Recently I was looking to buy a new printer; actually I’m still looking, but I think I may have found the one. The Brother DCP-6690CW ticks most of the boxes for me. It is one of the most feature packed multi-function printers I have seen in a while.

The Brother DCP-6690CW prints at a maximum size of A3, which is great for me because of Uni design concepts and such, but not so great in terms of desk space. It is quite frankly a monster of a machine. It has a footprint of 540mm x 488mm, which is about twice the size of my current A4 laser printer. Obviously, when I get the Brother DCP-6690CW it will replace the current setup of a monochrome laser printer, colour inkjet printer and a scanner. Well, that’s my excuse anyhow. The colour inkjet will probably be located somewhere because it has a CD/DVD printing facility.

The thing that grabs me about the Brother DCP-6690CW is not the 4.2in touch screen LCD, or the huge array of memory card slots, or quite frankly the PictBridge compatibility. No, the one selling point that really caught my eye was the fact that it’s wireless. Having just bought a laptop that connects wirelessly to the home network, I don’t want to have to tether it up to a printer when I want to print.

It’s not a bad price for a multi-function device either, with the best price on PriceGrabber at the moment being £231.09.
I know that this is going to be my next big purchase because it’s something that will help me with my studies. I also know that I won’t have to replace the Brother DCP-6690CW for a very long time.