Yields will vary greatly depending on image, area coverage, print mode and environmental conditions.

Keeping on track of printing costs and services can be difficult, which is why Brother have created Managed Print Services. Basic text documents printed from mobile devices emerged as quickly as if you’d printed them from a laptop.

Naturally, there’s Wi-Fi alongside a USB port, and support for AirPrint so you can print easily from an iPhone or iPad. However, after long-term testing, the Wi-Fi connection has been reliable enough, as has wireless printing from laptops and phones.

Combine automatic 2-sided print and quick print options from both your phone and tablet, this machine is an ideal tool to help businesses run smoothly. This calculation is based on current pricing which is subject to change over time and excludes the cost of additional long life components such as drums, fusers or other maintenance items. There are also a wide variety of third-party apps available to enable wireless printing through Apple devices, even to machines that are not natively AirPrint compatible printers. With the official toners, each mono page works out at bang-on 4p and colour pages at 10p, so this is certainly far from the cheapest laser running costs. You’ll also be disappointed if you need to print photos or – in the DCP-L3510cdw’s case – require precise colour accuracy, but as long as these two things aren’t dealbreakers, a colour laser is a wise choice.

But even at the 16ppm that it managed in testing, it’s quick enough for most home offices, where documents tend to be just a few pages long. Brother technical support are on hand to provide more information and can be contacted on 0333 777 4444. This is a cost effective colour laser printer from this manufacturer that prints double sided copies and scans with great results. There’s no auto document feeder either, which is a shame as it makes it very annoying and time-consuming to scan multiple pages – especially if they’re double-sided.