Compare Prices : Brother MFC 6490 - Expert Reviews

Verdict: Doing my Internet searches found the Brother MFC-6490CW at a best price of 227.70 from the link below and this includes free delivery as the item weights 22 kilos in its box that is important

Review summary: Very compact and incredibly cheap for an A3 all-in-one, but speed and print quality are only average

Verdict: Where the budget price starts to bite is in the performance of the printer, which is less impressive. When printing our A4 mono document at draft settings, for example, the Brother managed 9ppm – not bad – but quality was lacking, with faded graphics ...

Review summary: brother mfc-6490cw review: Brother has unveiled the world's first multifunction unit capable of printing, scanning, faxing and copying up to A3 size.

Pros: Only multifunction that will print A3, Relatively affordable for its feature set, Acceptable black and white printing, Poor colour prints on plain A4 paper, Incredibly slow A3 prints, Huge size

Cons: No multifunction capability, Not terribly quick print speeds

Review summary: There are plenty of all-in-one printer/scanners around, but what almost all have in common is their A4 size. Brother's MFC-6490CW is the first that can print on A3+ paper and scan documents up to the same size, with integrated fax to boot. It'll ...

Verdict: A bigger Brother. Affordable oversize printing and scanning.

Review summary: There are plenty of inkjet all-in-one printers available and quite a few are suitable for small and home office use. If you add in the requirement to handle A3 paper, though, there are suddenly very few ...

Verdict: As a first attempt at an A3 all-in-one office inkjet, the MFC-6490CW makes a lot of the right moves. It has twin paper trays, a good scanner and some useful extras, such as the widescreen LCD display. A couple of annoying shortcomings, particularly ...