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Brother MFC-J220

Brother MFC-J220
alaScore 80

225 reviews

Aug, 2014

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 225 reviews from magazines and websites. Views about the build quality and performance are generally positive. The design and value for money also get good comments.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Printers the Brother MFC-J220 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 80/100 = Very good quality.

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Amazon.com review summary for Brother MFC-J220

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 31 user reviews of Brother MFC-J220 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.5/5 for other Printers on Amazon.com.

value for money, usability, performance, build quality, design

71% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

This summary is based on the product: Brother Black Compact Inkjet All-in-One with Fax for the Small or Home Office User (MFCJ220)

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A fabulous Home Office Printer

 

The MFC-J220 is a really nice printer. It's features are endless, the build quality is superb, and it's incredibly reliable. It looks great too and is perfect for a small home office.

It is very compact and it can easily fit into a small room without taking up too much space

It isn't wireless so you need to use a separate ethernet cable, which is very annoying

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Good machine for personal use.

 

It\'s a nice low profile machine for personal\/home use. Sleek and attractive unit. I don\'t think it\'s all that great for printing photos though. The color seems dull.

Clean Replacement","Dries Quickly","Easy to Replace

Dull Tones & Colors

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Phased obsolescence in vogue at Brother

 

The black ink head on my printer is permanently clogged, despite regular cleaning cycles which used a good deal of ink. I've had this MFC for about 1.5 years, and will now either toss it in the trash or use it as a huge, unwieldy scanner only because...

Fine scanner

Ugly, clunky software ; Uses large quantity of ink for cleaning ; Broke quickly

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The last me me should have been 5 eggs

 

Super all-in-one machine.

Needed to add this review to correct the egg rating, It should have been 5 Golden eggs

None

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Excellent all the way.

 

I'm trying two different printers for ink usage. One I ordered off brand ink that didn't prove out. Waiting for return label for two cartridges. For this Brother I ordered extras (brand name) with the printer.

I have three printers, this is the best of the lot

None yet

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Not Bad...

 

The USB port is hidden inside the machine, but has a wire cutout leading to the back. This unit is not Ethernet compatible; the pictured cable is a telephone cable, for faxing.

Came with all 4 std. (LC61), vacuum packed, ink cartridges. It's very Linux friendly. Rpm and Debian drivers for the scanner, printer, and fax, are on Brother's website; mine is working fine with Ubuntu. Mine prints photos fine, directly from an SD...

A USB cable is not included. Color printouts/photos are quite obviously not pigment-ink quality ($), but plenty reasonable. Unit must be manually switched into Fax or Scan mode, in order to print from PC

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BROTHER

 

works great easy to use

none

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Brother MFCJ220 Multifunction Printer

 

Good product, only complaint is initial power-up & cleaning cycle takes forever.... like 4 minutes long--- otherwise good print speed and functionality

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Great all around one solution printer

 

I was looking for a simple low cost reliable single solution for general office work which included some photo printing, presentation printing, copy, fax and scanning. This is a perfect little printer and has amazingly good photo quality for it's...

None that I can think of

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No Ethernet

 

I haven't actually opened mine yet. It was a gift at a Christmas party last night. I went to my "Go-To" place, Newegg.com, to learn what people think of a product, and what it's specs are. Unfortunatly, there's no reviews on this printer yet. The specs...

Should work nicely

What are the interfaces

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