This peppy little $149 all-in-one printer has all the features home businesses and small offices look for. It's a great value if you can stomach the slightly high ink costs.

Prints; copies; scans well; Strong performance; Loaded with features for the price

Subpar image copying; Slightly pricey ink; Slow when printing pages in reverse order

Low paper input capacity and cost-cutting starter inks shouldn't turn you away from the Brother MFC-J825DW. Its print quality is more than good enough for occasional or regular printing needs, and it's got a comprehensive set of features.

Feature-packed; Limited Web connectivity

Low paper capacity

The Brother MFC-J825W, at $229, represents the higher end of home office multifunction inkjet printers. As you'd expect it's got every feature that this price-point demands: an automatic document feeder, a split photo/plain paper tray, scan/copy/fax built-in, a 3.3in touchscreen and direct printing...

Feature-packed; Limited Web connectivity

Low paper capacity

It's not as sleek as the HP Envy 110, but Brother's new MFC-J825DW is still pretty neatly designed considering that it crams a printer, scanner, copier and fax machine into its compact black chassis.

Compact, four-in-one printer; good text and photo output at respectable speeds; reasonably priced ink

Needs software update for Lion and AirPrint

The Brother MFC-J825DW succeeds the high-end MFC-795CW and has been designed for small companies looking for an efficient all-rounder. The spec is the same: a 4-in-1 with fax and wi-fi.

4-in-1 wi-fi and double-sided; Cost per page with XL cartridges: 9.8 pence; Touchscreen; Fast; CD/DVD and Blu-ray printing

Print quality could be improved; Cost per page with standard cartridges: 19.9 pence; Impractical paper loader; Paper jam risk

The Brother MFC-J825DW ($150 street), also available as the MFC-835DW with only superficial differences, manages to largely match expectations for a Brother inkjet multi-function printer (MFP) while also providing a few surprises.

Prints, scans, copies, faxes; Automatic document feeder; Connects with selected Web sites including Picasa and Google Docs

Low paper capacity; No paper handling options; Text quality is a touch below par for inkjet MFPs

Was looking for an inexpensive all in one and bought this one on sale. I have been impressed so far with how easy it was to setup and how well it works on wifi. I even downloaded the brother app and was able to print directly with an ipad and iphone.

Brother introduced four new all-in-one inkjet models targeted at the small office, home office market a few weeks ago just in time for the back-to-school frenzy.

Print quality; Variety of features; Ease of use

Inflated print speeds; Average paper capacity

The MFC-J825DW sits towards the top of Brother's current range of multi-function printers and as such has plenty of features.

The Brother MFC-J825DW packs in plenty of features and produces printed documents speedily, but it's marred by below-par print quality across text, graphics and photos.

Large touchscreen; Duplex support; Direct CD/DVD printing; Handy iPrint&Scan mobile app.

Below-par text output; Colours lack impact.

Brother's new $150 (as of September 27, 2011) MFC-J825DW color inkjet multifunction printer (print/scan/copy/fax) is a budget-friendly choice for your

CD/DVD printing,

Mediocre scan quality; No automatic