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Brother MFC-255CW

Brother MFC-255CW
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alaScore 78

132 reviews

Feb, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 132 reviews of Brother MFC-255CW. The average rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Opinions about the print quality and noise are on the whole positive. The price and performance are also appreciated. The paper handling and size get mixed views, and the connectivity and durability get critical opinions.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Brother MFC-255CW is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 78/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Brother MFC-255CW

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 6 user reviews of Brother MFC-255CW from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Comments about the performance and print quality are on the whole positive. The size and usability are also appreciated.

price, usability, size, print quality, performance

67% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Feb, 2025

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Brother MFC-255CW

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 42 user reviews of Brother MFC-255CW from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 1.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the multifunction and design. The performance and price also get good feedback. Many are less positive about the noise and connectivity. Opinions about the print quality and reliability are different.

usability, price, performance, design, multifunction

connectivity, noise

17% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Feb, 2025

Expert review by : Chris Hall (pocket-lint.com)

Brother MFC-255CW all-in-one printer

 

The Brother MFC-255CW lives up to its "multifunction" name by offering printer, scanning, copying as well as fax functions, making it the sort of printer that should appeal to those who work at home or run a small office. Thrown into the mix are photo...

Good results in all areas, boarderless printing up to A4, easy wireless setup, individual ink tanks easily accessible

Large footprint, doesn't read or write to USB, single line display makes control a little more fiddly than it could be

The Brother MFC-255CW lives up to its multifunction ambitions with fast enough copying and printing for daily home office tasks. The inability to accept standard USB drives is a slight drawback of this model, but the easy scanning to PC or memory card...

Jan, 2010
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Expert review by : mfereday (gadgetspeak.com)

A New Brother Multi-Function Offering : Brother MFC-255CW

 

As a long-standing user of a Brother laser, I was keen to check out one of the company's inkjet models. The opportunity arose with the arrival of the MFC-255CW.

A colour A4 photocopy took 40 seconds. Switching to photo printing, I ran tests for both 6 x 4-inch and A4 prints. Using the Normal default setting it took 24 seconds to produce a 4 x 6 colour print. The time increased to 33 seconds with the Fine...

Mar, 2010
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

smooth run

a little slow

Jul, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

Smart appearance, compact to some printers I've had.easy to slot-in inks, scanner is great, copy I quick. I love the fact that you get to pick speed of printing. If I want a fast ok print out, pick fast print, for better but not best, pick normal fast,...

Haven't come accross any yet. I don't turn mine off just in case it takes a while to warm up again. I leave it in sleep mode, which doesn't appear to use much power.

Jun, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

Ease of installation and use.

None so far

Mar, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

Picture quality very good.

Speed very poor

Feb, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

Left diffuse smudged black ink marks on printed pages initially. Kept repeatedly "cleaning" for a while. Now OK

Feb, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

wireless

Jan, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

It's easy to use i have used the black print out ,so far i have printed over 60 pages and no difference in quality done some coloured print outs still using the same cartriges

One of the problems i keep getting is when you fill the paper tray it takes a few times to get it to load,also i havn't been able to get to go wireless yet keeps asking for id number.

Jan, 2011
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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Brother MFC-255CW

 

Works well but I haven't used it for anything but straight forward A4 printing. Cheap to run.

not the most up todate model

Jan, 2011
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