Expert Verdict
The Brother DCP-1610W Laser Printer is an excellent wireless All-in-One printer for a busy home office. It is sleek, compact, and reliable. The laser printer combines scanning and copying capabilities with low cost and a tiny footprint, making it an ideal printer for homes and small businesses. The printer is simple to set up and use, with a 150-sheet paper tray and easy replacement of Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridges, reducing the number of time customers spend refilling. The Brother DCP-1610W mono laser printer can print documents up to A4 in size and can handle recycled paper just as effortlessly as regular paper.
The Brother DCP-1610W mono multifunction printer's compact size allows it to be placed on a shelf or in a corner of a workstation. The maker's unique iPrint & Scan app may be used, thanks to the wireless connectivity. Users can send prints and scans directly to email or a data file from supported devices. For convenience, the control buttons and the 16-character, dual-line LCD are placed on the front.
You're set to start once you've installed the astonishingly compact and light Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridges. The imaging drum is already installed and should last for roughly 10,000 pages, we don't expect many customers to need to replace it. The toner, on the other hand, only lasts 1,000 pages. Even without the cost of a replacement drum, the running costs per page are significant at 2.8p. Apart from the thin and flexible scanner cover, the build quality is good. The paper input tray is uncovered, as one would expect for a laser printer at this price point, and there is no bypass slot for feeding single envelopes or sheets of headed paper. A modest black-and-white screen with a few buttons, including one for scanning, makes up the control panel.
The Brother DCP-1610W multifunction printer has a minimal carbon footprint thanks to its ability to print on recycled paper and its use of 390-watts when printing. Additionally, recycled paper lowers the overall cost of stationery products. Because the Brother series allows you to replace the Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridges and drum units independently, you may save even more money. Print resolutions of 2,400 x 600dpi ensure that printed images and text have a natural depth, while scanning levels of 19,200dpi ensure that every last detail is captured in spectacular color with Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridges. The DCP1610W black and white printer, according to Brother, can print 20 pages per minute. Cutting-edge anti-jam devices help to ensure that this value is accurate. The printer has a 10-second first print time. The DCP-1610W printer's paper input tray has a habit of sticking, which might be fixed with better engineering.
The printer works surprisingly well. Open a document, press the button, and you'll be asked if you want to make a picture, a PDF file, or an email attachment. You'll be asked which PC or mobile device to deliver the results if you have more than one. After that, simply press Start and wait for the scan to complete. Of course, you can control scans directly from a PC, and the DCP-1610W is swift enough in this regard, requiring just 18 seconds to capture an A4 document at 300 dpi, which is a decent resolution.
Text quality was great, and graphics and photographs were unexpectedly decent for a low-cost mono laser using Brother DCP 1610W Toner cartridges. Photocopies, which are frequently a weak point for low-cost laser printers, were both nice and fast. Overall, if you want a simple MFP without color printing or a fax modem, this is a good option. It isn't as inexpensive to run as an inkjet MFP like Epson's WorkForce WF-3540DTWF, but you can save even more money by using compatible Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridges.
Review
Another suitably priced multifunctional devices from Brother, Brother DCP 1610W is quite a compact and reliable printer for home office purpose. It is a mono laser machine with printing, scanning and copying facilities. It also boasts WiFi connectivity and offers good value for money.
The device is relatively light with a weight corresponding to 7.2 kg and dimensions corresponding to 481 x 436 x 406 mm (WDH). It has a high print resolution of 2400 x 1200 dpi and a scanner that could scan up to 1200 x 600 dpi. Hence, the quality it offers is pretty good for home and office users. Brother DCP 1610W has a quick first page print time of 12 seconds, which along with a print speed of 20 ppm makes it a good workhorse. A 150-sheet main paper tray is integrated which is able to handle the load for the users.
While its drum lasts for more than 10000 pages, the toner is good for 1000 pages, which makes it a bit costly to run. However, this can be easily resolved by using compatible Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridges. The cartridge configuration is easy to understand and hence the replacement can be done without putting in much effort. Furthermore, the lifecycle of 1000 pages ensures users to invest less money on frequent replacements.
One interesting and useful feature of Brother DCP 1610W is the control panel, which gives you a lot of autonomy in output with many functions available at the press of a button, from choosing fuel type to the device to which the output goes, the panel serves many functions.
Advantages- Compact design and light in weight
- Very good print and photocopy quality
- Wifi connectivity
- Fast output
- Useful and semi-autonomous control panel
- Easy to set up
- Mono LCD screen
- High-speed USB 2.0 connection
- Mobile printing with iPrint&Scan app
- Easy to replace Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridge configuration
- Economical in the long run
- High running costs
- No SD card slots
- Not suitable for a busy business environment
- Does not offer colour printing
The compatible Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridge includes:
- Brother TN1050 toner cartridge
Brother DCP 1610W attracts home users with its simple design and attractive features. The all-in-one makes the initial set up, navigation and installation of toner cartridge easy even for non-savvy printer users. It is also easy to connect with WiFi in medium-size offices. Given toner’s print life of 1000 pages, makes it a little expensive for the long run. However, this issue can be sorted by using compatible Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridges which gives similar quality outputs at much lower costs. Overall a good pick for both home and small office.
I am unable to print from my Brother DCP 1610W printer using my Windows Phone. How can I resolve this issue?
If you are facing a problem while printing from your Windows phone, follow the steps below to solve the issue:
- Ensure that you have the Brother iPrint & Scan app for your windows device. You can install it from the Microsoft store on your mobile.
- Check for the errors on the printer. If there are any, then clear all the errors before continue printing.
- Check if the printer is using high-quality Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridges.
- Make sure that your mobile device and the printer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. It is not possible to print if you are connected to mobile data.
- Open the Brother iPrint & Scan app on your mobile.
- Select your machine by tapping on the “Printers” option.
- The application will search for devices connected to the same network.
- Select your device and attempt to print again.
- If you cannot find your device, search using the printer’s IP address by tapping on the search icon.
What steps should I follow if I am not able to receive satisfactory print results?How can I improve the overall print quality?
If you want the best results out of your printer, perform the following checks:
- Ensure that the environment in which the printer is working has a temperature between 10 to 32 degrees Celsius. Also, ensure that the humidity is between 20% to 80%.
- Make sure that the paper loaded in the tray matches the printer’s paper specification. Printing through low-quality paper might result in lower print quality.
- Ensure that your Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridge contains toner for printing. If it is empty, replace the toner cartridge with a new one.
- Make sure that the drum unit is not near the end of its operating life. If it is, then replace the drum unit with a new piece.
- Use only high-quality Brother DCP 1610W toner cartridges with your printer for best print results.
How to clean the drum unit?
The Brother DCP 1610W Printer is a mono laser printer. It offers multiple functionality. It is a good value for money. But the parts of the printer like any other machine require cleaning and maintenance at times. If the internal parts like the drum unit are not cleaned then the print quality problems like toner marks along the printouts can occur. In cases of unclean drum unit, you will notice the toner marks repeating at a certain interval throughout the page. To avoid such problems, you need to clean the internal parts and replace any if required.
- Open the front cover of your Brother DCP 1610W printer.
- Locate the toner cartridge and drum unit assembly. Take it out from the printer.
- There will be green lock lever present on the drum unit. This lever hold the Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridge in place. Press it to unlock the toner cartridge.
- Keep the Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridge carefully as it will have to be installed back into the printer.
- Turn the drum unit. The gear of the drum unit has to be on the left side. Place it on a piece of paper.
- Now gently turn the edge of this drum unit towards yourself. Do so while inspecting the suspected area’s surface. If you notice anything then remove it. Take a dry cotton swab and wipe the surface until the toner marks on the surface get cleaned.
- Now turn it again. Take the Brother DCP 1610W Toner Cartridge that you had kept aside and place it in the drum unit. Push it till it clicks in place. This means that the toner cartridge is now locked into the drum unit.
- Return back this assembly into the printer and close the front cover.
- Take a test print to check if the toner marks are still there or the problem has been solved.