Brother MFC-5910DW A3 Colour Inkjet Printer for £99.99 from MAPLIN

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  DrBones1 year, 1 month ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  I'm not sure why the votes for this are cold. I looked at it and it is certainly the best price you can get for this printer. Also, A3 printers are expensive; this is the cheapest. Reviews say it is not feature rich and not good for photo printing, but as an A3 duplex office printer, it offers low cost printing at a great price.
  Comments from cold voters would be helpful...
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  jdunks1 year, 1 month ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/a/pb/Brother-MFCJ5910DW-A3-Multifunction-Colour-Inkjet-Printer/pr=Q24&id=5752593/
  
  £95.99 inc vat & delivery
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  Sid Harper1 year, 1 month ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  I know an architect who uses one of these and the output seems pretty good. My problem with the last Brother MFC I had about 8 years ago was that they discontinued the cartridges when it was just a year old and it became impossible to obtain a replacement or refills.
  
  What's the running cost on these like and how is Brother's support for older models these days?
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  Whitedot1 year, 1 month ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  We get Brother multifunction printers at work and personally I think they're garbage. Print quality is awful, they run through ink like it's going out of fashion and they're full of stupid UI flaws, like not being able to do anything until the 'ADF ready' notification goes off. That's right, it's not ready because it's busy telling you it's ready. Also they just stop and tell you when the ink is apparently empty, despite the previous copy/print being perfectly fine. They then won't let you send a fax until you change the ink, work that one out. This applies to the MFC-990CW and the MFC-J6710DW which I have used, both are the same. This model might be different, but I would doubt it.
  
  I'd avoid at all costs if it was me.
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  Flogger1 year, 1 month ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks 'Witedot'. Yours was the type of info I was hoping for.
  
  I wont buy one and its good info for others.
  
  Do you have experience of a good A3 printer?
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  Whitedot1 year, 1 month ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Flogger

  Thanks 'Witedot'. Yours was the type of info I was hoping for.
  
  I wont buy one and its good info for others.
  
  Do you have experience of a good A3 printer?

  
  
  For a long time I was using an HP Deskjet 9800 which was reliable enough until the cartridge caddy broke and a replacement was ridiculously expensive. It didn't have any of the multifunction features though, and what I assume is the successor (Officejet 8000) seems to get mixed reviews and isn't multifunction either. From the reviews I read when my 9800 broke, the Canon Pixma ix6550 seemed to be the most highly rated (I have an A4 MG6150 now which is absolutely superb) but again it's not multifunction and costs quite a bit more than this Brother at around £170.
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  mikerr1 year, 1 month ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Brother A3 printer £82.99 @ ebuyer
  
  http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/brother-mfc-5890cn-a3-multifunction-colour-inkjet-network-printer-with-fax-save-1157095
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  seaspray1 year, 1 month ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Most of these cheaper A3 printers scan, copy and fax at A4.
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  mikerr1 year, 1 month ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Who cares about scan/copying/ faxing at a3, so long as it prints a3.
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  Sid Harper1 year, 1 month ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  have the comments above not already established Brother MFCs are junk?
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  mikerr1 year, 1 month ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Sid Harper

  have the comments above not already established Brother MFCs are junk?

  
  
  HUKD is best at finding cheap prices, that's all, not reviews.
  
  You also have done a fast U turn there after a single person's post:
  
  

  Sid Harper

  I know an architect who uses one of these and the output seems pretty good

  
  
  

  Sid Harper

  Brother MFCs are junk

  
  
  Take a look at the reviews on amazon for the £82.99 A3 printer I linked to above
  http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001J724AW/ref=cm_cr_pr_top_link_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
  
  A deal on an A3 printer is a bit less mainstream, so is never going to get heat here.
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Edited By: mikerr on Apr 23, 2012 20:58
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  Sid Harper1 year, 1 month ago1 Like #12Show comment toolsReply

  What U turn? I said what I'd seen, but equally noted my bad experiences with MFCs and noted others. Personally, I didn't think the output was bad for what I saw from the architect - but that's unsurprisingly based on CAD drawings not photos, for example.
  
  Your comment was "who cares..."?
  
  Well - it's an MFC - it's designed to do 3 jobs. OP or you might not, but I would venture to suggest many people in the market for one of these might care...
  
  And with regards to the comments on here, there is much to be learnt from opinions and experiences of products, not just basing things on price alone (which is what the heat thing is meant to be all about, though sadly not everyone treats it that way)
  
  

  
  Edited By: Sid Harper on Apr 23, 2012 22:19
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  seaspray1 year, 1 month ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  mikerr

  Who cares about scan/copying/ faxing at a3, so long as it prints a3.

  
  I do.
  I need to produce line work at A3, print it, then scan at A3 after colouring, then print at A3. Don't assume everybody wants what you think they should have.

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