Who is the Brother - MFC-L8905CDW for?
Solid mid-pack printer. The 68.8 score lands in B-tier (68-77) — competent across the board with one or two specs holding it back from a higher tier.
Right buy if pricing matters and the trade-offs the formula penalizes don't affect how you use the device. Worth comparing against the A-tier picks in our best printers list.
Mars Score is computed from 10 measured specs against the transparent formula for the printers category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW: advantages & disadvantages
Measured against every printer we track, here is where the Brother - MFC-L8905CDW pulls ahead.
- ▲Includes color — a feature not every printer offers.
- ▲Includes auto duplex — a feature not every printer offers.
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
- Laser AIO (color)
- Pages/min (mono)
- 33
- Pages/min (color)
- 33
- Color
- true
All specifications
Spec
- Type
- Laser AIO (color)
- Color
- true
- Pages/min (mono)
- 33
- Pages/min (color)
- 33
- Resolution
- 2400x600 dpi
- Max paper size
- Letter
Features
- Auto duplex
- true
- ADF
- true
- Wi-Fi
- true
- AirPrint
- true
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Frequently asked
What is the Mars Score for Brother - MFC-L8905CDW?+
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW scores 68.8 on the transparent Mars Score formula for printers, computed from its published specs against the category's weighted normalization.
What category does Brother - MFC-L8905CDW belong to?+
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW is a Brother printer catalogued in the Printers category.
When was Brother - MFC-L8905CDW released?+
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW was released on 2023-08-08.
What is the type of Brother - MFC-L8905CDW?+
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW has a type of Laser AIO (color).
What is the pages/min (mono) of Brother - MFC-L8905CDW?+
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW has a pages/min (mono) of 33.
What is the pages/min (color) of Brother - MFC-L8905CDW?+
Brother - MFC-L8905CDW has a pages/min (color) of 33.
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