Not the best quality, but lots of features for the price.
I have a Dell (Lexmark) monochrome laser that is 15 years old. It prints better, with higher resolution and makes much less noise. I thought it was wearing out when I bought the Brother... but after replacing the feed tires, it seems to be ready for another 15 years.
The Brother was cheap ( $119 on eBay ) and it had a scanner with a document feeder on it... so I can do away with my old, slow, flatbed scanner.
Pros
Low price
Scanner with document feeder
WiFi & ethernet connections.
Fast printing.
Cons:
Printing not very sharp and grayscale reproduction is not up to graphical standards. OK for text & simple hi-contrast graphics.
The cheap plastic cabinet resonates and makes the printer very loud.
So, because my higher quality, old Dell 1710n printer is working again for professional looking output, I'm happy using the Brother for scanning and draft quality printing.
Lastly, I'm still getting familiar with the scanning so I nay be missing something.. but so far, monochrome scans are dark and have backgrounding. The only way I can get a clean scan of a black & while document is to scan in a color mode.
I work in the digital press industry and have worked with production printers and scanners for 30+ years, so I may be a bit picky on this subject.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned