Brother DCP-560CN review

Matthew Richards tests the Brother, which aims to be all things to all people

Solid and compact, the Brother has some surprisingly up-market features for the price

TechRadar Verdict

Poor for colour docs, worse for photos

Pros

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    Easy to use

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    Card reader

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    Reasonable ink costs

Cons

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    Print quality quite poor across the board

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    Slow photo printing

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As you'd expect from a Brother printer, the new DCP-560CN has a distinctly formal look to it, emphasised by the ADF (Auto Document Feeder) fitment above the flatbed scanner.

This is very handy for photocopying multi-page documents and would be even more useful if the printer's all-in-one talents extended to standalone fax use, but that's the one feature that's missing from the line-up.

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