DCP-J1200W
Good compact home printer
02/01/2022 23:41
First impressions of this compact printer are very good. It takes up as little space as you could expect a printer too that incorporates a flat bed scanner, with a footprint that's not much larger than A4 paper. There is a good length power cable.
The ink cartridges hold a lot of ink and are very easy to install - open a small door and push them in to slots.
It was easy to connect the printer to my network using the Brother Mobile Connect app on my phone, and equally easy to download the drivers and software to set it up on my PC.
The printer has a port for USB cable connection to a PC - just in case there are wireless network issues. However, I'm pleased to report that I've been using the printer wirelessly for 2 months and never lost connection or not found the printer from any device I've used.
First impressions of printing are excellent for 'normal' mode - my test page of a mix of text and a colour photo took around 16 seconds from pressing the print button on my PC to printing completed, using a wireless connection. 'Eco mode' was only a few seconds faster (12 seconds) with a colour page of mixed text and a photo, and as it's considerably fainter than normal mode it's one to be used for text only I think - ideal for saving ink when you just need to print something out for informal personal use. The 'best' mode took over 6 times longer than normal mode to print the same page (1 minute 46 seconds!). The text was bolder than normal mode but I'd be happy with the normal mode text in almost all circumstances. The colour photo is impressively good in normal mode, but even richer and more detailed in best mode - definitely a mode to use for photo or poster printing. The best mode was the only mode where you could notice any difference in 2 shades of blue I'd used, so clearly a mode where that eye for detail matters - but you really pay for it in printing speed.
It was very easy to use for photo printing too. The tray takes 6x4 photo paper in either portrait or landscape. For a relatively basic inkjet, I was very impressed with the quality of photo prints it produces, certainly the best I've had from anything in this price bracket.
Scanning is excellent. It's quick and accurate. The photocopy function is equally very good.
Printing from a phone is really easy, either via the Brother Mobile Connect app or another compatible app (I tried a third party app I like and it works perfectly).
Overall, an excellent printer!
mcampion
Swansea , Spojené království
Age: 50
Gender: Female