Brother MFC-J1010DW Wireless Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Mobile Device and Duplex Printing, Refresh Subscription and Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

I love this machine. Set up was a breeze, its able to print photos with a breeze also. LOVE IT. I had an MFC brother that I got from goodwill and lasted me 10 years. Tried HP and was disappointed. I am glad I came back to brother!

We got this Brother printer for my daughter to replace a printer she had not been able to install for the last couple of years. I tried to install it for three hours and noting I tried worked, hence the need for a new one. This Brother MFC-J1010DW unit installed in less than half an hour and has been working quite well since installed. I have had two Brother printers, one a multifunction model, for about 12 years and neither has ever failed. I am a big fan of Brother printers as they are relatively inexpensive, have good life in the ink cartridges, and print well enough for what I need them to print.

Easy connection to computers iPads and iPhones

Neither black ink cartridge LC401BK/XL Id available anywhere, even from sketchy ebay sellers! Do not buy this printer since Brother cannot provide replacement cartridges!

This printer is the best, most reliable printer I’ve ever had! I had a much more expensive HP printer that was constantly going off line, getting jammed, and giving me error signals. I finally gave up and bought this printer. I’ve had it for several months and never a problem. It was easy to install and connect to my computer, and prints fast! Sorry I didn’t get it sooner!

You need to keep in mind this is a $99 printer so you cant expect the world. That being said it has worked well with my limited printing needs. The nozzles and the print head alignment was perfect right out of the box. Scanning seemed to work just fine. Since I live in the modern age I had no use for the fax features. Setup, including unpacking, installing the ink, getting the drivers and setting up on my Mac took about 20 minutes. Not and awful time. Build quality is quite cheap as you might expect from a $99 printer. Top and side flex a bit with little pressure. However, again, everything seems to be working fine. The problem comes in with the ink. The printer comes with all the ink cartridges, colors and black, but they state these are starter packs. I assume this means that there is a limited about of ink compared to the replacements youll need to purchase. Since I didnt want to run out of ink right away I went and priced them. The black one costs $34 and the color pack costs $47. Thats $81 in ink! You have to spend almost the same amount as the whole printer just to replace the ink cartridges! So while the printer works fine, the price is totally misleading. Since the printer just comes with, as they state in the instructions: starter cartridges, you should really look at this printer costing twice the price. Now you are getting into the $200 range. At that price I would look at another printer, that wont cost too much more, that has the far cheaper refillable tanks. You will end up saving money by the third time you have to replace the ink cartridges of these Brother printer. Just my 2 cents!

After one month of having it and only using it once. Its NOT WORKING. And ( heres the spoiler alert) amazon wont return it bc ir is past the return date. ... yasss...I said it.... amazon needs to go back to the jungle

LCD screen is quite small.

I found it quite easy to set everything up ... including hooking it up to our WI-FI. Seems to be working great, even though we have only printed a few things so far.

Arrived on time and in good shape. Description says “starter” ink included, but digging around on Brother’s web site reveals that standard-fill cartridges come with this printer, and that’s what I received. Easy setup...except for the USB cord that was NOT included. I used the one from my old HP printer. It has a USB plug on one side to go to the computer and a squarish side that goes into the printer. Note, you have to open the printer to get at the printer port – pretty lame design. It’s easy, but I have no idea why they didn’t provide an external port. Anyway, they recommend using a cable of 6 feet or less, and routing the wire through the printer takes up almost 2 feet of that, so that leaves you with a printer no further than 4 feet from your PC, theoretically. I have mine 10 feet away using the standard cable and a USB extension cord, and it’s working fine, so far. (Also, instructions aren’t great on locating the USB port inside the machine – it’s simple once you find the video on YouTube; don’t sweat it.) Loading ink is easy. Software is downloadable only, like most things these days – no DVD/CD. But it went smoothly. They try to trap you into extra downloads at the end. In fact, from opening the box to every step along the way they try to trap you into letting them monitor your use and automatically sell you ink and more. You can opt out, but it’s not exactly intuitive. Just go through the install screens slowly after the initial printer/fax downloads. You may need to click cancel, or skip, or just close a window. Printed a color document. It made the usual racket that my old HP made getting itself ready, but this Brother was actually printing – by the time I thought it was going to start printing, it had finished printing. Nice! Four stars. Would have received 5 if it came with the USB cable.