Are you still searching for the perfect printer? Which printer should you buy for your family at home, a home office, a corporate office with multiple users, or factory?

Having too many choices can be confusing. This is why we’ve done the legwork for you and curated a list of Brother printers that perfectly suit these 7 different personal and professional uses:

Families with school-going kids
Home office (work from home)
Corporate office with multiple users
Industrial/Manufacturing production work
Budget friendly
Techies
Photography fanatics

1. Families with school-going kids

Growing up in a household equipped with a printer makes family and school life so much easier. You can print out handwriting/colouring worksheets, mazes, and puzzles for your younger kids, while your older children can print articles and school assignments at the click of a button.

If you have school-going children under your wing, your ideal printer should be able to handle a wide variety of needs, such as:

Printing in colour
Photocopying worksheets and assignments
Scanning artworks and articles
Printing multiple pages of reports, double-sided
Printing from a mobile device

Considering the diversity of needs, an all-in-one printer may be your best bet.

Brother MFC-T920DW Ink Tank Printer:

Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
Has up to 6 sec (Mono) / 6.5 sec (Colour) first print-out time
Has automatic 2-sided printing
Holds up to 150 sheets in the standard paper tray
Holds up to 80 sheets in the Multi-Purpose Tray
Holds up to 20 sheets Automatic Document Feeder
Has wireless connectivity
Supports mobile printing with Brother iPrint&Scan, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Wi-Fi Direct
Has up to 1,200 x 6,000 dpi print quality

Say goodbye to expensive printing costs from print shops! With this versatile printer, your family can enjoy effortless printing at home.

2. Home office (work from home)

The best printers for home offices are ones that are able to keep up with your business workload. You may need to scan invoices, print reports, photocopy documents or fax secure information to a coworker, a client or a supplier. Having a printer that can support your workflow will maximise your work efficiency and save you unnecessary headaches.

In choosing the best printer for your home office, you should keep an eye out for the following qualities:

Fast printing speed for work efficiency
Automatic duplex printing and scanning for productivity
Large paper capacity to reduce frequency of reloads
Printing from different devices—mobile, laptop & tablet

To achieve optimal work efficiency and productivity, you should choose a multifunction printer.

Brother MFC-L3770CDW Laser Printer:

Able to print, scan, copy and, fax
Has automatic 2-sided printing and scanning
Has fast colour print speed: up to 24ppm
Has fast scan speed: up to 27ipm
Has multi-tasking capabilities
Holds up to 250-sheet default paper tray
Holds up to 50-sheet Dual CIS Auto Document Feeder
Holds up to 30-sheet manual feed slot
Has integrated NFC and USB reader
Has wireless and mobile connectivity
3.7” LCD touchscreen to support easy-to-program shortcuts

With this printer in your home office, you can look forward to enjoying a fuss-free and more productive workflow.

3. Corporate office with multiple users

In a workplace with multiple staff, you’ll need to be able to set up a large printer network for different users. Each user may have different needs, ranging from printing and photocopying, to scanning and faxing.

Your printer will also need to be easily accessible by users across the office, either through wired or wireless network connections. The perfect printer for medium to large enterprises also needs to cater to many users and be able to keep up with multiple print jobs.

Essential things to look out for include:

Network connectivity for multiple users
Printer sharing across multiple users
Fast printing speed for work efficiency
Automatic duplex printing and scanning for productivity
Large paper capacity to reduce frequency of reloads
High-volume & low-cost printing
Reliability to prevent downtime

To ensure maximum efficiency and minimal fuss, the best printer for your corporate office is a Multi-function Centre or a business printer.

Brother MFC-L8690CDW Laser Printer:

Has automatic 2-sided print, scan, copy, and fax
Has Gigabit Ethernet and wireless connectivity
Has up to 31/33 ppm print and copy speed
Has up to 28/28 ipm scan speed
Holds up to 250 sheets Input Tray (Standard)
Holds up to 50 sheets Multi-Purpose Tray
Holds up to 250 sheets Output Tray
Ultra-high-yield toner available (BK & C/M/Y 9,000 pages each)
Drum available (30,000 pages)

Brother MFC-J3930DW Inkjet Printer:

Has automatic 2-sided print, scan, copy, and fax
Connectivity includes: Wireless Network, Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Print, WebConnect, Brother Cloud Apps & NFC
Print speed of up to 22ipm (mono) and 20ipm (colour)
Copy speed of up to 12ipm (mono) and 9ipm (colour)
Scan speed from 2.7 seconds (A4 size, 100×100 dpi)
Fax speed 33.6 kbps
Holds up to 250 sheets Input Tray (Standard)
Holds up to 250 sheets Lower Paper Tray
Holds up to 100 sheets Multi-Purpose Tray
Holds up to 100 sheets (A4) and 50 sheets (A3) Output Tray
Super high-yield ink cartridges available (BK up to 3,000 pages & C/M/Y up to 1,500 pages)

Investing in a reliable printer will help to create a seamless experience for your staff and boost the productivity of the company.

4. Industrial / Manufacturing production work

When your business heavily relies on printing work, the quality of these prints is of the utmost importance. The costs can easily add up when printing large volumes of fliers, brochures, posters and pamphlets. Hence, you need to carefully balance between the cost-efficiency and the quality of these prints.

The ideal printer should be able to keep your print quality high and running costs low.

High print quality to ensure business standards
Fast printing speed for production efficiency
Versatile print trays for different-sized prints
Multiple types of print media
High-yield cartridges to keep high-volume printing affordable

The perfect printer to keep your production work running smoothly is a high capacity Multi-Function Centre.

Brother MFC-L6900DW Laser Printer:

Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
Automatic 2-sided monochrome printing
Has up to 50/52 ppm print speed
Has up to 1200 x 1200 dpi print quality
Has N-in-1 Printing
Media types include: Poster Printing, Watermark Printing & Header-Footer Printing (Windows® only)
Holds paper sizes of 76.2 to up to 215.9 mm (W) X 127 to 355.6 mm (L)
Media sizes include: A4, Letter, A5, A5(Long Edge), A6, Executive, Legal, Folio, Mexico Legal, India Legal
Ultra-high-yield toner available (up to 20,000 pages)
Drum available (up to 30,000 pages)

Alternatively, if colour is required, you can consider the following:

Brother MFC-T4500DW Ink Tank Printer:

Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
Automatic 2-sided monochrome / coloured printing
Has up to 22 ipm (mono) & 20 ipm (colour) print speed
Has up to 1200 x 4800 dpi print quality
Holds up to 250 sheets Input Tray (Standard)
Holds up to 100 sheets Multi-Purpose Tray
Holds up to 100 sheets (up to A4/letter) & 50 sheets (over A4/letter) Output Tray
Media types include: Plain, Inkjet, Glossy (cast/resin), Recycled
Media sizes include: A3, A4, LGR, LTR, EXE, LGL, Folio, A5, A6, Photo(102x152mm/4×6″), Indexcard(127x203mm/5×8″), Photo-2L(127x178mm/5×7″), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope, Monarch
Ultra-high-yield ink available (BK up to 6,500 pages & C/M/Y up to 5,000 Pages)

Owning such a printer might mean a bigger upfront investment but lower running costs and improved productivity.

5. Budget friendly

Looking for a pocket-friendly printer? Do not just rush to buy the cheapest printer on the market. Here’s why: The costs of consumables can add up to a hefty amount over time!

Instead, you should carefully consider both the printer cost as well as the cost of its consumables to find out which printer is the most economical over a specific timeframe.

Your usage of the printer may not be heavy duty, but you still need one that is cost efficient. Hence, the printer you choose should have these characteristics:

Low average cost of printer and consumables
Low-maintenance printer
Small in size

A low cost and reliable printer may be just what you need:

Brother DCP-L2550DW Laser Printer:

Able to print, scan, and copy
Automatic 2-sided monochrome printing
Has energy saving mode
Has toner saving mode
High-yield toner available (up to 3,000 pages)
Drum available (up to 12,000 pages)
Dimensions: 410 x 398.5 x 318.5 mm (W x D x H)
Weight: 11.8kg

Brother DCP-T520W Refill Tank Printer:

Able to print, scan, and copy
Ultra-high-yield ink available (BK up to 7,500 pages & C/M/Y up to 5,000 Pages)
Dimensions: 435 x 380 x 159 mm (W x D x H)
Weight: 7.3kg

The good news is you won’t be burning a hole in your pocket with these printers!

6. Techies

Do you want a technologically advanced printer that makes your life easier, more productive and fuss-free? In this digital age, connectivity is one of the defining successes of our era.

Maybe you want a printer that can print anything from anywhere or one that can easily manage your print jobs according to your everyday tasks.

With various technologies combined, this printer should have advanced features to meet all your modern needs:

Network connectivity in multiple forms like Wifi or the ethernet.
Control remotely, possibly through your mobile device
Intuitive (so you can avoid reading the manual!)
Modern technology such as touch screen
Memory function for repeated tasks
Automated tasks to replace usual manual ones
Fast printing speed

Meet the most advanced printers in our collection:

Brother MFC-L8900CDW Laser Printer:

Automatic 2-sided print, scan, copy, and fax
Connectivity includes:
- Hi-Speed 2.0 USB
- Gigabit Ethernet (10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T)
- Wireless (IEEE 802.11b/g/n)
- WiFi Direct (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- WebConnect (Brother Cloud Apps)
- NFC (Card Reader / Print&Scan / Link to Solutions Center / NFC Shortcut)
Up to 31/33 ppm print and copy speed
Up to 28/28 ipm scan speed
2.5 sec fax transmission speed
600 x 600 dpi, 2,400 dpi class (2,400 x 600) print quality
Has secure print function
Display: 5.0″ TFT Colour LCD Touchscreen
1GB memory space
Supported Operating Systems include:
- Windows: Server 2008 (Network only), Server 2008 R2 (Network only), 7, 8, 8.1,
- Server 2012 (Network only), Server 2012 R2 (Network only),10, Server 2016 (Network only)
- Mac: OS v10.10.5, 10.11.x, 10.12 (Download only)
- Linux: CUPS, LPD/LPRng (x86/x64 environment)

Brother MFC-J3930DW Inkjet Printer:

Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
Automatic 2-sided printing and copying
Connectivity includes:
- Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11b/g/n)
- Wi-Fi Direct (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- Mobile Print (Brother iPrint&Scan, Airprint, Mopria, Google Cloud Print)
- WebConnect (Brother Cloud Apps)
- NFC (Card Reader / Print&Scan / Link to Solutions Center)
Up to 22ipm (mono) and 20ipm (colour) print speed
Up to 12ipm (mono) and 9ipm (colour) copy speed
From 2.7 seconds (A4 size, 100×100 dpi) scan speed
33.6 kbps fax transmission speed
Up to 1200×4800 dpi print quality
Display: 3.7” LCD Touchscreen
256MB memory space
Supported Operating Systems include:
- Windows: Vista / 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 / Server 2008 / Server 2008 R2 / Server 2012 / Server 2012 R2
- Mac: OS X v10.9.5 / 10.10.x / 10.11.x

With these printers, you will be breezing through your print jobs in the least amount of time and effort!

Photography fanatics

As a photographer, colours, shadows and light are key elements in your photographic art pieces. In order to do justice to these details, the quality and resolution of your printer is of the essence. As such, your needs are specific to its output quality.

Vibrant and high quality colour prints
Photo quality inks that are long-lasting and smudge-proof
Allow printing across a range of sizes
Allow printing from camera, laptop, phone, tablet

The following printer will help to bring your photographs to life.

Brother HL-T4000DW Ink Tank Printer:

Able to print, scan, copy, and fax
Automatic 2-sided printing
Up to 1200×4800 dpi print quality & 1200×6000 dpi PhotoCapture Centre print quality
Allow for borderless printing
Allow for colour enhancement (Brother image enhancement)
Connectivity includes:
- Hi Speed 2.0 USB
- Wireless Network (IEEE 802.11b/g/n)
- Wi-Fi Direct (IEEE 802.11g/n)
- Mobile Print (Brother iPrint&Scan, Airprint, Mopria, Google Cloud Print)
Media types: Plain, Inkjet, Glossy (Cast/Resin), Recycled
Media sizes: A3, A4,LGR, LTR, EXE, LGL, Folio, A5, A6, Photo(102x152mm/4×6″), Indexcard(127x203mm/5×8″), Photo-2L(127x178mm/5×7″), C5 Envelope, Com-10, DL Envelope, Monarch

Using this printer will guarantee that the quality of your artworks will never be compromised.

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