Ink Cartridge and Printer Review for Brother MFC-J280W
The Brother MFC-J280W is a full color inkjet printer. This is an all in one printer, which can fax, copy, scan and print. This printer retails for around $100, so it is appropriate for a person on a budget who needs a decent printer. With this printer, you can send faxes from your computer or you can send a fax directly from the unit.In addition to these basic features, this printer is compatible with a variety of mobile devices, including the iPhone, Windows phones and Android phones, and is able to have documents sent to it directly from the mobile device. This printer has a touch screen which you can use to navigate menus and functions. The printer does not have a USB port to access flash drives, or have a memory card reader for camera cards, but it prints faster than other printers in its price range, and can print approximately 4 pages per minute effectively.
There is a major benefit that comes from using the ink for Brother printers. The Brother ink cartridge is not a single cartridge, but rather an individual cartridge for each of the colors. There is an ink cartridge for black, one for yellow, one for cyan, and one for magenta. This is a benefit if you are the owner of one of these printers, because you will not need to replace the color ink cartridge simply because one of the colors is low or out. If you have had a printer over the years, you already know that it would be much cheaper to replace a color at a time for a reasonable cost than to replace a tri-color ink cartridge for costs up to $60. The ink for Brother MFC-J280W costs about $10 per ink cartridge online.The ink for Brother MFC-J280W is sufficient to give you prints of good photos, but the printer does not print the highest quality pictures, blurring details. The ink for Brother MFC-J280W will print approximately 300 pages per ink cartridge, or you can purchase a high capacity cartridge which will print closer to 600 pages.
The only thing that makes this printer not ideal for home user use is the picture quality it produces. The average household does not print high volumes of documents, but does use the printer in the home to print their family photos. It is affordable and fast, so if you are willing to sacrifice the higher photo printing quality, and like the lower cost of the ink cartridges, this could be the ideal printer for you. The printer is fairly compact and can fit easily on the surface of your desk, and will hold 100 pages in the print tray.
