Brother MFC-L8900CDW - multifunction printer - color
$847.99
Mfg # MFCL8900CDW
CDW # 4645166
| UNSPSC 43212110
Quick tech specs
- L8900CDW
- color
- Legal (216 x 356 mm) (original)
- up to 33 ppm (copying)
- 300 sheets
- USB 2.0
- Wi-Fi(n)
- NFC
- Multifunction printer
- laser
- A4/Legal (media)
- up to 33 ppm (printing)
- 33.6 Kbps
- Gigabit LAN
- USB host
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The Brother MFC-L8900CDW color laser All-in-One is ideal for offices and small workgroups with higher print volumes. Super high-yield 6,500-page replacement cartridges (approximate yield based on ISO/IEC 19798) deliver low cost, business quality output. Print/copy up to 33ppm (based on one-sided printing, change from default setting required). 5.0" Touchscreen display. Automatic duplex print/scan/copy/fax. 70-page capacity auto document feeder. Legal-size scan glass.
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Brother MFC-L8900CDW - multifunction printer - color is rated
4.30 out of
5 by
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Rated 5 out of
5 by
Nats from
Good quality printer and scanner
Good quality print, excellent software for scanning.
Unable to manual feed.
Date published: 2023-06-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gary from
Exceeds my expectations.
My first laser printer of this size for home use. My usage is low for what this machine is capable of, however I bought it for its features with no consideration of capacity. It has performed very nicely to this point with no problems.
Date published: 2023-06-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bryce from
Our Perfect Solution
This has proven to be exactly the multi-task tool that we were looking for. My wife and I run a small office and we both share the connection to this machine, which works flawlessly and efficiently in all tasks and assignments.
Date published: 2023-06-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JimW from
Problem with Margins
Overall I like the printer. The problem I have is that the default top and bottom margins are not programmable. I have another Brother and HP printer in my small office environment that work great. I found that the top margin moves the intial printing starting point down way too much on this printer. I try to print a pre-printed form and I am unable to align the print data with the correct position within the form. The application software to print within these forms cannot align with the form because the default setting within the printer starts the printing too far down. No problem with my other Brother Printer or the HP printer within my network.
Date published: 2023-06-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
daytongarmin from
Second MFC
Bought this one to replace an old MFC. Great performance from the last one and looking forward to the same with this MFC.
Date published: 2022-09-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bigboy from
Scanning and copying multiple pages so smoothly
Have used it for a few years now, works like the day I installed it!!
Date published: 2022-09-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Office Printer from
So Far this Printer has exceeded expectations
The printer quality is excellent. I wish it was a little faster but it is fine.
We are happy with the purchase.
Date published: 2022-09-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pezzman from
Awesome features and quality
This is an awesome printer when it works! Recently it has been really acting up but I am always able to get it to work but it really is getting tired now!
It works hard, prints, copies, and scans like a champ!
Toner has to be Brother brand or other toners get messy! Overall great machine and works hard I feel the past 8 years has been hard on this workhorse!
would definitely buy another Brother Printer once this one completely fails!
Date published: 2022-09-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Babs from
Favorite Printer
I love this printer so much and it is appropriately priced. The ease of setting up, connecting to wireless device, speed in printing as well as very quiet is an overall win for me. I will be ordering another two - another one for business and one for home office as well.
Date published: 2022-09-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rdiv from
Solid Printer, but a little slow
This printer has great features and a good quality print. Scanning is quick and easy to many types of destinations. However, multiple page jobs are slow to print.
Date published: 2022-09-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LindaClukey from
What a printer!
I was surprised when my husband bought this printer because it's a big machine! It took two men to move it up the stairs, it was that heavy. Once I was able to connect to it, the quality and quantity of the printing was fabulous. All the bells and whistles I could want.
Date published: 2022-09-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bookkeeping LA from
Excellent printer/scanner!
Excellent printer and scanner. Two-sided scanning is a particular benefit.
Date published: 2022-10-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
R Barker from
Brother is a winner!
This printer exhibits the same high quality of product and performance that I’ve experienced with a series of Brother printers over the past 30+ years. VERY dependable. Also, the customer help line is quite good, and prompt.
Date published: 2022-10-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
D Boyd Clerk Treasurer from
Sorry Brother but you don't measure up
I am the Clerk / Treasurer for a small town of under 2000 people. Our office does approx. 900 prints or "copies" a month. We have had this machine less than 1 year and we have had nothing but trouble from the first month. The colors are not vibrant like other laser printers I have used, it has a longer than usual delay before it prints like sometimes a minute or more. The toner cartridges leak, and the pages all get color drops on them. It comes set so that you use all the colors when you print so the toner goes fast, and it is set at 20% so it says change the toner well before it is empty. Our IT guy fixed the % so we could at least get 95% of the toner and changed it so all the toners aren't used
for black and white pages. We started receiving faxes for about 2 months and then they stopped, and we can't send a regular fax we have to do it from the PC which is time consuming when the fax is for a customer etc. I could go on and on but I will spare you the negative details. I am not speaking for all Brother machines and maybe this one is just a lemon, but I am going back to HP. Sorry Brother you just don't measure up to them.
Date published: 2022-10-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Louis Cap from
Simply a great all-around printer
I've been using this printer for a few months, and I have to say, it does everything I need it to do. This is a great home/small business printer. It was very easy to set up: I used wireless network setup option. It's like having a copy machine in your home that allows you to print from your pc or laptop. It even prints over network from my iPhone and iPad. I'm very pleased with this purchase.
Date published: 2022-10-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Daytongarmin from
Great MFC
Our new MFC works as well as our old one which we loved
Date published: 2022-10-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Billy from
Another great Brother tool!
Reliable great product used all day everyday for my construction company.
Date published: 2022-10-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TammyInCO from
Slow Printer - Constantly has to "Cool Down"
This printer is much slower to "receive data" than my previous Brother printer. It prints 2 pages and then has to think for several seconds to a minute to print the next 2 pages. My previous printer would print multiple pages at a time. Getting constant black lines on my documents now that aren't going away with a cleaning like they used to.
Date published: 2022-10-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rachel from
Great printer
This prints and scans easily. We've had the printer for a long time and it has never had any issues except occasional paper jams.
Date published: 2022-09-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Basuta45 from
Best printer ever
Brother printer's are the best!! I have been using Brother printer's for a long time. I upgraded to this one because I needed a newer model. I love it! Especially the fact that it takes toner cartridges which last a lot longer. This printer is perfect!!
Date published: 2022-09-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LaurieK from
Great printer
Printer is great, 2-sided copies are a plus. It takes a little time to get the file from the computer to the printer to print.
Date published: 2023-02-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
David from
Good one
It's well made. Better than other brands. Easy to setup.
Date published: 2023-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Julie M from
Doesn’t last
This broke after a year and a half. Mechanical failure. The closest dealer to service it is 100 miles away. There is no place to mail it in. It was cheaper to buy a different Printer – I bought an HP.
Date published: 2022-12-18T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
RDP86 from
Quality Business Printer
Excellent print quality and functionality for the cost
Date published: 2022-12-10T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
A K Azad from
buyer
setting the printer shuld be more easy. it is difficult to set the printer
Date published: 2022-12-16T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Kimbo from
Easy to use & dependable
Works flawlessly, prints great, very easy to set up. I do wish it printed a little faster but otherwise it's fabulous.
Date published: 2022-12-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Philip Rouben from
WORST customer service
Machine pretty much OK; Customer Service NIL. The year is 2022, you can't, repeat CAN'T speak to a human being at this company. It's a bad joke! The minute you get this machine to your office, you're completely on your own and believe me there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. "Customer Service" is done by chat and it's so bad it's not even worth engaging in it. If you want a Brother product, be ready to pony up more money with a consultant every single time you need a little bit of help.
Date published: 2022-12-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Donita from
Workhorse of a All in One
This is my second Brother and I am very satisfied with it. My only complaint is that it prints out slow. Every week I have to print out over a 100 pages for meetings and I'm always waiting for it to finish printing. My previous Brother which was not an all in one and basic, was fast. I've tried to see if there was a way to increase the speed but I am not a techy person. Would I buy this machine again? Yes
Date published: 2022-12-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
my name is CJ from
highly remanded very good product
very good product i live in Canada and bought this for my business
Date published: 2022-12-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DC Georgia from
Excellent All-In-One
The 8900 is an excellent machine with better quality than most of the printers, copiers, all-in-ones available on the consumer market today.
Pros:
1- I love that it came with 4 full toner cartrdiges, not starters that quickly need replacing.
2- It was easy to set up and start using.
3- Both the black & white and color pages it prints & copies are excellent.
Cons:
1- The only downside is that it can be slow to start printing, but once started, it takes off.
I can live it and compared to its consumer market competition, it deserves 5 stars.
If you need more machine than the 8900, you should go with a commercial machine from an office equipment sales-leasing company.
Date published: 2023-01-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BenD from
Awful print
The printing is terrible! I’ve only printed maybe 20-30 pages and the ink bleeds and the text is blurred.
Date published: 2022-12-25T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Robert from
L8900cdw/8895cdw
easy connectivity, quality output, worked good for several years until errors printing
Date published: 2023-01-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
WDclyde from
Not sure I see the value
FAX data storage could be much better, technical support is a joke between web chat and phone support..... support calls customer back after then hangs up, so you get a call back just no support. Left HP for Brother
Date published: 2022-11-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Beasy from
Works good, but color is off
Color is off. I have worked with Brother reps to try to fix it, but it was not able to be fixed.
Date published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Manth from
MFC-L8900CDW
Excellent office printer easy install and great output quality
Date published: 2022-11-16T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
The Gary Grouo from
Brother Is Best For Business
We have only bought Brother MFC units for our business. Very dependable, easy to service and last for many years with high volume use.
Date published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ManagerTX from
Better than the HP was
The quality of the print is wonderful, but unfortunately it is like watching paint dry waiting for papers to print.
Date published: 2022-12-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jmacmedia from
Printing on the move.
Mobile printing - so far, the unit has worked very well, no problems. This unit sits in a broadcast TV production truck. Since we put this unit in place, we are not spending time trying to get the printer to print, it just works.
Date published: 2022-12-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mitch from
Great small business printer
This is an excellent printer. I use for my small business and the cost per page is very good.
Date published: 2022-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Victoria from
Worth repeating
This printer was purchased as a replacement. It replaced a Brother color laser printer of almost the same design. Yes, I liked it enough to go for the same thing.
Date published: 2022-11-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lochiel from
Slow to respond
The initial delay before the first sheet is I purchased the color laser printer recently. The printed product is clear and crisp.
The initial delay before the printer awakens is unexpectedly long, and an annoyance.
Date published: 2022-11-25T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jerky Man in Lincoln City from
MFC-L8900CDW
Fantastic machine, probably bigger than I needed, but you cannot get it back!!!
Date published: 2023-02-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Megersa Senbeta E from
Great product.
Quality of the product is very outstanding. It does multi-tasks which really helps a lot in time management. I recommend it to anyone who has office.
Date published: 2023-01-25T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Paige L from
Pleasantly Surprised
We have had mixed luck with other brother models, but this one specifically is FANTASTIC. Print quality is great, it has all the features we need, the ink isn't disappearing at a terrifying rate (Huge issue with the last brother we had), and it has stood up to days at the office where we need hundreds of pages done. Could not be more pleased with it (Especially after the last one left us all daydreaming about THAT scene from ''The Office'')
Date published: 2023-02-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Marie from
Upgrade
This Brother printer is an upgrade from an eleven-year-old Brother which still worked and was donated. Brother has a reliable product that is why I stick to this brand.
Date published: 2023-02-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Usatified from
Unsatisfied of service
Very upleased with service. No results obtained despite many calls No follow up on theirbpart and everything needs to becrepeated again and again each new service person dont read what was done on previous calla
Date published: 2023-02-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Melanie from
It's everything I need to process legal size documents.
I almost didn't buy this product, because the "official" specifications in the document brochure say that the document glass size is letter size (8 1/2 x 11). However, the store had a floor model and I was able to see for myself that the document glass size is indeed legal size (8 1/2 x 14). I purchased the product and I can do everything I need with legal size documents - including 2-sided scanning, copying, and printing.
Date published: 2020-10-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gary from
Best printer I ever had
I had this printer since March 2018, best printer I ever had. It has all the features that I need, I wish size was little smaller. Buying another one, this time MFC-L3750CDW just because of size and I don't need duplex scanning or copying on both printers.
Date published: 2020-02-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Scott from
Terrible product
This printer causes more headaches and frustration than it does printed pages. It refuses to stay connected to our network. Our old Brother printer lasted years and we loved it! After this printer, bye-bye Brother! This thing is terrible!
Date published: 2021-12-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Old Gus from
He a'int heavy, he's my Brother.
Set up relatively easy. Operates smoothly as advertised. No problems so far.
Date published: 2022-02-27T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Curtis from
Brother Color Laser Printer
Have been using this printer for about 3 months now and never had a problem.
Date published: 2022-02-18T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Kevin Avery from
Don't Count on Two Sided Copies
I was stunned that the unit does not perform two sided copying. When I chose that setting, the unit printed two pages side by side on the same sheet, not actual two sided.
Date published: 2022-03-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lisa from
Good but crinkles envelopes
Not eveything I had hoped for. I'm regretting not getting the one with a second tray for envelopes. When I print envelopes from the tray on this it wrinkles them. Doesn't look professional for my law practice to have crinkled envelopes.
Date published: 2022-04-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dan W from
Priced too high for poor performance
Slow to print multiple pages, scan to email is limited in file size when using the "Easy Email Scan" otherwise, you have to set up a server connection to your email server, which is nearly impossible with the instruction set found on the website, so plan on having a usb thumb drive. Customer service via phone is impossible to find. ADF Scan quality: crooked and hard to read. Every print comes out curled, so if you have to load the page later to print something unique on the backside, you first have to iron out the paper. This might meet some home-use standards, but if you are looking for something to make your business look good, with professional quality, look elsewhere.. I got this unit on recommendation of a printer repair specialist, but wish i bought the similar sized xerox, which i had before and loved it dearly.
Date published: 2022-05-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mycaringfingers from
Great Product.
I couldn't have made a better decision when i bought this printer for the business. No regrets. best printer i've had so far.
Date published: 2022-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DAN TEST from
Fast scanning and printing
Limited usage to date (<200 pages). That said, the scanner is very fast and the document feeder works well. I found found that lifting the cover to seat the pages against the feed wheel saves time and frustration, but this is not much different than large office grade units I have used. There is a 20~30 second warmup for the 1st printed page, after that the pages print quickly.Image quality is fine for documents.it is not photograph quality but I didn't buy it for that.
Date published: 2022-02-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tom H from
Hard to find but worth the wait
So far the best color laser printer for home use I've had in the last 20 years. Easy to set up from the beginning only issues I had were the software loaded a 2 versions of drivers which impacted dual sided printing. Once discovered, deleting the bad driver solved the problem. The second issue was in changing from letter to legal size paper. Instruction was a bit weak but was able to figure it out after 15 minutes. Now with issues resolved, I'm very happy with the decision to buy this printer. I've recommended this printer to many friends and now they have the issue of finding one. Operates very efficiently. Have printed nearly 1000 pages, in B&W and color combined, to date and still have plenty of toner remaining.
Date published: 2022-04-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Kevin from
Worth Every Penny
I recently had reason to do a pile of printing on a daily basis. I have had absolutely trouble free printing, scanning and copy tasks that made my life a complete breeze. I converted now from ink jet to laser and would NEVER go back. Wow what a product. I use this at home, but it might as well be an office. Flawless printing with zero problems.
Date published: 2022-03-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Maynard Street from
Some incomplete printing jobs
Printing depends upon which computer you are using
Date published: 2022-03-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jeff from
Prints fuzzy-colors aren't vibrant-purple is blue.
Prints fuzzy-colors aren't vibrant-purple is blue.
Date published: 2022-04-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rick from
Satisfied
It is a very fast printer, and the quality is good but not as good as the HP Lazor printer. It is a good printer for the money. It did take me a while to receive my toner. In fact, I had to buy my toner to be able to use the printer. The company did send me a $170.00 coupon to purchase my toner at Stables. The printer was supposed to come with the printer.
Date published: 2022-05-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Spenc from
Great printer
My wife and I are both teachers with limited prints. I also am a notary on the side. This printer does it all. Works flawlessly, easy to use and fits pretty good in our home office. Great printer if you do a lot of printing.
Date published: 2022-02-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Glenda from
Fantastic Printer
This is a Wonderful printer. I have printer two different large documents. They printer very fast.
Date published: 2022-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Scott from
Printing and Copying Issues, color cartridges
A little disappointed in the copier/printer. It is not adjusted correctly so copying or printing cuts off a portion of the page. Also, the color cartridges seem to already be worn out
Date published: 2022-02-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Maxi from
Laser printer
Really good product, toner usage not bad, This is great
Date published: 2022-05-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Carl from
Sales
I use the printer for sales and engineering support. It has functioned flawlessly since purchase. I couldn't ask for better performance or quality of print.
Date published: 2022-05-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mister from
Operations Manager
Product is great practically set itself up and was ready to use
Date published: 2022-02-10T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Robert Ferrer from
Easy to setup and use
Easy to setup and use. Very versatile in that I can access it from multiple platforms, including my cell phone and tablet. Support is great. Software keeps me informed regarding updates. It is a pleasure to work with.
Date published: 2022-04-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Clint Phillips from
Good Overall MFC / Past Reliability Issues
a very good mfc overall, delay in printing via bluetooth, previous purchase of the same model - computer board failed within first year
Date published: 2022-04-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Desi from
Excellent product
Excellent product. Print quality is great, once learning the tools, seems very good. I wish brother toner was more affordable. Is brother in the mainly in the business of profits from high priced toner?
Date published: 2022-02-18T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dennis from
First Brother purchase!
It was easy to set up wifi and so no problems, but it's only been a month
Date published: 2022-04-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ralph from
A Very Good Printer with Very Expensive Toner
Once it’s properly set up it’s a very good printer. I had to contact Brother Tech Support a few times for help getting the printer to work, but Tech Support was easy to reach, friendly and helpful. The toner is far too expensive, but, other than that, i really like the printer.
Date published: 2022-03-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Office from
it is very slow, it does not always print in color
it is very slow, it does not always print in color
Date published: 2022-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
The Dude from
Scan to email is stupidly complex
The printer is impossible to hook into a network, the scan to email and scan to drive function is impossible to configure. I had to hire a computer network company, it's about a decade behind the curve. It requires you to enter the IP addresses, email configuration, and all other kinds of technical information to set up, unlike other printers where you just enter an email address out of the box and it works. If this is an important function for you, I would get another printer, any cost savings is not worth you time. Stading up a VPN from scratch is less complex, as Brother has ZERO helpful info or instructions on how to set up scan to email.
It prints fast and the ink lasts a long time, which is a huge plus.
Date published: 2022-03-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Benedicts Affordable from
Perfect color
This color laser multifunction printer works very well with no jams and beautiful color.
Date published: 2022-06-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Blueskyrick from
Worth the extra $$$
If you are going to upgrade then it’s worth the $$
Date published: 2022-05-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
James from
Mfc awesome
Flawless setup and printing a breeze
Love the new features.
Date published: 2022-06-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NPG1 from
Software Update gone bad
I had this printer all set up and ready to go. Looked like it was going to be a perfect fit. As soon as everything was set up the screen said it had a software update so I accepted it and after 10 minutes I went back to the printer and the screen was black. Couldn't press any buttons or anything. I thought maybe it was still updating so I left it alone for another 20. Came back and it was the same thing. There was no loss of power the entire time. Really sucks that I only has this printer for 30 minutes before I couldn't use it anymore.
Date published: 2022-03-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Keith N from
Better Than I Imagined
Replaced a very old HP laser printer and couldn't be happier. I'm a retired print shop owner and I'm impressed by this machine. The color is great, crisp, and spot on. Printing both sides of a sheet is easy. I'm finding the it relatively easy to navigate their touchpad controls. Glad I chose the printer that has high owner satisfaction ratings from those who own it. I scanned in a lot of pages for a 47 page booklet. Some were marginal but I was impressed by the finished quality of the scanned images. Glad I goth this color printer.
Date published: 2022-03-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Richard Greg from
Best Color Laser Jet Printer
I researched all the color laser jet printers and this MFC-L8900CDW looked to be the best there is. My next dilemma was to find one as I even went to Brother to purchase one and they didn't have any. I finally found one, set up wireless connection and it works beautifully. I've had many problems in the past with HP and Canon wireless connections and it was totally frustrating as they kept loosing the connection. I love this printer and one other point is when printing it is so quiet. Believe me, you will also be happy with this printer.
Date published: 2022-04-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ProSolMike from
Solid all around device
This is an extremely solid all around device for an office of 1-15 (Maybe more or a busy home office. Works great with M365.
Date published: 2022-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
jackie from
Brother printer MFC-L8900 CDW
when you send something from the computer to the printer it has too much of a delay when you’re trying to print Sarah Adams very fast to get work done each time you send something to it is about 45 to 60 seconds before the printer will print it out but it does print good too much of a delay setting on the computer to the printer the printer wait too long to process what you print except that everything else is good if you are wanting it to print as soon as you send it to it do not buy this printer because it will not do it it has too much of a delay between each time you send something to it to print.
we bought us for our business but it is to slow for business
Date published: 2022-04-04T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Victor Pitam Bar from
Intuitive ALL-IN-ONE Printer
This product is amazing. The user interface is simple.
Date published: 2022-03-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Miracle Group from
MFC-L8900
The machine is very good for our daily office requirement
Date published: 2022-04-25T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Raymond from
Constant Reset
Not sure if it’s our set up. But even after downloading multiple software straight from the brother website, our printer constantly needs to be reset or removed and added to the network in our office. When it’s working, it’s great. Does everything we need. However, the inconvenience of constantly playing with the settings is starting to push us towards possibly trying another product from a different company.
Date published: 2022-02-27T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bill M from
Printer works fine so far
Printer is great, cost of toner not good and almost makes the product expensive to use for high volume shops.
Date published: 2022-03-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Anthony from
Super Pleased
This printer was very easy to install, the steps were user friendly & the printer has been a great asset in the office.
Date published: 2022-03-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Randy Divens from
Good printer but slow
Works well however, it is fairly slow with multi page documents.
Date published: 2022-06-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DC8554 from
Almost Perfect But...
This is an excellent printer and I would have given it a 5 Star rating except when I use the manual front paper feed (MP) with an envelope, it puts a crease on the bottom side of the envelope. It seems to grab and crunch the envelope. It's a small crease and the envelope can still be used but it's noticeable. I need to print envelopes often for business.
Date published: 2022-03-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ramjet from
Outstanding performance
Outstanding performance. Love the scanning feature. Doubled sided scanning is a breeze. Setup was simple and download from the website went smoothly. Networking with two office computers works well.
Date published: 2022-04-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bobby from
Highly recommended for small to midsize office
Great machine for small to midsize office! Highly recommended
Date published: 2022-02-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mitchell Rozonkiewiecz from
Best printer I have owned.
This is a great printer. I am very pleased with it. It was the easiest printer install that I have ever had. I purchased a second tray. Between the two trays and the front manual feed I have been able to deal with 3 sizes of paper which I do on a daily basis. The print quality is great. The interface is good. I recommend this ubit to anyone.
Date published: 2022-02-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Printer wanted from
Product never worked
Printer never worked and support offered very little help.
Date published: 2022-02-21T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Personal User from
Pretty Good Printer but way too expensive ink!
Pretty Good Printer but way too expensive ink for a personal user!
Date published: 2022-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pete from
Mediocre wireless printing
Wireless printing isnt working that well. Takes a little struggle every time i try to print first one.
Date published: 2022-04-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Whitby from
Printer wireless
Works well, you may need to uninstall and reinstall to get the computer to talk
Date published: 2022-02-17T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
James from
Complicated
For an all in one printer setup should be seamless and not require hours of IT service to get the drivers downloaded to scan and FAX. While many people may not use these features it needs to be made easier for people to get them working. Not very user friendly either as you have to scan then go to PC to approve, plus there are so many different ways to access the utilities, just saying it could be less complex.
Date published: 2021-07-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Blkhwn20 from
The best investment I have EVER made!
Life is sweet when you can just print documents that you need right now! I was going to printing facilities that charge minimum of .14 per page just for black & white. The time it takes me to travel to and from the printing place, the gas it cost and the hassle of waiting in line or running into "machine is out of order", is just too much stress.
Now, in the privacy of my own home, I print whatever I want, whenever I need it, then I'm good to go.
I run my own Paralegal & computer graphics business, this machine is incredible & allows me to do custom printing when I need it: FAST! I definitely recommend getting this machine for anyone serious about their business, it pays off in the long run. Like that $2,500 contract I just acquired from a client impressed by my work. For me, the machine has already paid itself off a few times over!
Date published: 2021-06-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bobby from
It prints ok
It works well as a wireless duplex color laser printer. The fax software is weak!!! Shame on you, you can do better. Brother has joined HP in extorting the public over toner that is highway robbery.
Date published: 2021-07-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jazzy from
Great printer!
I purchased this printer for my small business and it works wonders.
Date published: 2021-06-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bobbie from
great for business
Works great for my home business and college work. It prints in color and black and white. Images come out great. Prints fast and quiet, I can print over wifi as well as from my phone. Changing the toner is easy as well. Over all this is the best printer I've owned.
Date published: 2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Nopics from
Overall it's fantastic
If you are printing text and graphics, like logos and pie charts, you will love this printer. However, anything with pictures is another story. I know laser printers aren't know for great pic prints but I wasn't prepared for this level of poor quality. It's bad. Washed out, faint, pixelated.... just bad. So if you are thinking you can get away with it for three occasions pictures are needed, you might want to think again. Otherwise the printer is a dream.
Date published: 2021-05-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
bobl787 from
Great Multi Purpose!!
I have been using Brother color printers for 15 years. The reason is the quality and the cost. I had several thousand dollar+ printers over the years, I finally got tired of the high cost. I switched to Brother and have used it ever since. Yes the quality will not match the high-end color laser printers, but for what I need (accounting, misc color reports, some pictures, mostly color newsletters, it is perfect!!
Date published: 2021-06-04T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NJF50 from
Great Printer
This is a richly featured color laser printer which has advanced document handling capabilities with a fast, virtually jam-free automatic document feeder, outstanding quality output and high speed printing for both color and black-and-white output. The setup was fast and easy. This printer will perform well in both a home office environment and as the primary printer for a small workgroup. The cost/copy is particularly appealing, being slightly over 25% of the cost/copy for color copy of a similarly featured and priced color laser printer in the HP product diaspora.(including consumables such as toner and paper).
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Date published: 2021-05-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sha69 from
Great features
Less expensive than a HP and the toners as well. Haven’t used the support system yet. So far. All good
Date published: 2021-06-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MerryKate from
Great little all-in-one copier and printer
I bought this to replace a giant canon copier that died, and it's doing a great job. I love having printer, copier and scanner all in one - saves a lot of space in my office, and its very easy to use. The web interface also made for easy setup of the wireless network, and also simplified troubleshooting. Highly recommended.
Date published: 2021-06-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DocG3 from
all the functions I need, easy to use.
I have purchased other Brother printers but this one is the best. Easy to set up, use and quality of print. No issues so far so if you want a workhorse, this is the one to buy
Date published: 2021-06-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sidman from
Great overall
This will be my second MFC printer
Both are great.
Date published: 2021-07-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bedsole from
Wonderful features.
I am a school teacher and a doctoral student. The feature that my Brother printer gives me, allows me to do graphics that look amazing. It allows me to do two sided in any direction I need. It is a wonderful addition.
Date published: 2021-06-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
24hournotarysolutions from
All I need for mobile notary/ loan signing
This prints and scans large packages. I have to stand nearby to clear the printed pages to make room for more and add new into a large package for scanning, but other than that, this little machine does the job of those pricey copy machines. Perfect for just starting out in the loan signing business or any work requiring large packages. Faxing is a bit obsolete in my field, so I've never hooked it up to a phone line. My phone and laptop connect wireless (as long as hooked up to the same network. My only critique would be, I wish I could remotely send a job so my docs were printing while I was out of the office and the toner gave notice that it was empty when in fact, it wasn't. This wasn't catastrophic or expensive, as I found out to reset it on YouTube and continue using the same toner. If I would have changed it when it told me to, it could get quite pricey. Overall, I still gave it 5 stars because of the quality of the prints, time efficiency and ease of use. Brother is known for excellent customer service, so it set my mind at ease making such an expensive purchase. P.S. I opted for the color option for kids projects, pictures, labels, business cards, etc. Why not do it all for a little more money?! This thing does it all!
Date published: 2021-06-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dario from
excellent printer
This is one of the best printer I ever have, not probable at all and work good.
Date published: 2021-06-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Askchoy from
Good printer and features
Would be awesome if software and online documentation is better
Date published: 2021-08-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Troy from
Great Upgrade
This is a great upgrade for my in-home business. Great speed and features for this class of printer. I have only two minor suggestions for future models. First, checks/paper get caught on a slight ridge/lip that doesn't allow the paper to go all the way in. You have to make sure you listen for the chime to know that the printer is recognizing the paper. Second, as the problem with many printers in this class with the scanning feature, the pages scan at a slant. I do a ton of scanning, so it would be nice if pages scanned straight.
Date published: 2021-08-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pully from
Easy setup and works like a champ
Was really easy to set up and functions are great. No issues at all. Color printing looks awesome, scan function is very user friendly and duplex option saves a lot of paper. Would recommend.
Date published: 2021-07-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
EASTSIDEJ from
GREAT COPIER
GREAT MACHINE LIKE EVERY OTHER MACHINEIT HAS IT'S ISSUES
Date published: 2021-07-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jfoo from
Amazing machine
It's new to us, so we are still learning all it can do. We are having trouble getting it to talk to one of our computers when we scan. We have it set up on Wifi, so perhaps we need to cable it to get a better performance. It's really large, but worth it! Performs well and seems to use less ink than our previous printer.
Date published: 2021-08-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Steelers83 from
Deoendable!!
Brother products have always been a dependable choice for me!
Date published: 2021-08-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bruce from
Awesome Multi-function device!
During the lock-down of 2020, I decided to purchase a full multi-function color printer and the Brother MFC-L8900CDW exceeded my requirements for a home printer. It provides all of the features that one would expect in a multi-function device -- print, fax, scan, etc. -- and with excellent print quality. So far, the printer has been a joy to use.
Date published: 2021-08-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NYVikesGuy from
Print Quality Good but Wi-Fi stinks
Connectivity seems to be a problem with all Brother printers. We're on number 3, and we still have the same issues. Three different models and all of them struggle with the connection. Can't scan. Can't print. Constantly resetting the wifi setup. If I could only get that worked out, I'd raise the rating a star or two. Print quality is very good, Speed is decent, and it doesn't burn through ink, so maintenance costs shouldn't be bad.
Date published: 2021-05-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
sheaco321 from
Good Machine but needs improvement
OK so we originally purchased a brand new unit last July 2020. It was broken by October 2020. They replaced with a refurbished unit. That lasted until February. Then they sent us a brand new unit. So far so good.
Date published: 2021-05-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
B stafford from
Do not buy!!!
Do not buy one of these. First one printed 30 pages in the 6 weeks we had it. 2nd one printed 290 over several months. Was replaced with older refurbished units. Last printer took them 2 months to replace.
Date published: 2023-04-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mr_E_2_U from
Not perfect but overall better than others
In printing and reliability, it's better than the others. Yes, it's a bit slow, and yes, it lacks some computer (laptop/desktop/mobile) controls, but it works solidly without the performance frustrations other printers (especially ink jet) have. It's not photo quality printing but it does print photo graphics well. I'm glad I bought this to replace the overpriced ink jet printer I had.
Date published: 2023-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sheila The Notary LLC from
SLOW PRINTING, CROOKED SCANS
This is aa good copier but the speed is significantly less than the specifications specify. It will stop printing for no apparent reason and restart only aftee running the troubleshooter. The scanber pulls in pages crooked and cuts off one side or the other.
Date published: 2023-04-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
jcss from
Quality Product
Excellent product. Good quality prints and scans. I love the email scan function.
Date published: 2023-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
George from
Good printer, Not perfect.
Good printer with a lot of features. A little too "corporate" for my needs.. For example, requiring a user code and personal ID number generated via the printers IP Address Controls just to scan a document into a network folder. We are a small company with only 10 employees so we do not need these types of security features. The main reason for the three stars is that often on spreadsheets, it will not print all of the gridlines. On almost every spreadsheet we print, there is at least one section of gridline that does not print. It is totally random, sometimes vertical lines, other times horizontal. Sometimes entire sections, and sometimes only a single line. Kind of a let down considering we are an inventory company who prints thousands of spreadsheets. Overall, this is still an upgrade from my previous HP printer which had a slew of mechanical issues. Just wish the spreadsheets would print more crisply and this would be a 5 Star review.
Date published: 2023-04-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JuMa from
Nice printer with many powerful features.
Very nice printer with many useful features. Reasonably sized to fit in comfortably with any home office.
Date published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Marcus from
Not user friendly
Not user friendly. unable to reset toner life. I have done the steps on the website and you tube. still will not reset the toner life so I can print!
Date published: 2023-04-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
The Fizzie Canuck from
Very Satisfied with this Excellent Printer
I am happy to report that this has been one of my most successful purchases. I bought this printer from Staples Canada in June 2018 and have printed about 4800 pages according to its page counter. It is still performing as well now as when I first unboxed it. For everyday printing, I use 24-lb paper. I also use card stock for greeting cards, business cards, event tickets, posters, and the like. There has not been a single paper jam! I don't print photographs yet the colour is quite good for posters and the like. The single-pass duplex scanning is a grand feature as is the automatic duplex printing. I did use use the fax feature a couple times but who faxes nowadays? Can you tell I am very pleased with this printer? It's a definite 5 out of 5. Based on my experience, I always recommend Brother printers to friends and associates when they a looking for a new printer.
BTW, Brother Canada is not influencing this review. I am honestly happy with the printer.
Date published: 2023-02-21T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
OldFloridaGuy from
Replaced an HP and 100% Satisfied
Forgive the long story here. I’ve used HP printers for decades. When my 7-yr-old color laser multifunction HP bit the dust, I ordered an HP replacement. When it arrived, the setup procedure was ridiculously complicated and, in the end, the printer would not connect to my WiFi network and apparently had some sort of software flaw. I packed it up, sent it back and ordered this Brother. When it arrived, I was very impressed with how well it was built. The replacement HP seemed flimsy with a thin shell and flimsy paper drawers. This Brother was robust. I’ve been using it now for about a month or so and am 100% satisfied.
Date published: 2023-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Scott Rust from
Not Perfect; But Good!
A Pretty Good Machine to have around. Much Better than an Inkjet!
Date published: 2023-02-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
John from
Connectivity
I couldnt connect to my computer with wifi. would be nice to have the bluetooth option.
Date published: 2023-02-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Weaver from
Brother mfc-L8900CDW
We like this printer for its ability to do duplex copies and for the speed of printing. It makes very nice sharp images with great color.
Date published: 2023-02-10T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tina from
MFC-L8900CDW
Slower than expected. If you print more than one page it prints a few pages at a time, wait for a minute or so then starts again. Also, the printer takes time to warm up each time you print.
Date published: 2023-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NOEL JONES from
AWESOME PRODUCT
i am very satisfied with this product, scans are great and smooth flowing. love it.
Date published: 2023-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Broom from
Second Brother printer I have bought
Great! This is my second Brother colour laser printer. It is easy to use, toner is easy to find and I never have problems with it.
Date published: 2023-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Carl W from
Works as advertised
Printer/copier/scanner works great! Print jobs a are a bit slow to start but has good quality.
Date published: 2023-05-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
P DosSantos from
Does not print 30+ pages a minute
While the printer has great quality printing, and I love the fact I can put an extra paper drawer on it, this printer DOES NOT print 30+ pages a minute when printing from the computer.... Under 10 pages a minute it feels like when printing from the computer.
Date published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jennifer from
Impressed with our upgrade
This model gives great print quality. Very easy to use and install. Shipping direct from Brother was less than 1 week from order. Reasonably priced.
Date published: 2023-05-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MrInky from
No chips on toner
All around fine printer and many options businesses need
Date published: 2023-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Susan Metzger from
Heavy to lift but works great
This is a very heavy machine that I couldn’t lift by myself, but once I hired a strong, young man to set it on its table, I discovered how smoothly it works. I still can’t figure out how to do multi-page scans, but I’ll seek that out some day. It’s a clean, mean, well-performing machine.
Date published: 2023-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ted S from
Great Printer
The MFC-L8900CDW works flawlessly. It prints clearly, scans fast and copies well. And it makes printing envelopes a breeze. Highly recommended.
Date published: 2023-03-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Branden from
Prepare for a headache
Painful to setup. I have a windows computer that this printer keeps ignoring like I send a print job to this printer and it just sits there for a few mins saying it's printing and there is no activity going on the printers screen.
Date published: 2023-04-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pete from
Disappointment
My only disappointment was not being able to connect to WIFI because my internet provider gave me an EBEE router. After several calls to Brothers assistance I was not able to run the printer over the internet. In the end had to connect printer via USB cable
Date published: 2023-03-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Random Brother user from
Excellent printer for SOHO / small business
Phenomenal printer for small business or home office
Date published: 2023-03-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sad Owner from
Wastes paper
It will NOT print on both sides. Can't change settings online or on printer panel.
Date published: 2023-03-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Shihab from
Great product
As for the initial performance, I would say this is doing great! The only minor concern is the color scan reduces the color quality and doesnt portrait the actual color grade.
Date published: 2023-03-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mike from
Value priced, workhorse machine, easy to setup
This printer was within my office budget and checked all the boxes for a colour laser printer. the cartridges are probably where it excels as there are different yield cartridges so if you print a lot, there are Extra High Yield cartridges. I am a canon person and have the canon mfc642cdw and canon mfc632cdw, and this brother printer out performs the canon. It is a slight bit taller, but thinner than most MFC colour printers. Great machine, 5 stars on all fronts, Highly recommended.
The only con I have is the same issue across every brand colour laser out there: why dont they all come with a larger paper tray?
Date published: 2023-03-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JKMc from
Mac User
This is a very nice printer, all functions work, could use an updated driver for Mac OS 13.2.1
Date published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Fred from
Good product terrible supply prices.
The equipment is great and would earn a five star except the price for supplies like ink toner cartridges drums etc is way to high and out of line.
Date published: 2023-03-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Keith S from
Printer is great, until you need to repair it.
Printer is good, repair support is poor. Had to replace a damaged fusor roller. Brother support wasn't able to provide repair manual or parts, recommended I buy a new printer. Ended up researching, finding part online, finding repair guide online, and repairing myself.
Hardware design (except for toner) is difficult to access and replace.
Also, advanced settings on printer are intentionally obscure and hidden. Again, I was lucky to find a 3rd-party who documented the process. No chance I could have done it alone.
Repairability: 3/10
Print quality: 8/10
Scanning: 10/10
Reliability: 6/10
Support: 4/10
Value: 6/10
Date published: 2023-03-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DRB Benefits Group from
This Brother's a Breeze
Simple. Easy. Intuitive. Straightforward. Dependable.
Date published: 2023-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
frank from
Brother MFC
This is my second Brother MFC printer and I have been very happy with both (so far on new one)
Date published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Richard from
Should have direct connection to Brother
I bought this printer about 5 years ago and has worked fine. Problem is to get it fixed for scanning when I changed routers.
Date published: 2023-05-04T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Eric from
Quality is going down
mother board had one faulty capacitor that stopped working only after 5 years of light use. brother would not pay for service and parts. disappointing
Date published: 2023-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gary from
Great product
Model beyond our needs, excellent packaging, and easy to set up.
Date published: 2023-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ldmflorida from
Very complicated to use
I find this product extremely difficult to use. Everytime you want to print an envelope, you have open to back, push down buttons on each side go back to PC and print. There is also not an additional tray for legal size paper.
Date published: 2021-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rachel from
User Friendly
I work in a dental office, private practice, and this model had all of the features we really wanted but does not have the speed we were after. It is still very use friendly and for home office printing I think it would be a great fit. We just need something that responds faster for our day to day operations.
Date published: 2021-05-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mitchell from
Great Features, great printer, just a few issues.
I love this printer, it works great and is very efficient. My only issue is sending to my email. I scan something to my email and I get the following message: "Go to Web Based Management by typing this machine's IP address into your web browser's address bar, and se the email server." I still haven't figured this out and it's a bit frustrating.
Date published: 2021-04-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
David SW from
Always great. Consumables are way too expensive
We have owned maybe a dozen Brother MFCs. We are Realtors. Good speed and reliability. When they break though, it makes little sense to repair them. The cost of s new machine is on par with a full set of extra height capacity toner.
Date published: 2021-04-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ethereal87 from
Great Quality
The copy quality is awesome and the scanning features.
Date published: 2021-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Seaurchin from
Awesome printer, scanner, copier !
Bought another one ! Quality, performance, wifi — great product for price !!!
Date published: 2021-05-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Doktor from
Nice machine,
Nice machine, great functions, envelopes are creased unless you open the back of the machine and move the feed levers.
Date published: 2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Buddy from
Excellent Product
I am completely satisfied with my purchase of the MFC-L8900CDW. This is my second purchase of this machine.
Date published: 2021-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Personal Touch from
Awesome
Love this printer. A real workhorse that accommodates both my creativity and passion for encouraging others with beautiful scriptural imagery.
Date published: 2021-05-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
attorney from
It is a good machine
I am happy with my purchase. It was a little difficult to set up. The previous model seems to print faster when you have a lot of pages. I love the touch screen things are much easier than the previous model.
Date published: 2021-04-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Finley99 from
Great for small Office
This is great small office printer. I am constantly printing for my real estate business and love it. I also love the double sided scanning and printing feature it has.
Date published: 2021-05-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lawnmower from
Excellent features
I really like and use a lot of the options that are available on this printer/copier/scanner/fax. I previously owned another Brother machine that had performed well, but this one is even better.
Date published: 2021-04-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Cindy S from
Love This Printer!
Very happy with this printer - the speed and quality are amazing.
Date published: 2021-05-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BoHut1 from
Great Features but Bad Customer Support
I would give this a 5 star rating but that would include saying that the customer support was also great. The Product is great but customer support isn't. No phone support and emails take days if any to receive. Need help there to get a 5 star from me.
Date published: 2021-05-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rusty from
Needs owner manual / instruction book
After several customer support time, and repeated on-line visits to web site, all seems to be working as described. When asked about user manual, said I could download, not available in orderto save paper. Yes, saves paper for Brother, but uses a lot of paper and toner to print the complete user manual. Does not save paper or toner for me, just for Brother
Date published: 2021-05-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lynda from
Works great but shuts off all items on circuit
I purchased this printed because I print a lot. This printer works great but it must be on a dedicated electrical circuit all by itself. It puts out so much voltage that anything that is on that circuit shuts off. I had to put the printer on a dedicated circuit all by itself which is very annoying. I moved to a brand new house and it continued to do the same thing. I do love the fact that the laser cartridges cost less than the HP and Cannon. The quality of the prints are awesome, but the voltage it uses is just too much. No one wants their computer shutting down when they print a file.
Date published: 2021-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Online buyer from
Great printer
This printer works great. Great printer for the price.
Date published: 2021-05-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
General Macarthur from
Excellent Printer
So far very happy with printer. have not had any issues since purchase. Still running on original ink cartridge's.
Date published: 2021-05-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Miguel from
good
everything good except how it works printing envelopes at the end envelopes are crooked
Date published: 2021-05-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Yawn Printer from
Very Good
This was an older model. I did not know that when I purchased it. Did not have newest windows as a choice when I did setup.
Date published: 2021-05-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TXBiz from
I like the shortcut feature.
I use the shortcut feature often. This is a great idea and time saver.
Date published: 2021-05-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bob T from
good features and value
It would be very helpful if there was a way to print when the machine is asking for a new cartridge. ie. gray scale or print with lesser quality until cartridge is replaced. This unit is new to us so did I miss such a work around?
Date published: 2021-01-19T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NanaM from
Love my new printer!
So happy I purchased this printer. It has so many features that I find useful and helpful. It has been a real work horse, especially with tax season approaching and the fact that I am in the process of refinancing my home with all the paperwork involved with that.
Date published: 2021-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Laurie from
disappointed
Purchased for in-house marketing/advertising printing approx.300+ sheets weekly and using the recommended color ink. The colors print dull and are not consistent and feel I have to adjust often to gain consistency through different printing design formats.
Date published: 2021-01-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
B Earl from
Office Manager
It is an exceptional printer, so far minimal problems. It does take awhile to set up, and get things working.
Date published: 2021-01-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LadyJane from
Great Printer
The quality of the printed product is superior, exceptionally crisp and clear. Color copies use every last color that exist in the universe and are very clear, very bright, and very sharp. The display is very easy to understand and allows for a multitude of uses. Cons: The price I have to pay to replace all of the color cartridges is more than I paid for the entire printer. There is no easy way to lower the lid after copying so that it won't slam down or smash my finger when trying to cushion the close. I could not have unpacked it if it hadn't been for the video that I found somewhere; the paper with pictures was useless. I tried for over an hour to find out how to scan and still wasn't successful because the printer gave me grief about "my email wasn't set up." It's wireless and it communicates fine with my desktop but it refused to scan when I asked it to use an email. I figured out a way to send the scan to my desktop and from my desktop I copied it into an email but what a pain-in-the-neck way to have to do that.
Date published: 2021-01-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ChrisJJ from
Workhorse
This a great printer. I do some pretty large jobs, and it handles them all very well. Scanning is a breeze. Unlike other printers I have had with problems like paper jams, disconnecting from Wifi, etc., I have had zero such issues with this printer.
Date published: 2021-01-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ladonna from
great features
excellent to operate, east to figure out , very durable and reliable
Date published: 2021-01-18T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JGooding83 from
Awesome Everything!
Every feature of this printer is excellent. I love the ability to scan and print (copy two-sided documents in high volume! The quality of the print is so clear and detailed that I can't see the difference between the copy and the original. I like this printer so much that I even bought one to put in my home.
Date published: 2021-02-24T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Realtor Gary from
Great Printer
This printer is very reliable I use it for business and my son is a school teacher and we both share it. He prints in color and the quality is unbelievable it is so good.
Date published: 2021-02-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gigi from
loved it until it kept disconnecting
We have had this printer for a few years. it has been great until it started disconnecting from our main office computer. We have had to pay 2-3 times to get it rerouted.
Date published: 2021-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Marica from
Easy to use
Great features easy to use, does everything you need it to two for my office setting.
Date published: 2021-02-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rich from
Overall great printer
This printed does everything you ask of it The only downside and it's a very small one is that it takes a little longer than other printers to formulate the page but once it gets going it goes.
Date published: 2021-02-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Chuckie1128 from
Excellent Value & great printer.
This is the third or fourth printer we have bought. We moved up from the inkjet to laser. We don't use fax these days but have used almost every other feature of this and love how simple it is to scan both sides of a document at the same time, and also the automatic printing (duplex of multiple pages. We aren't a heavy user so don't know how longevity will be but our last one was well over 8 years old and was still going strong so I expect this will do the same if not even more so! I don't know that this printer is missing any features I could want in the future so I hope it is the last one I need to buy.
Date published: 2021-02-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tracy from
Good printer
Good quality printing, pretty easy to set up. Toner Cartridges seem to be lasting a long time, but are a little expensive when replacing (more economical than inkjet printing though). The one thing that is missing is a port for a printer cable.
Date published: 2021-01-21T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
FlyingCabinetman from
Ok printer - Terrible customer service
Received my printer and upon setting up several weeks later, discovered there was hidden damage. I contacted Brother to request a replacement part, a paper tray, and after numerous photos, phone calls, and chats, was told "that part is not available". I even tried to buy the part but had no success. To this day I have a printer with a broken paper tray and virtually no way to open said tray without further damage to the printer.
Date published: 2021-01-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Arbonnemom from
Great Everything
Features are wonderful, quality is amazing and the performance is perfect!
Date published: 2021-01-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dr Scott Best from
MFC-L8900CDW Review
Quality scanner, FAX, and double-sided laser printer for small business office use.
Date published: 2021-02-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Steve from
excellent printer
This is an excellent wireless color laser printer.
Date published: 2023-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jonathan from
Decent machine but not a great color printer
It prints quickly, handles multiple paper types, and was easy to setup. Unfortunately, the colors are very dull and not very vibrant. I compared it to my previous brother Laser MFC and my Epson Ecotank which have very bright and vibrant colors. I tried going through all the print setting, doing the updates, and even chatted with the Brother tech support but it sounds like this is as good as it gets. I tried returning it to Staples but they informed me that because I had printer around 100 copies so far they would not take it back (even though it was 3 days old) and that I needed to speak with Brother for warranty support. If you are buying this for basic office work it will be fine, but don't buy it if you are planning to print nice customer facing color presentations.
Date published: 2023-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Crystal Commercial from
Be ready to do regular cleanings.
We purchased this printer to replace a previous one that had issues with making streaks and having such build up on the rollers that began to crinkle the pages. We are a small office and do not make a lot of copies or print a lot. The current total count is 2191. That being said, we are getting dark marks on the pages already. I have followed Brother recommended cleanings and that seems to help, but I do not think that under 3000 copies should have such a state already.
Date published: 2023-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Richard from
Should have direct connection to Brother and print
I bought this printer about 5 years ago and has worked fine. Problem is to get it fixed for scanning when I changed routers.
Date published: 2023-06-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
User from
MFC 8900 CDW review
I purchased my first Brother's printer MDC in Feb 2011, and it lasted 12 years. With that good quality, I purchased this new one. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about 8900 series. It falls to sleep in the middle of the printing frequently, and it eats the corner of the paper in the feeder & causes paper jam. Lastly, I noticed that all current models place the black toners in the last place of a tray. Why? Black toner is the most frequently changed toner, so why would designer put it last to take most effort to change?
Date published: 2023-05-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
C Dundas from
The worst printer and service I’ve ever
This printer printed 1 page then stopped working. Customer Service did nothing to assist. I called over 5 times no troubleshooting or anything. I threw it out. A waste of money. Never will I purchase a Brothers anything
Date published: 2023-07-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MASCARIN INVESTMENTS INC from
controller
GOOD SOURCE - EXCEPT THAT WHEN ONE OF THE TONER IS EMPTY THE PRINTER
STOPS WORKING
Date published: 2023-06-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rajwant from
Scanner issue
Problem with scanner. There is a line that appears when I scan documents. I have called but not help.
Date published: 2023-07-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Holly D from
Made beautiful color copies
Sadly I no longer have this printer. It was cost prohibitive to be repaired. Great printer while working and made great 2 sided color copies.
Date published: 2023-07-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Maxim2023 from
To expensive for the quality.
A lot of problems with the printer. It’s showing a error message many time
Date published: 2023-07-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Alberto S from
Quick review of the L8900
Bought this about 6 months ago, and has been a solid workhorse, for all our needs.
Date published: 2023-08-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Home Computer from
Not that Great as expected
I have two printers of this model. One at office and one at home. I have installed driver in computer, but can not print at my home. So, it is becoming useless at my home as I can't use it.
Date published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
vashongolf from
Does everything my small business needs
This printer can do almost everything. It prints both black and color, letter and legal size paper, single and double sided, glossy paper, thicker business card paper, and envelopes.
Date published: 2020-12-16T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dadof6 from
Great product but kinda technie
I bit on the techie for the typical home user. I had to hire an IT guy to network it and the fax feature. I worked on it myself for 2days and couldn’t figure it out. However, it’s cookin now.
Date published: 2020-12-16T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Army Diabetes Nurse from
Lots of Value
Ordered this machine to replace an inkjet all-in-one that was having quality issues after a short service life. Very impressive quality and lots and lots of features. We have it configured at the house so we can use any of our various devices, including phones, to print. I particularly love the ability it has to duplex copies. Output is sharp.and even the color pops! Very happy with this small investment and hoping we get years of service compared to replacing our inkjets every other year.
Date published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bon ton from
Works great, no issues
This printer has been easy to use and has nice features. I like that it has an easy slide out for toner change outs. The paper tray could have a larger capacity but 250 sheets is decent. I wish toner refills were cheaper.
Date published: 2020-12-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TKT MFP 03 from
Excelent Buy & Quality
Setup and overall Prepping \ Testing connectivity easily accomplished due to the Touch Screen:
We were pleasantly surprised with all of the Plus's and overall speed. The Scan single and dual sided scan is Excellent. The Print single and Duplex speed is more than adequate. Expand-ability for a second Tray is a huge plus as is the Ethernet RJ45 connection.
Date published: 2020-12-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Matt from
Great! 2nd Brother
2nd Brother in six years. Gave our older one (six ic years to my parents. It’s still working fine. This 8900 model is faster and better. I do a lot of FTP server scanning to my PC and it takes less steps now. I like the bigger screen snd it is easier to use.
Date published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Kuta0544 from
Gets the job done fast and right well worth buying
This is by far the best printer I use it in my home had 2 projects that require lots of printing like 2 thousand omg did it all before running out of ink I so love it AMEN THANK YOU BROTHERS COMPANY
Date published: 2020-12-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Hope from
Reliable!
Everyone in our office loves this printer and all of its features. It is easy to use and very reliable.
Date published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dorothy323 from
Dependable Printer!
It has been a great printer for our office. We have had HP printers for many years and they seemed to stop working making it very difficult to be productive. As a non-profit, we would have to wait to replace them. So far, this printer is working great!
Date published: 2020-12-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Justin from
Fits my office needs
I purchased my unit several months ago and I couldn't be happier with it. I print several hundred pages a week and I have not experienced any issues at all. I am happy with how fast it prints, scans and is durability. I firmly believe that I will get my money's worth from this machine.
Date published: 2020-12-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DeanaS from
best workhorse printer for the money!
This printer has done everything I need it to do absolutely flawlessly - I've not had difficulty with misfeeds, jamming, etc. Everything about this is fantastic - and because it's a laser, I don't have to worry about the ink drying! (being in a very arid state, this is HUGE
Date published: 2020-11-25T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Village from
Owner
This product does everything that's needed and more, all the features work well after getting a tuturial and getting use to operating
Date published: 2020-12-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Techbum from
Great when it works!
The printer constantly loses its Wi Fi connection and says it is offline. Apparently there is no easy way to wake the printer. Several tries with Brother support were not helpful. Changing ports or reinstalling the printer everytime you want to print is unacceptable
Date published: 2020-11-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MerrillS from
Love the Single Pass Duplex ADF Scanner @ 600 DPI
Easy to setup. The quality of both the hardware and software is excellent. The printer works flawlessly with our iPhones and our desktop PC. We pretty much do all duplex printing/copying/scanning. Love the single pass duplex ADF scanner, it never jams. The 600 DPI scanner resolution is great. Also the OCR scan gives me the searchable & annotatable PDFs that I need.
My previous printer's reversing duplex scanner jammed more often than not. Also, the 600 DPI ADF scanner resolution is a vast improvement over my previous printer's 300 DPI resolution. Some other manufacturers tout their flatbed scanner resolution and don't mention the fact that their ADF scanner resolution is still limited to 300 DPI.
Date published: 2020-12-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Office Gal from
Machine is good
There are many features that I do like unfortunately the customer service is awful.
Date published: 2020-12-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Flying Tiger from
Outstanding value.
Printer is reliable thus far (about 4 months has all features needed, color laser, duplex printing and scanning, and even orders it's own toners as needed. I did add a second tray so it chooses the source automatically based on paper type requeseted by the job printed.
A bit slow on some jobs, as it pauses the print to preform some sort of internal cleaning / adjusting.
But can't argue with the results, quality outputs at very reasonable price.
Date published: 2020-12-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
StevenB from
Living up to its claims
We bought this to replace a very well used HL4150CDN. Basically the same printer base but without the scanner and the high capacity toner. This one is faster than the old one printing single sided but a little slower on double sided. So far I like it. The touchscreen works well and it took a while to get it set up to save documents on the cloud but it works well now that it is set up.
Date published: 2021-01-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sholden51 from
Scanner
The only feature I get aggravated about is the error I get quite regularly from the scanner. I use it wireless and every2 of 3 attempts come up showing an error and I have to rescan sometimes numerous times for it to work.
Date published: 2021-01-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Kimberly from
Overall Great!!
Satisfies all needs of our small business without going to great costs to have a good copier
Date published: 2020-10-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Brett from
Great machine....but
Love everything about this machine except auto fed scanned copies come out with streaks and smudging. After a pass through with a copier cleaner sheet they are gone but come back again after a few more uses. Not sure if I will ever cure this or if I have a lemon.
Date published: 2020-10-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AP85 from
Works flawlessly
Bought it to replace a HP that finally died. The HP would occasionally stop printing and would require me to reboot my computer and printer. So far, no issues with the Brother. Works great, but a little slow for the first or single page to print. Otherwise it's great!!
Date published: 2020-10-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SH2020 from
thought it would be better
Have had many issues, for example, it will say it needs paper but it is actually full. There is a major delay between clicking print and it actually printing. We upgraded from a brother to this brother printer thinking it would be an improvement but that just isn't the case unfortunatly.
Date published: 2020-10-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
RLM25 from
Performs as advertised
Have only one negative comment. When scanner is set on Auto, will not scan to legal size, only letter size. It does not seem to recognize a legal size from a letter size.
Date published: 2020-10-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ladiexeric from
Perfectly Splendid
Our office was struggling with an HP computer than could NOT seem to handle being on multiple computers and used very frequently. We had our office IT team and a hired professional take a look at the machine and nothing worked. I researched brother printer and found this gem. I bought it same day and the install was perfectly splendid. We have had NO issues since that day and even efficiency has improved.
Date published: 2020-10-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pamela20 from
I love this printer
This printer works great for the purpose I use it for, however I wish it was a bit faster. It will not print pictures very well but that is not what I use it for anyway.
Date published: 2020-11-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Vince from
Excellent machine for the price
Overall this is a wonderful machine for home or small office use. I've had for a few years and the only issues I've had are periodic toner leaks (using OEM toner and periodic losing wireless connections (is addressed when I remove printer and reinstall). This may be due to either updates from Windows or the updates to printer SW.
Date published: 2020-11-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
David155 from
Ease of Use
I am pretty busy at present with all that is going on. I brought the printer and I knew it was a little more than I needed, but it has been perfect with the ease of setup and the reliability. I really did not have time for things not to work. I put the printer on to the network and every device in my house can print to it no problem and with the large paper tray I just forget about it. Great Printer
Date published: 2020-11-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rydog from
Easy to use
Great printer with easy setup. Speed and clarity makes it a great value.
Date published: 2020-11-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Turf from
Great machine for the money
Had a similar brother model that lasted for 10 years using it for our business. Replaced it with this and have been equally as happy
Date published: 2020-10-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Chucks from
Features
Multi trays, wireless connectivity even to my phone with no downloading
Date published: 2020-10-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MTZ1 from
not great
ROLL ON TOP KEEPS GETTING JAMMED, THIS STARTED SINCE DAY ONE OF PURCHASE
Date published: 2020-03-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Shinji from
Good.
I use regularly and had no issue. Hope it can use 11x17 paper.
Date published: 2020-03-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dennis 3777 from
Works great
Price was right .works well for what I need. Perfect for small business
Date published: 2020-03-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Will H from
Big worker, small footprint
I've had 2 of these for a few weeks now and they were both completely hassle free to set up. Connected to network and computers flawlessly. I've printed everything from single pages to hundreds of pages 2-sided without any problems whatsoever. 2-sided scanning is fast and clean.
Date published: 2020-02-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dave987321 from
Disappointed
My first one lasted just over a year before the fuser roller started falling apart. The replacement lasted 4 months.
Date published: 2020-01-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Invisacook from
Does what we need
Color pics and docs are sometimes fuzzy looking, it also needs a better sharpness adjustment.
Date published: 2020-02-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Hcourtney from
3rd Brother Printer
This is our 3rd Brother printer. We like the features of these printers like double sided printing, duplex scanning, and most of all...new with this one...ink saver feature. We use it on a Mac network. Works great.
Date published: 2020-01-17T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Young007 from
Great features!
Best printer ever.
Duplex printing, scanning.
Unbelievable.
Date published: 2020-03-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rich Moss from
NOT user friendly, Features archaic
The software: You can get it to do what you need to, most of the time, but if you just want simple printing, scanning and copying, this is not your baby.
Scanning: It's a exercise! Had to set up software for it to scan. That software requires that I load the papers into the printer, then go back to my desk upstairs to then push the scan button, then run back downstairs to retrieve my document. As opposed to being able to scan right from the printer, while I'm standing there and having it send the document to my computer - which is a feature I have on two other scanners from different manufacturers. No up and down the stairs, just run it through grab the document and walk back to my desk.
Copying: Doesn't automatically collate pages, if I'm printing multiple copies of a - say - 10 or so page document. I have to remember to adjust the setting to do that EVERY time because there isn't a default setting for collating; that I have found. Otherwise, there I am laying my 20 page document all over the office and collating by hand, like I had to do in the 80s. What sense does that make? What multi-page document might one print in an office that they don't want the pages collated? If there is a case, it's not the norm in the 35+ years I've been working in offices.
Other than than those basic office needs - if you just want to print documents one at time, and single pages here and there, this printer will probably be fine.
Date published: 2020-01-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sarah AAI from
Wonderful printer with all the features!
We love our new printer...it's easy to use (user-friendly, it scans, faxes, copies and does everything we need for our small office. The ink cartridges are easy to replace and any time I've had an issue, the customer service is super helpful. This is a great quality printer.
Date published: 2020-03-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AJ OF from
Laser
Great Laser for me. Very happy./// with the product excellent
Date published: 2020-06-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
happytocontribute from
Spectacular Value-Superior Quality and Reliability
I purchased the L8900 as a replacement for two older printers that I was using: a 13 year old B&W laser that was super reliable and an eight year old MF color inkjet. We recently moved and this was a great excuse to buy one modern unit to save space and get more current technology.
I was certain that the replacement would be a MF inkjet. However, after lots of research, the Brother L8900 rose to the top of the list for a number of reasons:
1 Large, easy read interactive display
2) Great reviews supporting reliability
3) 70 page 2 side document feeder
4) Laser quality
5) Scanning and copying ease
6) Flawless wireless over wifi and AirPrint
We do not need a fax
We have been using the unit regularly at home/home office and it has been rock solid. In fact, last week I presented a client with a draft presentation and they were blown away by the quality. I can't wait to use nicer paper and higher printing quality for the final!
Date published: 2020-10-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TonyT47 from
This Printer is Blessing!!!!
This printer has performed beyond my expectations!!!! It is lighting fast and the copies are of excellent quality. And, it looks real good. However, IT IS BIG AND HEAVY! It weighs a ton! LOL! That said, I am so glad I purchased this printer. It is a keeper for sure!
Date published: 2020-06-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
douglas57 from
Made the right choice
I reviewed several vendors but chose the Borther MFC series. great features and functionality, especially two sided scanning. Have used it for 3 months now and am totally satisfied with the performance.
Date published: 2020-06-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LinW from
No glitches yet
This printer was highly rated in Consumer Reports and it has not disappointed. It ran smoothly the first time and every time.
Date published: 2020-06-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MKMRN from
My Brother, MFC-L8900CDW
Excellent printing capabilities; easy to setup and connect to WiFI, enter and save preferences and also order and replace ink
Date published: 2020-06-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
the surf city people from
It's adequate.
It wasnt exactly plug & play and every so often the wireless needs to be re-initialized, but it engages and provides the printout within a comfortable lag time, and because it's pretty new, the quality is good enough for day to day color. Envelopes get crinkled, so we use another printer for envelopes, but it's not a bad printer.
Date published: 2020-06-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Steve from
Great printer!
So far a great trouble free printer, that prints fast and the images come out looking good!
Date published: 2021-04-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
aebatt from
Actually does what I bought it for.
I bought this to replace a Canon multifunction printer that was less than a year old. So far, although just a tad slower to start, it works great and the cost of the toner is soooo much less
Date published: 2021-04-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rusty from
Great long term value.
Very slow, prints 3 pages then stops to think about it, then prints 3 more! Repeat.
Date published: 2021-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TL Office Mgr from
Solid & dependable for our small business office
Scan quality is excellent - I'm not even using our scanner, but scanning everything with this printer. Copy quality is excellent. This printer feels very professional to use and set up. There are great admin setup features, with so many levels of customization and user control. We are using it on our Ethernet and the connection has been no trouble. Bypass printing is reliable and fast. The ADF works well, even for duplex scanning/copying. Like others have mentioned, it feels a bit slow for getting that first page to print (still less than 10 seconds, but the tradeoff in quality, administration and features FAR outweighs the time to first page print. Definitely appreciate Brother's offering in this price range for our small business office daily use.TL
Date published: 2021-03-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JCCA from
Easy and efficient
This is my second Brother printer. The first one ran for ten years. I expect this one will also. The set-up install was easy. The product works great!
Date published: 2021-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Charlie from
Scanning not seamless
Still not able to use the scan function to my desktop so i can print or email the scan from my MFC-L8900
Date published: 2021-03-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
J Cordell from
Great features and good value
Previously had a Lexmark with print, scan and copy functions and the Brothers product is far superior and about the same price for the machine. It appears that the ink cartridges are much less expensive which is a big plus.
Date published: 2021-04-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dan the Man from
My new Brother MFC-L8900CD Works Great Every Time!
No more hassles with expensive messy ink cartridges and printheads drying out! Get this large capacity color laser printer with all the features you will ever need!
My Brother MFC-L8900CD Works Great Every Time!
Date published: 2021-03-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Buyer from
Good but doesn't work great with a MacBook Pro
I loved this printer when I used Windows but now I have a MacBook Pro and there is no driver download. Because of this I have to take a ton of extra steps to scan. Thank goodness for Dropbox otherwise I would hate this machine.
Date published: 2021-03-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Neal from
VG Printer
I like this printer. I also liked my last Brother printer, which was an injet. But that one had a lot of paper jams. I have had the 8900 for a couple of months and no jams yet. Print quality good.
Date published: 2021-03-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TimR from
The best printer!
My new Brother laser printer is the best thing that has happened to me since ink jet!... No more cleaning the heads and replacing cartridges! Yeah!!
Date published: 2021-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lee18 from
Easy to use
A coworker's dept had this printer and when I needed a new one, I decided to get this printer. Well, overall I am pleased with the printer. I was NOT pleased that after 4 months, the drum needed to be replaced and I had to spend HOURS on the phone with the company to determine the problem. The problem was misdiagnosed the first time and then spent another couple of hours on the phone a 2nd time to determine the drum needed to be replaced. I think my biggest complaint would be that both times I was told the replacement part would be shipped overnight and it was multiple days before it was received.
Date published: 2021-03-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
wmckoy3033 from
Good qulaity
A little slow on printing that I would like to exprience.
Date published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ljfred5 from
Great features!
it prints both sides, saves paper. Scans quickly, and is very clear. Love that i can print by my phone too! Great unit!
Date published: 2020-10-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CShorty from
Great priner
This is a great printer the only thing they could have done was make it a little bit smaller.
Date published: 2020-08-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LasermanJim from
Compact footprint, good Color print, not Photos
Heavy, small footprint, easy setup, fast printing, good documentation, able to print very nice color print documents. This color laser printer by brother not for photo prints, but is good enough for layout proofing of color photos. And very energy efficient to operate.
Date published: 2020-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Builder2 from
Nice printer
Nice over all, clean copyes. Like the ability to do legal size documents.
Having trouble printing wireless.
Date published: 2020-08-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
harby from
Great printers! Customer service-not very good
I'm a Brother partner and have been selling Brother printers for 10 years or so. Some of the most reliable printers on the market which is why I became a Brother partner. In the last 10 years, I've only had 2 warranty claims. One for an inkjet AIO 4 or 5 years ago and one a couple months ago for this model. I've sold 6 or 7 of these models over the last couple years and this was the first failure-thankfully under warranty.
The replacement process was slow and customer service response was too slow as well.
It should not take over a week to receive a replacement once the decision has been made to replace it. The only good thing during this warranty replacement process was I didn't have to pack and ship the faulty printer back to Brother.
Again...Brother printers are great but customer service needs a lot of improvement. Especially for Partners.
Date published: 2020-07-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
bfemmel from
Great Feature Set
This printer keeps surprising me with features and the ease of use.The number of ways you can get scans from it and the ease off setup is wonderful. The color prints are such a nice step up from the Back and White prints and the low cost of this color laser with such a rich feature set has made it all worthwhile. It has been flawless in it's operation and I would not hesitate to buy this printer again.
Date published: 2020-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
yellowgrandmom from
Smooth operation with great connectivity
Outstanding print quality, quiet, fast, strong connectivity with mobile phone and wireless devices.
Date published: 2020-08-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SusanB from
Love everthing about it!
I have tried all features that I can utilize at my home. It was easy to set up and is easy to use. We are low volume printers so it is especially nice that my ink is not clogged or dried up like our old printer - this prints whenever I choose to print!
Date published: 2020-08-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
John from NC from
Good device but slow to begin printing.
No compliant exact the printer is slow to begin printing once a print job is submitted.
Date published: 2020-08-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ojm526 from
Great Printer
Well built. Nice features. I had to correct a problem when I printed in duplex mode. The second page would print upside down. I never had that happen with other printers that I owned. It was corrected in the printer dialog page and saved as default. It has worked fine since that. I am very pleased with this printer.
Date published: 2020-08-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Christie0927 from
Takes care of all of my office needs
I replaced my old Brother copier with another Brother machine. My only draw back is how expensive the print cartridges are & I do not think I get close to the number of copies that it says I should out of each cartridge.
Date published: 2020-08-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Winnie from
Such a great printer - I bought 2
This is really an awesome printer for my home office. It works so well I bought a second one for my regular office and ditched the commercial rental copier that we thought we needed to run the office.
It really keeps up with the big boys; it’s not as fast as the commercial machine but it’s not slow either.
For the price, and the fact that it’s a color copier, you won’t be disappointed!
Date published: 2020-10-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
KCG49 from
Does Exactly What I Need
I have a business I'm running from home because of Covid-19. The Brother Printer handles everything I need. Great that it does color as well as black and white and its speed is more than adequate for my needs. Very satisfied.
Date published: 2020-10-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Marty456 from
BEST PRINTER I HAVE EVER OWNED
Love this printer!!! It's user friendly packed full of features and prints really great. Matter of fact i originally bought one for my office and loved it so much i bought one for the house.
Date published: 2020-07-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NWFOXFLYER from
No Support and unable to stop 2 sided printing
It's impossible to get support from Brother! I will never buy a brother product again! I can not stop this printer from printing s-sided, I have wasted more paper and toner with this printer that any other printer in my lifetime!
Date published: 2020-08-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
aaronautomotive from
Slow
This is one of the slowest brother printers I have ever owned. It will pause in the middle of printing then just start back up after 10 or 15 sec. and tell it to print and about 20 or 30 sec later you might get your paper.
Date published: 2020-07-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Radiationman2022 from
Finally!!
We spent years trying to find a quality inkjet printer and finally made the jump to a color laser printer. This printer has been easy to use, connected to all my computers and phones with no effort and has been overall fantastic.
Date published: 2020-09-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ash0725 from
Great printer!
Totally gets the job done for our business - great features while still being relatively compact. Definitely recommend!
Date published: 2020-09-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
STARRescue from
Awesome addition to our office
We bought ours at the start of COVID and although our business was slow, this machine has been working full tilt. When it came time for all of us to go 100% this brother went above and beyond. Very impressed.
Date published: 2020-09-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Davey P from
Good Value, good machine.
Quality is what I expected from Brother. Very good product and value. Using for home and school work but will probably use for business in future.
Date published: 2020-09-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CarolinaSS from
Great Business Printer
Love this printer, great for a small business, great quality printer
Date published: 2020-09-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Denisep39 from
Love My Brother
I have had several printers that used both letter & legal paper in separate drawers, but the capacity in each drawer holds at least a ream in each drawer whereas others only held about two thirds of a ream. The ink colors print out exactly what I see on the screen. I just love this printer!
Date published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
t88power from
Easty to Use, Greaet Value, Reliable
Very good value for the money. Reliable and easy to use. Sill have the old 9970MFC and its working great!
Date published: 2020-08-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BobTideFan from
Reliable Qualithy
The printer is proving to be reliable and capable of producing quality work.
Date published: 2020-08-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tai chi Master from
Paper jam when print recycled paper
Occasionally paper would jam when I try to print the recycled paper.
Date published: 2020-09-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Juan63 from
Excelente
Excelent product. I would by it again. Wifi, quality, speed, works perfect. Easy to conect to pc.
Date published: 2020-09-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Helton from
Does everything I need
The MFC-L8900 printer I purchased is a great machine. I’ve always had good experience with Brother.
Date published: 2020-08-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MJDC from
Good quality printing and ease of use.
This machine is overall good to excellent in quality, ease of use, lighter in weight than my last brother machine and smaller in dimensions. A very good machine overall, I am very satisfied.
Date published: 2020-08-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Salsa Industrial Supply from
Love the Machine!!!
We purchased this machine during COVID to get our business work done from home with the professionalism and speed of being at the office. We love the machine and it quickly became part of the family. We highly recommend this purchase. Once it is installed all you do is work!
Date published: 2020-09-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MBailey from
Just a little beyond warranty
Just beyond warranty and the LCD screen quit working. Nothing and I can't even print without the screen, unbelieveable
Date published: 2020-09-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Insurance agency from
good upgrade
Replaced an older Brother. (mfc-9970 cdw This model has better copies. It is a lot quieter than the 9970. Only issue, it is slower to print and make copies. I did not play around with it to see if I can speed it up. Pulled it out of the box and plugged it in.
Date published: 2019-07-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MaryT from
Love my new Printer!
We have 2 homes. I bought one of these for one place and then 2 months later bought a second for our other home. I love the quality of the printer. The color is sharp.
Date published: 2019-08-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
dvtr2th from
This is a very good printer
This printer is very reliable and has been trouble free. I would suggest it to any.
Date published: 2019-07-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Joe9 from
great color even on regular paper
bought for home office and it works great. A little larger than I was expecting, but does all that I ask. Some firms still require a fax so this is a nice feature. Scanning to email is easy.
Date published: 2019-07-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Janet L from
Love the machine!
This machine starts up quickly, prints fast enough to not notice the time. Clear printing. It does all I need it to do.
Date published: 2019-07-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TAA4575 from
great copier
love the product for its price. I have owned several brother printers/faxes/copies and i have never had any issues. The price is great compared to other products.
Date published: 2019-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Julie12345 from
Wonderful all in one machine
I'm able to do what I need and more, nice and quite
Date published: 2019-08-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bball from
Good if only printing black text on white paper
If you are printing only black text on white paper this product is great. However, if you have any images, or color on here this is horrible. The pictures are blurry, and not clear. I printed a resume where my name is white on a blue banner. The name is extremely blurry and the blue runs into the white name. This is the same on anything that isn't black text on white background.
Date published: 2019-08-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
conecorp from
Excellent color printer for office
I purchased this laser color printer to use in the office for printing/copying/ and scanning. It was easy to set up and works great! The color prints are very good!
Date published: 2019-08-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Hansolo from
Printing Issues
Initial page takes long before it starts to print. Also, after turning the printer on and pressing print on my computer, I will get a temporary error message on my desktop that says my Brother Printer is offline or not connected. A few seconds later, the documents will start printing. The error message will request me to perform a trouble shoot and repair any problem. When I perform the troubleshoot, it tells me at the end that no error was found. I have uninstalled and re-installed a few times but I still get that error message
Date published: 2019-08-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bobba bouy from
great features
had the MFC-9840CDW for 10 years, finally had to replace, new machine basically same as the first, however the color is better.
Date published: 2019-08-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Studenttt from
An incremental improvement over the MFC-9970CDN.
The release tabs in the rear for envelope printing are less likely to bread a fingernail than in the MFC-9970CDN but envelope printing from MS Word a very badly aligned. I'm reserving my envelope printing for an old MFC-9460CDN. Toner is very pricey. I suspect parts differ from predecessor making repairs difficult. I'd recommend buying a used MFC-9970 instead.
Date published: 2019-08-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Schwabonski from
Great Product
This is a very good product. Print quality is excellent. Had a few paper jam but that has cease.
Date published: 2019-08-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Emin from
It has pretty much every feature!
It’s perfect! The price for toner is a backlash! You need to buy 4 toner cartridges and it will cost you $250-$300.
Date published: 2019-12-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
No more Brother for me from
GARBAGE. WILL NEVER PURCHASE BROTHER AGAIN
I've owned this printer for almost a year. It is the worst printer ever. The printer will not print if one of the toner cartridges are empty. Even if you don't use the color toners. The ADF constantly jams and tears the papers apart no matter how hard you try to put them into the feeder evenly. Now it won't recognize the new toner I've just tried to replace. I have purchased and recommended Brother products for over a decade. I will now discourage anyone from purchasing their piece of junk products ever again. What a waste of money and time.
Date published: 2019-10-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MrStratton from
Works great!
I’ve had lots of printers over the years and the Brother laser printers I’ve had are the best. I just upgraded my brother laser to get the AirPrint feature, I had my last one for 12 years and it still works. I sure love the new model.
Date published: 2020-07-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ArleneNotary from
Great Laser Printer for NSA
I am a Notary Signing Agent and rely on a fast reliable laser printer
Date published: 2019-12-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
agoodwin27 from
Best printer I've owned for the price
I have owned several different brands/types of printers, some more expensive than the Brother. It has only been a few months, but so far this has been one of the easiest to setup and best working printers that I have owned.
Date published: 2019-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sgt Peppers LHCB from
Good printer, Fair scanner
Printer works very good. Scanner requires reinstallation after each Microsoft Windows 10 monthly update. Additionally the scanner skews the pages a few degrees when saved to a pdf file. Looks very amateurish. If the scanning issues could be resolved, this would be an A+ printer.
Date published: 2019-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Beaver from
Solid Workhorse with all the Features You Need
Solid printer, loaded with features, quiet and prints fast.
Date published: 2019-12-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
VRod from
doesn't let me scan
Downloaded driver from cd and from website. Reset everything...even computer. It worked one time and that was it!!!!!! Worst printer.
Date published: 2019-12-17T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
StillHopefulforMore from
Nice... but...
Hard to set up, much techey and could be easy if the right folks designed the interface. Color on pictures and illustrations is not accurate at all. So far can only scan from computer but not from scan function on printer. For normal B&W printing it is great. Like the two side scan speed and quality on B&W Docs. So far I haven’t had time to contact Bother support, and I shouldn’t have to do so!
Date published: 2020-05-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Magnet Digital LLC from
Best value and excellent features!
I read many reviews before purchasing the MFC-L8900CDW. I compared it to HP, Canon Lexmark and even Epson. But none of them came close to this price point for the amount fo functionality this MFC brings. Take it from me, I used to sell printers many years ago and was even a sales rep for Epson. I also think that the cost of the toners is one of the better ones out there. the print quality is great and the PPM is great. My favorite feature so far though is the multipage feeder for scanning a lot of documents.
Date published: 2020-05-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
James2020 from
cannot change scan document size
it scans always as legal size document. I cannot change scanning-document-size to letter size. Problem occurs when I print the scanned-result to a letter size paper. Top portion of the document is jammed in printing.
Date published: 2020-05-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Daisy70 from
Works good
Kinda slow, but otherwise is great. Print quality is great
Date published: 2020-05-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pig hunter from
Not good for multi-function printing
While the print quality of the L8900CDW may be great, the paper handling is pitiful. The end result of running envelopes through the machine and printing the mailing address on the envelope is not a product you would want your company associated with. The envelopes come out wrinkled! Not good. In addition, when printing letters, the paper comes out rolled, again not a good presentation.
Date published: 2020-05-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Trent 58 from
Excellent product with very good features
Good product for price that I paid.
Will upgrade to the high yeild inks later on.
Date published: 2020-04-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BruceKarb from
Adequate All-In-One if you don't mind outdated tec
an adequate all in one printer as long as you don't mind slightly outdated technology
and poor functionality using MAC OS
Date published: 2020-05-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BobbieM91 from
Great features, does what I need
This printer is economical, prints reasonably fast, consistent print and is great when I need to print over 100 pages. The color is decent. I do a lot of printing and I work on satellite internet so not everything works like it should but the more I work with the printer, the easier it is to get it to do the things I need..
Date published: 2020-03-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AARON031 from
Not good for a machine
New printer and keeps printing and scanning a line in the middle of page. Did all the self fixes like cleaning the glass etc. no luck.
Date published: 2020-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
GeraldM from
Smooth, quiet, sturdy
Overall we're happy with the 8900. Not fancy like the HP, but doesn't have the break downs and is much more physically sturdy. The Brother also uses far less ink and the cartridges are much cheeper. A little slower responding to print requests, but gets the job done effectively.
Date published: 2020-04-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SBS1 from
Great Machine
It's a great machine and it has done everything we need it to do and it truly has the potential to be a 5 Star product except that the paper tray doesn't hold a whole ream of paper and that is the only reason why it was given 4 Stars.
Date published: 2020-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rob_h from
Brother MFC-L8900CDW
Great Printer! Very Easy to Set Up!! Very Quite Operation.
Date published: 2019-09-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DS_Peters from
Reliable, flexible and great quality printing
I have owned several Brother printers over the past 20 plus years. In fact, two are still running flawlessly and are 5 and 10 years old. After selling my company, I started my next venture and needed a light use copier/scanner/printer for my home office. I didn't need a full fledged copier lease. So when I went looking for an option for my office it was easy to go with a Brother and it does not disappoint. The MFC-L8900CDW is easy to setup, use and is flexible enough to handle all my business needs. I would recommend this device and would purchase it again.
Date published: 2019-09-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jeremy from
Lacking key features
Not compatible with 5GHz network.... in 2019. Had to switch printers in order to get use with my 5GHz network.
Date published: 2019-08-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
joshm62 from
Tried to register the printer and brother won't accept it
Can't register the printer they don't even acknowledge their own serial number
Date published: 2018-09-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Al from
Maybe
I recently purchased this product and had it professionally installed what was noticed immediately was a hum or ringing noise when it printed only my installer and I can not figure out how to remove this buzzing ear shattering noise
Date published: 2018-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JoshM62 from
I bought 2 and would buy them again
Use it for our office easy to set up.
Date published: 2018-11-25T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rugfitter from
Close to wonderful
For the most part I love this printer. The one major flaw I have found is you have to have it away from the wall! In order to print an envelope you have have to open the back of the printer! I have mine right next to the wall. I now have to move it to accommodate this problem! Other than that I LOVE it.
Date published: 2018-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Charlieh from
Great Product!!
Very fast. Easy to set up and get started using. Great product.
Date published: 2019-02-25T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DeborahB507307 from
Very Satisfied
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. I found this printer quite easy to set up, although I needed help lifting the 70 lb. machine to the counter. Despite my lack of tech skills, I had it up and running in about 45 minutes.
I like that it holds 300 sheets of paper, has fast print speed and scans both sides of a 2-sided page simultaneously, which makes it quicker and more reliable than our previous model. It works fairly quietly, plus it has an additional quiet function if needed, although that slows it somewhat.
The touchscreen is clear and simple to use. So far, it hasn`t jammed. The fax function works just fine. The only drawback I`ve found is the rather poor photo quality.
Overall, I find this printer to be very efficient, and would recommend it for a home or small office.
Date published: 2017-10-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
No individual from
A Solid, Serious Machine
Most everything is perfect. My preferred scanning method (via Adobe Acrobat XI has not been connecting with the machine. I am thinking of re-installing the Acrobat program, unless Brother has a better idea.
Date published: 2019-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Benji957 from
Great Features
Works as expected. Great features with the multi function options. It's a great addition to my home office
Date published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Califberry from
Brother products are great
I have been using brother printers at home and at work for years. I am a medical practice manager and I use my printer to death, faxing also. I love the paper feed in the front for switching out from one type of paper to another without having to remove the paper tray. It has a lot of very nice features, and I am very glad it went back to more buttons instead of that touchscreen. Much prefer buttons to touch screen.
Date published: 2019-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Geo T from
Good product for the price, with lots of features
This is a good product for the price, and has a lot of features, like two-sided printing, scanning, in color. The cartridges are not expensive when you look at the cost per page, and number of pages per toner cartridge. As for concerns, I am waiting to see how long the fuser lasts, because I had a predecessor, MFC-L8870CDW, and that fuser roller only lasted 25,000 pages when it is slated to last 100,000. I also do not like that the ADF (auto-document feeder), is fixed vs. the L8870CDW. The final area of concern is that the wireless connection does not support 5.1 GHz, and still connects at 2.4 GHz. I support this product and gave it 4 stars because of the items I noted it does well, and the software that accompanies the printer at no extra costs.
Date published: 2019-06-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JerryS110 from
Great Features.
We have found the features on this copier to be adequate, for our needs and easy to use. We would purchase the copier again.
Date published: 2019-05-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
HPW00 from
Great features. Works as advertised with no issue
I use my printer via a LAN connection and with multiple computers attached. I have been using it for about 5 months and love it.
Date published: 2019-06-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
WendyD912214 from
Business color laser printer
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. MFC-L8900CDW Brother printer was quick and easy to set up. I enjoy the wireless capability to send print items from my phone. Color quality is sharp. Printer is also quick for multiple prints and quiet so that I can be on the phone and print at the same time. Scanning capability is also user friendly.
Date published: 2017-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
WSPLTD from
Love it but ink life could be better!!!
We feel like the ink toner has been running out more quickly than our previous printer.
Date published: 2019-04-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
okieswink from
It does everything
Love my new Brothers - MFC-L8900CDW. It does everything. Qick printing and easy to use scan & copy. Like it so much that we purchased 2 more for the other girls in the office. Thanks
Date published: 2019-01-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bill153 from
Excellent experience--very happy with the printer!
This printer is a welcome addition to my small business. Thank you!
Date published: 2018-06-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Wayside from
Extremely Happy!
Easy to set up. Print quality is excellent. Wish I had made the move sooner
Date published: 2017-07-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Randi S from
Awesome savings
We were able to eliminate 4 machines along with all their supply and maintenance costs: Standalone Copier, Network color laser printer, Network Scanner, and dedicated fax machine. We are keeping a laser printer just as a network backup.
Date published: 2019-05-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Katharyn from
Great printer when using Brother ink
I absolutely loved the printer when I got it. After I ran out of the Brother ink and started purchasing ink that was not Brother I started having problems with the way things were printed.
Date published: 2018-05-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BullDosier from
Love my Brother laser printer
Love this printer. Everything including software just works and is easy and intuitive.
Date published: 2019-01-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jbenedetti74 from
Good printer with bad software
Software installed almost properly for my machine, but I have to use WIFI not LAN. Almost nothing installed properly on my assistance machine. It just sucks to have a great multi-function printer we can't fully use hardly any function. We didn't have this problem before with Brother.
Date published: 2018-02-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Cape Cod Sim from
Superb Printer
This is an amazing printer. It is very easy to set up; just follow the onscreen directions. The print quality is excellent and the colors are rich and full. I use the brother toner cartridges. I would recommend this printer to anyone wishing to produce professional-looking documents.
Date published: 2017-12-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Cellman from
Great laser printer
Love the printer fast and easy to work on. The scanning is great 2 side scans are easy as one passthrough and you are done. I highly recommend this printer.
Date published: 2018-12-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Regg from
Nice product.
No complaints at all. Functions as advertised. I use itwirelesf and after shutoff the unit down, I also have to restart both IMAC and MacBook Pro to get them to reconnect to the unit.
Date published: 2017-09-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
tjgondek from
One word.....Great!
We just purchased this new printer to replace our MFC-8890DW which we had for over 7 years....this was a real workhorse. This MFC-L8900CDW is "Great". Our first color laser. Normally we print all color docs on an InkJet...those days are now over. While some have commented that the dispslay panel is a tad laborious to navigate we found no problem with it. We use the Control Center 4 application to remotely setup any of the features and all works seamlessly with our network. It was basically take the printer our of the box, plug it in, and viola, the network found it immediately on all our devices...what a dream. We have only had this printer about a month so it's still in the trial period. The color docs we have printed so far are good. Not photo printer quality, but nonetheless, acceptable. The printers performance overall if five star....and the quality of the copies printed is far better than I've seen on other laser printers. This is truly a homerun for any office or home based business or just personal use.
Date published: 2017-08-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bandera Ranch Realty from
Easy to Operate
Ordered the second tray with the copier; I've been very pleased with the ease of set up and the full range of copying and scanning this device allows.
Date published: 2019-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Judy1234 from
So good I bought two!
I love Brother machines -- in fact, I have two: a printer-only and an All-in-one unit. They're both fast, reliable and deliver excellent images.
Date published: 2019-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
PYTHIASB708357 from
BUSINESS COLOR LASER ALL-IN-ONE PRINTER
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. I ENJOYED THE PRODUCT, I DON`T DO A LOT OF PRINTING, BUT THIS PRODUCT ID GREAT! I HAVE ALWAYS PURCHASED HP PRODUCTS, BUT I HAVE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. I HAPPY THAT I CAN PRINT FROM MY LAPTOP, AND THE COLOR IS AWESOME! I RESEARCHED THE PRICE OF THE TONER AND IT`S NOT EXPENSIVE AT ALL. SCANNING IS EASY, AND THE DISPLAY IS EASY TO USE.I`M PLEASED WITH IT!
Date published: 2017-10-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
pakman0558 from
3rd Brother MFC (all still working every day
Dependable, great quality, fast, etc., etc., etc.!
Date published: 2018-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
RobertT from
Envelope creased
The only issue I have with the printer thus far is that the envelopes crease when fed through the multipurpose tray. I realize you can open the back to route the envelope straight through, but that does not work in my case (printer is stored in a cabinet with no rear access). My old Canon was able to handle this function fine.
Date published: 2019-01-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Adean5187 from
Horrible Wifi, Bad Colors
I wouldn't spend the $$$ on this printer again. We have to reconnect the printer to the internet EVERY DAY, and about once a week we have to completely shut off the machine and restart it or it doesn't work. Whats the point of having a "wireless" printer, when I have to walk to the printer EVERY TIME to reconnect it to the wifi?
Colors: the red isn't bright so I wouldn't purchase this printer to make flyers or any other color copy business use. The red comes out dark and not true to what it should be.
Date published: 2017-08-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
OceanWealth from
Fast, Efficient, Worth Every Penny
I have been buying Brother laser printers for home and 3 offices for 10 years and love the efficiency of Brother. THIS is by far the best printer I have owned for my small business - it is super fast and efficient and the print quality is spot on. I've owned several other multi-function laser's by Brother and this one exceeds all my expectations. Pros: Duplex scan, easy set up, speed of printing (single or duplex, customized buttons (we have one set to double side scan via email to Office Manager and use this daily, saves time choosing these options), runs quiet. Cons: None, owned for 3 months and no glitches.
Date published: 2019-05-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
upsidedown from
Quick and Efficient
Great printer that does the job quickly, but when you print double sided the second side is upside down and the only way to fix it is to make it upside down on the computer and then its the correct way when printed.
Date published: 2018-10-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BeaBako from
Good printing quality! but slow and finicky
The quality is good for a multi-printer, but there are some cons:
1. Very slow to react for printing, very slow to print. It stalls after every 10 pages or so.
2. HORRIBLE wrinkles on envelope printing (you need to insert the envelope thru the back (!) and select envelope printing for a slightly better but still wrinkled envelope),
3. It does not print on small paper, I have 6"X 6" labels, that this printer cannot print to. .
4. Very loud, it sounds like a grinding motion, like its about to break but it doesn't.
5. Ink runs out very fast, high yield tones (6500) only last to 90% if you are using low quality draft printing.
6.HORRIBLE ink smell after printing 50 or so pages, so only use in very well ventilated areas.We do our heavy duty printing after hours to avoid headaches.
Please Brother place your demo printers in actual offices with actual work load to compare to other brands, to access the real benefits.
Date published: 2019-02-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
YBFP from
Reliable!
Reliable printer, copier, scanner, fax all-in-one machine.
Date published: 2018-09-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CMC92179 from
Awesome Investment
Quick, efficient, intuitive, and does everything I need and more.
Date published: 2019-02-24T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DMM2019 from
Works Well Except For Paper Curling
The printer works well but the paper curls even after changing setting to reduce curl. Heavier lb paper (like check stock is even more curled than standard 20 lb paper.
Date published: 2019-03-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TMax from
More than I expected
I have been a proud Brother printer owner for years. Recently I was due for an upgrade from my MFC-7840W (which still runs flawlessly after years of regular use. The replacement is incredible--fast printing, scanning, etc. Colors are sharp. Will stay with Brother if products continue like this one!
Date published: 2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
IBCTTC from
My New MFC-L8900CDW
Your Brother MFC-L8900CDW is the best printer we've owned, bar none. We rely on it for our small business as well as personal needs. We love every aspect of this printer...except, it will never scan or print on the first attempt. We always have to csncel and start over every time. Don't think we're doing anything wrong but will gladly accept any help eliminating this only nuisance.
Date published: 2019-06-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mmyers from
Very Good Print
So Far So Good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date published: 2018-01-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
gdb53 from
Love this machines
This is exactly what I was looking for! Excellent color!
Date published: 2018-11-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Maisi from
I love the Brother line of laser printers
This is an awesome laser printer, scanner, etc. I love the Brother products. You get great quality at a price that won't kill you. I will be a loyal Brother customer until that ever changes. Keep up the good work!
Date published: 2018-06-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Novovino from
Excellent machine but design flaws
We upgraded from an older MFC and love the new printer. It is very quick, print quality is excellent and all the options are great. In particular, I love to be able to scan and save directly to my google drive.
My one complaint is the design of the drum unit. There is a plastic piece that locks the drum unit into place. This does not lift or fall into place easily. It drags along the toner as you pull the drum unit out to change the toner. It feels like it may break in the future.
Date published: 2018-12-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
G Luv from
Awesome Machine!
I really enjoy the brother product line up. I had purchased a brother MFC8860DN 10 years ago and I still use it. The reason I purchased a new one was that I needed one with WIFI so others in the office can use it So far, I am very pleased with it.
Date published: 2017-08-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CarolineS947438 from
Awesome printer
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. Set up for this was easy. What took the longest was removing all the protective packaging material. I liked that the printer was shipped in plenty of protective material to be protected during transit. I didn`t have any issues connecting to and staying connected to wifi. Other wireless printers need to reconnected every few days. The print quality is amazing, loved the fine print it produced. Scanning to a PDF doc is simple, photocopies were great, as was the faxes too. The two sides printing is very nice, I printed some beautiful fliers. I really didn`t need the instruction manual during installation which is not something that happens often for me.
Date published: 2017-10-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JAM1946 from
Performs as Advertised
The printer is attractive and seems to be well built. Setup was straight forward. My wife and I print wirelessly from our laptops. Transfer of large print files over the wifi is relatively slow.
Date published: 2018-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MatthewH from
Great printer
I bought this for a small business but also have one at home. I'm floored at how fast it double side scans my receipts and files up to my NAS drive. I can load 40-50 in the automatic document feeder and away it goes. It also has black and white and color. I use black and white mostly and it's hardly putting a dent in the toner for my business use. I have had no connectivity issues and it just works with my ipad and iphone for printing. Good quality color and I'm glad I have this in place of ink jet. I also like that you can program custom icons for quick features.
Date published: 2018-11-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pastchief30 from
Works
The unit provides excellent service to a busy home office.
Date published: 2019-04-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Andy1254 from
features don't always work
For the most part the printer operates great, but because the scan feature has issues i will only rate this a two star.
Date published: 2018-02-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Darryl in Ventura from
FAST and Effective
I print and I scan. This thing is great at both. On the scanning though, I cannot say enough. So fast and the double sided scanning is really helpful. It will even take blank backs out of the scan results. I bought a second one.
Date published: 2019-05-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Oh no my Brother from
software issues
Often times first scan will come up as an error.
Was hoping for better color quality.
Would like to see a larger and more sturdy paper tray, at least 500 sheet.
Other than that, quite good.
Date published: 2019-06-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bodysnatcher from
Does Everything
Very easy to use and set up. Does everything we want and makes excellent professional copies.
Date published: 2019-01-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
GWS72 from
MFC-L8900CDW
So far this printer has lived up to it's name. I very satisfied with it.
Date published: 2019-04-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Deb R from
Great Printer
I have a small business, and have always had HP printers, this is my first Brother printer. Easy to install, features easy to use, its way more quiet--Love my new printer!
Date published: 2017-07-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pctweaker from
Amazing Multi-Function Printer/Copier/Fax/Scan
I upgraded from an HP inkjet All-in-one printer. I'm a casual user with my inkjet. I was replacing cartridges every 2 months. So I decided to upgrade to a Laser to save money on ink.
The printer is much quieter than my old one (Hp Inkjet All-in-one and when compared to other brands. There is a quiet setting that makes it even quieter, but this occurs at the sacrifice of some speed. The fax machine is pretty standard for all faxes.
I am very impressed with the MFC-L8900-CDW's ability to customize scan functions. I have mine configured with icons to scan to my Windows desktop, scan to my personal email, scan to flash drive or phone.
The quiet function is great (definitely can tell a difference) from my old printer.
Overall, this is a great printer. One of the best multi-function machines you could buy. I highly recommend it!
Date published: 2019-02-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Diane S from
So far so good!
We have only had our printer for about 3 weeks but so far it works great and has all the features we need for a small office. I thought the toner would be cheaper but it is very expensive compared to an InkJet. Hopefully in the long run the performance will make it worth it.
Date published: 2017-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pamela6 from
Decent Printer
It works well as a printer. For our office, we must scan a lot of documents and for some reason the connection always drops. It will communicate perfectly with just regular printing, but I have to constantly unplug it and restart it to establish the connection to the computer. When I contacted Brother customer service, they barely listened to the issue and basically stated that it was a router issue. Every other aio product we have has not had this issue.
Date published: 2018-06-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pouky from
Good features
So far, good quality and performance for the price
Date published: 2018-11-24T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DaveetraI581960 from
Awesome printer
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. This printer is amazing. I operate a tax business and this has done wonders as far as printing is concerned. It prints at a decent speed and the ink colors are great as well.The printer is a decent size and not too big and doesn`t take up too much space. I would highly recommend this printer to others that have businesses.
Date published: 2018-02-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mamy from
Great Quality and Dependability
It’s was like plug and play technology. Beautiful quality printouts. Fast and reliable from phones and labtops.
Date published: 2018-01-31T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Copier Heaven from
Nice Upgrade Copier
I purchased my new MFC-L8900CDW color copier based on my prior experience with an MFC-9120CN that I used to have. I have been very impressed with my prior copier and based my new purchase on that machine. I am extremely pleased with the overall function of the new machine and have zero issues with the machine. They make a great copier.
Date published: 2017-12-19T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ssignorelli from
Great value. IT Pro and business owner dream
Simple and functional like an apple product but better!
Perfect for small business. Very high quality. Has every meaningful feature you could need. As an IT professional I appreciate the fact that everything works without any fuss. Best printer I have ever used that was not $3000 or more. The ability to print from mobile devices works well locally using their mobile app and using google cloud printing. If you value your time, money or both; buy this multi-function device.
Date published: 2018-01-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
pomy from
great features
great machine works unblievable its very quiet machine unblievable features
Date published: 2018-09-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
rfoster1977 from
Love it!!
Great printer for the price, awesome print quality!
Date published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ABEL from
Amazing Printer
This printer is a great help for my small business, all the features are amazing
Date published: 2018-01-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Brown95 from
Great features
It has all of the features that I need for my business printing needs. I am completely satisfied with my new Laser Printer.
Date published: 2018-06-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SteveA19 from
Excellent Machine!
I bought this AIO Printer after my last Brother AIO Printer stopped printing envelopes. I was skeptical, but based on the reviews this printer gets, i got it. I couldn't be happier! The print quality is amazing. The speed is excellent. The ability to create shortcuts is wonderful. And, overall ease of use is great. Oh, and it prints envelopes flawlessly!
Date published: 2019-03-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
wlpatch from
GREAT AIO MULTI-FUNCTION PRODUCT BY BROTHER
GREAT AIO MULTI-FUNCTION PRODUCT BY BROTHER. I purchased this product for occasional home use. It being a laser AIO printer/copier/scanner/fax, one big advantage is the AIO uses dry toner (ink which last much, much longer than typical ink type machines. Moreover, quality and multiple various features, along with the company name of Brother, is a win-win. Also own a business fax machine by Brother, and it has functioned flawlessly, unlike other brands.
Date published: 2019-06-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Guymadison from
Mostly a great machine!
The scanner is difficult - file names restricted to include counter/date. Scanned files enlarged slightly- a problem for raster tracing with Autocad but scale had to be adjusted. Scanner goes offline (wireless and requires re-connection. Printing and faxing is great though.
Date published: 2017-08-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CPA in CO from
Very good, but
The printer replaced an older Dell printer. I had to exchange it for a new one due to a malfunction but that was OK, the store was great with the exchange. The problem that no one can correct is that with my dedicated fax line from Comcast the Fax function will not work to send faxes. I have had both my Tech folks work on it and also Comcast sent out a rep to go thru everything in the set up and no one can get it to work. I have also been with the Brother Tech Support team and they said it was a line problem and Comcast says the lines are good. No one will step up and actually do something and wish I would just go away.
I have since found that Comcast uses a type of VIOP (? hard line service and that may be the problem. I will not give up but with the added expenses and time spent on trying to get it to work the actual cost of the printer is at least triple the purchase price.
Date published: 2019-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tax prep from
Excellent for tax season and tech generation
Tax season is going to be a breeze with this amazing printer! High volume printing is what this machine is made for!! I have 2 young adults that print from phone and other technology and love this printer because it works every time no delays!!!
Date published: 2018-01-18T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Chris27 from
Top tray paper feed Not good
I am not impressed with this 4-in-one printer so far. First it is difficult to get it to be responsive to needs. I must go to the instructions every time I need to do something different. It is not intuitive like other printers we have used. I will say that the color is great but don't feed the paper into the top tray without being sure that it is set absolutely straight. Otherwise, it will wrinkle when it is pulled into the machine. Also, maintenance for the unit is not to be found. You must do all your reasearch on the internet. There again, not intuitive.
Date published: 2018-11-21T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
KjWilde808 from
Great Machine
This is a pretty good printer. The print quality of the text and images are nice and sharp, it does print colors a lot darker than they appear on the computer monitor though. It holds plenty of paper which is a nice change from our old printer which only held about 30 sheets. My only complaint is that it seems to disconnect from the network often which is annoying, but if I just turn it off and back on it will reconnect, so I don't know what that's all about. Anyway, I would recommend this printer for a home office for sure!
Date published: 2017-12-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mjgjk from
Absolutely horrible software
software is incapable of recognizing a printer that is already installed and working so I cant scan anything. I can try to reinstall the software but in a corporate setting with security on the network it doesnt find the printer, I can manually enter the IP address and it comes up but then it cant connect anyway. And you cant even uninstall the software short of manually deleting the 5 or 6 folders full of junk in your program files folders (have to stop some processes first, uninstall just plain doesnt work and windows doesnt list it in the programs list so you cant do that either (yes I tried run as administrator). Ridiculous, bad software kills an otherwise good product, yet again, f you
Date published: 2019-08-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Designs from
Good Quality Print
The quality of print is good. It is not quite as fast as I thought it should be, but all in all very good machine.
Date published: 2019-07-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Billy G from
Great workhorse unit for offices
We've used this unit in a 10 agent real estate office for over a year now and it just cranks out the pages and works how it needs to. The wifi network printing for everyone to connect to is relatively easy to setup. Scans and prints fast. Print quality is good enough for everything. Brother's service is outstanding, had a warranty issue and they sent a technician from 4 hours away to fix in office within a day, customer for life.
Date published: 2019-07-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Closings123 from
Very Good High Quantity Printer
I print very high volumes on a daily basis, and have never had an issue.
Every part that needs replaced after normal use is color coded and simple to replace!
However, I do wish the toner levels were monitored by the amount of toner that is actually in the cartridge, rather than the number of pages that is printed.
Overall the print quality is excellent and it hasn't broken on me yet :)
Date published: 2019-07-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Yawpower from
Great Features and Wonderful
Had to replace my old printer and this one is a step up from it. It is wonderful makes two sided copies and my other one didn't saving so much paper an time.
Date published: 2018-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Stella Home Team from
Pays for itself over inkjet
my wife and I do a lot of printing for real estate and inkjet cartridges were costing an arm and a leg with this new printer we are saving money in that pays for the printer.
Printer works great and is easy to use
Date published: 2019-03-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Cascade Rec Center from
Does everything we need it to
Our company was looking for a printer that was reliable, not too expensive, but would be able to print our advertising flyers. This printer has been proven to be well worth the cost of our investment. Our flyers look great, the replacement ink cartridges are well within our budget, and it is easy to use. I was very pleased to find that we are using features (scan, among others that we had not used on our previous printer. It was simple to set up, and so easy to use. Thank you!
Date published: 2018-12-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
goffball 46 from
Works right---every time
Never anything to go wrong--consistency of greatness in a great product.
Date published: 2019-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MK72 from
Works Good
Scanning works good, needs better default options.
Date published: 2018-07-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mh3 printer from
performing perfectly
The new printer is doing great......fast and high quality
Date published: 2018-12-18T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
GLambert57 from
Overall, a nice printer
This printer seems to be able to handle most jobs with ease. However, there are two things which I would like to see change. I purchased an optional tray so that I can print mixed size documents without switching paper. The problem is that when one size of paper runs out, the printing continues, but uses whatever size paper is left, instead of stopping and warning me that I need more of that size paper. Now, before I start any mixed size print job, I have to remind myself to make sure both trays are full. The other thing is that the printer is louder than other printers.
Date published: 2018-01-29T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Asian Techy from
Great printer. Slow first page out.
Love the printer. Was partial to another company and was loyal due to their product but wanted to see how the Brother printer worked. So far. So much better than other competitors. Concerns would be that the touch screen is not very responsive and the first page to print is the slowest of any of the printers I've previously used in the same category of functionality.
Date published: 2019-04-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jim 32148 from
Almost a great machine
We use the machine to print church bulletins. I was trying to keep others from using the machine when office was closed. Several non-business machines have been trashed in the past several months by people who were not authorized to use them. I contacted chat and they sent me to instructions on how to lock the machine. I followed the instructions as the administrator and after I finished I tried to operate the machine. It operated as normal which was not what my goal was. I shut the machine down and rebooted and it still allowed me to make copies. I sent an e-mail along to your people about 2 weeks ago and have still not received a response. Other than that, I am satisfied with the performance of this machine.
Date published: 2018-06-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Liz68 from
Amazing Quality!
I absolutely love the speed of scanning. Printing quality is superb. I have owned nothing but Brother printer/scanner/fax/copier for over 15 plus years. This machine is a beast and very happy I purchased it.
Date published: 2019-06-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Deno from
Works Great!
Easy setup and very fast. Some criticize the front and back doors, but they allow you to print cards and such without so much curl.
Date published: 2017-12-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tom148 from
Best All In One on Market for Price
My "Brother Printer" arrived one day after ordering, took about an hour to set up and it is operating flawlessly. We have owned a Brother Printer model for more than 30 years and believe other brands are hard pressed to meet this level of performance.
Date published: 2018-03-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
user 157 from
mfc-l8900
It don't get much use at home but does good when it is used
Date published: 2019-03-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Shella from
Great Product
It does a nice job. Printing is defined and doesn't bleed.
Date published: 2018-10-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ReneeE838185 from
Brother MFC-L8900 Printer
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. To start:Opening the box and removing the printer was easy with the exception of the clips. There was more effort than expected to push them to open them. Lifting the printer and moving it into place took more effort than just a Admin Assistant.Removing the packing in the printer was easy and straight forward based on the directions provided. The one area of concern was the amount of space needed to access the back of the printer. Since there is a door in the back I was uncertain how much clearance would be needed if I ever need to access it.Configuration also worked well but our particular setup doesn`t have a CD so we needed to search for the software on the Brother site. Since there are a number of similar printers it took a while to determine which one. The installation went well after that.Printer setup for the Wifi network worked although there should be a discussion between static and Dynamic IP addressing for those that are more technical. I left the setup using DHCP so we haven`t seen what will happen once the network changes and the IP for the printer changes.Printer warmup and print speeds are acceptable since our print volumes are not consistent.Faxing and Scanning have also worked well in our testing. WE typically do not have high volumes of either.I have not reviewed the cost of supplies so I cannot provide a update on those. Overall the printer is very build, easy to install, and operates well.
Date published: 2017-11-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JesusismyLord from
Great price for excellent features
Got this product on clearance for our church. Great price with all the features we needed to handle our needs
Date published: 2017-12-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JosephS336449 from
Brother MFC-L8900CDW-Business Color Laser Print...
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. Working in a small office of 10 in the real estate industry, there has always been a need for a multi-functional, multi-dimensional, and multi-faceted "smart" printer to meet the ever increasingly printing demands of our office, agents, and industry.
Ever mindful of our day-to-day office "costs", we were offered the opportunity to try out the BROTHER MFC-L8900CDW All-in-One Printer with enough functions, options, and features that we thought might solve all of our needs both collectively as an office group and our individual day-to-day requirements as well.
Well, the BROTHER MFC-L8900CDW did not disappoint. While it did take a full 10 days to fully understand and appreciate what the MFC-L8900CDW was capable of doing (too many things to list here), everyone is finally getting the hang-of-things. Even some of the older "techno-phobes" in the office are slowly embracing the new technology.
After the two week demo period, we have decided to keep our new BROTHER printer as it has been voted on and agreed to, that the MFC-L8900CDW is the best printer to meet both our printing demands of today, and of those of the future.
Date published: 2017-10-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Cristopher Columbus from
Prints ok. Drops WiFi and goes to deep sleep!
Make good prints. However, sometimes “forgets” that I set it to double-sided copies and, instead prints, single-sided.
Drops WiFi and goes to deep sleep! ALL THE TIME!!! I was told it was my router. Idk. I thought so, too. But then how come it’s visible on my iPad and not in my pc??
Date published: 2018-01-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
bambam357 from
Can't do the basics
Won't print 2 sided, says there is a paper jam when there isn't every time i try to scan something, VERY slow printing from sheet to sheet. Nothing to like so far. Not looking foward to carrying it back downstairs and back to office depot.
Date published: 2019-02-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tom 45 from
very good machine, quit and excellent print.
features are very good for small office, the set up and support could have been better, but some of that was my fault.
Date published: 2019-04-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Abogado1 from
Awesomely reliable
Just use genuine Brother toner or you will regret it.
Date published: 2019-06-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Vijay Daniel from
Excellent
I could set up the printer easily and I tested copy scan and print features using two of my computers, one using Windows 8 and the other using Windows 10.
Date published: 2018-07-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
officemgr11 from
MFC-L8900CDW
good machine. happy with purchase. wish the image quality was more crisp.
Date published: 2019-04-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
eshorejr from
Outstanding printer with flawless performance
I have owned several other small printers including two other Brother printers I have now. This is by far the best and most capable printer for a small to medium size office. the features are more than I could ask for and the optional drawers that can be added (which I did make this the best printer I have owned and probably will own for a long time.
Date published: 2017-12-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MoneNkoukouma from
good features
great features. performs smoothly and efficiently.
Date published: 2018-08-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MaryS589365 from
Superior Machine!
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. First off, this machine is a powerhouse! When it was first delivered, I couldn`t believe the weight of it as I brought it inside. It`s got to be around 70 lbs and of a good size. Be careful unboxing it. The bag that it is emveloped in is one heavy-duty plastic bag. You may need to enlist help as you lift the bag out of the box. Surprisingly, the bag did not rip as the machine was being removed from the box. Try and preserve the box in case you need to move the machine in the future.
It`s really nice looking and it does what it says it does. Since it uses toner instead of ink jet, ithe cartridges comes fully loaded and ready to go! I think the black tower supplied yields 3200 pages and around 1800 pages for the color. This machine prints 33 ppm in black and color. It`s so fast and productive. I print large documents, and this was very fast at knocking them out.
The Automatic Document Feeder duplexes and prints both sides of a page in one pass, which really saves a lot of time. The paper tray holds 250 sheets, but you can buy more paper trays if you need more paper capacity.
It has a really nice touchscreen which is bigger than some smartphones and the screen is customizable. It is pretty quiet compared to other machines I`ve used in the past. It has great scanning abilities and great mobile printing. If you need some quick copies, this machine can handle it. Faxing is also part of this machine`s game plan, if you so choose.
Print quality is excellent, as I mostly used black, and the color printing was pretty darn good, as well. I`m extremely happy with this workhorse. My only complaint is that the phone line cord was not very long, as I have had longer cords on other machines. That, really, was my only gripe. So, Brother, you may want to keep that in mind for future renditions.
I think that the Brother toner will be more cost-effective to use compared to the ink jet replacement ink that are on other machines.
All in all, this is a good choice for all your office needs.
Date published: 2017-10-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
natty from
excelent machine
now i can print my brochures with no hassles.....copies come out as originals and over all a very good machine for home or office
Date published: 2018-07-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Vavaluer2 from
Reliable with quality
I have used several Brother products and I must say the quality and reliability of this MFC-L8900 has been nothing short of excellent. It has operated at 100% reliability and works without a hitch.
Date published: 2019-05-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LouC from
Well Made with Great Features
I love the wide range of features this unit has. Seems there isn't anything it cannot do. Ink is very pricey, but I may try after-market ink.
Date published: 2018-10-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
whosbob from
My All In One Copier
Great product once you learn all the bells and whistles Super fast printing and copying Great Color
Date published: 2017-07-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
the Deacon from
Great functionality
Having one brother's unit for 7 years, I decided to upgrade to this model. I love the LED display and find it easier to get info than on the older model. Everything is just as good EXCEPT this unit does not seem to retain my WIFI connection. When the printer goes "to sleep" or so it seems, it does not exhibit the constant connectivity my older model had. I am finding it frustrating to have to "reconnect" when I am in a hurry to print something. I would recommend with this qualification.
Date published: 2017-12-27T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TIM TRS from
Great copier for a small business
We replaced the MFC 9970 with this copier and are very happy with it. We have had many Brother machines over the years and we keep coming back.
Date published: 2019-05-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ChristinaB376637 from
Business Color Laser All-in-One Printer
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. This product is perfect for a small, home, or department printer. The set up on this product was easy to follow the main menu screens and the instructions provided. Some of the features that I enjoyed was the secure printing, the ease of having a wireless printer hooked up to all my devices on my network. The printer is a bit on the heavy side and will take two people to remove it from its box to the locate it will be set up at. The color quality of the pictures and scans are vibrant and high quality. If you are looking for a good quality efficient printer for your office this would be a great fit for you.
Date published: 2017-10-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DaveD16 from
Easy to Set Up
Super easy to set up network. Scans, copies and prints great for a small office.
Date published: 2018-02-23T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
jadewinter from
Does it all. Wirelessly...
Printers have become intimidating. When I switched this on it just worked, my computers worked with it and all was well. Simple! Surprised!
Date published: 2018-07-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
anderson300zx from
works great...
works great, fast, good quality and easy to use,,, perfect for small office >>>
Date published: 2019-04-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ZAYB from
Great Customer Support
Alan professionally and patiently assisted in connecting the printer to a PC and Apple. Without his help in connecting the printer to the network so it could be used by all computers on the network I would have returned the product. Customer support is fantastic.
Date published: 2018-07-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CFofUtah from
Perfect Printer for a Small Office
This Brother machine has been a great upgrade for our office. The scanning quality is high and the print quality is good. It can be a little slower than we had anticipated, but overall we've been really satistfied
Date published: 2019-04-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mike david from
Replaced a Sharp similar unit.
Having used the new copier/scanner/ fax for about 2 weeks we are all delighted with the speed and efficiency of the unit. It is meeting and exceeding our expectations. Well done Brother Corp.
Date published: 2018-03-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Homeschoolmom4 from
Absolutely Love!
I use this for making a ton of copies for my kids with homeschooling. Also use it for a non profit club I am a part of! Works fast and os super quiet
Date published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dave58 from
Love it
Perfect for our small business...great features and easy to use
Date published: 2019-03-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Davantage from
Huge improvement over MFC-9840CDW.
Definitely worth the upgrade.
Virtually no warmup for printing or scanning.
Quiet operation.
Still super fast bulk scanning.
One downside, the one button scan to email is gone.
Date published: 2017-08-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Victor61 from
A depth of capabilities
The Brother MFC-L8900CDW has performed well straight out of the box. Set-up was relatively easy and installing software was step-by-step with a variety of option for the purpose of personalizing (this may be daunting if you are unsure what you want to do with the machine.
Date published: 2018-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Buffy72 from
Works great, awesome features
This printer was easy to set up & is easy to use. Love the fact I can print from my phone & tablet - but be patient because it takes a minute or 2 to connect. This is a great document printer. If you want to print pictures this is not the printer for you - the colors are not consistent. I do recommend this printer.
Date published: 2019-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Lance777 from
It' an OK printer
The printer works well and the software for scanning is very good. It is a bit louder than what I expected but still tolerable. My biggest complaint is the duplex printing. I can't seem to find a way to print on both sides so when you turn the page it's right side up. i.e. flip on long side. You have to flip the page top to bottom for it to be right side up. Not very useful for my needs.
Date published: 2019-03-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
LisaAnn from
The Worst Brother Machine EVER!!!!!
Quit working after 4 days. As recommended by the 1-800 Brother help line, I returned it. Additionally it was very slow and the LED touchscreen is annoying. Bring back the buttons. This was my 4th Brother MFC and a giant step backwards.
Date published: 2017-08-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
KoolK from
All I Need
I have three printers and this one has replaced the other two. It has some amazing features, like custom scan buttons. It makes getting rid of my filing cabinet SO much easier. I can custom scan duplicate pages to a USB drive and not take up space on my laptop. This is also perfect for proofs of photographs and many other things.
Date published: 2017-10-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
danr from
outstanding printer
this printer delivers everything asked of it very reliable
Date published: 2019-03-10T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
lucabella8 from
Good product
We've had this printer for a couple of months now, and it's been pretty great. We have a very small business, but we do quite a bit of printing, and it's handled it, no problem. It's pretty fast, the colors are sharp, text looks great.
There are two reasons I didn't give it 5 stars: 1 The plastic seems a little cheap, especially on the bypass tray, and I'm nervous it will break eventually. And 2) Black and white images have a greenish tint to them. There's a workaround, but it's a pain to figure out.
Date published: 2019-07-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tech Ops from
Great product as advertised.
Have had the product for several weeks. It has performed exactly as advertised.
Date published: 2018-11-27T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Landmark from
Printer Works Great
So far, we are very happy with the operation of the printer. Our only compliant is the high cost of ink supplies. Brother should provide a service or provide a way to refilling the ink cartridges. Replacing the complete ink cartridges is as expensive as the cost of the printer. Over the expected life of the printer the ink supply cost is unreasonable.
Date published: 2019-03-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Nan S from
Wonderful machine!
So easy to work - functions are all self explanatory EXCEPT collating...still can't figure that out.
Date published: 2019-03-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bill80921 from
Very pleased!
I don't usually write product reviews, but for my new Brother all-in-one MFC-L8900CDW I will make an exception. I am very happy with its features, its performance, the relative per-page price of printing, and thus its overall value. I've had no glitches. I am glad to have discovered it and its better-than-the-other-guys reliability reviews. I am very pleased.
Date published: 2017-12-17T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SSL 1 from
Very good multifunction machine.
I am very happy with my purchase. It prints, scans and copies very well. My only complaint is how you need to open the back and flip switches to make the machine print envelopes.
Date published: 2018-12-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Michael48306 from
envelopes
It is a pain opening the back to print a envelope.
Date published: 2017-11-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Apex from
Great print out !
A little noisy but the results of the content being printed are clear and precise. A lot of great features available with easy functioning instructions.
Date published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rexer from
Too slow to print first page
quality of print is good and speed is good once it starts printing, but it takes about 10 seconds to print first page
Date published: 2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
brotherinlaw from
Much improved
Refined printer. Has features important to me, such as duplex printing and scanning. This printer is perfect for a small business or home use. Tech support is excellent, print quality is excellent. I'd recommend removing earlier drivers if you had previous models of this printer before installing.
Date published: 2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ski47 from
Looks Great!!!
Outstanding product. Every feature is at your fingertips. Easy to operate.
Date published: 2018-07-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DebR from
Quiet and fast!
I have always been an HP owner, and this is my first brother printer and I love it. So easy to install and use.
Date published: 2017-06-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
HVAC man from
Awesome Printer
Extremely happy with printer. Can't believe I didn't switch sooner. Toner lasts forever and prints extremely fast. Greatest feature for me is scanning. Scan is complete and on my computer before I can even sit back down at my desk and printer is only 6" from desk.
Date published: 2019-05-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
elt300 from
Good Printer
When printing/copying duplex, vertical bars appear on back side copies. Heavier weight paper helps some, but this should not be happening with normal 22 lb. weight paper.
Date published: 2018-06-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Deltacom from
Solid Multi-Function Device
I've owned/recommended many Brother printing products over the years. The quality and features of the MFC-8900CDW have not disappointed. Happy to see that the focus on quality has continued.
Date published: 2019-05-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Thorvald from
Top quality laser printing
The set-up went fairly quickly. It works fantastic with extremely high quality printing/copying of reports, photos and drawings in a 2 person office. The Brother machine purchase cost is less than leasing a commercial copier/printer for 3 months.
Date published: 2017-11-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
michaelrow from
Great Features!
Wow! I Love it! its fast quite copies faxes scans and prints with ease I would differently recommend the purchase of this all in one laser!
Date published: 2017-08-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pegasus from
Brother MFC-L8900CDW
This is my first impression and first ownership of a color laser printer which I purchased on the recommendation of the Office Depot Sales Representative. Easy to use, a bit bigger and louder than an inkjet but lower long term cost investment for toner supplies, so over time, less cost and better product and delivery than inkjet printer. Also, it takes a little time to recover if it gets hot from a massive job.
Date published: 2017-08-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Printing Preacher from
A partner who never complains
I use this printer to produce mailing of correspondence courses. The source material are these high resolution pdf files. This printer handles these files like it is no big deal. My very old laser jet printer used to take 10-15 minutes to print one file. This printer does it in 50 seconds. And the double sided scanning feature makes scanning the replies a snap. Printing envelopes nice, but you have to flip two switches in the back for that to work. Not a fan of that, but it does handle about 6 envelopes at a time in the feeder so I can queue those up as I have need.
Date published: 2017-11-08T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jackie50 from
Great Machine
I love this machine. It does everything I need it to.
Date published: 2019-07-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
fober from
Better than expected
Really pretty good machine. Does everything well. Two comments. 1 Why can't a printer manufacturer make a paper tray to hold an entire ream of paper at this price point? This goes for all of printer manufacturers. 2) A bit annoying that it seems to "think" mid-print job and not just spit out the entire print job at once. Otherwise, exceeds expectations.
Date published: 2019-04-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Small Town Business from
So Far, So Good.....
This Printer/Scanner/Copier has performed flawlessly in these first 4-months of use. The color copies have been consistent and the machine has been easy to use. I'm a little terrified of the expense of replacing the ink cartridges, but the machine has been great!
Date published: 2019-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
VictorC553232 from
My new brother
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. I want to start my review with the packaging. The printer was secure and wrapped very well; nothing was damaged, important because this was shipped to me. I do a lot of printing at my apartment/office and so far this has met my expectations and more. I like the size of the unit,
is not too big, yet has all the abilities of larger all in one printers. Setup was easy, and then I connected it to my Wi-Fi network, and that was easy also. This was done using the 5" color touch screen on the front. It is nice having a larger touch screen, which has good clarity, responds well to touch and guides you through all the settings and functions. Very easy to user interface. You also have the ability to connect it to your network via a cable if you want. Loading the paper was straightforward and like the sheet capacity. The first function I used was the scanner. The scanner has a full size legal document glass. You can scan both color and black and white documents. It also has the ability to do duplex scanning. I am impressed at the scanning speed, especially with color documents. I also love the fact you can scan and import to a OCR file, which allows editing of text documents, because of the Nuance OCR software. You`re also able to scan directly to email, cloud services, specific files on your computer. This goes quickly over the WIFI network. It also allows you to save the documents scanned in all the formats you could possibly want or need. Using the Brother iPrint&Scan app allows you to scan from any mobile device, either Apple, Android, Windows and Blackberry , a feature we have been using more often than we originally thought we would, its every useful and works nicely. The Copy feature allows for black and white and color copying. You don`t need a computer to copy; it is easily done using the control panel on the unit. The speed of copying is around 33 pages per minute and the quality is very good. You also have the ability to reduce or enlarge the document before its copied. Plus you can do duplex copying. The Print function is very good, printing at up to 33 pages per minute. We have been very pleased with the speed and the quality of the printed documents. Plus we never had an issue with misprinted or paper jams. This holds true for all the functions, no paper jams at all, which is plus for me. The last feature of this is the Fax. I do quite a bit of faxing and so far this has been working well for me. It does only fax in black and white but that isn`t an issue for me. One feature I have never had before is duplex faxing and have to say it is nice to have and works great. The transmission speed is good, faster than my previous all in one, just a couple of seconds per page. You can also send documents from your pc to the unit and they are faxed, that is another feature I like and have been using more often. Saves time and saves the need to print a document then fax. We`ve not experienced any issues with sending or receiving faxes. Overall this has been a hit in my apartment/office. Not just for the speed and quality but also for the security features, this allows you to only allow access to certain users or groups or limit how much they print. This also is a good way to help reduce printing costs. Overall, this is the perfect All-in-One for a small office that does a lot of printing. It has all the functions you could need, all have worked perfectly for me, the laser cartridges last longer and it is energy efficient.
Date published: 2017-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Brillo from
This is my 3rd Brother printer
Have had very good experience with prior Brother printers and was happy with my new unit for initial 4 months until screen kept indicating jammed paper, which was not the case. After much frustration Brother sent me a replacement unit after being guided through sequence of steps by tech support. Believe it was a faulty sensor. Happened at critical time when I needed my printer. Brought in tech guy at my expense to ensure properly installed. Has adversely effected my attitude towards Brother.
Date published: 2018-03-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Imperator DON Bruno from
It has help up well. Great print every time.
It has been reliable, I can’t print from my laptop or any mobile device. If I could improve one thing, it would have to be print outs that roll up on themselves. The DO NOT cause jams, but it is annoying.
Date published: 2018-12-26T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
PAM52 from
EASY TO OPERATE
EASY TO UNDERSTAND THE OPERATION.
OUR PREVIOUS UNITS HAVE BEEN RELIABLE, THIS UNIT HAS NOT GIVEN US ANY PROBLEMS AND PRODUCING GOOD QUALITY PRINTS.
Date published: 2019-04-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rondey from
I Like
This does everything I want and more. I need to learn more about all the functions.
Date published: 2019-05-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AZink from
Quality of pictures!
I've only used my printer for about a month, but I can tell you that compared to the inkjet I replaced this thing is a marvel! It's not really any faster at double-sided color printing than my old one, but the quality is 100 times improved. So far, no issues with jamming (and I do double-sided a LOT). Everything was in the box, and it took me about 10 minutes to set up and go. The instructions are complete, and it was easy to do. As of today, I'd definitely get this brand again.
Date published: 2017-10-09T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
jimmm from
best office purchase ever made ( seriously
fast perfect print jobs tons of features hopefully it lasts I will let you know if they ask for another survey in a few years
Date published: 2018-09-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dave27 from
AWESOME RELIABLE PRINTER!
Exceeds my copying, scanning, and printing needs. I really like the duplex option.
Date published: 2019-06-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TE DELOSS from
LOVE IT SO FAR
WE PURCHASED 2 BROTHER MFC-L8900CDW PRINTERS LAST MONTH TO REPLACE THE HP PRINTERS WE WERE USING, AND I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH THE SWITCH. THE PRINTER WORKS WELL, HAS A LARGE PAPER TRAY AND WORKS WELL WITH OUR BUSINESS NEEDS.
Date published: 2018-07-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dab1 from
Great Printer!
The MFC-L8900CDW is an outstanding printer! Colors are very true. I highly recommend it after having used a black and white laser printer for more than six years. The new printer also replaced a four year old inkjet color printer which was a constant nuisance --- filling or replacing cartridges every few weeks, and was messy and unpredictable.
Date published: 2017-12-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
tglaw from
Great versatile machine
I purchased this machine to replace a HP laser printer I had had for 12 years and a multifunction inkjet machine for my small law office. The Brother-MFC-L8900CDW works great. It's not as fast on the first document to print as the laser printer, but it makes up in the quality of the copies and the speed of the first copy when using it to copy. I use the copy, print and scan features and it keeps up with the volume.
Date published: 2017-10-18T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CHCMain from
Just what I need!
Needed an all-in-one laser printer for my small business. This unit is perfect!
Date published: 2018-04-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JDdoge from
Glad they stuck with what works.
I've used an MFC-9840CDW for years and recently moved to the MFC-L8900CDW. It was realtively easy to set up as it is similar to the 9840.
Date published: 2019-05-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Fely from
Love It!
It is very easy and with quality prints. It has a slow connect to print jobs and also to scan. The sensor on top feeder is not too sensitive.
Date published: 2019-02-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Konaboots from
Review of MFC-L8900CDW
Machine does well with amount of copy and scanning I do.
Date published: 2019-02-21T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Kymba0827 from
Great machine !
Excellent for home office ! Love the multifunctions and the double sided printing and scanning. The color is sharp and clean Highly recommended!!!
Date published: 2018-03-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DonnaMS from
Better than expected
Set-up was quick and easy. End-user friendly. The automatic two-sided printing works wonderfully as does label printing.
Date published: 2018-11-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
bhof from
Good but...
While it has all the features I was looking for - scan, copy, fax, there are times when I have to turn off and on in order to get the connection with the printer to get these functions to work. It may be a function of my wireless connection, but it is annoying when I want to print or scan and I have to turn the printer off then on to get my request started. Also, there should be a shortcut to be able to easy scan to email as I have to press so many buttons to get to that feature. For the cost of this printer it should be so much easier.
Date published: 2018-04-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CDSKansas from
Really like this except envelop printing & photos
I really like this printer and especially the more affordable consumable products compared to HP. Over the life, I can see how we will spend far less on laser cartridges. Two areas still need improved: 1. We have to flip 2 switches on the back of the printer to print envelops without getting a crease. While we're glad there is a way to work around this issue, it's inconvenient to do that extra step everytime we put in an envelop. 2. The quality of print on glossy photo paper compared to an HP is still not there. We recently had to print 50 pictures out. The ones done on the Brother had streaks and not full coverage. The HP looked much better.
Date published: 2017-10-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
RebeccaB770585 from
Brother All in One Printer
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. I connected The Printer to My Lap Top. I first set up to print Labels for a mailer. I found the Printer to be easy to load the labels, and when I pressed print, was so happy to see the labels had printed properly and each name and address was complete on the label.
I then set up a letter to mail merge with the address list from the labels. I had a very easy time printing. Loved how many pages it holds and was so thrilled to see how quickly so many letters were printed without the system over heating and needing to stop for periods of time like my old printer.
I found this printer easy to fax several documents to my insurance company. Loved how easy to use.
I scanned 3 documents and right away was able to find them to email.
My only complaint is, this thing is LARGE. However for a machine to offer all this does, I`ll clear an area. I think its a great added to my small business office and have always had Brother products and consider myself a ".Lifer"
Date published: 2017-10-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
robertfx from
Great universal machine capable of heavy loads
Great machine, very easy to setup and use. Small footprint, optional large capacity toners. I use it in my office on wired network, so I can not say how stable the wireless is. From my experience in the past, wireless is much slower and unreliable. Overall great buy!!!
Date published: 2018-02-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Harry44 from
Good features - very slow first page
Scanning functions quickly and well. I have tested the scanner in duplex mode and is one of the functions that I like. Scanning to email directly functions well. Copying works well including the duplex to duplex, enlarging and reducing functions.
I also have a HP CP2025DN color laser printer. I compared several color printouts between the two printers. Text printout in color is very comparable. Color pictures from the internet (IE: downloaded printer quality photos are very similar with a very slight edge to the HP printer.
There are two areas that I dislike about this Brother printer.
First is the time it takes to produce the first page of printout. It is very slow even in comparison to my old printer.
Second is the need to change levers on the back of the printer to print envelopes. Because of this it is much more convenient to print envelopes to my old printer.
I would not recommend this printer in a business environment. It is a good printer for a home office if you are patient while waiting for the first page to print and infrequently print envelopes.
Date published: 2018-11-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Mike 25 from
Reliable printer, does what it's supposed to do...
Great printer, very reliable, all features work as described. Professional looking black AMD white documents.
Date published: 2018-07-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Stripes from
Disappointed in Output
Was told that the machine would print on cover weight paper by your representative. At best will only print on 67lb vellum bristol and then the finished print has excessive curl and must be put under heavy weight to lay partially flat.
Date published: 2019-03-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sharp Lawn from
Amazing Printer
We purchased this for a small business office and love it! It was super simple to set up and the print quality is amazing! Was surprised how well this printer worked for the price. This ting is a beast and then some. Very fast printing and love the 2 sided printing and scanner. We spend hundreds less on this printer then the last one and it is 10 times better. Highly recommended.
Date published: 2017-10-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CCS77 from
Solid machine for our small business needs
This multifunction device allows for extremely easy use, great image quality, fast scanning, and just overall solid function for all of our small business needs. Both the color and black and white images look great.
Date published: 2019-05-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ShawnF from
Great product
We bought one and it worked great for nine months. Then it wouldn't turn on, but we called Brother and they shipped overnight a brand new unit. We also bought another for a remote office. We've always been happy with Brother products and their service after this last issue has put the icing on the cake that even in the event something fails, they're right there to help and help fast!
Date published: 2018-03-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Betty Jo from
I lke it.
We were hoping for a printer like this that would print in color for the office, but be a more reasonable price with larger ink cartriges. So it is working well.
Date published: 2019-04-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Anjali from
Colors mixing is aweful
The colors do not mix accurately or as intended in images and documents.
Date published: 2018-02-21T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
EllieAdmin from
A Workhorse
Had an issue with the manual tray not working from the start, Brother replaced it and now we are fine!
Date published: 2019-03-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
KNT12 from
I like it but could like it more
This is probably my 4th Brother laser printer. I’ve tried other brands and overall find Brother to come closest to meet my small business needs. The only difference between this and my last model is that this adds color. It’s fast and print quality is high in both color and B&W productions. I have been less than happy that within a few months it developed a vertical line that despite doing all the troubleshooting even with tech support, will still appear from time to time. I was also less than pleased that all the service options require bringing the machine to the service location. That’s not a great way to actually warrant a machine that weighs 70 or 80 lbs. That’s a disappointment. I’d pay for on-site service if it were an option.
Date published: 2018-09-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
PedroP from
Satisfied
Ours is very light use but wanted the features of duplex an scanning. It prints well and quickly. Quality of print excellent.
Drawbacks: the scanning to file is cumbersome going to the Brother Control Center and sometimes it does not work. Scanning to email does not work.
Date published: 2018-09-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dale G from
Great machine
In the past we have used other brands of printers that were priced much higher in order to haev al the features the new MFC-L8900CDW has. Since purchasing this printer we have purchased a second one as well. I would strogly recommend this product.
Date published: 2019-04-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Troy 54 from
Issues
Have one at work so I bought one for home. The one at work is great but the one at home has a paper jam problem.I am using the same paper with both of them.
Date published: 2019-05-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Notusingthesamenickname from
Great so far
So far I'm very pleased with my new Brother Color All-in-One. It was very easy to set up the wireless connection. The speed and quality of the wireless printing is as good as the previous printer. I had to tweak the color setting a little but tech support was great. They were on the phone for more than half a hour with no pressure to hurry the call up.
Date published: 2018-07-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Millie1 from
Great product
Excellent product and excellent features. The delivery was quick.
Date published: 2018-04-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mntnmama from
Solid but seems slow
I love Brother -have had a couple. This model had everything I wanted. But the speed seems slower than other Brothers I have had, and slower than what they claim. Also, the advance duplex feature is interfering with one of my software programs, so I am having to troubleshoot to try to get it to print duplex. But I like the ease of use, and if it is like my other Brothers, I plan on using it for some time.
Date published: 2017-10-25T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
rkaufmann87 from
Great printer but not without minor problems.
Overall this is a reliable device that prints high quality color and black documents however it's not perfect. We print about 1000 pages per month and have had the printer 6 months. On 2 occasions we have had banding on some pages, while the fix is simple it is an irritation.
Date published: 2018-07-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rakshani from
Lacking email to print function
This is a good all-in function device, however, it lacks the modern feature of sending a file via email to the printer to print.
Date published: 2018-03-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
hynzie from
Brother MFC L8900CDW
Easy to set up, dependable, great print quality. Recommend it highly
Date published: 2019-05-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Celum Law from
Brother printers are the best!
I am an attorney and this is my third Brother printer. It does everything I need and the color copies are great quality. I purchased it, not as a replacement for my other machines, but as an addition to my office. My only complaint is that it pauses quite a bit when printing a large file over wi-fi.
Date published: 2019-01-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
FX777 from
The workhorse in my law office
This machine was purchased to replace another Brother MFC which our office had been using for five years. This machine's fax forwarding feature has saved my office about $300 a month from our previous use of commercial faxing services. The extremely fast simultaneous scanning of both sides of two sided documents not only saves time, but also reduces wear and tear on the machine. The Brother Iprint and scan app eliminates the need for a computer and is a super companion to have with the MFC-L8900CDW.
Date published: 2017-12-14T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BigCid from
Outstanding Printer
I bought this printer because it was a demonstration model and the price was right. Although it was a demonstrator it had never been used. It has to be the best printer I've ever owned. The software was outdated but a Brother representative walked me through a free upgrade and now it works like a Cadillac. It is worth much more than I paid for it.
Date published: 2018-04-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
David Tech from
Great Printer .... Great Price
Couldn't ask for anything better for our small office
Date published: 2017-09-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Washington State from
Fast, quality copies for my small business
Love this copier. It has the features of a larger machine. High quality fast copies, easy to use. The price per page is very reasonable at thousands of copies per toner cartridge.
Date published: 2018-01-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JJMGVM from
Recent update from a 7-year old MFC-9970CDW
Given the cost of certain replacement parts for my Brother MFC-9970CDW, which served me well for 7 years, I decided that it made more sense to buy a comparable new model. So far, it has worked well. One minor problem is that it tends to not print when there is an available software upgrade to be downloaded and installed. Once that is done, then it prints normally again.
Date published: 2019-05-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AlanK518 from
Everything works good except the copying
Really a very nice machine except there is no way to make the copies placed on the glass come out in anything except legal size. I tried calling support but there is a huge language barrier. I wish their tech support spoke better English. Expensive copier to not be able to use 100%.
Date published: 2018-01-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Felice66 from
clearness of print
Love all the features and the clearness of the printed product.
Date published: 2018-12-19T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ramirez 9936 from
Controller
Excellent printer that is the first time that we used in the company.
Date published: 2019-03-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
RuthK394568 from
Big Bang For Your Buck
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. My first impression was that the box was huge and I was worried about the size of the unit, but upon opening the box I was relieved to find that the Brother MFC-L8900CDW`s footprint was just a tiny bit bigger (deeper than the inkjet multi-function printer that sits on my desk (though it`s about four times the height). The Brother is easily lifted and is made of sturdy material, unlike many I`ve used.
Setting up the Brother MFC-L8900CDW was very easy. I wondered where the toner was for a second until I checked the quick start instructions and found the toner cartridges pre-installed. It`s a user-friendly toner compartment, by the way, not like those toxic old toners that you were supposed to ship back to manufacturer for those traditional, giant workstations. I followed the quick guide and was faxing within seconds from the time I finished removing the packaging.
Noise, Speed, & Quality
After about 10 days` use, mostly for printing (network printing), I am super-impressed with this machine. It is whisper quiet, so much so that I could print while on a sensitive call, with a customer who does not share my native language, without that warm-up noise and printing sound giving away my multi-tasking. It is so quiet that, when I mistakenly thought I had printed to my desktop printer, I re-printed before I realized that my documents had printed to the Brother just outside my office door.
The speed is fantastic. On the desktop printer, when I need to print a long (10+ page) document, I plan the print around another activity that doesn`t interfere. When I printed the 20 page AmEx bill, from the AmEx website, on the Brother, it was done in about 45 seconds, due to one of my FAVORITE features, the simultaneous duplex printing (meaning it doesn`t have to suck the paper back in and flip it; it just prints both sides at same time). A performance well worth the trip out of my chair to pull the fincished documents off the Brother.
What I am most impressed with, however, is the quality of my prints. When photocopying, I ran off copies of various color printed documents and the copies were undistinguishable from the originals, even when I examined carefully. Both original and copy even had that sheen that first generation color (or b/w) prints have.
My overall take is that this all-in-one printer is a joy to use. I would LOVE to take this printer home, and for people with a little more home office space, doing so would be quite feasible as the size is not much more than the average deskjet. Unfortunately for me, it is still a little too big for my urban living apartment.
One last note. As a laser printer, the Brother takes toner, which is expensive. But there were toner promotions out there, and with toner cartridges that give you like 4000-6000 pages, it`s still more cost effective than ink cartridges which give you around 120 pp(I think). AND they have the added bonus of not forcing you to constantly change ink cartridges (which always seems to be necessary in the middle of a big print job). The main downside is that the toner purchases require a large outflow of cash at once rather than stretching it out over time with $20-40 ink cartridges.
If you download the latest version of the software, be more careful than I was to avoid the unrelated software bundled in. It wasn`t too bad, just one app I should have skipped, but still kind of an annoyance to have to be suspicious of software for your brand new color laser printer which wasn`t cheap. I don`t see any real benefit to the customer with these kind of deals between corporations. But that aside...
Thumbs up. And if they ever shrink this machine a little bit to fit on my home printer table, I`ll be first in line.
Date published: 2017-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
GerryB from
Still the Best
This is my third Brother all-in-one. It's not that anything was wrong with any one of them. I just upgrade from time to time. Brother machines are rock solid. They just work. When a consumable is exhausted, just pop another in; and it's like buying a new machine. I recommend only Brother to friends, family, and associates.
Date published: 2017-08-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CnSInvested from
All in wonder
It does everything i need to do for my small business it has exceeded my expectations
Date published: 2018-06-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
why needed from
This is a dream machine for me.
I'm a realtor needing to scan all day, print volumes of brochures, docs, postcards - all sorts of paper and sizes and this beast handles it all with aplomb. I am so impressed with the broad functionality and speed of this product. I could rave on, but suggest for heavy users; this is well worth the investment.
Date published: 2017-12-06T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
user1000 from
works well
Product works well. Does everything we want it to do.
Date published: 2019-06-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tony2Wolves from
Works well with excelent print and scan quality
After 2 months I have no complaints. Works well with excelent print and scan quality.
Date published: 2018-10-31T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Zain from
Great Features
Great features and good customer service, and I am very pleased with its products and services.
Date published: 2019-04-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Rjh2019 from
Does everything well
I appreciate the reliability and user friendly features. A real workhorse.
Date published: 2019-03-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
callyourbff from
MFC-L8900CDW
Love everything it can do. Would recommend it to a friend.
Date published: 2017-07-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
AmiLou from
Great features that work well
Great features that work well easier to use best printer in my opinion on
the market. works extremely well pretty easy to navigate
Date published: 2019-03-20T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Harsh25 from
Great features
Nice printer; can print many pages and it is also very fast
Date published: 2018-12-11T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Desiree from
You've got a BROTHER in you
Great printer! It has great features with economical ink. I just wish printed pictures appear glossy.
Date published: 2017-11-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MSLMBW from
Awesomesauce!
Our company was in the market to lease a copier and we were not ready or able to jump through all the hoops that the commercial companies wanted us to do... until we discovered this awesome and amazing machinery. It fits and works perfectly in our office setting. Thanks
Date published: 2018-03-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
texasmonneyman from
seems like a great product but follow up service i
Our new MFC l 8900 CDW came with a warped paper drawer and it is therefore not functional. I talked with Brother 2.5 weeks ago and they said they would ship a new replacement out immediately. 2.5 weeks later no printer yet. so now what??? The things is I bought two of them and I was contemplating buying a third.
Date published: 2017-12-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gatgetpr from
Great looks, Awesome Color Printing and Fast
The price for the product is acceptable. The performance of the printer is great and the quality is as well. I'll give a 5 to this product if it could scan and turn the document in PDF.
Date published: 2018-06-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
rel123 from
completes my office
Making copies and scans so easy. I have a small office it fits right in. For a small machine it does as much as a big one.
Date published: 2019-02-17T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Randy52 from
Great Printer
Easy, very professional copies, can do anything with this printer
Date published: 2018-01-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JANET T from
WOULD BE GREAT IF SCANNING WOULD WORK
LOVED THIS MACHINE INITIALLY HOWEVER CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SCANNING ISSUES UNABLE TO SCAN.PURCHASED THIS FOR ITS DUPLEX SCANNING ABILITY DOESNT SEEM TO WORKAND NOT EASY TO CONNECT
Date published: 2019-06-14T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Number1 from
I'm soooo pleased
You want a great product with exceptional service, look no further, it's the MFC-L8900CDW
Date published: 2018-12-02T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MaureenT231414 from
Easy set up
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. This printer was easy to set up and connect my many devices to (laptops, cell phones, and tablets). The print quality is wonderful- crisp, clear letters. It is a bit slow to start the printing process, but when it prints, it`s quick, with great clarity of the printed material. I love the touchscreen. You can program it to your personal needs.
Date published: 2017-10-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Fredbmex from
Very practical and fast - security features lack
The printer is very practical and fast but has some glitches if you are trying to restrict users. Importantly, the scan function from your PC of a secured user doesn't work. You have to go back and unrestricted printer to scan from the printer to your computer. Printer works fine though, directly from your PC or MAC You can't separately program an Ipad or iPhone to print as a secure device.
Date published: 2018-01-28T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Peddlecar Quilts from
I can now print professional looking copies!
I love this copier/printer. I can print professional looking patterns for my business to sell. The color is great and I print on glossy paper for the covers. I love the PDF software that came with the product, which allows me to add/remove text. The ink cartridges came with a full supply too.
Date published: 2017-07-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
NielsG from
Gfreat AIO Printer
This MFC-L8900CDW All In One Laser Printer replaces a 10 year old MFC-9840CDW All In One Laser Printer which gave me excellent service.
I've had this over for over a month and it works as good as its predecessor only faster. Warm up time is very quick and printouts look great. Highly recommend.
Date published: 2018-01-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DAN IN THE DESERT from
OUR BEST BUSINESS TOOL
OUR BROTHER CDW IS THE HARDEST WORKING TEAM MEMBER-IT HANDLES LABEL AND POST CARD PRINTING BOTH SIDES AS EASY AS PAPER-THANK YOU BROTHER!
Date published: 2018-12-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ChurchSect from
Love the features
i have used this printer for over a month and I can absolutely say that I love it. I especially love the automatic duplexing.
Date published: 2019-03-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
P111 from
Has everything you need in an MFC
Very good machine for the price. Has all the features you need.
Date published: 2019-05-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Arttile from
Good Build Quality
The product feels substantial and all of the features work as advertised. The touchscreen made setup and customization a breeze.
Date published: 2017-11-13T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
adabada from
Fine...but
Multiple pages print every other page upside down. I called customer support and worked through it and it printing correctly...once. Then it reverted to every other page upside down again.
Date published: 2018-12-03T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Ike247 from
Really nice printer
Has pretty much everything you need for a small business or doing work at home!
Date published: 2018-12-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Melissa56001 from
Nice printer, easy to work, nice functions!
Documents come out nice and clear and professional looking in both black and white and color. It is easy to set up and easy to use. I did have one paper jam but it was easy to access and fix. The only problem I have had, which has nothing to do with the machine, is that there are not as many options available in my area for color copy paper for laser printers as there are for ink jet ones. I hadn't paid attention to that before I purchased it as wish I would have.
Date published: 2017-08-15T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Snowshoes from
Was tired of buying ink cartridges
Was tired of buying ink cartridges. This unit solve all of my printing problems
Date published: 2019-03-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Caribbean Architectural from
Happy I switched...
Very easy to use. Prints great and love how photos come out! Ink replacement is very reasonably priced.
Date published: 2017-06-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
1serviceguy from
Not Happy
Very slow with all of the functions, I was expecting a machine that would keep up.
Date published: 2017-09-11T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
StephK from
Best in Class
I don’t review things but this one is too good not to pass up. Outstanding in all respects and well worth the investment.
Date published: 2018-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sri Rapur from
Great tool
Great assess for small business , it is a Complete solution
Date published: 2018-11-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Chambo from
Nice Printer!
Printer is great. Have not used it for color prints that much at this time, but it is a quiet,fast, energy saving printer with a lot of great options and the print quality is very good also.
Date published: 2019-03-13T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
BandL from
Awesome Printer
This printer works like a very dependable and reliable employee. Great edition to the home office. I will be buying a second one for the work office!
Date published: 2017-11-20T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TxMan from
Quick seamless setup
This was a replacement printer for my previous MCF printer that was about eight years old. It was so much easier to set up and restored the colors back to their brightness. I am hoping that the upgrade will pay for itself in toner cartridges.
Date published: 2018-07-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TheCrows from
Love the Color, Not the Speed
This laser printer prints (in color!), faxes, scans, DUPLEXES, and has an easily programmable digital home screen for setting shortcuts, etc. It prints beautifully! It takes four different toner cartridges which seem to last a normal of time, but they can be spendy if you buy the Brother brand. I recommend buying HIGH YIELD COMPATIBLE. It also requires a drum a little more often than it should, but you can ignore all of the excessive reminders to put toner and a new drum until necessary. It has built-in wifi which is wonderful for setting the large boat anchor somewhere else and printing to it from your computer, phone, flash drive, etc. The only issue I have with it is the speed. It can be pretty slow. There are three of us in the accounting office who share this printer and usually by the time it prints we've already forgotten who printed. Also, it will print my printing right in the middle of someone else's. Annnnd... it will "take a break" in the middle of printing only a few (10?) sheets. If you don't care how long it takes for something to print I highly recommend this printer. Otherwise, I would compare it's PPM (page per minute) stats against other higher-speed printers. I do like Brother, though, and their customer service/warranty is top notch. In fact, that's how we received this printer... our other printer had a power surge issue and they replaced it with this one. And this one is a more expensive printer (but it was refurbished).
Date published: 2019-01-30T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JessicaT412119 from
Compact Color Printer that does it all!
I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. This printer is wonderful. It is so easy to use and perfect for a home office. I love that I can copy more than one page at a time and also scan document directly into my drive or email them when necessary.
The product instructions were a little confusing. I had a hard time setting up the printer for WiFi use. It took longer than expected but now that it`s set up, it works great!
The printer is very easy to assemble and remove the tabs that prevent it from shifting during shipment. There are great instructions so that you don`t miss any pieces during intitial assembly.
The Brother All-In-One printer is so much better than the printer I was using. It`s about double the size but still can fit in a small corner of the office. It`s much faster at copying and the print quality is amazing.
The double-sided printing is the only issue I had with this printer. It jams each time and is very frustrating. I still can`t figure out why it keeps jamming so I haven`t been able to print double-sided.
Overall, my impressions of this printer are great. I love the quality of the print. I love how fast it copies. I really love that I can scan right from the printer and save things to my drive. Overall, I am very impressed.
Date published: 2017-10-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Karen 33 from
Easy to use
I like the printer. It's very easy to use and has great color. I am disappointed it needed a repair after six months, but other than that it's great!
Date published: 2019-04-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Vince55 from
They just keep getting better!
I have been buy Brother brand machines for 30 years. They have been reliable and a great value for the price.
Date published: 2019-05-19T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
terron from
Brother MFC L8900CDW
very happy with the product. Easy to install and use. Love the wireless printing feature
Date published: 2018-03-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Prof G from
Work Horse!!
Excellent choice and practical for everything both personally and professionally.
Date published: 2017-12-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Heart pumper from
Dependable
So far its does everything I need. Prints fast from desktop, laptop, mobile phone, and even tablet.
Date published: 2020-06-06T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mabcpa from
Love all the new features and WiFi printing
Quality speed and convenience this printer has it all. The WiFi printing technology and the auto refill app for toner is a great new feature!
Date published: 2019-09-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Bo63 from
Like it more everyday
I went from an Ink jet to a MFC-L8900CDW, it has taken some time to get use too, an using the right paper for printing and some Photos that I do... Also getting use to the software take time... But things are coming along. Like all thing NEW it takes time. I like the way it prints and scans, Pictures are clear, but are not as glossy as an Ink jet. Love how much paper it holds, Not filling the machine every other day. Have not used the Fax yet. Most people don't no they need to use the right paper. I tried the cell phone App. that works neat... As time go on I expect things to go better and better. In comparison to the Ink jet. No more Ink that leeks or needs to dry.. this is a plus. One thing I'm not crazy about is the Center paper tray and printing from there for envelops .. I found it best to download all the Instructions on the unit, as you may need to do something step by step until you get use to the printer. Its got a lot of things that you can do..
Date published: 2019-08-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
John I from
Great versatility
It's versatility and user friendliness makes it a great machine.
Date published: 2019-09-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SanteeShady from
Great,but...
Love the machine, i only wish it would interface with Alexa
Date published: 2019-08-25T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Hudsonnut from
Does everything well!
Apple AirPrint, color duplex printing, copies. It has everything I need.
Date published: 2019-09-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TXHillcountry from
Works great - a big improvement over ink jet!
I have had a Brother B&W laser for about 15 years, and it just keeps going. When it came time to upgrade to a color laser, I compared many and settled on this printer. I am very glad I did. It has so many great features (one pass double side scanning, etc, it is fast and the output quality is fantastic.
Date published: 2019-08-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ship3485 from
Works great for my small business
Easy to set up, the cartridges last long time, I print everyday for customers. Its perfect for my small business.
Date published: 2020-05-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jarker1 from
Works great!
Only problems I had were with passwords, but that was resolved through a phone call. Prints fast, scans faster. I can’t believe how fast I can scan a pile of papers.
Date published: 2019-02-01T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
CSammet from
Does the job, never an issue, and great quality
Bought this printer for business use. Tired of having to mess around to get an inkjet to work for printing letters, mailings, etc... Have had other Brother printers and of those 3, only 1 gave me any issue. This makes my 4th Brother and it is in the catagory of no issues and works great !! Love the envelope printing, the paper drawer could be a little bigger to hold a whole ream, but otherwise it works and does so with little effort from the user.
Date published: 2019-03-05T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Revivalusa from
Does everything I want it to do
I had an older model of the same machine and for the sake of economy I changed to another brand inkjet. I was never happy with that and went back to brother. I am so happy now. Much better quality of printout, double sided scan that I missed so muc with my other printer, quick and reliable for the amount of printing I need to do, which isn’t really all that much, but I’m much happier with the all round result.
Date published: 2017-11-04T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
ajkr from
My Dream Printer!!!
I have had this printer for 3 months and it has become instrumental in my son's (6th Grade) education. Schools today have done away with text books, rely on electronic files and web pages, and are prolific generators of special projects. This means that a lot of material will be introduced at school, but learned and mastered at home. This means tons of printing, scanning, copying. This means creating binders for the hundreds of pages of reference material. Creating exhibits, posters, and displays (yes, in addition to projected PPT/Slide presentations). This means re-sizing, shaping, flipping, etc. This printer is one of the four most satisfying things in my house. It works flawlessly! I depend on it. I wish the toner was cheaper (or the counter could be reset) and that the paper tray held more sheets of paper.
Date published: 2018-12-04T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Josh M62 from
Grading Licence
Easy to use and set up and use for all functions 11
Date published: 2019-02-12T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Yvette8131 from
REPAIR
HAD UNIT FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. HAD TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS FOR TRANSMISSION TO BE SENT TO REPAIR SHOP BEFORE WE RECEIVED THE UNIT IN WORKING CONDITIONS.
Date published: 2018-06-12T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dryerman from
Super Device
Simple to use, great print quality and speed, and versatile enough for all of my Office needs.
Date published: 2018-12-24T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
mwc2013 from
Good Product
The features are great (the only downside is how it crinkles the envelopes when those are printed. Overall, I am happy with the machine & it serves its purpose for what we need in a small office.
Date published: 2019-01-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Zeno from
So far so good. Appears to be a well built printer
We will probably replace our HP printers with these as they seem more dependable.
Date published: 2018-07-05T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JazzMaxx from
Pretty good bang for the buck
The cost of this printer is better than most others in its class, while the feature set seems to be very comparable to the competition. Configuration of the printer is relatively painless, although we had to download the Brother printer driver/utilities for some systems rather than use the default Windows drivers. Our printer did die on us after 6 months, but Brother's customer support was very responsive and sent us a replacement printer within 2 business days.
Date published: 2019-01-22T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Nutz4hockey from
Does everything
Faxing, copying, printing. As advertised, and with great quality. I bought this on a whim because the price was right, wondering if it would deliver the goods. Exceeded my expectations!
Date published: 2019-05-16T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Dhall787 from
Incredible Machine
Brother knocked it out of the Park with the 8900. Absolute NEW standard! Never had a printer like it. Thank you
Date published: 2017-08-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MarieB from
Really like this printer - jus one pesky issue....
We purchased this printer at my work because I loved the prior version of it from Brother (MFC-L8850CDW) we had used previously, and wanted to continue with the quality I had experienced. It's been two months since we purchased the MFC-L8900CDW, and I have indeed experienced the excellent quality with this new printer thus far, with one exception. The WiFi connection will randomly drop, and the printer will start spewing out blank pages instead of completing the jobs in my print queue. The only way I can get the connection back to the printer (over the WiFi) is to restart my computer, even though it can access the WiFi, in the middle of my printing tasks.
Date published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
jjjjj from
Really helpful for printing, copying and fax
The machine does a good job with heavy duty printing, copying and fax. I wish the cartridges were less expensive.
Date published: 2019-07-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gina2V from
Terrible!
The wireless capability goes offline constantly. One minute a printer can print to it and the next you spend countless hours trying to solve it. Would never recommend this printer to anyone.
Date published: 2017-11-09T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Barry67 from
Does everything I need.
As for a quality copier, canner and printer, this unit is a great product at a reasonable price. This is my 3rd Brother Printer and I am never disappointed with the quality and dependability
Date published: 2018-07-22T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Chris Sowder from
Could have had a little more support....
When we were setting up the machine to do what we needed to do I had some questions. From the website, I could not get to a live agent via phone and had to web chat which seemed to me take a lot more time than a live agent. It performs quietly however it is a lot slower than the last model we had. Print quality is good. Just wish I could have a support session for setting up the machine.
Date published: 2017-08-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SueBeesu from
Connection with computer
Have from day 1 had trouble with communication between computer and printer. Lost power for about 5 minutes the other day and again now the computer and printer aren't communicating. Why do I have to constantly call. Didn't have this problem with other printers I had in the past. Frustrating to say the least
Date published: 2019-04-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Frustrated Dawn from
Nothing but problems
I set my printer up, ran the first print job and there's a nice black mess printing down the side of the pages. I tried faxing and it cancelled the job giving an error of not enough memory. I need to print legal and letter size pages, collating, on the same doc but it's printing all on the same size, even though I submit the job to print according to the original size. Not a great first day with this machine.
Date published: 2020-07-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
JJZ618 from
A good choice
I have used it for about four months now. It is so far trouble free and print quality is good and the original cartridges still work after a few hundred prints. Overall, I am a happy customer.
Date published: 2020-07-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
DKPhung from
Good to invest this printer
Easy to use. Set up is quick. Color is real. The first page is a little late but not important. Need to improve if it can connect wifi 5G for faster.
Date published: 2023-09-21T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
SMMPA from
Out with the old. In with the new.
I loved my previous MFC until lightning took it out after many years of reliable service. I replaced it the same day with a newer model. Love this one too!
Date published: 2023-09-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
not applicable from
MFC-L8900CDW
Does not work well if at all with the app. I would not recommend this device.
Date published: 2023-09-28T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Jennifer from
MFC-L8900CDW Review
We bought this printer as a replacement for an older Brother. This printer is taking the place of having a separate copy machine. So far, it has been excellent.
Date published: 2023-07-26T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Sajjad from
MFC-L8900CDW
Its start with making some noise for few minutes and jam 2 to 4 sheets and after that perform good. But I also bought the refurbish.
Date published: 2023-07-30T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
TurnKey Tech from
Works as Advertised
Easy Setup, excelent Software Installation for Functionality!
Date published: 2023-08-03T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Tracy from
Good machine
It's just a little slow to process the info and print but otherwise it's great
Date published: 2023-09-08T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Pattie M from
Great Upgrade for My Small Business
Great product. Just what I needed for my small business. Super easy to set up. I suggest adding the extra tray if you use various paper sizes. Only used Tech Support once and they were awesome!
Date published: 2023-09-02T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Charlotte from
Printer fine. Customer service is not.
The product is fine (mostly), but the customer service is severely lacking in quality. The scan feature on our brand new printer does not work. I’ve contacted Brother numerous times for help to resolve the matter. After the initial communication with low-level support couldn’t resolve the issue, the ticket was escalated. That’s where I stopped receiving any help. Brother failed to call during scheduled times, failed to respond to my emailed inquiry, and has failed to follow up with me to this day. The scan feature still does not work, but our office has now entered our busiest time of the year. I no longer have time to constantly follow up and I definitely don’t have time to block off sections of my day that have been pre-scheduled for Brother to call and help — especially knowing they’ve repeated failed to call during those windows in the past. We’ve had to borrow others’ scanners for large job. We shouldn’t have to do this. So, printer is okay but be prepared for limited to no customer service or tech support if something goes wrong.
Date published: 2023-09-17T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Wilma from
Small business
Very happy with the product for our small business
Date published: 2023-10-10T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Francesca from
Disappointed..
Had this printer for 1 year 3 days and it died. Brother said out of warranty but you can take it to certified brother repair shop that’s 1 hour 45 minutes away. Not very helpful at all. Very disappointed in customer service and support
Date published: 2023-10-07T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
bea F from
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It works great, Just cant figure out how to get it online, so we can scan and email.
Date published: 2023-11-07T00:00:00-05:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Krafty from
Started well but fell down after 3 years.
I have had mine for 3 years now. Wireless printing unpredictable. Printer now making bad grinding noises when printing and no response from inquiry to support. I hoped this would have longevity but I wouldn’t buy one again.
Date published: 2023-10-29T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
John Sorenson from
Always go Brother
AMAZING! Only complaint is the yellow lines on a very colorful picture but it might not even be the brother print causing the lines. Have had brother printers my whole career and they are pure quality.
Wish I could give 5 stars, just not sure how to even get ahold of them like most other companies these days but want awesome get the Brother!!
Date published: 2023-10-23T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Robert from
Printer is great, supplies very expensive.
This printer is great, but supplies are very expensive. Even though I print 99% of the time in black & white, the color toners keep going down. Why? Taking the printer alone, this would be 5 stars. When you consider the total cost of ownership, it is just average.
Date published: 2023-10-24T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Gene K from
Latest Brother machine in 20 years
I have pretty much stayed with a Brother product for the last 20+ years in my office (tax & accounting). The prior machine wan an 8850 purchased in early 2017. It made it through this year's tax season but finally bit the dust over the summer. I had purchased the 8900 last year as soon as it became available again. It was a seamless transition. I am still getting used to the changed menu features but I find it to be much more quiet and still very fast in printing. It is also my go-to machine involving any form of 2-sided copying. I don't know much about the larger machines available, but this range has worked very well for me in a small office (about 80 reams of paper a year) and for personal use without being overly complicated.
Date published: 2023-10-27T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
Waterdoc from
Great value for the price [especially when on sale
this is my 3rd MFC-L8900CDW printer... lots of bang for your buck, cartridges are expensive main down fall. And definitely not capable of lasting the amount of printing pages as claimed, but over all still good machine. Although mine newest one is just couple months out of warranting and making grinding noises :(
Date published: 2023-11-01T00:00:00-04:00
Rated 5 out of
5 by
MTGeo from
Slower than we expected.
We bought this to replace our much older Brother MFC-8870CDW. The L8900 has all the same features, but we were disappointed with the speed. We expected at least the same throughput or faster. It is actually slower than our old 9970CDW. It spends a lot more time digesting the data before it gets around to printing. On multi-page documents it also has to pause during the printing to think about the data some more.
Date published: 2023-12-16T00:00:00-05:00