Brother MFC-J6950DW Ink Cartridges

Brother MFC-J6950DW Printer Review

The Brother MFC-J6950DW will be best-suited as a small office machine, but busy home users will appreciate it as well. It can print up to 35 pages per minute in black and 27 pages per minute in color, but maintains a fairly compact footprint. It also features a large touchscreen display for intuitive control, and affordable Brother MFC-J6950DW printer ink supplies help keep things under-budget.

The MFC-J6950DW has a bit more punch than the average all-in-one inkjet, with a large capacity of 500 sheets. A 35-sheet automatic document feeder provides unattended scanning and copying, and it can handle duplex documents up to 11x17 inches in size. It loads pages sideways in landscape orientation instead of the traditional portrait feeding, which keeps it more compact.

The unit measures 13x21.3x19.3 inches, though it is a bit heavy, at 40 pounds with the Brother MFC-J6950DW printer ink installed. Users get a bit more control panel than they might expect from a small design, and the 3.3-inch touchscreen display provides easy control of the print, copy, scan, and fax functions. Both Android and iOS devices can print to or scan from the machine with the Brother iPrint&Scan app, which is a free download.

The standard Brother MFC-J6950DW ink cartridges only provide around 600 pages each. Upgrading to the "XXL" Brother MFC-J6950DW ink cartridges means a yield of around 1,200 pages for each color supply and 2,400 pages for the black supply. This lets users control their operating costs very easily.

The MFC-J6950DW inkjet printer might be a bit too much for home users unless they do a fairly large amount of printing and scanning. With duplexing, wireless support, and fast output speeds, it is an excellent value for the price.