| In spite of the fact that a Brother printer costs | | | | The Brother toner employed in Brother laser printer is |
| lesser than other brands and has a remarkably fast | | | | very costly and is consumed too quickly. A brother |
| printing speed, there are numerous problems | | | | laser printer is only good enough for printing text, but |
| associated with this printer. The top few problems | | | | not images. It is absolutely useless for graphics, |
| which a Brother printer is notorious for are its | | | | pictures, heavy stock and envelopes. The physical |
| unreliability, short life, printing errors and paper jams. | | | | parts of the printer like its top cover are not strong |
| Certain printer models produced by Brother have | | | | enough. It is known for giving rise to electrical |
| seen to last only a few months, say two or three | | | | problems and blows ones circuit breaker quite often. |
| months. | | | | A brother printer produces curled, twisted and |
| Very often a paper is jammed in the mid way. | | | | warped papers. It does not align the paper |
| Dealing with the paper jams is next to impossible. If | | | | automatically. One has to take great care while |
| one tries to remove it, it often results in the breaking | | | | inserting the paper so that it is properly aligned. More |
| of fuser. Not all, but certain specific models produced | | | | than often, the roller leaves ugly marks, spots and |
| by Brother have proved to be of very poor quality. | | | | shadows on the paper, making it unworthy of |
| They even feel extremely light, flimsy and sub | | | | professional use. |
| standard. Getting the machine replaced with another | | | | Brother technical support is not very helpful for |
| piece results in the same flaws. | | | | people trying to have their faulty machine work, |
| A very common problem with nearly all the models | | | | fixed or exchanged. The user manual, too, does not |
| of Brother printer is that they produce irritating noise | | | | contain adequate information to guide the users. |
| during their operation and during the cooling phase. | | | | Often, the design is so defective that the tray size |
| These sounds are unbearable for some people. They | | | | does not match with that of a standard A4 size |
| take extraordinarily long durations to warm up and | | | | sheet and the cartridge is too hard to be taken out. |
| cause voltage to drop by substantial amounts. Most | | | | The printer does not carry a cable when purchased. |
| of the prints produced by a Brother printer are | | | | A Brother printer never lasts more than a year. The |
| faulty, leading to the wastage of paper and ink. Prints | | | | type of problem depends on the model. Some |
| are usually dull, and are in no way comparable to the | | | | models have been found to be much more |
| lab quality. | | | | problematic and troublesome as compared to others. |