The only area where the J885DW earned a little respect is the 4-inch by 6-inch snapshot photo test, where it was able to print 7.73ppm. The print engine also couldn't keep up with the competition in the full-color graphics page tester with an average speed of only 4.13ppm.
This model could only churn through 5.31 pages per minute (ppm), while the J470DW rocketed past at 9.78ppm, almost double the speed. I was expecting its print speed to measure up at least on par with Brother's own MFC-J470DW, but it really lagged, even while printing our standard ten-page black text sample document. While I would consider the output quality of the Brother MFC-J885DW to be acceptable for professionals, the print speeds leave a lot of room for improvement and ultimately led to my decision to give this printer a less-favorable review. That's less than the same XL ink costs of the Epson XP-420 (3.5 cents for color, 5 cents for black), so you'll save money if you do end up printing a lot of color photos and business handouts. Assuming you invest in Brother's XL capacity cartridges that offer a better value for more volume up front, the costs add up to 2 centers per page of color ink and 4.6 cents per page of plain black text. More good news is that you'll spend less on ink refills compared to competing printers in the same price range, even more as time goes by with continued use. Everything from the door of the media card reader to the fold-out auto-document feeder is made of the same plastic, and it gives the printer an overall cheap feel. The plastic the company used is really thin and flimsy, and I kept worrying that parts of the tray would snap off every time I reinserted it back into the machine. USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, Google Cloud Print, Apple AirPrint, Brother Cloud apps, Brother iPrint&Scanīrother tries to make up for it with a separate input tray on top of the main one that fits an additional 20 sheets of 4-inch-by-6-inch photo paper in there, but the build quality is a real point of issue, too. Dimensions in Inches (Width x Depth x Height)ġ5.7 x 13.4 x 6.8 inches (39.9 x 34 x 17.3cm)Ĥ-ink tank (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)