Review: Brother DCP-6690CW Wide Carriage Inkjet Printer
Brother’s latest offering DCP-6690CW is not only a standard photo printer that can scan and copy, but it can do all that on A3-size paper. A big inkjet printer with a host of features is guaranteed to take the market by storm, even though Brother carries more credentials with laser printing than inkjet.
The printer carries four individual cartridges, cyan, yellow, magenta and black. Ink cartridges are available in standard and high yield variants. Best printing resolution is at 1200 X 6000 dpi. Some testers who had hands-on experience with 6690CW felt that text prints were pretty ordinary while the colour graphics and photo quality were excellent.
Printing speed is decent for A3 at 10ppm for both monochrome and colour. However, it was found that the printer demonstrated a speed at 4ppm which was a net reduction by 60%.
Other features that make this printer a must buy is the multiple options it presents to be connected over a network along with the standard USB 2.0 interface; it’s both Ethernet and Wi-Fi capable. The scanner is capable of directly emailing digital copies along with the option of storing them on memory cards and OCR.
After a bunch of positives, it’s time to look at one major negative that has the potential of negating the bunch of features it carries, the selling price. This Brother inkjet printer carries a price tag of £260 which is a little steep for printers in this segment and the quality it offers, especially with monochrome text prints.
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Abhinav has been blogging about printing and related technologies on CreativeCloud for several years. He is also a project manager for a large technology company.
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