If you assumed that laser printing is for the office and inkjets are only good for printing photos at home, think again. The X Series from Brother introduces five inkjet machines that are all aimed at the small to medium-sized business (SMB).

High paper and ink capacity; A3 printing capability; Crisp/bold text possible; Reasonable running costs

Low capacity ink included; Photos lack sharpness; Cannot scan A3 documents; Inconsistent print results

Solid and dependable ticks all the boxes. A3 to letter and the ink storage great.

: Brother's MFC-J5945DW is a fast and economical choice for A3 printing

Affordable; Running costs are low; Fast printing

Cumbersome to use; Similar printers are better alternatives; Photocopies aren't the best

The MFC-J5945DW Multi-purpose ink jet printer is perfect for me as a small business. The double trays allows the use of letter, legal and ledger size paper stored in the trays. The connectivity with my computer via WiFi when using the printer or scanner seems almost seamless without having to use a...

The Brother MFC-J5945DW is a highly capable midrange small office printer with the added capability of printing wide-format pages. Brother's flagship MFC-J6945DW, however, also scans, copies, and faxes tabloid-size prints, and it lists for just $50 more.

Low running costs; Above-average print quality; Prints tabloid-size pages; Single-pass duplexing ADF; High paper capacity

Can't copy; scan; or fax tabloid-size pages

Have used this printer/fax/scanner for a couple of weeks now. So far,its been great. Easy to use and set up. My only complaint is that the printer disappears from my network ,on occasion and I have to turn it off and back on to reconnect. This may be a fault of my my wireless router,though.

The Brother MFC-J5945DW ($299.99) is a wide-format all-in-one inkjet printer designed for use in small businesses and home offices. It prints well and fast, offers highly competitive running costs, and it's loaded with productivity features. It's similar in many ways to its sibling, the Editors' Choice MFC-J6945DW, with one notable exception: While that more expensive model can print, copy, scan, and fax wide-format pages, the MFC-J5945DW can only print in tabloid size. That said, if your office doesn't require wide-format media processing beyond printing, the MFC-J5945DW offers many of the perks of its sibling for $50 less. Big and Capable All-in-One At 14.9 by 21.5 by 17.2 inches (HWD) and weighing 45.9 pounds, the MFC-J5945DW is slightly larger than 2017's MFC-J5930DW, which it replaces, and a bit smaller than its MFC-J6945DW sibling. It's also somewhat smaller and lighter than Epson's WorkForce Pro WF-7720, that company's wide-format (print, copy, scan, and fax) behemoth, and...

The feature-rich Brother MFC-J5945DW is a wide-format inkjet AIO that produces good-looking documents at a very reasonable cost per page.

Low running costs; Above-average print quality; Prints tabloid-size pages; Single-pass duplexing ADF; High paper capacity

Can't copy, scan, or fax tabloid-size pages

Brother’s MFC-J5945DW is a fast and economical choice for A3 printing

Affordable; Running costs are low; Fast printing;

Cumbersome to use; Similar printers are better alternatives; Photocopies aren't the best;