Reviews of the Brother MFC-685cw
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CNET Review
The Good: Compact design; offers PictBridge port and memory card reader; PictBridge port supports USB flash drives; wide-screen LCD; onboard handset and answering machine; secure mode lets you receive faxes in password-protected memory.
The Bad: Average to slow task speeds; print quality needs a lot of improvement; refilling paper cassette and engaging photo tray require you to fully detach the cassette.
The Bottom Line: The Brother MFC-685CW inkjet multifunction printer offers tons of great features at the expense of print speed and quality. If speed and quality are your priorities, look elsewhere.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 66/100 and users 88/100. Comparing these reviews to 118695 other Printers reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 87/100 = Very Good.
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computershopper.com
Review Summary: For the price, the Brother MFC-685CW is a decent but unexceptional all-in-one printer. You should only consider it if speed isn't a concern.
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pcworld.com
Review Summary: The MFC-685CW's slowness hampers an otherwise solid machine. Only a very patient person would put up with that in exchange for everything else
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No Rating
pcmag.com
Review Summary: The Brother MFC-685cw offers all the features you could hope for in a light-duty home-office or small-office printer.
Manufacturer: Brother International
Part number: MFC685CW
General
- Copier Type Digital
- Fax Type Plain paper
- Width 15.7 in
- Depth 14.6 in
- Printing Technology Ink-jet - Color - Photo printer
- Height 7.1 in
- Monthly Duty Cycle (max) 2500 impressions
- Weight 18.5 lbs
- Display Diagonal Size 3.3"
- Office Machine Features Print from memory card
Printer
- Minimum Ink Droplet Size 1.5 pl
- Ink Cartridge Configuration 4 cartridges (1 each: cyan, magenta, yellow, black)
- Ink Type Brother Innobella ink
Memory
- Standard Memory 32 MB
- Supported Flash Memory MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, USB flash drive, Memory Stick, SD Memory Card, XD-Picture Card
Copying
- Max Copying Speed up to 22 pages/min (mono) / up to 20 pages/min (color)
- Max Copying Resolution up to 1200 x 1200 dpi (mono) / up to 1200 x 600 dpi (color)
- Gray Scale Half-Tones 256
- Max Document Enlargement 400 %
- Max Document Reduction 25 %
- Maximum Copies 99
- Automatic Duplexing None
- Copying Features 4 on 1, 2 on 1
Scanning
- Scan Element CIS
- Optical Resolution 600 x 2400 dpi
- Interpolated Resolution 19200 x 19200 dpi
- Gray Scale Depth 8 bit
- Color Depth 24 bit
- Color Depth (Internal) 36 bit
Fax Machine
- Compatibility G3
- Max Transmission Speed 14.4 Kbps
- Data Compression System MR, MH, JPEG, MMR
- Total Memory Capacity 480 pages
- Handset Corded handset
- PC Faxing Yes
Printing
- Max Printing Resolution up to 6000 x 1200 dpi (mono) / up to 6000 x 1200 dpi (color)
- Max Printing Speed up to 30 pages/min (mono) / up to 25 pages/min (color)
- Ink Palette Supported (Colors) Cyan, magenta, yellow, black
- Color 4-ink
Fax Machine Features
- Broadcast Transmission 210 stations
- Remote Fax Retrieval (Polling) Yes
- Features Fax forwarding, Automatic redialing
Document & Media Handling
- Min Original Size 5.8 in x 5.8 in
- Max Original Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Original Type Sheets
- Document Feeder Capacity 10 sheets
- Max Copy Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Standard Media Capacity 100 sheets
- Bypass Feeder Capacity 20 sheets
- Output Trays Capacity 50 sheets
- Document & Media Handling Details Output tray - 50 sheets, ADF - 10 sheets size: 5.8 in x 5.8 in - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Bypass tray - 20 sheets - 4 in x 6 in, Input tray - 100 sheets
- Speed Details Printing : up to 25 pages/min - Color, Printing : up to 30 pages/min - B/W, Copying : up to 20 pages/min - Color, Copying : up to 22 pages/min - B/W
PC Connectivity
- PC Connection Availability Yes
- PC Connection USB host, Ethernet 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX, USB, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
- Network Protocols TCP/IP
- Security Protocols & Features WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WEP
- Operating System Support MS Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4 or later, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows Vista (64-bit versions), MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Software Included Presto! PageManager, ScanSoft PaperPort SE, Drivers & utilities
Miscellaneous
- Direct Printing Specifications DPOF, PictBridge
- Included Accessories Scansoft PaperPort
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
Environmental Parameters
- Sound Emission 50 dB (operating)
- Min Operating Temperature 50 ?F
- Max Operating Temperature 104 ?F
- Humidity Range Operating 20 - 80%
- Sound Emission (Operating) 50 dB
Answering Machine
- Answering system type Digital
- Recording Capacity 29 min
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- CNET Labs Color Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 3.65
- CNET Labs Gray Scale Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 4.29
- CNET Labs Photo Speed Test (pages per minute) 1.3
- CNET Labs Presentation Speed Test (pages per minute) 2.62
- CNET Labs Printer Graphics Speed Test (pages per minute) 1.99
- CNET Labs Text Speed Test (pages per minute) 2.76
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