Brother MFC-J6760DW

Is the Brother MFC-J6760DW worth buying?

The Brother MFC-J6760DW is worth buying if you want A3 print, scan, copy and fax in one machine and your week includes stacks of paperwork, at £249.97. Three trays hold up to 351 sheets, the automatic document feeder takes 50 at a time, and the in-box ink covers up to 700 pages, so it is built for a desk where paper arrives in bundles.

The Brother MFC-J6760DW is not the buy for anyone who measures a printer in seconds. At 13 ppm mono and 13 ppm colour it is the slowest of the A3 four-in-ones in this group, and a 200-page A4 run takes about 15 minutes before colour coverage is counted. Buy it for the feeder and the trays, and buy one of the faster machines in this group for the speed.

How much does the Brother MFC-J6760DW cost per page per minute?

Divide £249.97 by the 13 ppm print speed and the Brother MFC-J6760DW comes to £19.23 for each page per minute of throughput. Put plainly, you pay about £19 for a unit of speed that the Brother MFC-J5340DW sells for £6.64 and the Epson WorkForce WF-7310DTW for £4.82.

The £19.23 figure bites hardest on long jobs. A 250-sheet A3 run at 13 ppm takes roughly 19 minutes, and print resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi black and white and 1200 x 4800 dpi colour is document-grade, so nothing here is aimed at photo work. Copying is the quicker function, at 25 ppm black and white with up to 999 copies in a single run.

What comes in the box with the Brother MFC-J6760DW?

Inside the box of the Brother MFC-J6760DW: the printer, the starter cartridges, an AC cable, a user guide, a quick installation guide and a warranty card. The cartridges are good for up to 700 pages, and replacements come from the LC527 and LC528 families, including super-high-yield versions. Brother's EcoPro subscription reorders ink automatically as levels drop.

The Brother MFC-J6760DW stands 57.6 cm deep, 47.7 cm wide and 30.5 cm tall and weighs 20.2 kg, so it needs a desk with depth and a firm surface, and lifting it into place is a two-person job. Three paper trays take up to 351 sheets with a 250-sheet output, power draw is 27 W, and Wi-Fi, Ethernet and USB are all included. The packaging is moulded pulp, which recycles with the cardboard.

Where does the Brother MFC-J6760DW fall short?

Speed is the first compromise with the Brother MFC-J6760DW. At 13 ppm it is the slowest of the A3 four-in-ones in this group, and colour runs at the same 13 ppm as mono, so a mixed A3 job gains nothing from changing settings. A 20-page colour report takes around a minute and a half of printing on its own.

Weight and the small review base are the other two compromises. At 20.2 kg the Brother MFC-J6760DW is not something you shift between rooms, and 57.6 cm of depth rules out a shallow shelf. Only 18 owners have rated it 4.1 so far, so there is far less long-run experience to lean on than the 192 ratings behind the Brother MFC-J5340DW.

How does the Brother MFC-J6760DW compare with the MFC-J5340DW?

The Brother MFC-J5340DW is £64.07 cheaper at £185.90 and prints at 28 ppm, which is 15 ppm faster than the Brother MFC-J6760DW. What the extra money buys here is the 50-sheet automatic document feeder and the three trays with 351 sheets of capacity. Choose the MFC-J5340DW if you print A3 and rarely scan more than one sheet at a time; choose the MFC-J6760DW if multipage originals land on your desk every week.

The Epson WorkForce WF-7310DTW is £95.78 cheaper at £154.19 and reaches 32 ppm mono, almost two and a half times the pace of the Brother MFC-J6760DW. It prints A3+ and does nothing else: no scanner, no copier, no fax and no document feeder. That is the machine for a desk that only ever receives files; the MFC-J6760DW is the one for a desk that receives paper as well.