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Brother DCP-J140W review

Our Rating :
Price when reviewed : £50.28
inc VAT

The DCP-J140W is cheap, but it's also slow to print and expensive to run

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We were altogether happier with this MFP’s scanner, which was reasonably quick across all of our tests even when connected via a wireless network. The results were quite good, too, with images crisply focused and quite faithful to the original colours. We also appreciated the scanner’s ability to preserve subtle details in very light and very dark regions of an image, with all but the very darkest shades remaining distinct. Given this quality we were a bit disappointed by relatively dark mono photocopies, and slightly inaccurate shades in colour ones.

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The DCP-J140W isn’t a bad MFP given its low price, but it’s let down somewhat by higher than ideal running costs; with no high-capacity cartridges available, a page of text and graphics will cost around 9.5p. If your home office needs to print in reasonable volumes, we’d recommend spending around £40 more on the Kodak ESP Office 2170, which can also send and receive faxes. Based on the manufacturers’ yield figures, you could recoup the extra outlay within 1,000 pages.

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Basic Specifications

Rating***
Maximum native print resolution1,200×6,000dpi
Max optical resolution1,200×2,400dpi
Output bit depth24-bit

Quoted Speeds

Quoted speed, mono A433ppm
Quoted speed, colour A427ppm

Tested Print Speeds

Time for two 10x8in photos 1.016m 19s
Time for six 6x4in photos 1.016m 9s

Physical and Environmental

Standard printer interfacesUSB, 802.11b/g/n wireless
Optional printer interfacesnone
Size150x392x369mm
Weight6.8kg
Noise (in normal use)50dB(A)
Duty cycle2,500 pages

Paper Handling

Maximum paper sizeA4/legal
Maximum paper weight218gsm
Standard paper inputs1
Standard paper input capacity100
Maximum paper inputs1
Maximum paper input capacity100
Duplex (code, cost if option)No

General

Printer technologypiezo inkjet
Supported operating systemsWindows XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
Other inkjet featuresMono LCD display, supports Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 via free app
Other inkjet optionsnone

Buying Information

Price£50
Consumable parts and prices£6
Price per colour A4 page6.4p
Quoted life of supplied black cartridge300 pages (ISO/IEC 24712)
Quoted life of supplied colour cartridge(s)260 pages each (ISO/IEC 24712)
Quoted life of supplied photo cartridge(s)N/A
Warrantyone year RTB
Supplierhttp://www.lambda-tek.com
Detailswww.brother.co.uk

Print Quality

Number of ink colours4
Number of ink cartridges4
Maximum number of ink colours4
Maximum number of cartridges4
Quoted photo durability100 years
Quoted photo durability sourceBrother

Tested Scan Speeds

Full scan area preview12s
A4 document at 150dpi13s
A4 document at 300dpi19s
6x4in photo at 600dpi26s
6x4in photo at 1200dpi1m 20s

Tested Copy Speeds

Time for single A4 mono copy 1.035s
Time for single A4 colour copy 1.039s
Time for 10 A4 copies using feeder 2.0N/A

Photo Features

PictBridge supportNo
Borderless printingA4
Direct (PC-less) printingNo
Supported memory cardsnone
CD printingNo

Copy Features

Maximum number of copies99
Max mono copy resolution1,200dpi
Max colour copy resolution600×1,200dpi

Fax Features

Max mono fax resolutionN/A
Fax memory (maximum mono pages)N/A