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Stymied by slow print speeds, this Brother printer can't keep up with the competition

2016-04-05
we really wanted to like this all-in-one printer by brother it's cheap and it doesn't take up too much space but ultimately it has more flaws in its worth this is Justin from CNET and today we're checking out the brother NFC J 8 8 v DW printer judging by the spread of available models 150 bucks seems to be the sweet spot that small businesses and home offices want to pay for an all-in-one printer and on paper the J 885 DW seems to include all the right features that you'd want to increase your productivity it can obviously print out documents and photos but it also has a built-in flatbed scanner a copy machine with a stack feeder on top and a paper tray that can fit both standard sized sheets of paper and 4x6 snapshot photo paper there's also Wi-Fi built in for a wireless connection that lets you take advantage of printing from various cloud-based services and you can even pair your NFC compatible phone to it using brothers own eye print and scan app so all that sounds great but the catch here is that the printer is really slow on the output it lagged behind the competition in nearly all of our tests and enough to where you'll definitely notice longer wait times especially for longer documents and full-color photos the machine also has its share of design flaws too the flimsy plastic trays feel like they're about to break at any second and it really doesn't feel like a hundred and fifty dollar investment you can read more details in my full review on CNET that also includes a list of shopping alternatives so be sure to check that out but that's gonna do it for this video thanks for watching
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