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Discount Multifunction: Brother DCP-165C
The Brother DCP-165C Colour Inkjet Multifunction All In One Printer is a competitive, inexpensive do it all for casual and home users with several strong features.
- It cost less than $150 Australian, a significant discount from its main competitors. Its initial low cost is only helped by its printing costs, which can run as cheaply as two cents to print a page in black and white.
- It also boasts a low profile, if dull, design with a smaller than average footprint.
- The scanner included is of high quality and easy to use.
At this Brother photo printer’s low price point, its poor qualities are perhaps an acceptable trade off, but for many the DCP-165C’s failures will outweigh its successes.
- This Brother functions at the extremely slow print time of just over half a photo page per minute.
- The DCP-165C is similarly not strong in print quality, even for casual and home photo inkjet printer users and fans of Brother’s other low cost multifunction printers. Its colours are muddy and, inexplicably, to print in black and white, the colour cartridge must not be empty.
- The printer’s LCD display is miniscule and difficult to use, and its USB input is poorly positioned.
Brother DCP-165C Printing
Brother DCP-165C’s extremely slow print times (of about three pages per minute at its lowest quality setting) damage its functionality and will surely turn off some consumers. Similarly, its mediocre colour photo quality and difficulty of use mark this as a discount option only. Its adaptability, however, is notable. The DCP-165C is a true all in one, with fine utility in its powerful PC-free, stand-alone copier, scanner and fax machine and a terrific price point. Moreover, at the low cost of two cents per page, its overall usability is unmitigated by its admittedly super-slow print speed.
Brother DCP-165C Pricing
At well under $150 Australian, the Brother DCP-165C is an inexpensive and competitive colour inkjet alternative to its faster, more powerful rivals. At its lowest setting, a page costs about two cents to print on the DCP-165C.
Brother DCP-165C Support
- Australian Support Number: (02) 8875-6000; (02) 9887 4344
- Online Help Link: http://www.brother.com.au/customersupport/productSupport.asp
- Warranty: One year
