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** Update: (Oct 2012) Please note that the figures in this review are probably out of date as ink prices have changed by now. I am leaving this review up but please check the price for ink vs yield yourself. FYI, the printer is still working well. **Update: (June 30, 2011) After using this printer for a few months, I am dropping the rating to 4 stars. I am still happy with the consumption and print quality, however, the paper trays are terribly engineered. It is annoying to add paper or change paper from letter to tabloid size. Lots of misfed paper and a few paper jams. The wireless scanning software is not intuitive and works sometimes but not always. I did some serious research on all-in-ones before purchasing this. I hope this is helpful: I had felt burned by previous HPs and Epsons because of the cost of ink and the frequency or replacing cartridges and I was determined to find an economical printer. . . This is it. The good: very economical -one of the most economical all-in-one inkjets available based on extensive research wireless printing works great wireless scanning works great 11x17 printing and scanning prints reliably and quickly Areas for improvement: had some minor paper jams till I learned to load the paper exactly right. paper tray is somewhat inconvenient because you have to remove the whole thing to load it. limited options for print quality settings I compared printers based mostly on ink cost/ page yield. Some of the better performers are listed at the bottom of this review. My research showed that each printer brand offers ink cartridges that are far more economical than others from the same brand. Brother's best value cartridge (for all-in-ones) is the LC-65 or LC-79. HP's best value cartridge is the HP940XL. Epson's is the 127 , Lexmark's is the 105XL/ 100XL, Canon's is the PGI-7/ PGI-9. I chose this Brother MFCJ6510DW because the cost per page for the Brother LC79 cartridge was one of the very best ($.0333 per page avg.) and the LC79 cartridges are very large so don't need to be replaced as often. (2400 pages black, 1200 color). Compare this to my old Epson CX9400FAX. ($.0595 per page avg., 370 pages BW and 500 pages color with the Epson 68 cartridge) My old HP was even worse. Read this article here: [...] I was a little skeptical cause I'd never purchased a Brother. It is not as nicely designed as HP or Epson but it is OK looking. I like that it can print (and scan) 11x17. Wireless printing was pretty easy to setup and it works great. You can even scan and wirelessly send the scans to you computer. (worked the first time). The only problem I've had with it is some minor paper jams but I learned that you have to load the paper tray just right and it hasn't happened since. The paper tray is a bit inconvenient cause you have to remove the whole thing to add paper (like old full-size copy machines). I've had it for about a month and have printed a 2" thick stack of 8.5x11 color prints (with about 30% page coverage) on the highest setting and still haven't run out of ink from the original (non-high-yield) cartridges. I haven't tried many of the other funstions except scanning and printing but I will re-post if anything comes up. . . results of ink yield (figures based on average page yield vs ink cost between color and BW): HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus e-All-in-One Printer - A910g cartridges: HP 940XL avg $.0315 per page Brother MFC-6890CDW cartridges: LC65 avg $.0322 per page Brother MFC-6490CW cartridges: LC65 avg $.0322 per page Brother MFC-5895cw cartridges: LC65 avg $.0322 per page Brother MFC-J6710DW cartridges: LC79 avg $.0333 per page Brother MFC-J6510DW cartridges: LC79 avg $.0333 per page LEXMARK PLATINUM PRO905 cartridges: 105XL/ 100XL avg $.0432 per page LEXMARK PINNACLE PRO901 cartridges: 105XL/ 100XL avg $.0432 per page Epson WorkForce 840 Color Ink Jet Wireless All-in-One with Fax (C11CA97201) cartridges: 127 avg $.0438 per page Epson WorkForce 635 All-in-One Printer cartridges: 127 avg $.0438 per page Epson WorkForce 630 All-in-One Printer cartridges: 127 avg $.0438 per page Epson Stylus NX625 All-in-One Printer cartridges: 127 avg $.0438 per page By the way, the LEAST economical printer in my research: drum roll. . . The Epson WorkForce 325 All-in-One Printer cartridges: Epson 125 avg $.0839 per page. Each cartridge prints only 230 pgs black and 305 pages color before needing to be replaced.