Brother DCP-T426W Multifunction (Print Scan Copy) Ink Tank 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.

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.

Love it! The print quality is really incredible. Photo prints on glossy photo paper turned out incredibly sharp and detailed. Colors are rich and fairly accurate. Honestly, it's really surprising quality coming out of a consumer grade affordable all in one printer. The standard paper text prints are incredibly quick and text is sharp.The apps for both phone and PC are well designed and easy to use. Connecting to WiFi was super easy and printing using WiFi has been working reliably and the process of sending the files to the printer is really fast. All my previous printers have been HP and the fact that everything just works as intended is new to me. The brother apps don't keep pestering to create accounts or log in, which is delightful.The only one complaint I have is that the maual paper feed tray throws an error everytime I try to use it.Though the build quality seems to be really good, only time will tell the durability. So far so good.

It is cheaper than its competition.* Driver installation is very challenging.-I failed to make it work on Windows 11.-After a lot of struggle, it worked for Ubuntu.* WiFi printing does not work.* It randomly fails in between prints. Don't give more than five pages at once.* I tried printing photos on glossy photo papers; after much struggle, I could draw photo paper from the rear slot, but every single print failed half away.* I tried to update the driver, but the problem remains.* If you want to make someone suffer, gift this printer to that person.

Easy to install,use and ink is fantastic.Love the product,worth the money and quality wise greatWhite color so adorable and print quality is fine,great model. Even wifi connected so quick with both mobile and PC.

Quality of the print is good as expected.

Does all your work smoothly. Print quality is good and will rate 8/10. Scanning is good. I'd card scanning works good. Having ink tank makes it economical. Wi fi connectivity is satisfactory with brothers connect app. Manual paper feed is not good and takes lot of effort to set it correctly, printing using paper tray is easy, just keep bunch of paper and relax . Overall it's good Printer and worth buying.