Brother Ink Tank DCP-T426W Multifunction (Print Scan Copy) Color Printer Best for Home, 150 Sheet Paper Tray, WiFi, Print Up to 7.5 K Pages in Black and 5 K in Color Each for (CMY), Free Installation

This has to be one of the best printers in this price bracket. I took a few photo prints on Kodak 180GSM paper to check the photo print quality. The borderless prints came out so good that if the same quality is maintained over time I will completely skip photo prints from professionals. It’s that good (at least to my eyes)! All the other types of prints are as expected out of a good quality consumer grade printer for home use.Coming to the nitty gritties, the wireless connection setup can be a bit tricky since the whole procedure involves connecting the printer to the mobile device or your PC wirelessly and then connecting the printer to the WiFi router. The problem is with lack of a proper owner’s manual for these procedures in the box the printer comes in. The owner’s manual needs to be downloaded from Brother Website which, though doesn’t sound too difficult, but the whole experience of doing all this was not a very pleasant experience to me. I found the website and the owner’s manual a bit convoluted and the wireless connection setup did not go without hickups. There were a few failed attempts while trying to connect with the mobile phone though PC wireless connection was easy. However, after the WiFi connectivity sorted, printing from PC and my mobile devices has been a breeze. Print, scanning, copying, wireless connection stability, response time for print command via WiFi etc., have all been extremely good.The printer comes with PC drivers on a CD. Since CD is not much of a thing nowadays, I stored the CD in a ‘cool dark place’ to never return to and downloaded all the necessary drivers for the PC from Brother website. There are four levels of print quality that one can select while printing photos from PC namely: Photo quality, Fine, Normal and Eco mode. There are also two types of print media to choose from for photos namely: Glossy paper and Normal Paper. The peculiar thing is that the Android app for printing from mobile devices does not have ‘Photo Quality’ mode!The printer does have some issues. For one, I’m not a big fan of an enclosed tray for paper loading. Though this would remove some of that clutter from front of the printer and may help prevent dust from getting into the papers, loading paper into the tray is a real chore. The situation is aggravated due to the temperamental nature of the manual feed tray. The manual feed tray only takes one page at a time and has to be fed ‘precisely aligned’ and seems to have mind of its own to the point where the procedure renders it almost useless. So, if you plan to do back to back printing, which the printer cannot do automatically, you will find yourselves opening and closing the main document feed tray multiple times.That said, this is a very capable printer at the price point and pack almost everything that one would need for home use. The print quality is excellent, its fast and the prints come margin-aligned perfectly all the time. My only worry at this point is what happens when the machine ages.As per the device’s owner’s manual, the printer has to be kept plugged to wall outlet all the time even when not in use so that it can do the necessary head cleaning every once in a while. So, I’m going to keep the machine plugged to the power and keep my fingers crossed.

The product is good, worth money but struggling to connect it to wifi and free installation not provided, otherwise scan copy colour print is good

Good for mass printing . I have been using it for the last 3 months and it is good and economical. Scanning quality is not as crisp as my previous HP printer. Color quality is also a little dim. It shines in B&W printing. Mobile printing is also lacking due to connectivity issue. Mass printing is where this shines I have run through an entire Paper block both color and Black &white and still the ink has not dipped that much.

Very Disappointing ExperienceI had a very bad experience with this Brother inkjet printer. Earlier, I used an Epson inkjet printer which lasted around four years. Hoping for a better and more reliable option, I switched to Brother – but unfortunately, it turned out to be a poor decision.The app provided by Brother has very limited features and lacks user-friendliness. On top of that, the printer constantly disconnects from the Wi-Fi network, making it highly unreliable for any urgent or continuous printing tasks.What’s worse – it took me nearly an hour to print just 8 pages of a simple PDF document. The connection kept dropping, and I had to restart the process multiple times. I ended up wasting 8 pages in the process due to printing errors.Overall, a frustrating and inefficient experience. I would not recommend this printer to anyone looking for a smooth and reliable printing solution.

The printer works smoothly with clear prints and fast performance. Setup was easy, and it connects well with both mobile and laptop. Compact design and good ink efficiency. Delivery was quick and hassle-free. Totally worth it!

Very good and practical product. The mobile app is user-friendly and makes printing, scanning, and copying simple. Overall, I'm satisfied with the purchase.

Been using it for around 2 months now. Listing down the Pros and Cons:Pros:1. Strong and sturdy built.2. Easy to setup. Ink filling was very easy and so was the wifi setup.3. Print quality is good. Both color and b/w prints.4. Tested one print on photo paper and the quality was satisfactory.5. While printing through wifi, at times the print speed is pretty fast and at times it lags as well. Seems it depends on the wifi quality.6. Easy to operate through phone.Cons:1. The manual feed tray at the back side is absolutely useless and pathetic. You need to place paper in a very precise manner. Slight here and thr, machine shows an error and print does not come. 90% of the time, you get an error while trying to print basis paper placement from this tray. Even the company person who had visited for demo told not to use the back tray as its useless and everyone complains.2. If your requirements is back to back print on regulat basis, suggest spend some more amd take the higher version of printer which has back to back printing option. Its a real pain to manually do back to back print in this machine.3. At times it takes ages to take a print while using wifi. Could be because of wifi stength. Not sure though.For demo, do call the company within 30 days of purchase, else they will decline post 30 days.

The build quality is very good, but unfortunately, I received a defective unit. I haven’t had a chance to test it yet, so I returned it. After refilling the ink, when I first booted up the printer, all three lights were blinking together. Power off and on multiple times, held the color button for 3-5 sec but nothing happend. According to Brother’s website, this indicates a potential issue with the machine’s internal hardware.