Brother MFC-6490CW Expert Reviews

The MFC-6490CW is designed for small offices interested in a loaded inkjet all-in-one and after putting Brother's latest to the test, we found it delivers in spades

The only area in which the Brother didn't blow our socks off was with regards to performance. Printing our 20-page monochrome and colour documents in normal quality, the 6490CW managed speeds of 4.2ppm and 3.1ppm respectively. Moving to our more ...

Finally! Tabloid-size printing for small businesses on a shoestring budget.

Prints and scans at up to tabloid size (11 by 17 inches). Ample paper capacity. Automatic document feeder.

Slow. No duplex option.

The Brother MFC-6490CW more than makes up for its slow speed by bringing tabloid-size printing and scanning to small offices on tight budgets.

Brother's colour inkjet multifunction printer (MFP), the Brother MFC-6490CW, adds wide-format printing capability to an already long list of functions. Unfortunately, extremely slow performance is the tradeoff.

The Brother MFC-6490CW multifunction printer's wide-format capability is nice, but not its slow performance and variable print quality.

A3 printing and scanning, quick and detailed scans, fast first-page-out times, comprehensive connectivity, low running cost

Slow print speeds, photo quality isn't great, no automatic duplex or CD/DVD printing

There are better standalone A3 printers available, but Brother's A3 inkjet multifunction has its merits. A low running cost caps off a decent printer.

There are better standalone A3 printers available, but Brother's A3 inkjet multifunction has its merits.

A3 printing and scanning, quick and detailed scans, fast first-page-out times, comprehensive connectivity, low running cost

Slow printing, photo quality isn't great, no automatic duplex or CD/DVD printing

There are better standalone A3 printers available, but Brother's A3 inkjet multifunction has its merits. A low running cost caps off a decent printer.

Very compact and incredibly cheap for an A3 all-in-one, but speed and print quality are only average

Where the budget price starts to bite is in the performance of the printer, which is less impressive. When printing our A4 mono document at draft settings, for example, the Brother managed 9ppm – not bad – but quality was lacking, with faded graphics ...

Doing my Internet searches found the Brother MFC-6490CW at a best price of 227.70 from the link below and this includes free delivery as the item weights 22 kilos in its box that is important

There are plenty of all-in-one printer/scanners around, but what almost all have in common is their A4 size. Brother's MFC-6490CW is the first that can print on A3+ paper and scan documents up to the same size, with integrated fax to boot. It'll ...

A bigger Brother. Affordable oversize printing and scanning.

brother mfc-6490cw review: Brother has unveiled the world's first multifunction unit capable of printing, scanning, faxing and copying up to A3 size.

Only multifunction that will print A3, Relatively affordable for its feature set, Acceptable black and white printing, Poor colour prints on plain A4 paper, Incredibly slow A3 prints, Huge size

No multifunction capability, Not terribly quick print speeds

Print, scan and fax A3 documents

Good-quality prints ; accepts A3 paper ; easy to install ; wired and wireless networking

No duplex function ; slightly flimsy chassis

If you'll make good use of its A3 functions, this is a good-quality multifunction device