Brother Inkjet Printer, MFC-J5945DW, INKvestmentTank Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Wireless, Duplex Printing, NFC and Up to 1-Year of Ink-In-box, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

Had previous Brother MFC-J5920DW for almost four years and no complaints. Still good so sold it to a friend in need of a used printer. I purchased this model MFC-J5945DW recently in May 2020. I wanted a newer model of what I had and this is it! I have only had it in use since May 7, 2020 but must review it since I am so please with this printer. I call it my Big Brother because its so superior in performance to my older model in size and performance. Fast and quiet no matter what I'm doing, scanning, copying, printing. Especially like the heavy duty Multi Purpose Tray since I use it for printing addresses and stuff on odd sized previously printed flyers & cards. The fact that I can customize the size of the paper is a plus for me any day! It was easy to setup a wireless connection on my home network and all my devices, PC, mobile & phone print directly to this printer with ease. I really love the large capacity INKvestment Tank. It will be sometime before I need replacement Brother Ink Cartridges. All-thought it is a heavy and large printer, it is well built and worth it for me in my Home Office that I use nearly everyday. Every feature is just perfect for any Home Office and is worth the price for a machine that will last a long time and give you a return on your investment. Thanks Brother for making my printing so much better that it already was! :) :)

Since I've been screwed over by every single printer manufacturer I've ever bought from, I thought I'd try Brother, a brand I've never bought before. That's the part of me that's eternally hopeful that there is actually an ethical printer company out there, somewhere. one. Hoping. So since I'm buying a new brother printer, I searched out their top rated printer for me: MFC-J5945DW. When I tried to buy it, out of stock everywhere. 3 months later, it's in stock here, so I jumped and ordered it.It arrived Amazon quick, and I unboxed and installed it. Now I'm completely blown away! The printer is big and bulky, print quality is, well meh. Print speed is good, and the ink is ridiculously over-priced. But OMG! Literally installing the software took 5 mins on windows (no surprise there), 12 mins on my android phone, and the real shocker, they actually had REAL online linux support. It took me just 5 minutes to get my primary linux machine scanning and printing to a brand new, modern, all-in-one printer! I'm delirious with joy! Normally takes me a freaking week and dozens of hours combing every forum I can find, looking for clues, to trick the machine into working with my hardware.I love you Brother! Linux IS the future, and you are the first company I've seen really embrace that. Now if this printer doesn't just stop printing in 3 - 4 years, because some marketing exec, declares it so, I'll be a Brother convert for life!

When it works it’s adequate but it’s broken more than it works. Paper jams more often than not and constantly has feed issues. Currently looking to see if a repair shop can solve the issue with both the back and side feed rollers

I was originally looking to buy another laser printer. My last one was the Brother MFC-7420. It was a solid MFC but it finally gave out after many years of good service.After researching, I ran across this ink solution that was pretty compelling for the total cost of ownership. The ability to refill the tank was a big part of it.The process of installing the print driver and utilities was fairly straightforward although it did not automatically start when you opened the initial .EXE file. I had to go where the folder where the files were decompressed and kind of guess at which .EXE file to launch the actual install app. After than, it went smooth. It did take a bit longer than I thought but it completed with no issues and was able to print and scan over wi-fi without issues.It's only been about 3-4 weeks since installing and using but I'm happy with the performance. Print speed is great. I have a short walk to the printer and it usually is done and waiting for me.Copies are fast and clean. The ADF is a feature I looked for in an MFC and this one does the job nicely. I'm not copying huge amounts; the biggest burden is to copy donation receipts for taxes.I've used the scanner to scan to my computer from the printer console; I have not used the scanner utility to scan from the computer. It would be nice if the unit would allow me to reuse my last settings instead of having to go through the whole set up again. Yes, there is a save-as-short cut but I use that for situations where it is a long term usage; not a one-time scenario.Finally, this printer is connected to my wi-fi mesh network and it has been great for the family to print and scan to/from it. This MFC was a little more than I had plan to pay for but so far has been a great value. I will likely update/add to the review once enough time has passed for me to assess the ink usage and ink management functions on this unit.

We've had this printer for about five months now. We do a lot of printing for retired people due to our many volunteer activities. The quality of print is very good. I don't think we've had a single paper jam. About half of the ink is still remaining so it looks like the ink should last about a year. Scanning is very convenient and can easily be directed to our computers over wifi (rather than needing to use a flash drive). I have not found that it scans to a jpg file as it appears that pdf is the only option but I may need to study this further. It holds a lot of paper at one time. I was especially intrigued by the ability to print 11x17 paper but have not done so. Needless to say, the footprint of this thing is very large. And it is also quite tall. Be sure to measure to ensure you have enough space for this workhorse!We also got the available 4 year purchase plan with it. Historically, our (much cheaper) printers only last a couple of years. I think that by stepping up in quality, we'll be able to use this one a lot longer.

Printer ok and set up easily