Brother All-in-One Printer

I was recently offered, by Brother, to try out and review their Brother MFC-5890CN Professional Series Color Inkjet All-in-One with Networking and Large-Size Printing for review. For full disclosure, in exchange for my review, which need not be positive, I can keep it.

Set-Up

Setting up the machine was easy peasy. I discovered upon installing the software that it came with some pretty nifty stuff. I’ll talk about that in a bit.

Printing

What I was most looking forward to using this new machine for was printing photos. I was not disappointed. The material I read boasted that it could print up to 11×17. Since a pack of photo paper came with it, I got right down to business to test it out. I printed 4x6s, 5x7s, 8x10s and 11x17s and was thrilled with the quality.

Two 4x6s on my entryway shelf

5×7

11×17, printed and mounted onto a large canvas. My mother came over and saw it and claimed it for herself she loved it so much. And couldn’t believe I had printed it from this printer. The quality is really amazing.

The printer is also good for, you know, printing stuff. So I printed and few menu plan worksheets and some coloring pages for my kids and even made a photo calendar in the Brother Creative Center. That was uber cool.

Scanning

I was looking forward to trying out this feature too. I couldn’t wait to dig up old photos and turn them into digital photos. The scanning process is easy and straight-forward.

I took a 4×6 that hubby took on our honeymoon in France and scanned it in, then printed it as an 8×10. The quality far exceeded my expectation. Again – pleasantly surprised.

This is now framed and waiting to be hung and admired instead of sitting in a drawer in a photo album. Love that. Life is too short not to display beautiful photos.

Copying and Faxing

This is where I tell you the copier and fax work as they should. I don’t do a lot of copying and faxing, but it’s nice to have that option when it comes up. I have been most thrilled with what seems so far to be the cost-effectiveness of printing photos at home.

Final Thoughts

I am very happy with this machine. It’s easy to set up, install and use. It comes with many features, I am sure not all ones that I have tried. The Brother Creative Center is full of great things to explore – like printing your own greeting cards. Other features that I haven’t tried but intend to when I have the time are things like Paper Port – a way that has been recommended to me by family to store and file receipts and other paperwork online and reduce paper clutter. I love that! All in all, after using this machine for a few weeks, I haven’t found any flaws and have only been pleasantly surprised with all that it can do – including reducing expenses on photo printing, helping get organized, and making my home a little bit prettier and simpler.