Are you still searching for the perfect printer? Which printer should you buy for your family at home, a home office, a corporate office with multiple users, or factory?
Having too many choices can be confusing. This is why we’ve done the legwork for you and curated a list of Brother printers that perfectly suit these 7 different personal and professional uses:
- Families with school-going kids
- Home office (work from home)
- Corporate office with multiple users
- Industrial/Manufacturing production work
- Budget friendly
- Techies
- Photography fanatics
1. Families with school-going kids
Growing up in a household equipped with a printer makes family and school life so much easier. You can print out handwriting/colouring worksheets, mazes, and puzzles for your younger kids, while your older children can print articles and school assignments at the click of a button.
If you have school-going children under your wing, your ideal printer should be able to handle a wide variety of needs, such as:
- Printing in colour
- Photocopying worksheets and assignments
- Scanning artworks and articles
- Printing multiple pages of reports, double-sided
- Printing from a mobile device
Considering the diversity of needs, an all-in-one printer may be your best bet.
Brother MFC-T920DW Ink Tank Printer:
- Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
- Has up to 6 sec (Mono) / 6.5 sec (Colour) first print-out time
- Has automatic 2-sided printing
- Holds up to 150 sheets in the standard paper tray
- Holds up to 80 sheets in the Multi-Purpose Tray
- Holds up to 20 sheets Automatic Document Feeder
- Has wireless connectivity
- Supports mobile printing with Brother iPrint&Scan, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Wi-Fi Direct
- Has up to 1,200 x 6,000 dpi print quality
Say goodbye to expensive printing costs from print shops! With this versatile printer, your family can enjoy effortless printing at home.
2. Home office (work from home)
The best printers for home offices are ones that are able to keep up with your business workload. You may need to scan invoices, print reports, photocopy documents or fax secure information to a coworker, a client or a supplier. Having a printer that can support your workflow will maximise your work efficiency and save you unnecessary headaches.
In choosing the best printer for your home office, you should keep an eye out for the following qualities:
- Fast printing speed for work efficiency
- Automatic duplex printing and scanning for productivity
- Large paper capacity to reduce frequency of reloads
- Printing from different devices—mobile, laptop & tablet
To achieve optimal work efficiency and productivity, you should choose a multifunction printer.
Brother MFC-L3770CDW Laser Printer:
- Able to print, scan, copy and, fax
- Has automatic 2-sided printing and scanning
- Has fast colour print speed: up to 24ppm
- Has fast scan speed: up to 27ipm
- Has multi-tasking capabilities
- Holds up to 250-sheet default paper tray
- Holds up to 50-sheet Dual CIS Auto Document Feeder
- Holds up to 30-sheet manual feed slot
- Has integrated NFC and USB reader
- Has wireless and mobile connectivity
- 3.7” LCD touchscreen to support easy-to-program shortcuts
With this printer in your home office, you can look forward to enjoying a fuss-free and more productive workflow.
3. Corporate office with multiple users
In a workplace with multiple staff, you’ll need to be able to set up a large printer network for different users. Each user may have different needs, ranging from printing and photocopying, to scanning and faxing.
Your printer will also need to be easily accessible by users across the office, either through wired or wireless network connections. The perfect printer for medium to large enterprises also needs to cater to many users and be able to keep up with multiple print jobs.
Essential things to look out for include:
- Network connectivity for multiple users
- Printer sharing across multiple users
- Fast printing speed for work efficiency
- Automatic duplex printing and scanning for productivity
- Large paper capacity to reduce frequency of reloads
- High-volume & low-cost printing
- Reliability to prevent downtime
To ensure maximum efficiency and minimal fuss, the best printer for your corporate office is a Multi-function Centre or a business printer.
Brother MFC-L8690CDW Laser Printer:
- Has automatic 2-sided print, scan, copy, and fax
- Has Gigabit Ethernet and wireless connectivity
- Has up to 31/33 ppm print and copy speed
- Has up to 28/28 ipm scan speed
- Holds up to 250 sheets Input Tray (Standard)
- Holds up to 50 sheets Multi-Purpose Tray
- Holds up to 250 sheets Output Tray
- Ultra-high-yield toner available (BK & C/M/Y 9,000 pages each)
- Drum available (30,000 pages)
Brother MFC-J3930DW Inkjet Printer:
- Has automatic 2-sided print, scan, copy, and fax
- Connectivity includes: Wireless Network, Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Print, WebConnect, Brother Cloud Apps & NFC
- Print speed of up to 22ipm (mono) and 20ipm (colour)
- Copy speed of up to 12ipm (mono) and 9ipm (colour)
- Scan speed from 2.7 seconds (A4 size, 100×100 dpi)
- Fax speed 33.6 kbps
- Holds up to 250 sheets Input Tray (Standard)
- Holds up to 250 sheets Lower Paper Tray
- Holds up to 100 sheets Multi-Purpose Tray
- Holds up to 100 sheets (A4) and 50 sheets (A3) Output Tray
- Super high-yield ink cartridges available (BK up to 3,000 pages & C/M/Y up to 1,500 pages)
Investing in a reliable printer will help to create a seamless experience for your staff and boost the productivity of the company.
4. Industrial / Manufacturing production work
When your business heavily relies on printing work, the quality of these prints is of the utmost importance. The costs can easily add up when printing large volumes of fliers, brochures, posters and pamphlets. Hence, you need to carefully balance between the cost-efficiency and the quality of these prints.
The ideal printer should be able to keep your print quality high and running costs low.
- High print quality to ensure business standards
- Fast printing speed for production efficiency
- Versatile print trays for different-sized prints
- Multiple types of print media
- High-yield cartridges to keep high-volume printing affordable
The perfect printer to keep your production work running smoothly is a high capacity Multi-Function Centre.
Brother MFC-L6900DW Laser Printer:
- Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
- Automatic 2-sided monochrome printing
- Has up to 50/52 ppm print speed
- Has up to 1200 x 1200 dpi print quality
- Has N-in-1 Printing
- Media types include: Poster Printing, Watermark Printing & Header-Footer Printing (Windows® only)
- Holds paper sizes of 76.2 to up to 215.9 mm (W) X 127 to 355.6 mm (L)
- Media sizes include: A4, Letter, A5, A5(Long Edge), A6, Executive, Legal, Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal
- Ultra-high-yield toner available (up to 20,000 pages)
- Drum available (up to 30,000 pages)
Alternatively, if colour is required, you can consider the following:
Brother MFC-T4500DW Ink Tank Printer:
- Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
- Automatic 2-sided monochrome / coloured printing
- Has up to 22 ipm (mono) & 20 ipm (colour) print speed
- Has up to 1200 x 4800 dpi print quality
- Holds up to 250 sheets Input Tray (Standard)
- Holds up to 100 sheets Multi-Purpose Tray
- Holds up to 100 sheets (up to A4/letter) & 50 sheets (over A4/letter) Output Tray
- Media types include: Plain, Inkjet, Glossy (cast/resin), Recycled
- Media sizes include: A3, A4, LGR, LTR, EXE, LGL, Folio, A5, A6, Photo(102x152mm/4×6″), Indexcard(127x203mm/5×8″), Photo-2L(127x178mm/5×7″), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope, Monarch
- Ultra-high-yield ink available (BK up to 6,500 pages & C/M/Y up to 5,000 Pages)
Owning such a printer might mean a bigger upfront investment but lower running costs and improved productivity.
5. Budget friendly
Looking for a pocket-friendly printer? Do not just rush to buy the cheapest printer on the market. Here’s why: The costs of consumables can add up to a hefty amount over time!
Instead, you should carefully consider both the printer cost as well as the cost of its consumables to find out which printer is the most economical over a specific timeframe.
Your usage of the printer may not be heavy duty, but you still need one that is cost efficient. Hence, the printer you choose should have these characteristics:
- Low average cost of printer and consumables
- Low-maintenance printer
- Small in size
A low cost and reliable printer may be just what you need:
Brother DCP-L2550DW Laser Printer:
- Able to print, scan, and copy
- Automatic 2-sided monochrome printing
- Has energy saving mode
- Has toner saving mode
- High-yield toner available (up to 3,000 pages)
- Drum available (up to 12,000 pages)
- Dimensions: 410 x 398.5 x 318.5 mm (W x D x H)
- Weight: 11.8kg
Brother DCP-T520W Refill Tank Printer:
- Able to print, scan, and copy
- Ultra-high-yield ink available (BK up to 7,500 pages & C/M/Y up to 5,000 Pages)
- Dimensions: 435 x 380 x 159 mm (W x D x H)
- Weight: 7.3kg
The good news is you won’t be burning a hole in your pocket with these printers!
6. Techies
Do you want a technologically advanced printer that makes your life easier, more productive and fuss-free? In this digital age, connectivity is one of the defining successes of our era.
Maybe you want a printer that can print anything from anywhere or one that can easily manage your print jobs according to your everyday tasks.
With various technologies combined, this printer should have advanced features to meet all your modern needs:
- Network connectivity in multiple forms like Wifi or the ethernet.
- Control remotely, possibly through your mobile device
- Intuitive (so you can avoid reading the manual!)
- Modern technology such as touch screen
- Memory function for repeated tasks
- Automated tasks to replace usual manual ones
- Fast printing speed
Meet the most advanced printers in our collection:
Brother MFC-L8900CDW Laser Printer:
- Automatic 2-sided print, scan, copy, and fax
- Connectivity includes:
- Hi-Speed 2.0 USB
- Gigabit Ethernet (10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T)
- Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g/n)
- WiFi Direct (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- WebConnect (Brother Cloud Apps)
- NFC (Card Reader / Print&Scan / Link to Solutions Center / NFC Shortcut)
- Up to 31/33 ppm print and copy speed
- Up to 28/28 ipm scan speed
- 2.5 sec fax transmission speed
- 600 x 600 dpi, 2,400 dpi class (2,400 x 600) print quality
- Has secure print function
- Display: 5.0″ TFT Colour LCD Touchscreen
- 1GB memory space
- Supported Operating Systems include:
- Windows: Server 2008 (Network only), Server 2008 R2 (Network only), 7, 8, 8.1,
- Server 2012 (Network only), Server 2012 R2 (Network only),10, Server 2016 (Network only)
- Mac: OS v10.10.5, 10.11.x, 10.12 (Download only)
- Linux: CUPS, LPD/LPRng (x86/x64 environment)
Brother MFC-J3930DW Inkjet Printer:
- Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
- Automatic 2-sided printing and copying
- Connectivity includes:
- Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11b/g/n)
- Wi-Fi Direct (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- Mobile Print (Brother iPrint&Scan, Airprint, Mopria, Google Cloud Print)
- WebConnect (Brother Cloud Apps)
- NFC (Card Reader / Print&Scan / Link to Solutions Center)
- Up to 22ipm (mono) and 20ipm (colour) print speed
- Up to 12ipm (mono) and 9ipm (colour) copy speed
- From 2.7 seconds (A4 size, 100×100 dpi) scan speed
- 33.6 kbps fax transmission speed
- Up to 1200×4800 dpi print quality
- Display: 3.7” LCD Touchscreen
- 256MB memory space
- Supported Operating Systems include:
- Windows: Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / Server 2008 / Server 2008 R2 / Server 2012 / Server 2012 R2
- Mac: OS X v10.9.5 / 10.10.x / 10.11.x
With these printers, you will be breezing through your print jobs in the least amount of time and effort!
Photography fanatics
As a photographer, colours, shadows and light are key elements in your photographic art pieces. In order to do justice to these details, the quality and resolution of your printer is of the essence. As such, your needs are specific to its output quality.
- Vibrant and high quality colour prints
- Photo quality inks that are long-lasting and smudge-proof
- Allow printing across a range of sizes
- Allow printing from camera, laptop, phone, tablet
The following printer will help to bring your photographs to life.
Brother HL-T4000DW Ink Tank Printer:
- Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
- Automatic 2-sided printing
- Up to 1200×4800 dpi print quality & 1200×6000 dpi PhotoCapture Centre print quality
- Allow for borderless printing
- Allow for colour enhancement (Brother image enhancement)
- Connectivity includes:
- Hi Speed 2.0 USB
- Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11b/g/n)
- Wi-Fi Direct (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- Mobile Print (Brother iPrint&Scan, Airprint, Mopria, Google Cloud Print)
- Media types: Plain, Inkjet, Glossy (Cast/Resin), Recycled
- Media sizes: A3, A4,LGR, LTR, EXE, LGL, Folio, A5, A6, Photo(102x152mm/4×6″), Indexcard(127x203mm/5×8″), Photo-2L(127x178mm/5×7″), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope, Monarch
Using this printer will guarantee that the quality of your artworks will never be compromised.
