Brother iPrint&Scan for PC and Mac

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• By Ovela

  4

  Opt out of sending device info

  Software works OK, but you may want to opt out of sending them usage and device information, which they would otherwise collect. The “privacy” policy allows them to record your printer model, serial number, location of your device, printing date, number of printed pages, types and sizes of paper, ink consumption, language information, IP address, OS type, printing date, quantity, and the types and sizes of paper. Although they promise this information will not be used to identify you without your consent, clearly it can (serial number, if you registered, and IP address, for example), and they may use that data for marketing. Finally, all that information “may be stored in Servers located in countries without an adequate level of protection for personal data compared to that in your country ....” So, go to Settings > Product Information and uncheck the Send Information box.

  
  
• By Oltredding

  4

  Fall Down Simple to Use

  I have been using a Samsung for the past 8 years and have been very satisfied with it. But it is harder to maintain than this one was to set up. And, it never worked printing from WIFI or my iPhone, though it claimed to. Maybe it was just not ready for prime time. This one is. The daughter wanted the old home office printer to take to work. I bought this one to replace it. It is a Brother HL-3290CDW. I set it up in the kitchen, it acquired the WIFI. I prepared the ink, very easily. Moved it to the office to connected the USB cable. Finished the setup and found I could print from anywhere in the house via the WIFI, with smart phones, iPhones, tablets, and notebook computers. Not a single problem. I would have given it five stars, but I have not tried the OCR feature yet, nor read the manual. I had one surprise, it printed double-sided and very fast. This a very good simple all in one printer, copier and more.

  
  
• By True Gamer42

  2

  Oh brother...

  This Brother iPrint & Scan app (version 8.0.0) is terrible. Firstly, it sometimes connects to my brand new Brother printer, MFC-L5850DW via network and other times disconnects itslelf. It's a very buggy app via network connection. However with USB, it doesn't. So the wireless feature is useless. Secondly, you can't precrop a scanned image like any other scanning app where you first see the scan and then crop what you desirably want. That means if you have anything that is not in Letter size, you'll have to crop manually. What a time waster, honestly. Thirdly, the colors of the scan with this app is not true to the image. Seriously, I tested under various setting and the color was never right. For Windows users, just stick to the scanning utility in your default printing settings. You'll save the time AND the headache. Please update the app to support reliable network connection, cropping feature, and better color correction.

  
  
• By pickypg

  5

  Better than 2 stars

  I recently bought a new Brother printer (MFC-L2710DW) and set it up. After seeing the rating here, I almost skipped downloading the application altogether. However, I was very impressed with it. It is basic, but it does everything out of the box that I need: scanning paperwork and making PDFs out of it. Even better, the printer itself can be controlled from the software (this app) and the tray on the top can be used to feed multiple pages, in order, to be scanned and grouped. I was nervous that I would have to scan one-by-one in the classic scanning tray, but I guess I am now part of the future. Of interest, the printer is accessible via the network (WiFi and Ethernet) and USB, and it also has a random password printed on the back of it.

  
  
• By Firey432

  2

  Useless, Too Basic

  Like another review said, this tool is literally so basic that it's useless. Very lovely modern user interface but it doesn't provide anything that regular PC can't do when it comes to printing. I'm currently using a MFC-L2705DW and through wifi, it only has very limited capabiltiies. Connecting to USB, however, allows a user to customize A LOT of important output information such as print graphics vs. text and even print the density. These features are important especially if the print comes out really faded on regular settings and cleaning the drum unit is a huge pain with no results. I can't believe these extra output settings aren't included via wifi or within this app. I have a very small space so my printer is in another room that isn't near my desktop computer so connecting via USB is impossible unless I carry the whole printer to my room.