I needed a wireless printer, something ideally with a document feed scanner. I paid less than $130 for it and I couldn't be happier. I always recommend Brother products and now that I just nabbed a new one, I'm going to keep recommending them.
Drivers and software suite is light and doesn't need to run on startup or hang around at all to use the scan to PC / email / pdf etc functions.
Air print works great. Wife is delighted to be able to print recipes and amazon shipping labels from her phone.
One plug. No messing with USB or LAN cables.
Paper is contained within the base, nothing sticking out.
Duplex printing!
It's a bit big. It's almost 30 pounds. But it's sturdy. Plastic is solid enough. This isn't enterprise class but I'm pretty impressed about what a $125 printer can get you these days.
I'm very impressed with the scanning and paper handling. Haven't tried the flatbed for scanning a photo or anything but reviews indicate that it's quite good for what it is.
So far working fine on my Windows 10 machines and my iMac and MacBooks. Configuring the printer from the small LCD panel is a little clunky but it works. I had the thing connected to my network before installing any software on the computers. Configurable by a web interface. Updated the firmware within the web interface and it really felt like I was in a router. Never updated a firmware for a printer before, so that's a first for me.
Toner is relatively cheap. Not sure if it will block me from using generic carts with a chip. I figure I'll find out sooner or later, should probably check the Brother support forums.
Copying is a breeze, just walk up to the damn thing and pop in the paper and hit copy and you're done. Duplex scanning is one feature it doesn't have but the thing is a bit of a tank and that would probably make it really huge.
What I am really excited about is scan to PDF. I deal with a lot of documents and get paper sources, but a lot of my work is using digital content, so being able to take a stack of documents or a report and digitize it is great. The best thing is I can scan a doc to PDF and direct it to a specific computer on the network. The PDF just appears in a folder on my desktop. I'm going to see if I can change the default folder to a onedrive folder. That would put it over the top.
Design is basic, clean. All the paper guides and trays and such fold in and collapse out of the way if you're not using them so it's a nice clean box, not some winged creature that needs a 2-foot radius from all directions to not get whacked.
Good buy. I recommend.
Drivers and software suite is light and doesn't need to run on startup or hang around at all to use the scan to PC / email / pdf etc functions.
Air print works great. Wife is delighted to be able to print recipes and amazon shipping labels from her phone.
One plug. No messing with USB or LAN cables.
Paper is contained within the base, nothing sticking out.
Duplex printing!
It's a bit big. It's almost 30 pounds. But it's sturdy. Plastic is solid enough. This isn't enterprise class but I'm pretty impressed about what a $125 printer can get you these days.
I'm very impressed with the scanning and paper handling. Haven't tried the flatbed for scanning a photo or anything but reviews indicate that it's quite good for what it is.
So far working fine on my Windows 10 machines and my iMac and MacBooks. Configuring the printer from the small LCD panel is a little clunky but it works. I had the thing connected to my network before installing any software on the computers. Configurable by a web interface. Updated the firmware within the web interface and it really felt like I was in a router. Never updated a firmware for a printer before, so that's a first for me.
Toner is relatively cheap. Not sure if it will block me from using generic carts with a chip. I figure I'll find out sooner or later, should probably check the Brother support forums.
Copying is a breeze, just walk up to the damn thing and pop in the paper and hit copy and you're done. Duplex scanning is one feature it doesn't have but the thing is a bit of a tank and that would probably make it really huge.
What I am really excited about is scan to PDF. I deal with a lot of documents and get paper sources, but a lot of my work is using digital content, so being able to take a stack of documents or a report and digitize it is great. The best thing is I can scan a doc to PDF and direct it to a specific computer on the network. The PDF just appears in a folder on my desktop. I'm going to see if I can change the default folder to a onedrive folder. That would put it over the top.
Design is basic, clean. All the paper guides and trays and such fold in and collapse out of the way if you're not using them so it's a nice clean box, not some winged creature that needs a 2-foot radius from all directions to not get whacked.
Good buy. I recommend.