Customer Reviews for Brother INKvestment Tank MFC-J1205W Wireless Color Inkjet Printer, All-In-One Supertank, Print, Scan, Copy
Item # : 24486368
Model # : MFC-J1205W
Cartridge type
Ink
Max Paper Size
8.5" x 11" Letter
Output Type
Color
Functionality
All-In-One
Price is $129.99
1-hr pickup
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2851 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Aug 16, 2021
Best Printer I've Ever Owned
Granted I've only owned 2 other printers before this, but it is by far the best. It's incredibly easy to set up (unlike HPs thanks to their app), the print quality is excellent, and it prints incredibly quickly. It even prints on both sides without needing to flip the paper in the tray. Also, unlike the most helpful critical review says, my cyan ink cart was not defecti...
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Oct 29, 2023
Print heads clog easily
Print heads clog easily even using Brother INk exclusively. The printer has a regular self cleaning routine designed to eliminate this problem, but if you check the youtube channels, this occurs far too frequently. Cleaning is a tedious,messy job that doesn't last long. I had high hopes for this printer. Should have been a workhorse. But I can't print in color anymore...
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JOHN E.
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Posted Mar 28, 2025
This Brother printer is exactly what I wanted.
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Parks
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Posted Mar 25, 2025
Stopped connecting to WiFi
Was a great printer, for about a year. Will not connect to WiFi anymore. Had to purchase a cable to use it.
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DrDesign
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Posted Mar 22, 2025
Don’t waste your money
Piece of junk. Bad images and problems connecting to WiFi
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DKirk
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Posted Mar 22, 2025
Good printer. Horrible software.
Printer is hood but the orinter driver apparently never gets installed in windows 11. The iprint icon in the tray always say printer driver needs installed and it never changes. Install program never completes znd always stops at you need to.install the driver. Good printer. Horrible software.
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Kevin
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Posted Mar 21, 2025
Good deal!
Easy setup, works well, good deal for the price. Would recommend.
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Staples Customer
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Posted Mar 19, 2025
Terrible
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Staples Customer
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Posted Mar 19, 2025
Great store
The people in Staples was informative about what I needed. He asked me a few questions and that was it. Very helpful.
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Kim T
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Posted Mar 15, 2025
Best printer
So much better than my previous printer. Prints with ease.
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Old Diplomat
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Posted Mar 14, 2025
Incompatible with iMac and MacBook Air
My main printer, a Brother MFC-J5855DW, works well with my iMac Combo desktop and MacBook Air laptop. The MFC-J1205, however, does not. My computer technician was also unable to make it work, and concluded that it is incompatible with these machines. Now, it's just an expensive, oversized copier.
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Old Duffer
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Posted Mar 12, 2025
Not happy
Does not print complete text. Blurs text. Frequently have to go through connection process!
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Mike
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Posted Mar 10, 2025
Quality Product and Support
After two years the ink system quit working. I can print black only at this point. Called customer support who thought there may have been something wrong with the color ink cartridges so they sent brand new. This did not fix the problem and since the unit was out of warranty suggested I go buy a new one.
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MARILYN F.
Verified Buyer
Posted Mar 10, 2025
Brother Printer
I had bought an Epsom printer last year and instead of buying pricely ink, I decided to get a new printer with higher capacity ink cartridges. I am very pleased with the Brother printer both because of the higher ink capacity cartridges and the better quality of the printed page. I am glad I made the change. Brother puts out quality products.
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Sharon H
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Posted Mar 8, 2025
Happy customer
This is our second Brother printer and we’re very happy. Bought another only because first was damaged in flood of Helene
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Ann Marie
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Posted Mar 8, 2025
Brother MFC-J1205W
Very good printer but it is NOT wireless. I had a wireless from another maker and all it said was "offline" all the time so I got rid of it and got this Brother one which was advertised as wired. The only thing was it did not come with the wire to connect it to my pc so I had to find out what it needed and order one from an online supplier. So please, next time include ...
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Robbi
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Posted Mar 8, 2025
Easy, easy, easy
I love my brother as it practically installs itself.. Being older and not uo on the latest tech I like the paper tray that holds more and is easy to use, easy to change ink cartridges and the whale printer is compact enough to fit in a relatively small space. This is the second brother I've owned and I love it.
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Miranda
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Posted Feb 24, 2025
No double side print
Make sure you read the details. I bought this printer not knowing it didn’t double side print. They have a (you pay for shipping) on returns. Shipping ended up costing more than half of the printer. I’m not manually double side printing. Very disappointed in my purchase.
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MK Schenectady
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Posted Feb 21, 2025
Not the best, but not the worst
Pros - Print quality is very good, fast printing, scanning documents is very good
Cons - Black ink cartridge lasted less than 3 months (printing about 5 pages per day), paper tray is quite small (have to add paper about every 3 days), new paper needs to be fanned before inserting into tray - but blank sheets still are fed thru along with the print copy.
Would I purchase...
Cons - Black ink cartridge lasted less than 3 months (printing about 5 pages per day), paper tray is quite small (have to add paper about every 3 days), new paper needs to be fanned before inserting into tray - but blank sheets still are fed thru along with the print copy.
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Eric
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Posted Feb 21, 2025
Printer that cant print &Terrible Customer support
The printer does not work after initial setup. Every time i need to print, i must factory reset it and redo all configuration, which tends to take alot of time. Support is not helpful and has straight up quit helping me when I was actively responding to them and following their instructions to find a solution.
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Pete
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Posted Feb 18, 2025
Printed Page Holder
Paper holder for printed pages is flimsy. Should not have to put in storage position after printing complete
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John Anthony
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Posted Feb 9, 2025
Color printing issues
The printing functions are good but I’ve had issues printing color since purchasing it. I went through two sets of ink where it showed my color ink empty without ever being able to actually print color on the page so I’m now quite sure how that happens. If it was a black and white printer it would be fine.
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