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The Brother MFC-J6940DW looks like a considerable chunk of off-white plastic, but given that it can hold a whole ream of A3 paper in its two trays, it’s actually quite compact. To reduce the bulk, Brother’s designers have made it taper inwards from the waist down so that it appears to lean forwards a little. 

It’s a clever way of reducing the footprint, although it means that you can’t actually fit A3 paper in the trays without extending them, which ruins the smooth line at the front.

It looks very much like one of Brother’s premium X Series models, but don’t be fooled. The Brother MFC-J6940DW has a slightly smaller cavity for its ink cartridges which means it cannot take the super high-yield INKvestment Tank cartridges. 

Those are the ones that can print 6,000 mono and 5,000 color pages. That’s a blow, but at least this cheaper model benefits from all the same design advantages as the top-of-the line X Series models.

These include the large A3-size scanner glass, the equally large 50-sheet ADF, the generous 8.8cm touchscreen and the same clever cable management, where the USB, Ethernet and fax cables feed in through the side to connect internally and where they won’t be unplugged by accident.

The build quality feels rugged and Brother says the life expectancy of this latest model is significantly extended to improve its efficiency and environmental impact. It’s a pity that environmental awareness doesn’t extend to making this an INKvestment Tank model, or ditching disposable cartridges altogether and going over to bottled ink as other inkjet manufacturers have done.