Brother Work Smart 1360 Wireless Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Automatic Duplex Printing and 1.8” Color Display | Includes Refresh Subscription Trial(1) (MFC-J1360DW)… by Brother

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A full featured multi function printer that works right out of the box. This is my second one. I had one for more than 8 years and gave it away for a smaller footprint (less functional) from Epson that I was sure would work much better in the home office. I wanted to free up space. I ended up freeing up productivity and reliability. I don’t need to have a password to do things with it – no ‘smart home’ foolishness or complex device hand holding. It stays quiet till I need it.
I have broken up with the Epson (WF-110) and bought a new Brother Multi-function printer. It is up and running within minutes. Easily connects to the home WiFi; reliably connects up with the many devices in the home that want to print (iPADs, iPhones, PCs, Tablets) and it’s easy to get them all up to speed.
But what about the family members lacking tech skills? It’s easy to set them up and then let them and their devices be. I do not need to spend time troubleshooting a variety of scenarios.
Duplex Printing! Scanner feed! Lots of paper!
Durable? based on my many years using an earlier model – this is a reliable workhorse.
* when it says you need more ink…just wait a little bit and push it. You know there’s more ink in that tank. You have time to replace that Cyan cartridge after you have a cigarette and a cold beer.

Power outlet not rated for KSA, order placed through Amazon .SA
No one came to pick up the item for return.

Updated: Since writing this review, I have written to support at brother three times about the slow ink deliveries. They are spectacularly unhelpful, and send boilerplate messages barely addressing my concern. I thought OK I’ll upgrade to the higher level, Maybe they’ll send out ink faster if they see I’m paying 25 a month for the elite tier of pages… Nope! You will still have to wait. I average 2 to 3 days with no ink in the printer, waiting on ink to arrive, and generally speaking I always have a print job halfway done that has failed because of ink running out. I’m downgrading this review to one star because of the EZ subscription service, which is anything but easy or effective.
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I bought the device intending to print anywhere from 100-500 pages in color a month. The quality of the output on the device is fine. There’s no arguing the ink subscription service is a financial savings versus buying your own expensive cartridges. But in my experience already three times this month, I have run out of ink midway through a color print job, to be reassured by the app, “ink’s already been ordered” cheerfully, but then have to wait 3-4 days additional for the ink that supposedly “will arrive before you need it” to arrive. Simply put that’s not acceptable for a printer intended for regular usage, especially for color printing. I opted for a higher level subscription because I expect to print that many pages a month…but my $10 a month for ink isn’t such a great deal when you’re left with a print job half finished and have to wait days to continue it. Be aware if you are going to opt for a higher level of subscription because you intend to actually the device regularly, the ink service is going to lag and be very, very annoying. Also be aware that unless you print in Draft quality at all times, this is going to continue to be the case, because they don’t ship faster ink to you just because you opt to print in OK or Best quality. If your printer loses power, be assured that you will likely lose authentication with the subscription service, and re-enabling it is a chore. I haven’t faxed with it (who does?) but scanning and photocopying while working OK, also fail to work if one of your color inks is empty. Supposedly you can continue to copy and scan in B&W while you wait for the “E-Z” refill to finally show up….but in reality, error messages on the device display scream at you to replace the ink, and won’t go away for you to access the copy/scan panel. SO the only way you can use it such circumstances is to initiate a scan via the PC or iOS app, you can’t do it from the device itself while it is in crybaby mode. Finally, there’s an issue with the buffer built into this device. The device claims to have a memory built in, but it’s paltry. If you print a large print job and your PC print app assures you it sent the whole thing to the printer…it doesn’t. The print only accepts some of it. If you dare to print a large job overnight, rest assure come morning it will have stopped after about ten pages in halfway through a page, losing the rest of the print job. You really do have to sit there and make sure your PC doesn’t go to sleep until the entire print job is completely executed, or this happens repeatedly. The printer is fairly slow on color jobs, which means if you want to, say, print a 100-200 page doc, you really do need to do it at a time you’re going to be able to sit there for hours making sure the PC doesn’t go to sleep. Cannot recommend.