Brother 3170 Borderless Printing

This printer replaced a Brother 3170 CDW which I was very pleased with. It does an excellent job and I have no regrets about the purchase. The only suggestion (thing I don't like) is the necessity of opening the back panel and flipping the tabs down in order to print envelopes....not a major inconvenience, but awkward due to the placing of the printer on my desk.

This is the second pro-200 I've purchased because it is an excellent printer that is well priced. Use it for professional printing applications because the quality is excellent. I find print times to be slightly higher than estimated but is still quite quick for the borderless printing quality - approximately 2 min (+-10 sec) for 8.5 x 11 borderless. Haven't had any issues with it. The Canon software for it is pretty good. Could be better, but great as a free addition. Ink lasts a while. The cartridges will last between 80-100 pages (8.5 x 11 borderless). Great choice.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] As a teacher who designs classroom decor products, I was looking for a printer that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg for ink. I go through a LOT. Setting up the HP Smart Tank 5101 All-in-One Printer was a snap. Simply pour the ink into the reservoir (it has a non leak bottle that only dispenses once it is clicked into the right spot), snap in the printer heads, plug in, and go. I was super impressed with the quality of the prints. It even allows for borderless printing. The biggest surprise was how quiet it was while printing. I also currently have an Officejet 7740 (which I LOVE for printing large format posters), but it is very loud. The HP Smart Tank 5101 All-in-One Printer was so quiet while printing. There were only a couple drawbacks: -It does not print in larger paper sizes borderless. At least that I could figure out anyway. It will print legal sized, but not borderless which makes a difference for me when I am printing specialty items. -The black ink bottle contains more than the reservoir can hold (extra is always good), but I was concerned about pulling it out of the upside position and getting ink everywhere. -It does not hold a whole ream of paper in the input tray. I will have to refill the paper tray often when printing in bulk. Obviously those small details aren't a deal-breaker. Overall, this all-in-one printer will be super useful for printing so many classroom decor items. I will be interested to see how long the ink goes before needing replaced and I will update my testimonial at that time. So far, I'm very happy with it.

You can print beautifully on these photo cards, including borderless. Great paper. I am printing with an Epson ET-8550.

Brother provides the best value around. Great quality printing and lasts a long time.

Brother cartridge convenient method of printing. Good quality.

Nice machine. Prints borderless perfectly.

Excellent printer... fast b&w printing,,, however, color printing is very slow compared to other brother color printers I've had.

I love this toner because I know that I can trust Brother's printing products. It lasts a really long time!

This is our 3rd Brother printer. We like the features of these printers like double sided printing, duplex scanning, and most of all...new with this one...ink saver feature. We use it on a Mac network. Works great.