Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- MFC-J497DW
- |
- SKU:
- 6239806
Customer reviews
Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 2140 reviews
(2,140 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.5
Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.4
Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.4
Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers highly value the excellent print quality and ease of use of the Work Smart Series MFC-J497DW Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer. Many appreciate its affordable price, wireless capabilities, and compact size, finding it easy to set up and reliable for their needs. The printer's ability to fax and its quiet operation are also frequently praised. However, some users have reported occasional paper jams.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent value MFP
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Although we do not use the Fax function, the printer's other functions are top-notch. Printing is quick and quiet. Ditto for copying. Scanning is much improved over our previous Brother MFC.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Wireless
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good wireless printer
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Replaced a wired printer with this Brother wireless printer. Setup took a little head scratching but got it working fairly easy. Have not used it much, but really like what I have seen so far.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great brand
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So far it’s printing good from my phone I’ve tried to print from laptop but no success as yet .. I’m missing something to get that to work. Reading suggestions on how to fax w/o hm line. Looking forward to that.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good home printer.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good printer for the price. It does what I need for a home printer. My kids are schooling from home right now due to covid-19 so we are printing a lot of school work. Its quiet but kinda slow.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good printer
||Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I bought this printer for a friend. It was on sale and was a good deal. My brown printer is a brother and I’ve had it for 10years and never a problem
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Affordable and compact
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Very easy to set up WiFi and overall easy to use. I strictly wanted a printer with physical buttons because they have a nicer feel then the budget touch screens. I am able to print from my Mac wirelessly without any issues.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for home use
||Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Inexpensive, reliable and reasonable price ink. I don't do a lot of printing so I don't need a fast printer. Print quality is good, but slow. IT must be a popular printer, it's always out of stock in the stores.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great little printer
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is replacing a large fancy Canon printer that just died. A friend reccomend brother and I'm glad I went with it. Surprisingly fast prints compared to my last one and the print and scan software that comes with it is great and way easier to use.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent printer
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This printer works great and was very easy to set up and connect to wireless. The ink that comes with this lasts a long time. I would definitely recommend this printer.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good printer
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is a pretty good printer. It prints well. I have noticed that sometimes the feeder for the copier/scanner pulls it in slightly crooked.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as advertised, will buy again
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is a great low cost printer that does everything it needs to do. The replacement ink is cost effective making this a great all around printer for everyday printing, the photo quality is very good for the price point.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Fan of these Brother MFCs
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I've owned several Brother MFC units for many years and they've all performed quite well. I keep buying them mainly for the scanning software that comes with them because I'm used to it and because I like being able to scan to PDF with multiple pages, etc. I'm sure others can do that as well but I'm just used to Brother now. Seems to do everything I need quite well except for printing photos, it's only average at that but I don't do that very often. My biggest complaint is that it runs out of ink quite quickly, although Brother ink is less expensive than most others. The process to set up wifi printing is kind of archaic, too.
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Hard time locating Ink for product
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is the second product I have tried to purchase and the Canon was user-friendly so, instead, I was directed into getting this product model MFC-J49770W which I been finding a hard time locating ink cartridge
No, I would not recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great home printer
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.If you don't print often or a lot, this is a great printer for the price. It runs smooth and easy. I have scanned, copied and printed, very easy. Just download the Brothers app to your laptop, phone or tablet and you are good to go.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good for Price
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.At $59.99 it is a good printer.It works seamlessly with MAC.The reason why i chose it was because for hp printers i had to use a subscription plan to print, which didn't make any sense
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Seamless upload to dropbox
||Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Bought this to scan family photos after my aunt passed away. Was easy to setup to upload directly to a shared Dropbox account... scanned what I could before leaving, simple enough to leave behind for other pics.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
No complaints if da wireless connection worked.
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Product was great. Printed well. Start up and finish was great. Issue - could not get it connected to my network or individual devices through the wireless feature on my devices. They never found it and could not add it no matter what I tried. Sadly, I had to return it. I want to desperately recommend it to a friend as well. Very upset I could not get it to work…aka…show up so I could connect or it wirelessly!
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Brother
Posted .We understand you're experiencing wireless setup issues with your Brother MFCJ497DW machine. We'd like to help. Below is a FAQ that may help you with this issue:
https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/155991
If you continue to have issues, our Brother Customer Support Team is available to assist you direct: www.brother-usa.com/brother-support
- Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great for what I needed it for
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Only needed it to print and fax forms back home to Michigan. Use of the scanner is perfect as well. The scan to email feature works great. And I can print important documents right from my phone.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Price
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Decent printer
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Easy to setup the printer and was in my price range. Very fortunate to find it as it always shows sold out. Don’t use fax feature very much but glad to have it
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Print quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good quality
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Good quality printer, just a little slow when printing from a mobile device. Haven't tried printing off from a laptop yet because I don't have one but it's a good printer regardless.
I would recommend this to a friend







