Brother INKvestment Tank 980 Wireless and Ethernet Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer with Multipurpose Tray | Includes up to 3 Years of Ink in-Box(1) and Limited Warranty(2) (MFC-T980DW)

Fee free
I am very happy with my Brother printer. It was easy to setup and no recurring fees for ink! I had used HP forever but got tired of their recurring fees for ink and all the controls preventing me from using cheaper refills.

Return the printer, thank you Amador Giles
I being having trouble with this printer since I bought it, now it cuts off in about 10 seconds after I make a copy it turns off, I cannot regulate the ink same times is normal and sometimes is very dark, if I connected to my phone, it works a couple of times and stops and I can’t print any more, I had enough I just want to return it and get my money back

printing is not as good compared to comparable HP printer
poor quality printing …the colors are not bright like our HP printer was …going to return it and get the HP

Nice printer.
Nice print quality and easy to set up with the phone app. Filling the ink is very easy and not messy at all. Got this to replace our piece of junk HP. Will see how it holds up over time.Update: realized it can not do full duplex scan/print from the automatic document feeder. Am returning because I need that feature. Otherwise I would still recommend

This is an all in one printer. The two mains are to print and scan. I haven’t used fax in years unfortunately. It has both wifi and ethernet, which was important to me. Wifi is convenient, but I still don’t trust it to be my main connection. So I set it up via wifi and the app, but then switched over to ethernet for the foreseeable future. Computer connection was easy once ethernet was connected. Saw it on the network right away, and no software needed. Printing from my phone also worked without issue. Not sure if it was because I already had the app on my phone, but when I went to print something, it was the first printer as my option. Print quality is good. I tried doing a nice colour photo as my test, since all my black text documents look like normal, and it was great. And scanning gave me no issues either. I never use the copy option usually, but I used it here, and worked very wall. My only negative really is the build quality of the device. It’s a lot of plastic, and I’m scared to bend and break something. Every flap feels weak, and I worry if I pull too hard, I’m going to snap off a cover. Currently on sale for $499.99. That’s a much easier pill to swallow than the $649.99 original price. It’s a good printer, but over $500 is tough to spend on a printer scanner, but the sale price makes it worth it.

I have been using this printer for several weeks now before submitting this review because I have really been on the fence about it. I have a great deal of experience with the Epson line of refillable inkjet printers, dating back about 5 years ago to present and I must say, this Brother printer brings nothing new to the table. Nothing. There is nothing special, no amazing new tech, it is offering all the same features as any number of printers on the market, many going for half the price.Is this a low cost printer ? To buy absolutely not, in fact it is pretty expensive. To run on the other hand, over the long term, yes, it is a lost cost printer. I firmly believe however that you need to be a very heavy user or have this machine working as a high volume office printer in order to realize that benefit of low cost operation.I will not spend time describing every little feature and nuance of this printer but the mains will be mentioned. This printer bills itself as an “INKvestment” product and to that, it could be true, only the user can say for sure if it is an investment that pays off or not.This Brother INKvestment Tank MFC-T980DW printer is a full-featured all-in-one inkjet printer that prints, scans, copies, and faxes. The printer has the option of using multi sizes of paper as well as 4 connection options which include LAN, USB, BT and WIFI.This printer can also handle legal and letter sized paper that is housed in 150 page tray plus an additional 2nd multipurpose tray that holds up to 80-sheets. The ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) feature is consistent and reliable, with no jams experienced.Print speeds are solid at 17ppm in Black and just slightly slower in color at 16.5ppm. The text is sharp and crisp as are the colors saturated. Photo quality is on par with other printers that I have used of late. Again, none of the above performance is exceptional and can easily be obtained from printers that cost half as much.Refilling the ink bottles is very simple and mess free, if you take your time. The procedure is straight forward and fill times are between 30 seconds and a minute each. With the purchase of the printer, ink bottles are included and according to the literature, you should be good to go with enough ink to last up to 3 years. Credit where credit is due, that is a very long time. Naturally, this is based on a very specific threshold of use.The flatbed scanner is, once again functional, consistent in ADF performance and provided pretty reliable results with the occasional instance of digital artifacts being noted within the scan file but not exceptional in anyway. High quality scans, double sided scanning and up to 20 sheet capacity in the ADF rounds out the basic features.This printer features a 1.8” colour display that is easy to read and use. It allows for direct commands on board the printer in lieu of the app interface. Some of these include direct to Cloud scanning capabilities. I found that using the app was the most convenient method of interaction and the user interface was fair slick and fluid to use.This printer is very cheap to run, there is no question and on that basis alone, it is a solid buy. It is my experiemce that very cheap printers that do everything well in a household environment, are typically expensive to run. More expensive office oriented printers like this one perform about the same but cost MUCH more to purchase up front and tend to be very economical to run over time. It boils down to these major manufacturers getting your money, one way or the other. They have done the math and engaged in the marketing.Refill bottles are where the gold is with this printer. At about $15 each individually or cheaper still if you buy the complete black and color bundle, the cost of ink is $60 (or lower with the bundle) for approx 3 years worth of ink, that is unheard of BUT you need to use the printer frequently enough to realize that kind of savings otherwise your ink expires before you get through it all.Don’t get me wrong, there is alot to like about this printer, it does everything well, just not exceptionally and for the price, I would expect more innovation and advancement. I have a 6 year old Office jet that does EVERYTHING that this Brother printer does and in some areas (printer quality and speed) it does it better. At $650 (currently) it is a steep initial cost to realize a savings in ink over time.This is very much an individual decision that requires informing yourself of the options versus your needs. THIS is an expensive option, that does not produce any better quality of work or better workflow than many other models and brands. Many of those options are much more reasonably priced to buy and your usage may be in line with a higher operational cost.

First off, as you might already be able to tell from the price point alone, it’s a very expensive printer. It promises ease of use, spill-free refilling and decent performance. To tell the truth, we’ve been using laser printers for ages at the office, so I wanted to know how a modern, relatively expensive inkjet printer would fare.Long story short, it’s good, but not exactly impressive considering the 650$ price tag. To initially set up the printer, you must plug it in and follow the instructions. If you go the Wireless route, it’s easy and you can set it through an App (Android or Apple I suppose), but I went the USB cable route, which I had to find myself as nowhere is it explained how to do so : If you’re looking, it’s under the scan bed, which is kind of an odd place. Setting up through WiFi is kind of easier through the App, but it can take a long time : My WiFi signal is strong, and it still took more than 5 minutes for the App/Printer to detect it.Initially filling is the cartridges is straightforward, and relatively foolproof. If you go relatively slowly, there’s no risk of ink droplets being sent anywhere, and you shouldn’t have to do this very often unless you print at the highest quality setting (which is kind of mandatory if you’re looking to print quality documents : more on this later).However, after that, another thing annoyed me though : The paper tray adjustment is kind odd, and not well explained, if not at all. It took me a few minutes to figure out how to put larger paper (as in Letter) in. Maybe it’s standard for inkjet printers to have very small tabs to push, and no indication as to how to where to push, but I had to look and it took me a while. We only have multiple Brother laser printers here (5, in fact), and the adjustment tabs are kind of easier to find and to move without even thinking about it and it’s the first printer where I literally had to waste time there.Then comes the printing session. After a few tests and cleanups, you’re ready to go. As far as the initial print delay goes, it’s fine. It’s a tad faster than heating up a laser printer, but not by much. On one hand, laser printer smells pretty bad, while an inkjet is noisier. Pick your poison, but if you print a lot near where you sit, and don’t mind the noise, an inkjet printer like this one might be preferred to being intoxicated by laser toner dust and odors.My only grippe as far as printing goes is that even at the highest quality, the print quality isn’t exactly impressive. It’s great for sketches, and maybe some internal documents, but not really for promo materials and the like.Now to scanning : Using the scan bed, it’s kind of slow, and opening and closing the cover is more annoying than on our heavier and older, laser MFC-6700DW. So I wanted to try the automatic document feeder (ADF) : For a 650$ printer, it’s kind of a bummer as how basic and slow that thing is. It’s not bad, but it’s not great either and it scans relatively slowly and can sometimes induces some “vertical lines” in a scan which normally only happens after years and years of use.All and all, it’s a decent printer, but it’s also extremely expensive for what you get. If you don’t need the ADF as you don’t scan often and don’t mind slower color prints (and similar black and white prints speed), I recommend stepping down to another, less expensive model like the MFC-T580DW.