Brother MFC-J5730DW

Temperamental, need to shut down laptop and printer when it runs out of paper as queue won't restart.
Then need to resend all the documents.
Won't scan.
Took forever to set up and still not right.
Jobs drop out for no reason and then if you resume printing, the whole job starts again so you have to find what page you are on and custom print the range.
Uses ink like its free, 550 pages my AXX. More like 150
Do not buy, terrible value and extremely expensive to own.
Did the research and cost per page is way off.

I bought this printer from Officeworks. Reviewed it positively there after set up and first month of use. Unfortunately however, after the magic marker of 6 months the printer just stops recognising every coloured ink cartridge we have put into it ($400 spent on ink it won't accept!).
This is obviously a massive issue for printing but it also renders EVERY other function on the printer useless. Can't scan, can't print in black and white....completely useless! At least my $150 Canon printer will just give me options if the colour ink has run ou...

This is a good buy for $350 at Warehouse Stationery. Great for a small office and prints both A4 and A3. Wifi connects, all the usual options available. The phone app is good value for when your on the run around the building, saves trips back to the desk. Its got 2 paper trays and the ink lasts quite a long time. Only downfall is that its a little bit noisy.

It worked well until three months after the 12 month support warranty expired then the black ink nozzle clogged and no amount of maintenance fixed it. All things considered the printer would be fine if it continued to work but as is it's too expensive an outlay for it's limited working lifespan in a small home office. As this is the third brother printer that has died on me I'll look to other brands for a replacement.

I have had this printer for 11 months and it has done a lot of printing. Overall, the print quality is pretty good although you do have to increase the default print quality settings for photos and graphics.

The print speed is very good and the paper handling options are fantastic. 2 x 250 sheet trays, a rear tray for about 50 sheets and a single sheet feed. Also very rare to have any form of paper jam.

Connectivity is good and the cables are nicely hidden way. I do miss the card readers from earlier generation Brother multi-function mac...

When this printer runs out of paper it takes about 15 mins after turning it on and off to get the printer to recognise that it has paper in it. The paper slide that catches the paper just sits there so it is easy to fall down and you have to take out the slide when you fill up the paper tray. When you try to scan it very rarely recognises that your printer is there. I scanned 5 pages of 1 document and it saved it as 5 separate documents not 1 document. I only purchased it a couple of months ago and I am ready to just throw it away and purchase another printer. I purchased it in April this year but didn't set it up until July this year.