The Brother MFC-J6510DW is very similar to the Brother MFC-J6910DW (the same tech specs, motor, cartridges) but with a few minor differences. Design and Build.

Low cost of printing per page with XL cartridges; Colour screen / Wi-Fi; A3 / Double-sided printing; Good print speeds with office docs; Two cartridge sizes to choose from / Cartridges are easily accessible at the front of the printer

Print quality could be better with office docs; Scanner and copier aren't on par with print quality; Some paper blockages; Slight red overtone to photos

The price of A3 printers has fallen to the point where they're within the reach of the home user, but until recently they've still been too expensive for occasional use. If you regularly print A3 signage, posters or art projects, you might feel justified in splashing out on a home inkjet A3 printer...

Having recently looked at Brother's all-singing A3 inkjet all-in-one, the Brother MFCJ6910DW , it's interesting to compare it with the ￡140 cheaper MFC-J6510DW, reviewed here. While still an A3 machine, it loses its second paper tray, duplex scanner and touchscreen.

Full A3 print; scan and copy; ADF for auto-scans up to A3; Widescreen LCD

Fuzzy plain-paper; black text print; No duplex scanning; No multi-purpose feed

Brother's MFC-J6510DW is big. Like most multi-function devices it can print, copy and scan, but unlike many it can do all of that using A3 size paper, not just A4. That means it has a much larger footprint – the space it takes on the desk or floor – than most printers, at 54x49cm.

I was completely frustrated by the amount of time I had to wait when I switched to Copy mode, or inserted the one piece of paper in the rear feed. Going to Copy mode produced a "WAIT" message of ...

11x17

Processing time; Single-sheet rear feeder

Brother has proved to me that they can make an excellent product, I've pushed this unit onto many other artists and illustrators... everyone of them has thanked me for letting them know about product.

A3 high resolution scanner; pretty speedy scanning a full color (24bit) 11x17 @ 600 x 600dpi over wireless connection (avg about 23 seconds via twain in photoshop.) I've never experienced connectivity issues over wireless when printing from Desktop; 2 separate laptops; or my smartphone.

Single sheet feeder is a little tricky, sometimes it will misfeed thicker papers; To solve this apply a little pressure on the paper when inserting into single sheet feeder, the feeder will recognize the paper and pull it in a little bit; Once it's "loaded" properly in place you're all set.

Basically this matches the work done on my MFC-6490DW. Had problems setting it up, but a most helpful Brother tech person got me through that quick. Nice to see 'descreen' as I digitise lots of mag articles p'copies

I love my new Brother! I bought this Brother for our new home-based business and I do not regret it at all. Not as fast as I'd prefer it to be, but it isn't turtle slow like my previous printer...so I am content.

I returned the first printer (same model) to the shop after it breaking my heart, constantly getting "paper jams" yet the paper was never jammed. Tried new paper even. The replacement is giving me similar errors all the time and the print constantly runs from one page into the next, ie.

It works most of the time

Paper feed is constantly breaking down

I love this multi function printer especially the A3 scanning, A3 printing, AirPrint and so much more. Not a problem and so easy to use.