasonic only varies the resource of toner cartridge, depending on the market segment.
Outstanding is the toner saving mode, in which, according to the characteristics, the amount of toner is reduced by about 40%, but the output documents are of sufficient quality. Also, confirmed was the high-speed in printing and copying - up to 18 pages per minute. The high-speed USB 2.0 interface also contributed to the rapid availability of fax to print from the PC and transfer rates of scanned data.
Built-in Panasonic KX-MB773 scanner performed with confidence. The device works perfectly with color, and while it's certainly not a professional photographer scanner, for office work the quality is more than adequate. Copying mode, too, delivered the results more than sufficient to ensure quality document flow.
The mix of major characteristics -- very fast laser publishing and copying races of up to 18 sheets per minute, the ability of high-quality scanning of color and monochrome pictures, encompassing batch mode, and the impeccable management of dense flow of fax notes with up to 150 sheets memory -- make it a very good device. You get even more convenience with high-speed interface USB 2.0, caller ID and over a hundred of speed dial numbers.
