Brother printers, especially the multifunction ones, are known to be among the best in the market. Brother Industries has garnered not a few awards over the years for the excellence of their multifunction printers, and it does try to break new ground with the release of each model.
For the year 2009, what new ground has Brother Industries broken in their printer line? Here are just some of the few offerings that the company has for us.
1. Brother MFC-6490CW. The Brother MFC-6490CW is a behemoth of a printer, but this Brother printer nonetheless earns a mark in history for being the world's first multi-function A3 printer. With dimensions of 32.3 cm x 54.0 cm x 48.8 cm and weighing some 15-odd kilograms, you will think twice before you buy this for your home office, but it is definitely a good choice as a small office printer.
The print quality of this bulky Brother printer with Brother ink Cartridges is decent enough, with monochromes appearing smooth and seamless and color prints bright and shiny. The one drawback to this printer is that it takes its time churning out prints - 15 seconds per page for ordinary prints and a full 16 minutes for a full-colored and borderless A3 print.
Price: US$229.99
2. Brother HL-5370DWT. If you are looking for a heavy-duty laser printer for your home office, the Brother HL-5370DWT may be a choice you should look at. It is a Brother printer that is fully automated and easy to maintain. It also does not disappoint when it comes to connectivity because it has a wide range of connectivity options - wireless, Ethernet, USB and even the old-style parallel ones.
Performance-wise, the Brother HL-5370DWT prints very nice text documents as it should for a laser printer. The one flaw of this Brother printer is that it is rather slow at 26 pages per minute for text documents and 6 pages per minute for graphics.
Price: US$249.99
3. Brother MFC-689CDW. If you have a home-based business that requires you to work on some desktop printing projects with a wide format, the Brother MFC-689CDW may be the answer to your needs. This Brother printer is capable of printing tabloid-size documents at a reasonable quality.
The Brother MFC-689CDW, however, is not known for speed. It can only produce some six pages of text documents per minute and three pages of graphic prints per minute. It is also quite expensive to buy and to maintain.
Price: US$349.99
4. Brother MFC-490CW. The Brother MFC-490CW is a lot more stylish in appearance than many of the other Brother printers out in the market today. Brother Industries made an effort to make this multifunctional baby look good on top of a desk. It is also quite cheap compatible brother ink Cartridges, which makes it an affordable choice for home office usage. Print quality for both text documents and photographs are quite good.
Unfortunately, this Brother printer shares the major flaw that its cousins have: It is a slow mover. Printing speed for text documents is a dismal three pages per minute. As for photo prints, it can take as much as two minutes to come up with one.
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