Brother MFC-6490CW Reviews: All-in-one Printer
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Most helpful reviewsIvan, Sudbury, Suffolk Occasional home user
- Good points:
- Easy to set up and use
- Bad points:
- Large footprint with A3 cassette fitted
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Confirmed purchase: 19 May 2011
Duncan, Applecross Business user
- Good points:
- good all round printer ideal for small office
- Bad points:
- some features no accesable via a Mac
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Confirmed purchase: 17 Jan 2011
Louis , berkhamsted Frequent home user
- Good points:
- to disillusioned to think of any
- Bad points:
- It was extremely difficult and technical to set up , i have not been able to use the a3 scanner /copier function and ever since the driver was installed my computer has been crashing. i have a mac i'm sure it works fine for pcs - its always the way with these things. Louis
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Confirmed purchase: 12 Jan 2011
Dave, Helston Frequent home user
- Good points:
- Easily set up from scratch. Ink cartridges are easliy accessible and to change. Cartridges are reasonably priced.
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- Reviewer left no comment
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Confirmed purchase: 12 Feb 2011
Philip, Newbury Business user
- Good points:
- Ease of installation
- Bad points:
- None
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Confirmed purchase: 11 May 2011
Confirmed purchaser Business user
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paper pick up not reliable.
not managed to set up wirelss opeation on old laptop
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Confirmed purchase: 10 Mar 2011
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Product Features
| Print technology | Inkjet |
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| Extra functions | LCD display |
| Photo printing | Dedicated |
| Connections | Ethernet |
| Connections | WiFi |
| Connections | PictBridge |
| Maximum paper size | A3 |
| Memory card slot | Yes |
| Print colour | Colour |
| Number of colours including black | 4 |
| Colour print speed (Pages per minute) | 28 |
| Black and white print speed (Pages per minute) | 35 |
| Vertical print resolution (Pixels) | 1200 |
| Horizontal print resolution (Pixels) | 6000 |
| Height in cm | 32.3 |
| Width in cm | 54 |
| Depth in cm | 48.8 |
| Borderless printing | Yes |
| Postscript | No |
| Release date | 2008-09-01 |
Also known as: Brother MFC 6490CW, BROTHER MFC6490CW, Brother MFC-6490CWZ, Brother MFC 6490
Printers Buying GuideManufacturer's Description
Open up bigger possibilities with the world’s first compact A3 inkjet multifunction printer, enjoy flexibility with built in fax, print copy and scan. The MFC-6490CW also boasts total connectivity including wireless connection with easy and secure setup.
Features
- Large 400 sheet paper capacity and 50 sheet automatic document feeder
- Hi-speed super G3 faxing, 100 speed dials and 400 page memory
- Total connectivity including Hi-speed USB 2.0, wireless, ethernet and USB host with direct scan to PDF feature.
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Are you entirely happy with the quality of A3 colour photos on gloss paper?
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Sorry we have not used that yet.
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Have only done A4 on semi gloss - quality was fine. Much better than on standard white paper.
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i keep ceaning the heads but the print out shows the yellow and blue square spots are missing and i has cleaned the heads over 20 times
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maybe the ink cartridges are empty and need to be replaced - if not a problem with your print heads
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We have not had this problem but we find the ink cartridges run out quicklyand they seem not to clear the dots after changing straight away.
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I have encountered this problem when the ink level is low in the relevant cartridge and when the printer hasn;t been used for a while so the print heads get 'dried out'. I found that, apart from cleaning the print heads a coulpe of times, printing something that uses a lot of ink e.g. an A4 size single picture seemed to help - I guess because it forces a lot of ink through them as opposed to just printing text. If the ink level is low you will need to change the cartridge. I have recently been using cartridges from an alternative manufacturer which are a fraction of the cost (£12.00 for a complete set of 5) of Brother originals and they work fine.
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Confirmed purchaser Frequent home user
Score 8.0/10Confirmed purchase: 25 Mar 2011