Deciding on whether to buy a product like BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax or perhaps ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper? You’re in the right place as we’ll take you through all of the specs, features and look at the quality, pricing and reviews of both to help you make the decision on which one to go for.

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BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax vs ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper

BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax specs

BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax
 ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper specs

ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper
Type: Office printer

Function: – Print
– Copy
– Scan
– Fax

Print technology: Inkjet

Display: 9.3 cm LCD touchscreen

CONNECTIVITY

Wired connectivity: – USB 2.0
– Ethernet

Wireless connectivity: – WiFi
– Apple AirPrint
– Google Cloud Print

App available: Brother iPrint & Scan

PRINTER

Compatible cartridges: – Black: LC3217
– Colour: LC3217
– Black XL: LC3219XL
– Colour XL: LC3219XL

Average compatible cartridge yield: – Black: 550 pages
– XL Black: 3000 pages
– Cyan: 550 pages
– XL Cyan: 1500 pages
– Magenta: 550 pages
– XL Magenta: 1500 pages
– Yellow: 550 pages
– XL Yellow: 1500 pages

Print resolution: 4800 x 1200 dpi

Pages per minute (black & white): Up to 35 ppm (ISO)

Pages per minute (colour): Up to 27 ppm (ISO)

Page format: – A3
– A4
– A5
– A6
– Letter
– Legal
– Folio
– 13 x 20 cm
– 13 x 18 cm
– 10 x 15 cm
– 9 x 13 cm

Double-sided printing: Automatic

SCANNER

Type of scanner: Colour flatbed scanner

Scan resolution: 1200 x 2400 dpi

Scan speed: 14 ipm

Page format: Up to 297 x 215.9 mm

Scanning element: Dual CIS

Light source: LED

Optical Character Recognition (OCR): Yes

Other scanner features: – Scan to USB
– Scan to email
– Skip blank page

GENERAL

Paper tray capacity: 250 sheets

Monthly duty cycle: 2000 pages per month

Automatic document feeder: Yes

Colour: Black

System requirements: – Windows 2008 or later
– Mac OS X v10.9.5 or later
– Linux CUPS

Software included: Driver software for Windows

Dimensions: 374 x 530 x 374 mm (H x W x D)

Weight: 20.6 kg

Manufacturer’s guarantee: 1 year

Price: £220

Price: £4.99

Number of Reviews:

Number of Reviews:

Review Score: 8.8 / 10

Review Score: 9.3 / 10


When deciding on whether to buy BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax or ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper, a very important consideration is the price. So we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of both.

To start with, we looked at the price of the 113 products in the same category as BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax, which is the Printers category. Of these 113 products the average price was £147.63, the most expensive was £546 and the cheapest was just £24.75. We then looked at the price of the 180 in the same as the ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper, which of course the average was £164.45, top price was £1918 and cheapest £3.49.

We then looked specifically at the average price of products from Brother and Essentials, the average was £88.63 for Brother, £79.44 for Essentials. The max for each was £379.99/£280 and minimum was £8.45/£0.97

Price analysis of BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax

Price analysis of ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper

  • BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax
  • WiFi / Apple AirPrint / Google Cloud Print
  • Colour print / copy / scan / fax
  • Automatic double-sided printing & scanning
  • 4800 x 1200 dpi
  • Top features: – All-in-one machine lets you print A3, copy, scan, and fax – Print pages quickly at up to 35 pages per minute – Wireless printing using Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud Print All-in-one Ideal for creative projects, the Brother MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer with Fax offers a huge range of functionality – even in A3. And with automatic duplex, you can scan, print and copy documents faster than ever. To save on ink and reduce any wastage, the Brother A3 Inkjet Printer uses individual ink cartridges so that you only replace the colours you need. And with high-yield cartridges available, you don’t have to replace the cartridges as often. Wireless printing Print straight from your smartphone or tablet with built-in WiFi, which lets you print using Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud Print or the Brother app. And for cabled connections, there’s the option of USB and Ethernet so that you can easily connect to your PC or laptop. Print pages quickly Able to print up to 35 pages per minute in monochrome and 27 in colour, the MFCJ5730DW is able to get the first page out in just six seconds – so you can get through your printing jobs faster. And using the LCD touchscreen, you can easily select tasks and control your printing.
  • Product codes: 4977766768948
  • ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper
  • With 30 sheets of photo paper, this Essentials A4 Photo Paper pack provides the perfect canvas for printing out your favourite photos at home.Finished with a gloss surface, this 200 gsm A4 paper allows for great colour reproduction, with images appearing sharp and vibrant.Helping ink to dry instantly and ensuring your images don’t smear, the 30 sheet Essentials A4 Photo Paper lets you print off professional looking pictures with ease from your home printer.
  • Product codes: 5050442044402

What’s better BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax or ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper?

There are obviously a number of differences between BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax and ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper, but there are several things that you can use when comparing the two. The first of these, which we’ve already covered, is price. Make sure you spend a bit of time deciding how much you are willing and able to spend on your product to really get a good idea if the £220 cost of BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax is closer to the expectation you had than the £4.99 pricep point of ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper.

Once you’ve nailed down everything there is to know on the price of both, the next step is to really study the reviews. Taking the time to read reviews of both will really help you to decide which is a better product between BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax and ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper. We looked at the reviews over at Currys PC World for both products and found that BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax scores out of 10 from reviews. Whereas ESSENTIALS A4 Photo Paper scores out of 10 from reviews.

It’s also really worthwhile spending the time to look at the key differences between the two products. For that you can use our comparison table about which looks at the main features of both products to give you a clear idea of where one product perhaps benefits over another. When comparing the two it’s a really good idea to have an idea in your mind of the key features that you need from your Printers as this will help you to narrow down the products that do or don’t meet your criteria.



BROTHER MFCJ5730DW All-in-One Wireless A3 Inkjet Printer with Fax



Rating:
8.83 out of
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