Best Brother Printers

It's been a great addition to our setup! Prints are sharp and clear, and the ink system lasts ages, which is a big plus. Easy to use, reliable, and perfect for both home and small office use. Definitely a solid choice.

I.S.WH! – Love my brother HL-L2350DW. She might not be the sharpest most Hi-def printer on the market, but when it comes down to brass tax, $50 second hand on… Read more

facebook marketplace and a new toner to boot, this unit has got my back through university and beyond. Efficient and friendly, an industry standard workhorse, hands down.

Very hard to set up – The disc that came with the printer did not work so the drivers could not be installed using the disc. I phoned tech support but the first person I… Read more

spoke to could not help me. I was contacted not long after by someone else from Brother who was able to help me however the drivers had to be installed via the Brother website because the disc did not work. This all took up a few hours of my time. I was expecting a much easier install.

Have only had the printer a few hours: have tried printing and scanning and it seems to work well. The scan function is certainly much easier to use than my Canon printer/scanner. I connected the printer using a USB port rather than wifi.

Brother MFC-L2880DW - Software inconsistancies belittle what should be a good product – Read other reviews on the outgoing models L2750DW and L2730DW and many of the lower ratings obviously come from technically challenged people who… Read more

have reached the 'p*ssed off' point, but having had L2750DW for years after having had HP (gold plated) for decades, I currently consider these Brother printers to be the best value for money, developed through an era where competition with the market leaders demanded a bit more from the manufacturer. They, as do the replacements L2820DW and L2880DW print duplex, scan duplex (the 50/80 models), take a single feed for letter head paper, can print on an envelope, support AirPrint, and still work well under Windows 11, despite reviews from some who seemed to have had trouble with a couple of these features. My review is about the software rather than the hardware. While some reviews have rightly criticized the noise of the Brother printers (double the price and you might get a quieter HP printer), no one has looked at the software used to scan with the printers, which is where I think most of the problems reported have stemmed from, and it's almost impossible to evaluate it before purchase because the software while accessible in downloads, won't install or run without the physical printer switched on and accessible, so you have to buy it first and then fathom the software, which is usually cheap and nasty. So, the older Brother models, and even some fuji Xerox older models which look like re-badged Brother printers for the domestic market, used a software called ControlCentre4, while the new Brother Printers use a software called iPrint&Scan. ControlCentre4 is great, offering many features like rotating, cropping, automatically skewing the scan and deleting blank pages from the scanned documents, and others. However it has a difficult interface, two interface versions that can confuse and the initial install does default to the confusing more complicated so you first have to realize you need to change to the more user friendly configuration. But it does do anything I've ever wanted but only on the PC. iPrint&Scan is Brothers replacement that comes with the L28 series printers, and while iPrint&Scan can be used with the older printers, ControlCentre4 cannot be used with the newer models, but unlike CC4, has versions for IOS and Android devices as well as Windows/MAC. Mt personal needs require the abilities to crop and leave out blank pages, both features handled by CC4, but NOT by iPrint&Scan on Windows. They are in the mobile device versions, so WHY NOT ON THE WINDOWS VERSIONS!!? What sort of a lame approach to good design and product quality deploys a product to multiple platforms with some important features left out some of the versions, especially when the superceeded software handles these so easily and well. This is another cheap and nasty outcome like the noise, that turns what should be a market leader into just another piece of frustrating crap. Brother, get your act together and fix up iPrint&Scan so your low skilled front line support agents don't have to feed unintelligent garbage back to people like me who are only trying to help with good feedback. Issues like these are what frustrates people as is indicated in some reviews I've seen of the older models. THE SOFTWARE IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE HARDWARE AND IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO FIX! People, research your software as well as your hardware before you buy. Meanwhile I freely admit this review is primarily meant to kick Brother out of their complacency and get them to improve iPrint&Scan for Windows

Worst customer service! Not only is the printer a waste of money but the worst part is that dealing with Brother is a complete waste of time! All… Read more

they do is gather your data and then don't give you any assistance. I would NEVER buy any Brother product again.

I owned a canon printer for well over 10 years, never a problem ever. Then I turn st^pid and buy a Brother. The most brain bending machine I have… Read more

ever owned. NEVER EVER again would I buy another Brother product again. Countless wasted hours. multiple phone calls to Brother for assistance again and again. Having to send stuff miles away to have it printed or scan as this machine wont work.

Grrrrrrrrrrr – I’ve been persevering with this thing for years, thinking I was doing something wrong and paying stupid amounts for ink refills. It has to be the… Read more

bulkiest, ink hungry monster I’ve ever met in my life. You pay $120ish for a new set of ink only to get “can’t print alerts” when the ink is still 1/3 full. Right now I have a message saying the wrong colour ink is installed whilst I’ve been printing fine for weeks. I absolutely hate this machine for the stress and expense it’s caused me. It’s old now and will be dying an appropriate death via axe!!

I waited too long for this – After using and ink printer for 2 decades, I finally decided to splurge and get a laser printer. I could not be happier. The speed and accuracy of this is absolutely wonderful. So impressed. Show details

Wont print b&W when colour cartridges are empty – Forces you to buy new colours when they are empty, I prefer to print B&W only and when a colour cartridge is empty it wont print B&W after four weeks. To buy a pack of colour cartridges is 75% of the original price of the printer. What a joke!

Purchased this printer brand new. Carefully followed the set up instructions, including firmware update. And the printer immediately was jamming on… Read more

printing double sided. Checked the instructions again, contacted Brother support (who were useless, they failed to even read the first thing I wrote, making me repeat both their question and my answer back to them. Pulled the printer apart carefully -- there were two more plastic packing pieces that were not listed in the set up guide. Removed them and it's all good, otherwise working fine. Brother's response to this was, "We're going to take a note of your feedback and will reach it to the higher ups for them to update and release a new user guide." Sigh.

Photo attached of extra orange pieces, they were under the toner section, you can remove them by pulling out the belt slightly. Just follow the dismantling instructions carefully.

Perfect machine for any home or small office! – I bought this machine to replace a fuji xerox colour laser printer that i had for quite some time. This was in the price range i was looking for as… Read more

laser printers cost more then ink jet printers and i bought it with out even looking at the box. To my delight it has the scanner and copy function which i was not expecting from this price range. It prints really fast and the scanner quality is amazing. The machine does not have a long warm up time and is quite prompt. The only thing i dont like about it is that it doesnt have a back light on the LCD display which makes it hard to read. Also I have not been able to find a way to check the toner levels.

Worst printer I've ever owned. I've persevered with this one for 2 years and I've had enough of the paper jams. After stuffing around for hours I… Read more

finally got it to the point where I could at least print one page at a time without paper jamming, but the moment I tried to print more than one page at a time, it jammed. I've wasted so much paper with this unit. I'll never buy a brother printer again. I'm off in search of an HP printer!

Default auto save of 1 minute only meant no connection with PC - absolutely stupid – I spent hours trying to set up this wretched printer. I'm a bookkeeper, and didn't charge my hours assuming it was my fault. The first install didn't… Read more

work at all and couldn't connect to the printer which was offline. Couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Went to phone Officeworks who were no help. My phone line had static probably from the fax component of the setup which I didn't need to install. Assumed this was the problem and re-installed. I guessed the problem was power settings gone awry but couldn't figure out the solution from Brother's help site, which mentioned a device Utilities setting, which of course I didn't have. Eventually sent a message through to Brother and after some useless replies about reinstalling someone sent me the actual solution - which was an AUTO POWER OFF setting particular to this model - L2713.

Absolutely disgusted that I wasted hours of frustration because I assume, Brother wants to appear ecologically responsible. Why not ensure your printers are actually capable of connecting to the computer first, then allow the customer to adjust their own power settings.

Quite Disappointing – Disappointing, frustrating and expensive experience with this printer unfortunately. Regardless of whether I used after market or proprietry toners -… Read more

machine was temperamental and often thought toner cartridges empty well before the end of their life.

When you're notified to replace toner - ALL printer functions cease until toner cartridge is replaced. So scanning for example will not work, until toner cartridge is replaced.

There is no way to configure the machine to print with low or empty cartidge.

Frankly, that kind of system I find is basically a rort.

Youtubing the manual replacement of toner in the cartidge reveals a very complex process that is obviously designed to deter the average user for contemplating such use.

I will be on the lookout for a printer that allows manual replacement of toner.

This kind of sysem that forces you to spend 10-20 times of the amount of the cost of the printer on toner is a rort - and an abuse of the earth's resources.

So problematic! Can not get an A3 to print automatically, and always prints shrunken for A4 page – Spent over 4 hours today alone trying to sort out this issue. Got "help" from brother where they sent a link to download the driver to reload it. But… Read more

when I got to the end of the process ti told me my driver wasn't available on the net and to insert the disc. Not very helpful!

Well priced printer that provides good quality printing. I switched from inkjet to laser and have had far less issues with laser. This is a good… Read more

entry level printer. I buy toner via the Brother store in Amazon. I do a lot of printing for teaching and spend far less on this toner then I did previously with inkjet. Just beware, it's a printer only, not a scanner (which some complain about).

Goodness, I purchased this print about a month ago. It wants to scan to get help from Brother. For nearly two weeks now, they will not ring me; they… Read more

only respond by email. Because of the time zone difference, they only reach out around 6:00 p.m. very disabpoined thinking about througt teh printer away and getting anothe rbrand.

My advice: dont buy them very poor customer service.

What a disappointment this thing is.its got a mind of its own.The menu is the worst to try and use.Always reverts to sleep mode and what a run around… Read more

to remove that.Wont talk to my laptop or wifi after sitting idle for a month.The only thing in it's favour is laser so it doesn't dry out or block up,but that's no good if won't work.Unless your a geek keep away as it will drive you mad.

This printer has been a disappointment from the start. Just recently, it now won't playing nicely (sometimes at all) with the latest Mac OS… Read more

despite, downloading the latest drivers. and hours and hours of trouble-shooting. You have to unplug it everytime you want it to print, and then when that decides to not work at all, use a USB cord. Research has shown this printer is notrious for drop-outs, and not keeping drivers up to date with OS updates. Pay for wireless and have to use a cord - great - not! If you are a Mac user, don't buy this MFC - and if you do, don't say I didn't warn you.

Got a software 'Jam Rear' and refuses to print any more. What a dodgy producer! I will buy a new printer and will never go back to Brother any more.

I bought this printer from Officeworks just over 2½ yrs ago for light home use. The print quality was passable for the first 12 months or so but has… Read more

gradually deteriorated to an usable quality except for very rough drafts, Alignment issues and smudging have become more and more problematic and almost illegible so it's ready for the scrap heap. The scanning function however was reliable and easy to use with some options in terms of file type and resolution.

I would give it no stars if I could - Buyer BEWARE – Unfortunately only 7 months after purchasing the printer it started to stop and start randomly with electrics cutting out. I had multiple chats,… Read more

emails and phone call with Brother across a month, which I spent a great deal of time on, during which time I went through the same questions multiple times until they gave me their warranty repair shop details.

Then I was told that despite using this printer with a desktop I should take a laptop and prove to the repair people that I had the right software as if "they couldn't find anything wrong with it" they would charge me personally for the time spent checking it.

After 2 weeks at the repair shop parts are still coming from Sydney a "mother board" and a further part for electrical issues. This has been a major disruption for my business and I am still waiting for resolution.

I want to add I believe the repair shop has been doing its best to sort the issue.

It is one thing buying an almost $700 printer and having it not work within 7 months, but an even more frustrating problem when the company makes it so very difficult to get a printer (on a 2 year warranty) fixed. Very poor service and very unprofessional.

So far the printer scanner has worked well however the wifi connection was a constant headache. I contacted Brother support about two months ago.… Read more

After some tweaks to the wifi settings the connection has been good however once or twice it switched between 2.4 and 5g which causes an issue and if there is a software upgrade waiting to be loaded this also seems to interfere with the connection.

worst printer and software i have ever used,tried all brother apps and could not print from any apps,spent 2 days trying,so i then downloaded a third… Read more

party printer app and used an otg cable from my andriod phone to printer,that was the only way to get any printing done,but the trouble with most third party apps they include alot of unwanted adds,it prints well if you can find a decent app,brother appps are a waste of time,will most likely go buy another printer from a different brand,one that does wifi direct and has otg cable software,you need to be I.T expert to set up this brother printer

I have had this printer now for over a year and all was going well. Until one week ago the software stopped working. No reason, just stopped. I spoke… Read more

with brother help and I had to remove old software and reinstall. Problem is, this software is NOT the same. It is not user friendly at all and time wasting. Brother cannot help anymore. My business depended on this printer and now I am forced to find a better alternative. NO MORE brother for me.

Go-no-Go – Yes it performed well for six months - then the faded broken printing started and despite repeated head cleaning, no effective improvement. Despite… Read more

all the marketing promises and rhetoric about INKvestment being a break through, it's turned out to be a dud. It's not like Brother hasn't noted the reviews highlighting this failure, but they appear to have taken a three-wise-monkey approach to addressing it. And don't expect Brother to have any sympathy for your loss - just the usual time soaking advice that doesn't resolve anything - and of course absolutely no chance of a refund (my preferred option as I have no wish to go through it again when the replacement fails.) Avoid this product!!

Sorry, not happy at all – The general functionality of this printer is admirable, but the print quality is very very poor. The printer cartridge which came with the printer… Read more

was faulty and, to the credit of Brother, it was replaced without much ado. Thank you Brother. But the replacement cartridge is also faulty in that it leaks graphite all over the drum and then onto the paper. Sorry to have to condemn a product because of a faulty component but, well, if a printer doesn't print properly it deserves criticism.