Brother Inkjet Printer, MFC-J985DW XL, Two-Sided Printing, Wireless, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled, Business Capable Features, Up to 2 Years of Printing Included

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This printer has huge ink cartridges, was easy to set up and has more features than any printer Ive owned so far. It works great and well see if the ink lasts like they say it will. Just sooo tired of having to buy ink that costs almost as much as the printer...

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I just received this today. Purchased it to replace my hp envy 110 that refuses to connect thru wifi without setting up each use. In our home, we have multiple devices that need to connect to the printer. That includes a couple Windows computers and various versions of iPhones and iPads. Based on the reviews on Amazon and also in pcmag as one of the best inkjet a for 2016, I bought this to resolve my wifi issues. 2 hours after initial setup, Im finally able to print through AirPrint. I will say that I installed the software from the included cd and could print wirelessly from my Windows laptop almost immediately. I could also print from iOS devices using the brothers iprint & scan app quickly too. Back to AirPrint...this was going to be a dealbreaker for me. Took quite awhile to sort through the online manuals (but very happy to see so much documentation available). Heres how it finally worked: Confirm that your Brother machine is connected to the same network as your computer. 1. Open the web browser on your computer. 2. Type “http://machine’s IP address” into your browser’s address bar (where “machine’s IP address” is your machine’s IP address). For example: http://192.168.1.2 ------------------------------------------- To find your machines IP address, print your Network Configuration Report. For more information, see the Online Users Guide: solutions.brother.com/manuals. -------------------------------------------- 3. Click AirPrint. 4. Select Disabled if you want to disable AirPrint; select Enabled if you want to enable AirPrint. By default, AirPrint is enabled. 5. Click Submit. 6. Restart your Brother machine. --------------------------------------------- My AirPrint was already enabled but thats a good check. And its great that you can do this all from your device instead in having to figure it out on the printer. If you want to do it thru printer, go to network>WLAN>TCP/ip then arrow down to APIPA and make sure its set to on. If its already on like mine was, then you probably need to enable your IPv6. Once again, its under network>WLAN>TCP/IP. Arrow down to IPv6 and make sure its enabled. Voila! You should be able to see your brother printer on your device. If it, thats over my head and you should contact brother. Ive now printed pictures, images and docs and they all look good. All devices are connected. Im a happy camper. I wouldnt let my issue dissuade you from purchasing this. I only documented it to save some else trouble. Seems like a good machine. Dropped one star for my troubles.

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I thought I would really like this and I would if I didnt need to print colors... the color printing is very pale/faded despite changing the settings and trying different paper. I returned it because I really needed a printer that would print brighter colors. What a shame... I had such high hopes and I am sad to have to return it. The stop sign on top is from my cheap Canon printer and the one on the bottom is from the Brother printer.

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I would give this negative stars if I could. First of all, all of my black/white text sheets take nearly an entire minute to print. Second, the printer often pauses in the middle of a job after the first page (or fourth, or whenever it feels like it) and either forgets the rest of the document(s) OR I come back to find them printed 8 hours later. I dont have time to sit and wait half an hour for a document to print. And its stupid to re-print something when the printer may just "remember" to print hours after I needed a document. The amount of paper wasted (and ink) is far more than I would have saved on "cheap" ink. These problems started immediately out of the box. Had I been smart, Id have returned it. Now Ive had the printer for less than 6 months and I regret buying it. I emailed tech support about it months ago and got a vague and completely unhelpful response. So 1 star for customer service, too. I did so much research on printers and thought this one would be great (I thought, "hey, everything gets a few negative reviews, but my luck is good and Ill be fine." WRONG). I dont buy things without doing research first. I know how to use computers and printers (Im not a tech whiz, but Im pretty decent with tech), and Ive found that Ive not had a single good printing experience with this printer. I literally avoid printing at home because I know that this printer causes so much aggravation. Its not worth your money.

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It is working fine. I was able to set it up through my home network via one-touch WPS (whatever that is) so every computer in my house that uses wifi network can print to it. Printing quality has looked good, so far just printing on paper in b/w and color, have not tried using photo-paper. It can be a bit hard to read the menu screen down on side of printer (not an issue if you put it somewhere high). The biggest negative is that, on install, Brother added like half a dozen programs to my computer many of which are set to auto-start on start up. I hate that. The last thing I need are extra programs running perpetually in the background drawing resources. I went into the task manager and disabled 3 or 4 Brothers programs from auto-start on start-up. I think thats annoying.

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This really is a great printer. Im happy I purchased it. In my house we print A LOT of stuff (for a household user). As such, I was looking for something that would bring my monthly ink cost down. This is the solution. What I like about it: - Very easy to operate. Paper trays are very accessible. - No bloatware! There were no bulky, worthless, crapware applications that came with the driver. - It isnt overly mechanical with unnecessary moving parts (less maintenance to worry about). - It prints good quality photos. This isnt the bulk of our printing, but we print a fair number of photos. There are better photo printers available, but this still makes nice prints. That being said, it isnt marketed as a photo printer. - Standard color prints on inkjet paper are better quality than other printers Ive used (even photo printers). - Only 4 ink cartridges to deal with. - Black & White only mode when a color cartridge is out. - Network cable is hidden nicely (I use ethernet instead of WiFi or USB). - Doesnt take a lot of room on the desk What could be better: - Photo prints are slow (regular color prints on inkjet paper print at a good pace). - It makes a quiet, high-pitch whining sound when printing. The pitch changes as the printhead moves back and forth. - You have to remember to extend the paper catcher before you print (I put it back often so I dont run into it and break it off). Otherwise your prints will fall to the floor. What I havent used yet: - The scanner - Faxing capabilities

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At first this printer was great but I would strongly advise you to go in another direction. After a week or two of printing (we dont print a ton...a few pages a week) I would send the job to the printer and the pages would come out blank. So, I did the print quality test and no ink was showing up on the pages. The printer suggested that the ink nozzles were clogged and needed cleaning which was done by the machine. Then printing was fine. Until the next time I tried to print when I had to do the same exact thing. Essentially I have had the printer for a few months and have had to clean the nozzles about 10 times and I have printed, maybe, 100 pages. Not only is it so annoyingly inconveinent, but cleaning the nozzles frequently drains the cartidges of ink. One of the biggest reasons we got the printer was because it says it will print 2400 pages in black ink and 1200 color before needing new ink...well I have already had to buy ink for the printer and even with the new ink it is still clogging/needing cleaned. It is terrible and has been a nightmare.

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Have had this printer since Nov 17 and its been great! One of the best printers I have ever owned and there are specific reasons: 1) Setup was super easy, even for WiFi if you just take your time and follow the directions step by step (15 mins) 2) It simply works!! Even when in standby for days/weeks I can easily print from my phones, laptops, even Chromebooks! 3) Ink doesnt dry out! There have been stretches where I wont print for close to a month and when I do, printouts looks great. No head cleaning, alignment etc that just wastes ink (looking at you HP) 4) InkVestment Ink looks to live up to its name as current cartridges are going strong Overall Im glad and have recommended this printer to everyone I know that asks. Im honestly a bit shocked I did not just look at Brother printers earlier b/c it would have saved me a lot of time, frustration and costs with other brands.

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This printers networking options dont work properly. I bought this multi-function printer with the specific goal of connecting it to my home Ethernet network, and was planning to use it as a shared resource for the 5 Macintosh computers that are connected to that network. Instead, I spent 7+ hours of frustration NOT getting the printer to show up on the Bonjour browser list. Among the things that didnt work were giving the printer a static IP address, updating the printers firmware, attempting to use their "CUPS" driver, and installing the printer drivers using Brothers own Mac installer. The symptoms are that the printer is connected (can be pinged, browsers on the network can access the printers web page, etc) but the printer does not appear on the list of available devices, so it cant be added to the list of printers on ANY of the Macs. These machines are on various, recent MacOS revisions (El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra). Out of desperation (and with low expectations), I called Brother support. As others have stated, theyre great at reading a script, and thats about it. After some pointless troubleshooting (such as disconnecting my Ethernet cable on my laptop), the support engineer eventually punted and told me that I needed to contact "my network provider." Insultingly stupid answer. Ultimately, I was forced to return the printer and bought a Canon instead. I suggest that Amazon customers skip the intermediate step and just buy something else from the outset.

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Although this printer had high ratings, it has been a horror for me. It loads only 20 pages at a time, which I thought would be okay for my personal, household use as I usually just print letters. However, my husband gave me the task of downloading a 47 page tax return. I had to print in 20 page units. Then, for the last 7 pages, it refused to print them as they were over the 40 page limit! Even though I wanted to print only 7 pages? My husband will have to take the forms to the public library in order to print those last 7 pages. Also, the plastic parts, such as the tray, seem very cheap and flimsy. Brother sewing machines are good machines, but not the printers, at least not this one! I definitely wish I had chosen a different printer. I am 82 years old, so I will probably never have another one. Too bad!

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