After children go to primary school and junior high school, many families will buy a multi-functional printing all-in-one machine, which is convenient for printing various materials, test papers, etc., and can also meet the needs of adults who occasionally work at home. Brother laser printer has a good reputation in the market, so, how about the quality of Brother laser printer?Brother DCP-1618W Black & White Laser Printer Is It Any Good?How to add toner?Is it cost-effective?See the detailed review of this product.
This brother DCP-1618W laser all-in-one machine adopts a black and white color-matching design, and the overall shape is square and simple. Accessories include compact compacts, USB cables, A5 long-edge paper feed supports, driver discs, installation instructions, warranty cards, and more.
The size of the printer is 385 340 255mm and it weighs about 72kg, the body is very small, and it does not take up too much space when placed on the desk.
In terms of details, there is a display window on the edge of the upper front of the fuselage, which can display 2 lines of 10 characters of operation information in Chinese and English. This LCD screen is not large, and it may not be clearly identified in the backlight environment, but from a professional point of view, users can easily grasp the current working status when interacting with each other, which is still very friendly.
On the right side of the display window is a series of function buttons, with Chinese and English logos above the buttons, so novices can quickly get started without having to study the manual.
At the top of the function button, open the cover plate to create the scanning area.
Below the button is the paper output area, after opening, there is a baffle inside that can be stretched out, and the paper will not fly everywhere when the paper is released.
Below the output area is the paper tray, which has a large capacity and can hold 150 sheets of paper at a time. The input tray has a small drawer push-pull design and a small ramp inside to automatically jam paper. The manufacturer is also equipped with a detachable A5 paper buckle, which can meet the printing needs of A4, A5, BK and other different sizes of paper, and can also effectively prevent paper jams. It can be put away when not in use, and it is dustproof and moisture-proof.
There is a cooling fan on the right side of the fuselage to ensure the stable performance of the printer.
The back of the fuselage is pasted with the detailed parameters of the product, as well as the data cable expansion interface.
Lift the upper body of the printer and you can replace the toner consumables. This printer adopts the toner separation design, the service life of the toner cartridge is up to 10,000 pages of paper, and it does not need to be replaced frequently in the later stage, only need to replace the corresponding toner cartridge after the toner is exhausted, which greatly reduces the user's use cost, which is very intimate.
The structure of this printer is relatively simple, but it is full of functional details and very reasonable design. Let's do an actual print test of it as usual.
First of all, let's print a document with ** and text, ** combined with the document can test its comprehensive performance more than simple text. From the point of view of printing speed, this printer only took a few seconds to complete the printing task of several pages, the whole process is smooth and smooth, and the printing speed is worthy of recognition. In a home environment, the 20-page print speed is not bad.
In terms of printing effect, the handwriting and ** of the printed document are displayed very clearly, and there is no blurry or intermittent phenomenon. Comparing the printed file with the source file, in addition to color and black and white, the definition is not bad at all, and the printing resolution of up to 600dpi is enough to cope with the printing needs of Xi and work.
This printer can directly print Excel, Word, PDF, JPG, PNG and other different formats of files, no need to convert the format or modify the content of the file on the computer, the pdf training questions sent by the teacher, the excel** issued by the company, etc., can be easily printed, the experience is very efficient.
The printing method of this printer is also very flexible, it supports wireless wifi printing, click the wifi button on the body panel, connect to the wireless network at home, and then connect and bind with the mobile phone or tablet device, you can use the mobile device to print. It is quite convenient for users who do not have a computer at home.
Judging from the effect printed on the mobile phone, the handwriting and data are very clear, so there is no need to worry about it.
Users can also connect a desktop computer or laptop computer through a USB cable to achieve multi-terminal sharing. After connecting the data cable, you first need to install the driver. The installation process is completely fool-proof, and users only need to follow the prompts step by step, and there is no difficulty at all.
Users can also directly print the documents received in the WeChat group through the "Brother Enjoy Printing" applet, which does not require a mobile phone **APP, which will not increase the burden on the mobile phone, and it is very convenient to print documents.
During the entire printing test, the paper output of the Brother DCP-1618W laser printer was very smooth and smooth, and there was no paper jam. In addition to the design is more careful, this printer is also specially installed with an anti-jam roller system, through the built-in two rollers, the paper roller and the separation roller, can standardize and reduce the paper route at the same time, to ensure accurate paper flow and smooth printing.
The printer also offers an Ink Saver mode that saves ink by reducing the size of the ink dot space, keeping the number of ink dots the same so it doesn't compromise on print clarity, increasing the life of the cartridge and reducing costs.
In terms of function settings, like many large printers, the Brother DCP-1618W can also set the number of copies to be printed, the pages to be printed, etc., and what is needed to be printed, without causing paper waste.
Of course, this all-in-one printer also supports the copy function, and users can copy the household registration book, ID card, etc. at home, which is convenient and fast, and there is no need to go to the printing shop.
From the point of view of the effect of copying, the drawings and handwriting are relatively clear, which can well display the content of the source file. It also supports one-click copy ID card function, and users can also zoom and fine-tune the screen in increments of 1%, which is convenient for users to accurately grasp the size, and save time and effort in copying documents.
At the same time, this laser all-in-one machine also supports the scanning function, put the file in the scanning area above the fuselage, click the scan button to read the file information, and the operation is also very simple.
I used this machine to scan the color and black and white documents separately and compare them with the source documents. As can be seen from the figure above, the scanned and printed files not only have good color restoration, but also the black and white details are also very clear and delicate, which is not much different from the source file, and the scanning effect is quite good.
At the end of the article, as usual, I would like to summarize. This Brother DCP-1618W laser printing all-in-one machine is compact, simple and convenient to operate, and is also equipped with a display screen, which can be easily used by novice users. The product supports printing, copying, scanning and other functions, printing fast, smooth and clear without paper jamming, but also supports wireless wifi printing, small program printing, etc., powerful, whether it is children's learning Xi materials or adults' various work documents, can be easily printed, easy to use and convenient.