Name: MFC-J985DW
Brand: Brother
SKU: 94736
Rating: 4.2 (42 reviews)

Brother MFC-J985DW - Pros & Cons

quick and environmentally friendly
fast
efficient
and has ink cartridges
accurate colors and a fair amount of detail
Scanning is very quick on the MFC-J985DW
barebones but clean and legible
The display is touch-sensitive and is very responsive
has good vertical viewing angles and it can tilt for better visibility
great build and design
good detail and vibrant colors
Print quality is excellent
bigger brother and comes in at a reasonable price
onboard buttons are perfectly adequate for day-to-day operation
The build quality is decent and the buttons feel good to use
typically more affordable and better at handling colour jobs
Setup is straightforward
print quality is decent
ink-efficient printer and all-in-one printer
print speed is pretty great for what it is
print quality is actually very good
It s good enough for printing on photo paper

It symobilizes a website link url
Twitter icon A stylized bird with an open mouth
optical scanner doesn t support two-sided scanning
s a bit too low
low cost per page and only need higher print speed
Too many are simply trying to capitalize on affiliate revenue
Very thin
colored lines were barely visible
requiring small fonts
there was a loss of detail in a few bright areas
unusually low running costs
look quite as dark or sharp as the original
Printing color photos on glossy paper was similarly slow
yellows still looked a little oversaturated
limited photo-handling capabilities
lagged far behind a number of inkjets
Scanned photos lost a slight amount of detail and vibrancy
took twenty-five minutes from opening the box to downloading the appropriate drivers
Its black page yield is bad
its performance is a bit middling
can print significantly more pages before its cartridges run out
printing in color can get very expensive if you use colors regularly
printer won't continue printing if any of the cartridges are out of ink
ink costs are kept very low indeed
no screen to aid setup and troubleshooting
lower print costs and recyclable ink bottles
not cheap
slow print times

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Brother MFC-J985DW - Full Specifications

Copier	yes
Scanner	yes
Fax	yes
Supports duplex	yes

Colour of product	Black
Document feeder	yes
Document feeder capacity	20.0 pages

Display	yes
Touchscreen	yes

Scanner color depth	24.0 bit

Media supported	A3 A4 A5 A6 Photo
Feeder capacity	50

Power consumption (standby)	3.5 W

Height	6.77 in
Width	16.54 in
Depth	13.43 in
Weight	18.74 lb

Color technology	Inkjet
Memory capacity	128.0 mB

Colour printer	yes
Automatic duplexing	yes
Color print speed	27.0 ppm
B/W print speed	33.0 ppm

Fax modem	yes
Document memory	200.0 sheets
Number memory	250

Interfaces	Network NFC USB Wireless network
Communication protocol	AirPrint Google Cloud Print PictBridge

EnergyStar	yes

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Brother MFC-J985DW Brother - Editorial Reviews (7)

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Gadget Review

Published: 28.01.2021

Brother INKvestment MFC-J985DW Review

4.9

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Brother MFC-J985DW Brother MFC-J985DW Printer: A Cost-Per-Page Champ

Tom's Guide

Published: 28.09.2016

Brother MFC-J985DW Printer: A Cost-Per-Page Champ

4.0

With a low cost per page, the Brother MFC-J985DW all-in-one offers a very good bargain for workers performing small office tasks, with few downsides.

Brother MFC-J985DW Brother MFC-J985DW Printer Review

Lifewire

Published: 03.06.2019

Brother MFC-J985DW Printer Review

4.4

The Brother MFC-J985DW is a solid color inkjet all-in-one printer for any home office or small business. During our testing, it stood out from the crowd for its exceptionally low operating costs and efficient ink use.

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RTINGS.com

Published: 05.06.2020

Brother MFC-J895DW Review

3.7

The Brother MFC-J895DW is a decent all-purpose inkjet printer. It best suits those who mainly print in black only, as it's otherwise very costly to print in colo...

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Published: 03.08.2018

Brother MFC J995dw printer review — A fast all-in-one printer with long-lasting ink cartridges

Brother's MFC-J995DW is the new version of the printer that took the top spot if our best printers guide. It supports wireless printing, double-sided printing, and the ability to print documents and photos directly from cloud services like Dropbox and Microsoft's Onenote.

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PCMAG

Published: 08.06.2016

Brother MFC-J985DW Review

4.0

The Brother MFC-J985DW seems like a typical lower-price inkjet MFP but for one thing: its unusually low running costs, which are unheard of in a printer at its price.