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Brother Wireless All-in-One Inkjet Printer, MFC-J491DW, Multi-function Color Printer, Duplex Printing, Mobile Printing, Dash Replenishment Enabled, Black, 8.5 (MFCJ491DW)

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About this item

  • Simple to connect: Choose from built in wireless or connect locally to a single PC or Mac via USB interface. MFCJ491DW offers easy to set up wireless networking
  • Mobile printing: Print wirelessly from mobile devices(1) using Air Print, Google Cloud Print, Brother iPrint & Scan, Mopria and Wi Fi Direct
  • Cloud connectivity: Scan to popular Cloud services directly from the printer including Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, One Drive and more(2)
  • Versatile paper handling: Automatic document feeder and up to 100 sheet capacity paper tray for letter/legal size paper for flexible printing
  • For use with brother genuine inks: LC3011BK, LC3011C, LC3011M, LC3011Y, LC3013BK, LC3013C, LC3013M, LC3013Y
  • Amazon dash replenishment enabled: Upon activation, Amazon Dash Replenishment measures the ink level and orders more from Amazon when it’s low


The Brother Work Smart Series MFCJ491DW all in one color inkjet printer is easy to connect, compact, economical and loaded with features and functionality that make it essentially the perfect printer for your home, home office or dorm room. This wireless color inkjet all in one printer delivers high quality, reliable printing, copying, scanning and faxing in a desk friendly footprint to fit just about anywhere. The MFC J491DW offers automatic duplex (two sided) printing that helps save paper. The MFC J491DW delivers wireless mobile printing that lets you print from your desktop, laptop, smartphone or tablet(1). Use the automatic document feeder and 100 sheet capacity paper tray for generous output without constant monitoring or refilling. Cloud connectivity lets you scan to popular cloud services directly from the printer including Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Evernote and more(2). You can also easily capture and convert documents using Brother Cloud Apps(3). Ink replacement is a snap with separate ink cartridges that easily pop in and out. High yield replacement cartridges help you save with every printed page. The 1.8” color display lets you easily navigate onscreen menus to simplify workflows. Includes a one year limited warranty and free online, call or live chat support for the life of the printer. (1)Requires connection to a wireless network. (2)Requires an Internet connection and an account with desired service. (3)Requires internet connection. (4)Reprinted from pcmagSUNIL with permission. Copyright 2017 Ziff Davis, All Rights Reserved. (5)Based on ISO/IEC 24734 (after first set of ISO test pages). For more details, visit manufacturer’s website. (6)The mobile device must have NFC capability and run Android OS 4.4 or later.


Phil
Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2022
Take my word for it, if you have a university student, or you have a home office that requires quality print outs with all the features of scan, photocopy, fax with multiple page sheet feed, this is the printer.Although I prefer brand name ink the great thing about Brother printers is they are generic ink compatible with still the same print quality with NO MESS!My only beef is that after changing ink cartridges you have to realign the heads every time, its a simple task if you know how....I was able to talk my daughter through the process over the phone in mere minutes, but again, not very user friendly in that regard.I have one, my daughter has one, we've both had them for years and still like them.Photos....excellent question! set print for high quality, insert you favorite photo paper and print, that simple. My family needed a quick photo for a funeral and I was only given minutes to prepare, no problem the photo was like it was done by a lab.My son says " you keep photo paper on supply?" my response was, "You don't?"
Lorie
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2021
I use this printer for my home office. It prints, scans, copies and faxes like no other printer I've ever owned. The paper tray is designed for easy loading and yes, it prints on both sides....with ease. The ink is easy to load. It's the perfect size too. With the paper tray pulled all the way out to receive copies the printer sits about 19" out from the wall. It's 16" across and about 7" high. It's very user friendly with wifi set up and an easy-to-read display panel. There is absolutely nothing bad about this printer. Worth every penny. Don't even look at another printer. Get this one. You'll love it.
Nick
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2021
Only had this a few days, but I love it so far. It was ridiculously easy to set up. No driver needed for Mac or iPhone. Both print via AirPrint, right out of the box.Print quality is fantastic. I like how the ink is loaded from the small front panel. This is much better than my last printer. Replacement ink is available on Amazon and inexpensive.What more do you need?Update: I’ve had this printer for around 6 months now. The top review for this is very negative, saying something about the printer shutting down for ink?? I haven’t noticed anything like that. I print a normal household amount (not running a business with constant printing everyday), and I’ve replaced the black cartridge twice. I have not replaced a color cartridge yet. The generic inks work just fine. Can’t tell a color difference (maybe that depends on the ink though). The printer alerts you when it’s low on ink, but it’s still printing like any other printer. A really nice feature - to replace the ink there’s a little door on the front. Just open that and pop out/in the ink. Done. Much easier than the canon I had (life up the top, wait for the print head to center, blah blah blah). Also I haven’t noticed the printer doing any ink maintenance or whatever it says in the top review. I didn’t turn any setting off - not sure what the problem was that dude had.This printer just freakin works. Print from my phone - immediate, print from a laptop - immediate. All good quality prints. All fast. I love this thing.
paul tomlinson
Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2020
was under the impression this copier was easy on ink usage. It's a pig. Going aftermarket for refills. Won't reward Brother for shipping a printer with barely any ink to get started. Other than that the printer is easy to set up, it's wireless, and the quality is ok.-update 6 months later: this printer has not worked properly from day one; works only when it feels like it- somedays it's missing a driver and prints nothing, some days it prints something from a few days prior; if you are like me and require a printer a few times a week, stay clear of this Brother: even when it is not in use, it gobbles up the ink (colour and black) in scheduled cleaning; can't get it to just print b&w without it telling me to refill the colours as well. This is my second Brother printer- the first one lasted 10 years and it was great, but I'm never buying Brother again.
South Texan
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2019
Overall impression, this is a fine printer for the price. Print quality was great for color and normal black and white. Plenty fast for both color photo and black and white. Scanner works fine, copier function works fine, prints from cell phone fine. Haven't tried NFC as I added it to my phone on the LAN and haven't tried the fax machine function using cellphone yet. I don't have a land line to hook it up to either. Printer is very compact and sturdy. Does not feel like thin plastic and nothing sticks out of it when not using scanner to snag or break. A very thoughtful design, it does not look like a big clunky office machine but certainly works aw well. Perfect for an individual or a home office .Only because of the following setup caveats I gave it a four star rating. Overall device, print quality, speed, and other Brother software (scan) rate a five star review. But I can't do that and I do understand the frustration of lots of folks who can only follow instructions for this sort of thing - like me and any sort of plumbing, just not my thing.LAN Setup was super easy, but there was a catch. I didn't mess with supplied CD, just uploaded latest software from the Brother site, which I recommend to get the latest version. Big hint here for setup: It couldn't find the printer via the install software (no surprise, I've never found a new printer right off, and if you think about how security and networks REALLY work, you can't without doing something physical) so I had to do it manually on the printer itself (add SSID and password) and although that would work, there is a printer control panel option for WPS. Choose it, press the WPS button on your router, tell the printer to use it and your done. No finding the SSID, entering the password via the arrows and OK buttons, etc. Then you can complete the installation normally as it sees the printer on the LAN at that point. Other PCs on the LAN will see the printer and all goes fast. I added the printer to remaining four computers in under 30 minutes, and added it to my phone at the same time. Why the quick start doesn't talk about WPS, I have no idea. Alternatively, you can hook up via Ethernet cable to the LAN or hook up via USB once to configure printer for wireless access, but you don't have to at all. Compared to other wireless printers I have (a bit older so not as feature rich I suppose) this was a 10 out of 10 install because I did not have to hook up via USB or RJ45 connection initially. WARNING: USE WPS WITH CAUTION. ONCE YOU PRESS THAT BUTTON, YOU WIFI LAN IS OPEN FOR A BIT AND IF YOU'RE IN SOMETHING LIKE A COLLEGE DORM OR APARTMENT SETTING, YOUR LAN CAN BE ENTERED AT THAT POINT. IF YOU'RE WORRIED, USE USB OR HARDWIRE TO ROUTER TO ADD IT TO YOUR LAN SECURELY.Another LAN downside maybe - i have a slower 2.4 GHz and a fast 5GHz WiFi LAN and it doesn't see the 5GHz SSID, only the 2.4GHz one. All of my other printers only see the 2.4GHz SSID as well, so not unusual, but I'd have expected it to see the faster one.Physical setup was simple. Do what the quick start says to do, period. Put the ink in, put the paper in, took off all the transport tape strips on doors/access panels and it worked. Again, one caveat here - when it auto registered, it prints out a test page to show that everything is aligned - reminded me of the ancient HP500C. Anyhow, see attached photo. It is SUPPOSED to look like six solid blocks as the screen on the printer shows, not the dashed and angular print. But I noticed that the image on the bottom (innobella) was properly aligned black & White and color so I said it was ok, I could always fix it later. It was OK as is. I printed out a picture and it was flawless. So the alignment thing is bogus. Again, because of the way the cartridges are detached from the print head (they're just ink tanks it looks like) it HAS to be aligned. It's not like you can align the cartridges at all so not even sure of why this is tested and part of the install process. Other color ink jets don't.I read other reviews that gave Brother high marks because their printers will use generic cartridges with no problems. My HP (one I replaced with this one - my fault not the printer because I dropped it and it exploded into lots of plastic bits) would only use genuine HP high $$$ cartridges and that stunk. But actual Brother ink cartridges are cheap enough that I'm going to use them and not chance using knock offs. Knock offs are not that much cheaper that it's worth it to chance clogging the printer with inferior ink.I haven't had the printer long enough to comment on ink life or sturdiness of the unit. It does appear to be more solid and feels sturdier than the one I replaced, certainly smaller for sure but not much lighter- one third the size of the monster HP 8710 I dropped.I don't know about the reviews that say it "eats ink". But, I have to say that unless you are a low volume user (like
Harvey Smith
Reviewed in Canada on September 20, 2019
This is my second Brother multi function printer. I had bought a Canon printer to replace my brother printer when the inkjet in the brother got permanently clogged. Setting up the Canon was an exercise in futility, wouldn’t connect by wifi and that’s how I needed it to connect. I then bought this Brother MFCJ491DW printer and it was set uptime minutes even connects to my cellphone. The ink cartridge capacity is small and the replacement cartridges are not cheap but it definitely works well although it takes awhile to print a page. Brother multi printers so far seem to be quite good and worth the price.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on August 11, 2019
I was a little worried before purchasing this machine because some reviews complain how hard it is to set up. I bought it anyway and was pleasantly surprised! Got it up and wireless printing and scanning was done in 1 hour (this includes unboxing the machines, scan thru manual and set ip wifi access). I succcessfully made a photocopy and wirelessly printed a photo from my iphone in 1 hour. From my experience so far, set up is easy. Print quality, however, is ok. Not crisp and clear so I guess it’s acceptable for printing text documents. If tou are looking at printing pictures, I will suggest find better quality model. I only need it for documents and occasional color print so Im more than ok with this. Mind you though, no USB wire is included, and I didnt miss it, the manual itself doesnt in mention a usb cable so if you need to connect this to your computer with usb, be prepared to buy one or hopefully you have one ready from previous printer. But with wifi, i really dont know why usb is necessary. My wifi is super low speed, just 10 megabit/sec and it took less than 30 secs to print a picture from my phone, which is really good. Overall, I’m happy with the purchase, good foroccassional use.
Kerra
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2018
I needed a printer for large volumes of printing, but also wanted to have the ability to scan, copy, print double sided, etc. this was the printer that I selected simply because it offered the most options for what I wanted and the price is extremely reasonable. So far, my absolute favorite feature is the automatic double printing. I’ve saved so much paper simply because it can print double sided without me having to bother with trying to flip the paper over and figure out the right way to feed it in. This has been a life saver lol. Also, you can print directly from your phone without having to save a file to the cloud in order to access it on your computer and then print. That’s a lovely feature. As long as you have WiFi, you can basically print anything without any trouble. I haven’t tried out the scanning or copying just yet, but I’m sure I will as there are a few documents I need to keep copies of. I’ve printed about 150 pages with it so far and have not had any issues. Also, the printer comes with ink (which is great) and I’m still using the same ink cartridges that initially came with the printer, although I did order extras simply because I knew I’d be printing so much.The only downfall I’ve found so far is that it’s a little slow, but that’s to be expected because it’s an inkjet printer. Laser printers print as much quicker speeds, but for the price and features that this device included, I’m completely alright with the printing speed. It gets the job done and it saves me a lot of hassle I’ve experienced with other printers.