Brother - MFC-J885DW Wireless All-In-One Printer - Black

I've had this all-in-one for four months now. It preformed well during that time. Yesterday, it stopped printing in color. I notified Brother support and they sent me a huge list of things to try to alleviate this problem. None of them worked despite spending about two hours doing everything on the list. The only thing I didn't try was standing on my head and praying to the printer god. So, Brother is now telling me I have to take it to the nearest repair facility which is 55 miles away. What this amounts to is driving 210 miles in total going back and forth twice, spending about 25 bucks on gas and spending 4 hours of my time on the road. I told them that was unacceptable and that I wanted to send the thing back to them (they pay for the shipping) in exchange for a brand-new printer. They said no. I then said it wasn't worth my time, expense and effort to get the thing repaired and that I would junk the thing if they didn't comply with my request. I'm still waiting for a reply. I don't expect them to follow my request, so if they say no or take any more time to reply, I'm taking it to a local electronics recycling facility and throw it into the pile of other electronic junk.

Very satisfied with the MFC-J885DW, which replaces one made by another manufacturer that I was wishing would break. Set-up started out seamlessly, but I hit a snag when it came to inserting the disk for connecting to wi-fi. (The disc even got stuck in my computer's driver, and was unresponsive. The computer later spit it out.) Downloading installation from the website enabled me to complete this process, but it took longer than anticipated. Perhaps this was because I was looking at the computer screen after inserting the disc, rather than at the printer panel, for instructions. The panel must have advanced to finish mode, by the time I looked. Wireless printing is new to me, and I love it! Two-sided printing is also a real time-saver. The rear tray for card stock, etc. is a great feature. It is expected that the cost of ink will be significantly lower, though time will tell. Also, this model is nicely small compared to others. The print quality is not optimal. That is the reason for 4 stars instead of 5. Would not recommend if you must make stunning presentations. I intend to buy better quality paper and see how much of a difference that would make. However, for my purposes it is sufficient as is, especially since all of the other features are a real improvement in my case.

Read lots of reviews before buying this printer. I'm not all that tech savy and was concerned about getting something I couldn't figure out how to set up and use. I was looking for one that would be easy to set up, would copy and scan documents. I will occasionally print out a photo, but that's not of huge importance to me. I was definitely looking for one that would not break the bank when buying ink cartridge replacements. So far this Brother MFC-J885DW has just been amazing! I was able to set it up in about 30 minutes. It was so easy! The one page easy start sheet tells you exactly what to do and when to put it the CD installer. From there the printer explains everything as you go along. I had absolutely no problems and was able to print from my iphone right off the bat! I've had this printer now for over a month and haven't even had a paper jam! I wish all products worked this well! My first Brother product, but it won't be my last!

I needed a printer that could be used with an iPad and print the occasional photo without my ink disappearing in a few months. I replaced a great HP with a newer model and learned the hard way that newer printers clean themselves constantly. So I used consumer reports to find one that did not and this one fit the bill. Now for the details: For color on plain paper look for some other business printer, this is average at best. Photo quality is pretty good but the photo holder has to be manually set and once set it will only print on photo paper. The tray only holds 20 photos. It is pic bridge compatible and it holds all of your standard memory cards. All in all it serves my purpose. Document print is decent, but I print all of my documents on my Brother MFC-7360N which is an amazing laser printer. If you are constantly printing photos than this is not for you, if you print the occasional photo and need a goof Wi-Fi printer for IOS and android this can't be beat.

Copies at a speed that is much improved over my old, but good, HP printer. I like the bypass feature so I don't have to raise the lid every time to copy. It is faster than I thought it would be printing. Holds plenty of paper for us as we use it at home. Have not tried the wireless yet, waiting to install some new equipment first. NOT as "flimsy" as some report and certainly was SUPER easy to set up. Took longer for the cartridges to get ready than anything else. I like the fact that it does NOT drain my ink just to print an alignment page. The HP sucked my ink dry just setting itself up. I like that it won't "automatically" order ink for me, like the new HP printers do when THEY deem it a requirement. It is easy to use and the touch screen buttons are very responsive. I see this printer take a lot of "heat" for not being a good printer for a WORK/OFFICE environment and that may be the case, BUT, for my home use and home based business, we are certainly NOT disappointed. I WOULD BUY THIS AGAIN

My sweetheart bought one similar to this one. she liked it and I needed a printer. So, - - I went to Best Buy and bought one. I also purchased some extra ink and paper. Here are the results. It connected wirelessly to my computer through the router. I have since printed several items for various purposes. So far, (it is very new), it has performed flawlessly! I printed some labels for mailing and they came out perfect! Get one of these. They are better than the Hewlett Packard ones. I have printed Excel, Word and various other documents without a hitch. The copies are crisp and very legible! Can't say enough about it. (Honestly, I have not tried a color picture yet but will soon and I am sure they will be excellent)

Problems with ink cartridges. Quite often replacement cartridges not recognized. At 2 months old, a black replacement cartridge was not recognized. Called Brother who walked my customer through a menu process that fixed the issue. Each time when a cartridge was replaced, had to go through the same steps. At 9 months old the yellow cartridge was removed to get the number and reinserted. Up to this time the printer was working fine. Now it shows that all the cartridges had to be replaced!! Tried the menu clearing procedure with no success. Called Brother who had no solution nor would replace the printer (2 year wty). Going into the garbage. Brother's warranty is worthless. Don't buy this printer!!! The Brother black laser printers are fine

I wanted a new inkjet for the little bit of color I do. I also occasionally need to have a scanner. HP used to be my go to. The ink cost on this will be better and I suspect they wont dry out as fast(unconfirmed). So far i like it a lot. The document feeder worked well for scanning 15 pages I needed. Lots of features built in. What i dont like. This feels very cheap on the trays and the trays do have limited paper in reserve. I have been a Brother fan for a long time and this is by far the cheapest tray on any brand Ive touched. Its bad because the tray does need to be extended or it drops paper off the device. It meets my needs for a casual user who uses a laser for bw print.