Brother DCP-395CN Compact Colour Compatible printer is designed for printing documents up to A4 format. Using color inkjet technology with a print speed of up to 27 pages per minute. In color and up to 33 pages per minute in black and white printing. The maximum print resolution is an excellent 6000 x 1200 dpi. So the output is very sharp and clean even in detail. Is also suitable for printing high-quality photos. The printer also includes an input tray for 100 sheets of paper. The Brother DCP-395CN printer facilitates the sharing of documents and photographs. Thanks to its scan to email, FTP, file, and image function. It also offers its 8.4 cm LCD screen which allows you to view your photos directly from a digital camera via the PictBridge port. Before printing them, the supplied FaceFilter software helps to redesign them.
The flagship model of Brother’s consumer multifunction printers. The DCP-395CN is very well equipped for a model under 100 €. Ethernet network socket and adjustable color screen as standard for printing photos. Plus the classic modules of this type of device, namely a scanner for archiving, and a color copier mode without a PC. Numerous software functions for retouching and character recognition. Top products from the manufacturer of printing solutions. Brothers are now also included in our offer. One of them is the Brother DCP-395CN multifunctional inkjet printer. Which hides three powerful devices in its body – a printer, copier, and scanner.
Brother DCP-395CN Brief Review
However, the modest DCP-395CN should not be confused with a “real” network model. The Brother device is not intended for intensive use. With its tiny paper input tray – only 100 ordinary A4 sheets – and the low capacity of the ink cartridges. 450 pages at 5% fill according to Brother, for black, and 325 pages for the three color tanks. According to our tests. The actual capacity does not exceed. At best, 300 common office prints in a mixture of black and color. At best, our tests do not take into account the ink consumed during the cleaning of the printing nozzles. Which does not fail to intervene after a few days of non-use of an inkjet.
In fact, if the device is not expensive. The printing cost is significantly higher than on high-end multifunctions and monochrome lasers. Count four euro cents for a page of text and about fourteen cents for a good quality A4 report. Mixing text and color graphics. Compared to one cent for black and five for color for certain inkjet models. from the previous model, the least “greedy” manufacturer of ink. Good to know: the shortage of a single color completely blocks the device.
Great Colour Photo Rendering
Especially in photography! Casually. The prints of the DCP-395CN are well worth those of printer devices at the same price level. On good photo paper, the rendering is quiet. A little strong on the colors with a small dominant of red. But quite watchable and worthy of a lot of “real” photo labs. Even if the black lacks a bit of density on the flat tints. No major problem to report in stand-alone mode. Adjustable color screen before choosing the type. Cropping, color enhancement, red-eye reduction, sepia tone, etc. Combined with a well-thought-out set of keys. The LCD screen also makes the DCP-395CN a decent stand-alone copier.
The Brother DCP-395CN is a color inkjet multifunction printer that is designed for home and small office use. It can print, scan, and copy documents and images with a resolution of up to 6000 x 1200 dpi. The printer has a maximum printing speed of up to 33 pages per minute (ppm) for black and white documents and up to 27 ppm for color documents. The printer connects to your computer via USB 2.0 or Ethernet. It also has a built-in card reader that can read various memory card formats, including SD, Memory Stick, and xD-Picture Card.
The Brother DCP-395CN features a 1.9-inch color LCD display for easy navigation and previewing of documents. It has a 100-sheet paper tray capacity and can handle a variety of paper sizes, including letter, legal, and 4 x 6-inch photo paper. In terms of ink cartridges, the Brother DCP-395CN uses four individual cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow) that are easy to replace. The printer also has a high-yield cartridge option for black ink that can print up to 900 pages.
Good Pages, Without Rushing
Don’t be in too much of a rush: the DCP-935CN is no rocket ship. Just under three pages per minute (ppm) for text printing. just two ppm for a document with text and images. Only the draft mode is quite fast (11.8 ppm). In stand-alone copier mode. the device requires 43 seconds for an A4 color copy and 32 seconds. In gray compared to roughly half that for the best multifunctions.
The 1200 dpi CIS scanner module. For its part, does no better than its (mediocre). Alter ego from printer devices of the same price. 16 seconds for an A4 grayscale scan at 300 dots per inch (dpi). 44 seconds for a color A4 at 600 dpi. But like the high-end models. The DCP-395CN offers automatic PDF archiving. Automatic character recognition via PaperPort software.
Brother offers its device in two other versions that are very similar in terms of appearance. Even less expensive, and less rich in functions. At 79 €, the DCP-395CN roughly offers the same printing. Scanning and autonomous copying capabilities, and even offer a network socket, but it does not have a color screen for viewing images. The DCP-195C, the cheapest of the lot (69 €) does not include a color screen or an Ethernet socket.
