Brother MFC-J480DW - Wireless Inkjet Color All-in-One Printer w Auto Document Feeder
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555011377-01 Brother MFCJ480DW Compact Color USB Wireless Duplex All-in-One InkJet Printer MFC-J480DW Manufacturer by Brother, manufacturer model no is MFC-J480DW.
Brand: Brother
Connectivity Technology: USB, Wi-Fi
Printing Technology: Inkjet
Special Feature: Wireless printing
Color: Black
Model Name: MFC J480DW
Printer Output: Color
Maximum Print Speed (Color): 10 pages_per_minute
Max Printspeed Monochrome: 27 pages_per_minute
Item Weight: 8 kg
Printer Type: Inkjet
Other Special Features of the Product: Wireless printing
Printer Output Type: Color
Item Weight: 8 kg
Item Dimensions D x W x H: 13.43"D x 15.75"W x 6.77"H
Controller Type: Vera
Print media: Unknown
Scanner Type: Sheetfed
Maximum Copy Speed Black and White: 6 pages_per_minute
Compatible Devices: Smartphones
Warranty Type: Full warranty
Ink Color: CMYK
Additional Printer Functions: All In One
Control Method: App
Number of Trays: 1
Processor Count: 1
Display Type: LCD
Resolution: 203 x 203 DPI
Color: Black
Maximum Print Resolution Black and White: 203 x 203 DPI
Printer Connectivity Type: USB, Wi-Fi
Hardware Interface: USB
Total Usb Ports: 1
Brand: Brother
Model Name: MFC J480DW
Model Number: MFCJ480DWG1
Built-In Media: Accessories, Ink Cartridges
Series Number: 480
Model Series: 480
Specific Uses For Product: home office, small business
UPC: 012502640370
Global Trade Identification Number: 84
Manufacturer: BROTHER
Color Pages per Minute: 10 pages_per_minute
B&W Pages per Minute: 27 pages_per_minute
Maximum Media Size: 8.5 inches x 14 inches
Maximum Sheet Capacity: 100
Paper Size: 8.5 inch x 14 inches
Output sheet capacity: 100
Wattage: 19 watts
Duplex: Automatic
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[UPDATE] I've had this printer for almost six months now. I'm still using the ink cartridges that came with the printer. Full disclosure: I don't print that often, but I appreciate one feature most users have complained about: Every day around 11 AM, the printer turns itself on and performs a nozzle cleanup. I think that has really helped for the inks to not dry out on me, like is usually the case with most printers when used rarely. [END OF UPDATE] I know reviews based on first impressions aren't that great, but given how bad my experience with my previous all-in-one printer was, it's too hard not to notice the contrast now. Setting up the Brother MFC-J480DW took a bit longer than setting up my previous AIO (HP Envy 5055), but this was mostly because this Brother printer uses four ink cartridges instead of two, and because it has tactile buttons instead of the touchscreen of the HP printer. Having tactile buttons to press motivated me to run the Wi-Fi setup from the printer itself, instead of relying on a mobile app for Wi-Fi setup. But if setting up the hardware took some extra time, setting up the software took almost no time at all. This is because I didn't download any software from Brother's website, nor did I use the included installation CD. I avoided unnecessary bloatware and just let Windows 10 detect the printer and install its drivers. Printing works fine, as does scanning via both the flatbed and document feeder. Note that when using the document feeder, you need to insert the paper all in; it isn't very intuitive how deep you need to insert the paper into the feeder, but once you get the hang of it, works like a charm. The MFC-J480DW also works fine on macOS High Sierra, though macOS didn't detect the printer on its own, I had to add it manually. But again, I just used the first-party drivers from macOS, no unnecessary bloatware there either. While I haven't used the printer on Android, I know both my Galaxy Tab S2 (Android 7.0) and my Nokia 6.1 (Android 8.1) both recognized the printer. I don't know yet how to print from an iPad, but this printer supports AirPrint, so that shouldn't be a problem. Printouts look nice. The printer is quite slow, but nothing out of what I expect from its price point. As for the ink yield, it's too early to tell. I did see that when I'm about to print a document, under "Printer Properties" there is an option to print with just black instead of color. This should take care of the common complaint that the printer refuses to print black documents when one of the color cartridges has run out. We shall see, and I'll update this section of the review when that time comes. One thing I wasn't expecting is that this printer also has a built-in fax. I won't use it, but it's interesting to know it is there, especially since I thought the fax support was the differentiating feature between the J480DW and the slightly more expensive J485DW. Another interesting detail is how Brother hid the USB port underneath the scanner's flatbed. I guess they really want you to use the printer wirelessly, but if you do want to connect it via USB, you can lift the flatbed to find the USB port, and there's a cable management hole to route the USB cable to the back of the printer.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2018 by RobertoC_73
I have never hated an inanimate object the way I hate this printer. Every day it seems to invent new and different ways to mess with me. First the basic design flaws: * It holds a miniscule amount of paper and thus needs refed multiple times per print job. * You can't scan by pressing the SCAN button (which seems to have no actual purpose) but only through the utility. Even though I have the app on my phone and don't need to pull out my laptop every time I need to scan something it is still a pain to require one device to run another. * You can't scan to a thumb drive. Only to the utility app. * scanning to the cloud doesn't seem to actually work. * You can't use the feeder to feed pages in for copying or scanning. Not entirely sure what it can be used for, tbh. * It is incredibly, ungodly slow. I have never seen such a slow printing printer, even for simple black text. * The fax also has to be run through the app. Why is there a button? Who knows! * Mine requires a restart between every print job. I saw online this is a common problem with this printer. If I don't restart it between each job it "fails to connect". * It won't print or copy if a color ink is low, even if the job only requires black. * You have to use the utility to set it up for wifi. When you try to do it on the device itself (as the instructions tell you to do), the number of digits available to enter your wifi password as so limited it is too short for the average password. * Doesn't print a "fax failed" page when your fax doesn't go through so you're kinda left guessing if it went through or not. An additional problem we had, is we moved the printer to a different room, and in doing so caused the printer, somehow, to refuse to recognize the colored inks that it had. They were mostly full, and hadn't been jostled or removed from the device. I had to replace them because it simply wouldn't recognize them, and as I said, it won't print in black if it is low on a colored ink. There's a lot of other issues I could go into, like the difficulty of installing the software and the poor quality of the scanning, but I think I've made the point here. This is a horrible printer that I only recommend you purchase if you plan to give it as a gift to someone you dislike.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2017 by Kathy Miller
I've had Canon, HP, and other printers and have never been as pleased as I am with this Brother model. As a casual home user, this checks all the boxes for me. The print cartridges are less expensive. The printer sound is quiet. The warm up time is minimal. The installation was fairly easy. The footprint is smaller than most. The digital readout is clear and helpful. We've had this printer for a couple of months now and have been very happy with it. Setting it up for use with my wireless desk top computer was fairly easy, and the I found the instructions easy to follow. It took about 1/2 hour, and I have had no connectivity problems. It sits on a small stand on wheels beside my large computer desk, and I haven't noticed any vibration of the cart when printing. Although the casing is plastic, it seems sturdy enough to withstand normal use. The size is about 16" wide by 14" deep by 6 1/2" high, and you don't need extra room on the sides for access. The paper supply, ink cartridge replacement, and paper output are all on the front. The cartridges are contained in a box on the lower right of the front panel and are easy to replace. It uses 4 separate cartridges for black/yellow/cyan/magenta, and the other colors keep working if one runs out. I haven't used the Fax or Scan capabilities, but it works fine for printing and copying. The display tilts out for easier reading. The buttons are well marked and easy to understand, and the digital readout provides instructions in language that's pretty easy to follow. I keep the printer turned off between uses, and when I turn it back on, it takes only about 10 seconds before it's ready to print - no long warmup routine. I haven't had any paper jams. So I can't comment on how easily they can be fixed. Overall I think is the best printer I've ever owned, and I feel like I finally found a printer that meets all my needs for a reasonable price. Update 2017: I have had this printer for about 1 1/2 years now, and I am still as pleased as when I first purchased it. I occasionally print out a 2-sided newsletter for our community. With the previous HP OfficeJet Pro, I would have to print 10 copies at a time to prevent paper jams. With this Brother, I can print all 73 copies at one time, with no paper jams. It prints right down to the last sheet in the tray without a problem. To do the 2-sided pages, I print one side first. Then I reload the tray with the printed pages (print side up and page top in first), and print the second side. It takes me less than 5 minutes to print 73 pages. I haven't counted, but I estimate that I get about 200 pages per print cartridge. No problem if you have to change the ink cartridge in the middle of a project because there are no test pages printed out. It just resumes the printing as soon as the new cartridge is in place. I would still highly recommend this printer for home users.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016 by Barbara Birks
I researched new printers for a while after my Epson WF4530 (Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4530 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax, iOS/Tablet/Smartphone/AirPrint Compatible (C11CB33201)) finally gave up the ghost after 5 years with a bad print head and an ink leak that developed after trying to clean it. I considered getting an Epson EcoTank or Cannon MegaTank, but just can't comprehend the substantial premium over the same model printer with standard cartridges. Brother's InkVestment feature is nice and all, but the hardware still has a large enough price premium for the privilege of bigger ink cartridges, and lower print costs. Having used refillable cartridges on other printers, I searched for, and quickly found compatible carts and ink for this printer. These refillable cartridges will get me close to the cost per page of the lower print cost systems, but for significantly less outlay at the purchase. I settled on this model because it was inexpensive, did automatic duplex printing, and had an auto document feeder for the scanner. I placed the order before realizing it didn't have an Ethernet connection, but 30 days in and using the printer on WiFi only hasn't been an issue yet. I have a stable home WiFi network made up of Ubiquiti access points ( Ubiquiti Unifi Ap-AC Lite - Wireless Access Point - 802.11 B/A/G/n/AC (UAPACLITEUS) )which are much better than any home router/wifi device I have ever used. I suspect that users with WiFi issues have the printer located too far away from the wireless access point to get a stable signal, or are using their ISPs included WiFi modem/router, most of which are not up to snuff once you have more than a couple of devices connected. My father uses many Brother printers and multi-function devices in his small business with relatively few issues. Also, at a previous job, I saw numerous Brother laser printers that had hit the 250,000 page mark without anything more than toner refills and a few pickup roller replacements to continue soldering on, so I feel confident in the durability of Brother-branded products. SETUP The first thing you should do after getting the printer connected to WiFi is force a software update. As of May 2018, I am running firmware L and am able to use Ink Owl's refillable cartridges: InkOwl - Refillable Cartridges for BROTHER LC201, LC203, LC205, LC207, LC209 + auto-reset chips + 4x120ml ink + syringes After installing this software update, I turned automatic updates off as I have installed aftermarket refillable ink cartridges, and have read that future updates may fail if you are using unofficial ink when the updates are installed. I have the original ink cartridges on hand in the event I have issues with a software update. Overall, the setup process was fairly straight forward and getting connected to WiFi and installing the software updates took only 10 minutes. The most time consuming part was tying in my WiFi password which is long and random characters. Setup of the printer over the network was easy on my Mac. I went into the printer section of the the settings app and added the printer from the discovered devices. Within minutes I had printed a test document and was able to scan. OTHER OBSERVATIONS The printer is very small in size compared to my previous Epson WF4530. The paper capacity of 100 sheets of paper, and a 20 page ADF is small, but the printer is inexpensive and I really don't see it being an issue for my home use in almost all instances. Update: Removing 1 star because the auto document feeder is mostly useless. I like to scan in magazine articles and the rollers tend to jam on the glossy paper and ruin what I was trying to scan in. The ADF is fine if you scan something like plain copy paper. The ADF is so terrible I bought a dedicated document scanner. Fortunately I found one at Goodwill for $10, but would have liked for the one built into the printer to be at least somewhat useful. Overall, I still like the printer Update: Over 4 years and the printer is still going strong! I have a test page scheduled to print every few days to keep the ink from drying out and have had a few streaking issues here and there, but overall this has been a great printer that I hope continues to work well for more years to come!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2018 by AJ Tissier
I’ve been using this printer since July of 2016. Almost TEN YEARS of moderate home use. It was super easy to set up, can work wirelessly, or via a USB cord. Scan, print, copy, fax. I’ve literally moved it 3 times in those 10 years. The best part is the low ink cost & HIGH ink life. Recently, I replaced all 4 cartridges, then printed over 200 pages. 60% of the pages were in pictures printed in FULL color on BEST mode. The ink barely budged. BARELY. Just bought another set of ink to have on standby for when I do finally need to replace it again—$12. That’s it. $12 for 2 black cartridges & all 3 colors. I’ve never had an issue with after market ink cartridge compatibility either. This little printer is a BEAST. My reliable little workhorse. After 75-100 pages straight, it does usually enforce a break so it can cool down, but it’s a very short one usually then it’s right back to work. I recommend Brother to everyone I know thx to this purchase.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2026 by Meredith
First off I have no connection with Brother Printers or IKONG Ink and have never received any incentives from either company. I have purchased HP and Epson printers over and over through the years. I usually would get about one good year out of each printer before I would start having printing issues. Many times I could not figure out if there was a printer issue or with the same brand name ink cartridge so off to the office supply store to spend $60 for ink only to find out I still had the same issue. We are not heavy printer users however we probably go through about two or three reams of paper per year and I would say on average each printed sheet contains between a third to half page of single spaced print, sometimes an occasional graphic or small color picture and usually with one inch margins. I decided to try the below Brother Printer after reading the reviews and the comments that 3rd party ink worked well at a much reduced price. So for less than $100 I purchased the below Brother Printer and IKONG Ink pack in February 2018. The one negative comment listed more than once for this particular printer was that the printer took longer than normal to start printing via a network on a large print job of 25 sheets or so. I found that to be a true comment but hey, it gives me time to go grab a quick drink or snack before a larger print job prints. This has been the same case using two different wireless routers which is the method that I use for communicating/printing. Small print jobs are usually already printed by the time I get from my living room laptop to the printer in a spare bedroom. The print quality is great. I also like Brother's Control Center software that is bundled for faxing and scanning single or multiple pages. The ink has really been great at $30 for multiple sets of color and black cartridges allowing my wife and I to print more than we ever have in the past in our home. I can only speak about these two products which I am highly satisfied with and will be looking for another Brother printer and more IKONG Ink cartridges when replacements are needed. Printing is more of a pleasure (and able to use more color) than a gripe now that the cost is so much less. Hope this helps. Brother MFC-J480DW - Wireless Inkjet Color All-in-One Printer w Auto Document Feeder, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled - Sold by: Deals On Broadway -$69.00 IKONG 12-Pack Replacement for Brother LC203 LC203XL Works with Brother MFC-J480DW MFC-J4420DW MFC-J5620DW MFC-J4320DW MFC-J885DW MFC-J485DW J5720DW MFC-j460DW MFC-J5520DW MFC-J880DW MFC-J4620DW J680DW - Sold by: IKONG - $30.99
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Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2018 by Kenneth J Staley
This printer makes good quality prints for both text and photos. It is rather slow at printing, even just a page of plain black text. I have checked various settings and, as far as I can tell, everything is set to medium quality so I am not sure why the printer is so slow. It can take over 1 minute to print a single page. The printout looks nice but sometimes you want your 10 page term paper to print in less than 15 minutes. I deduct a star for this issue. The main reason that it gets 3 stars instead of 5 is the installation was very, very, very difficult on one of Windows 7 machines. I installed the printer on 2 PCs and 2 laptops. Both PCs run Windows 7. One laptop runs Windows 10 and one is still running good old Windows XP. Windows 10 made installation a breeze. The OS detected the network printer and asked if I wanted to use it. When I answered in the affirmative, I was good to go. I have not tried to scan from the Windows 10 laptop. The Windows XP setup was tricky but I followed Brother's online instructions exactly and it worked on the first try. I have not tried scanning from this laptop either. I installed the printer on the older of my 2 PCs and it worked on the third try. I tried installing it once wirelessly and once with the cable and it failed both times. The third try, again wirelessly, it worked. I have no idea what the difference was among the 3 attempts. I just followed the onscreen prompts each time. I can print and scan from this PC. Now, my last Windows 7 PC took, no joke, over 5 hours to get the printer installed. On the first try, I got an error. I could scan but not print. I tried everything on the support part of the Brother website but got no results. Eventually, after much searching through obscure tech websites, I got the printer to print. The problem I kept encountering was Windows 7 kept saying that there was no driver. I do not know why because presumably, the print driver is included with the installation disc. I tried manually installing the printer through Windows multiple times in various ways for over two hours. Nothing conventional worked until I copied some obscure file from a source folder to the Windows folder. That finally worked but then, I could not scan anymore. I lived with just printing for a few weeks. Then, I uninstalled the printer and tried reinstalling it again in an effort to get the scanning to work. I had thought that it would be easy since now, my computer apparently had the driver. Sadly, I went back to square one- no printing and no scanning with Windows 7 telling me that there was no driver present. I spent over 3 hours trying various installations methods again, including trying to repeat the trick with copying the odd file into the Windows directory again. Nothing worked. In a desperate move, I shared the printer from my other Windows 7 machine. I could use the printer as a shared network printer but that meant that the other computer had to be on and awake for me to print. The whole point of getting a wireless network printer was to avoid this problem. However, it occurred to me that when I shared the printer, the driver had to be installed for the printer to work. Miraculously, when I tried the standard installation again, the computer found the driver and setup the printer as a local printer. YEAH!!! I am a pretty tech savvy person. I've been building my own PCs for over 20 years and I have done trouble shooting for all sorts of problems with every kind of device. This experience was one of the worst ever and I credit the fact that it works now to my persistence and willingness to try just about anything to get the printer to work. If it had not been working fine on 3 other machines, I would have returned it. So, if you are not tech savvy or, even if you are but you don't want to spend 5+ hours fighting to get a printer to work, this printer is not for you.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2016 by R. Graham
I've had this printer since January 2017 and since I have gotten it, I constantly have and error of the printer being "offline" every single time I try to print something. Is it offline? No. It's on and it's connected to the wifi. But Every time I would need to print something I would need to turn the printer off multiple times, reconnect it to the internet (even though it was already connected) and literally press all the buttons and then MOST times, it would finally work (but not all the time). Finally sick of going through this every time I wanted to print something, I reached out to Brother yesterday for some troubleshooting. I tried the chat function first and the lady didn't seem to know what she was doing and just kept sending me links to troubleshooting pages on their website for me to figure crap out for myself. One of the things said to delete the printer from my computer and then re-add it. Well lo and behold, once I deleted it from my computer, it was gone. My computer now won't show that a printer exists in my house. So I told the lady this and she gave me even MORE links to troubleshooting pages that did absolutely nothing. She told me to reach out to my internet service provider and then tried to ask if she could assist me with anything else! I said are you joking? You didn't assist me with anything to begin with, you made things worse. So she finally says that I need to actually call in order to get "real time" support. So I immediately call them and am stuck waiting for a representative for an hour. When somebody finally connects with me, they have me run a diagnostic and then tell me, again, that I need to call my internet service provider because it's a problem on their end. No it isn't! But I called anyway because Brother representatives wouldn't assist me any further and my internet service provider reset my modem for me but guess what? That wasn't the issue. Now my printer still won't connect to my computer and I'm going to have to try calling Brother again later today. I found out from going on their website that this particular model has been discontinued and I'm wondering if this is the reason why. In addition to this, like many other people have said, Brother updated the firmware to make it do automatic cleanings and it completely drains the ink. Because it won't accept any cartridges other than Brother, this gets very expensive. I finally came to the realization a few weeks ago that this was what was killing the ink (because I don't/can't print very often) and finally have just kept the door to the ink cartridge open until I need to print something, this keeps it from being able to clean itself. I am extremely unhappy with this printer.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2018 by Erin