Brother INKvestment DCP-J1100DW

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!

Terrible scan image quality – The print quality is fine, however the scan quality from this printer is very inaccurate. Colour is way off, and image is blurry. Technical support have you going back and forth with the most useless suggestions, none of which work. Show details

Great value printer - just don't expect photo reproduction quality – This printer works as advertised and has been problem-free since we bought it. What I like: - Always ready - as soon as you print or scan it starts straight away - Output is fine for home or office use (but not photography) - Ink really does last much longer than the old type (but perhaps a bit less than advertised) - Easy to use from the phone,… Read more

tablet, or PC to print or scan - Scans the first 15 pages or so quite quickly - Prints very quickly for an inkjet - No lines or artefacts on the printed page - even after being left unused for 2 months - Brother support team were very responsive to my questions

Not so much: - My very cheap 6 year old Epson was capable of brilliant photo reproductions on the right printing stock, this does pretty mediocre photos (but that I knew that in advance) - I think the rate of ink consumption is higher than brother suggest. Still the economy definitely works out better than a standard inkjet

Amazing little home printer - will take generic ink cartridges – After being extremely disappointed with our previous printer purchased only 20months ago (Canon) -the literally bucketloads of $$ink$$ it drank and with glacial slow printing speeds (if it even decided to print) I was ready to throw it off the balcony out of sheer frustration! I was very careful and skeptical about all the research/reviews… Read more

I did for my next home printer but after much deliberation I ended up choosing this Brother DCP-J1100dw. Now all printer inks are expensive but unlike other printers (that only give you a few drips of precious ink out of the box) this Brother comes supplied with a generous 12months of ink - awesome! After an easy set up the first thing I printed was a large 300page document and after checking the supply level it barely made a dent. Now compared to my previous Canon 'junk' printer this Brother is fast (as per specs). A possible downside for some is that only one size/type of paper can be loaded at any one time - probably not a problem for most people though. Although I have not yet tried this printer is also compatible with the cheaper generic ink cartridges which is a bonus - as some brands are not.

I highly recommend this Brother printer as a home printer.

This is Not a Good Printer for Colour Printing or Business Use – I purchased this printer wooed by the INK Investment Theory, I was limited in my choice of Printers due to COVID-19 depleting most stocks in Australia. I thought I was making a sound decision - not so. I've always used HP's and have been Very Happy with them, the one I was replacing was over 11 years old. Why it's bad for Business Use:- it's… Read more

biggest flaw is that it cannot print a true Colour Representation, the colours look washed out and even if you use the Vivid option when you print it is still unacceptable, the paper tray holds hardly any paper it is flimsy, my concern with this is as you have to continually replace paper due to it's small capacity it will break very easy. The Paper catching mechanism is unsatisfactory it is also flimsy and will not hold a lot of printed pages before they start to fall all over the desk. It is only suitable for home use if you only print small quantities, print Black and White and only use it from time to time. I certainly would not recommend trying to print photos with it. All and all a very Big Disappointment, It will be going back for a refund. No amount of fiddling with the settings could bring the colour anywhere close to what it should have been, and it's not a cheap printer amongst its competitors.

Very good – Been through a lot of home printers and this one has been the best so far. Its expensive for an inkjet but does an ok job of duplex colour printing, although the colours are a bit washed out looking, and the wifi connection is good. The main advantage is the ink tank lasts a while (but not a year as advertised) and is cheaper overall to replace.