Who is the Brother - MFC-J5855DW for?
Budget-tier printer. The 65.7 score sits in C-tier (58-67) — the formula flags meaningful weaknesses against premium peers.
Reasonable if cost is the deciding factor and the spec weaknesses don't matter for your use. Check the spec table below carefully before buying.
Mars Score is computed from 10 measured specs against the transparent formula for the printers category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
- ▲Color — supported.
- ▲Auto duplex — supported.
No spec lands in the bottom quartile of the category normalization window — this product holds up across the weighted axes.
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Type
- Inkjet AIO
- Pages/min (mono)
- 30
- Pages/min (color)
- 30
- Color
- true
All specifications
Spec
- Type
- Inkjet AIO
- Color
- true
- Pages/min (mono)
- 30
- Pages/min (color)
- 30
- Resolution
- 4800x1200 dpi
- Max paper size
- Tabloid
Features
- Auto duplex
- true
- ADF
- true
- Wi-Fi
- true
- AirPrint
- true
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