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product_id: 57218857
title: "MFC-L8690CDW Colour Laser Printer | Wireless, PC Connected & Network | Print, Copy, Scan, Fax & 2 Sided Printing | A4 | UK Plug"
brand: "brother"
price: "€ 1407.71"
currency: EUR
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category: "Brother"
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# 31 ppm print speed 300-sheet paper capacity Wireless Wi-Fi connectivity MFC-L8690CDW Colour Laser Printer | Wireless, PC Connected & Network | Print, Copy, Scan, Fax & 2 Sided Printing | A4 | UK Plug

**Brand:** brother
**Price:** € 1407.71
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Print smarter, faster, and wirelessly — because your office deserves the best.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** MFC-L8690CDW Colour Laser Printer | Wireless, PC Connected & Network | Print, Copy, Scan, Fax & 2 Sided Printing | A4 | UK Plug by brother
- **How much does it cost?** € 1407.71 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.fr](https://www.desertcart.fr/products/57218857-mfc-l8690cdw-colour-laser-printer-wireless-pc-connected-and-network)

## Best For

- brother enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted brother brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Blazing Fast Prints ⚡:** Keep your workflow seamless with up to 31 pages per minute in vibrant colour or crisp mono.
- • **Cut the Cord with Wi-Fi 📶:** Effortlessly connect multiple devices wirelessly for modern, clutter-free office setups.
- • **Double-Sided Efficiency 🔄:** Automatic 2-sided printing and scanning save time and paper, boosting productivity sustainably.
- • **Cost-Smart Toner Economy 💸:** Optional high-yield toners slash your cost per page, making every print budget-friendly.
- • **High-Capacity Paper Handling 📄:** 300-sheet tray with expandable options means fewer refills and more uninterrupted work hours.

## Overview

The Brother MFC-L8690CDW is a compact, wireless colour laser all-in-one printer designed for busy professionals. It delivers fast print speeds up to 31 ppm, supports automatic duplex printing and scanning, and features a generous 300-sheet paper capacity expandable to 1050 sheets. With versatile connectivity including Wi-Fi and compatibility across Windows, Mac, and Linux, it offers cost-effective printing through optional high-yield toners, making it ideal for efficient, modern office environments.

## Description

Compact, wireless color laser printer with fast print speeds, automatic 2-sided printing, and 300-sheet paper capacity. Reduce running costs with high-yield toners.

Review: Excellent Quality Printer/Scanner - Excellent quality printer which was easy to setup. Connecting to Wi-Fi this printer supports both Apple Air Print and printing from Android (with additional download). Fairly quiet for a laserjet of this size. So far toner usage has been fairly low and I have never once had any form of paper jam. The scanner is also great and feeds automatically, scanning. Both sides of the paper automatically. It also prints on both sides of the paper automatically with no manual intervention. The paper tray is also huge, meaning no need to keep refilling the paper.
Review: Good Double Sided Colour Laser Printer for small office / home office - My first double sided colour laser was a Samsung (think it had tie in with Kyrocera?). It was big. It was fien for text but less good with photos. I used to print a third to a half of documents which were hard copies of PowerPoint workshop presentation for classroom candidates. It accepted non-Samsung toners but photos were even worse; the gradations were blotchy. Nevermind, got a Canon A3 photoprinter to print the certificates for candidates so as to avoid them feeling cheated of their course fees. Years later moved onto an all-in-one printer scanner by Canon. The photos and certificates output were fine especially once laminated but of course nowhere near the A3 photo printer quality. after 12 years the Canon won't print more than one sheet at a time. It served longer than its useful life and was not worth a service & repair cost. This was 2021 / 2022 and I was going to buy a HP colour laser as replacement, not cecessarily all-in-one. Had in mind a HP because of all the 40 or so my work assignments sent me to during the previous decades, one by one, brands stopped producing PC's etc. One by one, Sony VAIO, Toshiba, they disappeared. However HP brand remains the consistent brand one could find in countries few have heard of. But then in computer magazines I came across articles reporting HP (among others) have started putting recognition micro-chip onto inkjet cartridges. So a year later upon reading reviews by others here they kindly reminded me situation is same on laser toners. Thus no rush, spent a few months on and off reading as many reviews as possible to select replacement. It was thanks to other reviews that I chose this Brother for I would not have given Brother another thought. All I knew before this printer was Brother made sewinng machines, well in Asia where Singer didn't have as big a presence. Some good points of this Brother HL-L8260CDW. Partly due to it being just a printer rather than all-in-one, I could manually handle it to the first floor office by myself. However, the footprint size is still the same. It is also fortunate that the ventilation slots is on the right hand side because its placement is right angles on top of a filing cabinet (but unfortunately the button are therefore on the inside (butt against a wall)). No worries - saved by the fact that the machine sleeps and wakes very quickly. The Canon multifunction printer used to take couple minutes to wake up, warm up before able to print. This Brother can do it is about 15 seconds, not sure, but certainly far faster than booting up the laptop. So switch it on at the start of day and forget and it won't use much energy. The best aspect of this printer ? Yes indeed, it can use non-Brother toners. desertcart cookies popped Cool Toner. It even tempted me to buy it at a discount price of about £60 for a set of 4 colours. When setting up the printer, took out (almost tempted to bin the original Brother toners but didn't because that would not be responsible); anyway put the 3rd party toner cartridges instead. No complaints. Works fine but of course can't tell you now how good compared to original Brother toner. This was going too good to be true.Always wanted to get rid of the cable and cable protector around the office. So let's try wireless connection for printing. Not being a computer geek, here was the first hurdle. Owing tom company security policies and therefore the privacy settings used with FireFox browser, most things are disabled so as to prevent data leak of clients' data. Thus could not get onto the website support page indicated by the Brother documention which came with the printer. Nevermind. With different search engines and different browsers eventually found U-Tube tutorials. However, not quite enough tuturials to lead me by the hand to set it up. What is SSID and what is router? Is it any different with was supplied by the ISP? No mention. So using logic and thought it backwards, the laptops, all out laptops, could only connect wirelssly to one connection at a time. So deduced the wirelss printing facility must use this same "circuit". Thus what the tutorials referred to were what the ISP supplied (as I had not changed them). Hurray it worked. One after another got each laptop connected. They were Win7-64 Home, Win7-64 Pro, Win8.1, Win10, and Win11 operating systems. All connected 5 hours after unpacking the Brother printer. Would I recommend it ? Yes with one reservation. When taking old Canon to local municipal tip for disposal, they would not accept it - told me to take it to a waste business machine disposal company. But the local tip would have taken a smaller inkjet printer for disposal. This Brother would be the same but nevermind, the £ saved on ink by using laser toner would go towards proper disposal come ??? 10+ years time.

## Features

- MAXIMUM VALUE FOR MONEY: Reduce running costs with low cost per page prints. With our optional 6,500 page black and 4,000 page cyan, magenta and yellow yield toners, you can easily reduce the cost of each print job.
- IDEAL FOR THE OFFICE: Compact, stylish and desktop friendly, the MFCL8690CDW wireless colour laser printer is perfect for business users.
- PRINTER SCANNER COPIER: Increase efficiency with fast print speeds of up to 31ppm (colour and mono), automatic 2-sided printing and 2-sided scan speeds of 56ipm in colour and mono.
- WIFI CONNECTIVITY: Perfect for the modern business the printer wireless allows for a secure connection and multiple users to connect to print from the same device.
- VERSATILE BUSINESS MACHINE: Built with a combined 300-sheet paper capacity that helps improve efficiency due to less time spent refilling trays. Optional additional Lower Trays can be added to increase capacity further (expandable to 1050 sheets).

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B071YHNBFQ |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 2,299 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 8 in Laser Printers |
| Colour depth | 24 bpp |
| Compatible devices | wireless devices |
| Connectivity Type | Wi-Fi |
| Controller type | Android |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (715) |
| Date First Available | 17 April 2017 |
| Dual-sided printing | Yes |
| Form Factor | Copy, Scan, Fax |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Included components | Printer, UK 3-Pin AC adapter/power supply cable, Product safety guide, Software disc, User Warranty card, Quick setup Toner Cartridges, Fax line cord. |
| Item Weight | 27.9 kg |
| Item model number | MFC-L8690CDW |
| Manufacturer | BROTHER |
| Max copy speed (black and white) | 31 ppm |
| Max input sheet capacity | 300 |
| Maximum Supported Paper Size | A4 |
| Maximum black and white print resolution | 1200 x 1200 dpi |
| Maximum colour print resolution | 1200 x 2400 |
| Maximum copies per run | 300 |
| Number of Ethernet Ports | 1 |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Operating System | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Power Source | AC 100-240v, 50/60hz |
| Power consumption | 580 Watts |
| Print media | Paper (plain) |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Product dimensions | 20.7D x 21.2W x 17.1H centimetres |
| Scanner type | Flatbed |
| Sheet size | A4 |
| Standing screen display size | 9.3 Centimetres |
| Warranty type | limited warranty |
| Wattage | 580 watts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Brother
- **Colour:** black
- **Connectivity technology:** Ethernet, USB
- **Item weight:** 27.9 Kilograms
- **Max print speed monochrome:** 31 ppm
- **Maximum print speed (colour):** 31 ppm
- **Model name:** MFC-L8690CDW
- **Printer output:** Colour
- **Printing technology:** Laser

## Images

![MFC-L8690CDW Colour Laser Printer | Wireless, PC Connected & Network | Print, Copy, Scan, Fax & 2 Sided Printing | A4 | UK Plug - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61WWSNP0h7L.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does this printer come with in-box supplies?**
A: Yes all Brother laser printers come with an in-box starter toner. The page yield is smaller than the replacement toners but large enough to get you up and running straight out of the box.

**Q: What media types does this printer take?**
A: The L8000 range takes a variety of media types including; plain & recycled paper (A4, A5, A6), bond paper & envelopes.

**Q: What support do Brother offer on their printers?**
A: All Brother printers come with a standard 1 year manufacturers promise. However extended cover up to 3 years can be purchased direct from brother.co.uk

**Q: What is the drum life of this printer?**
A: All printers in Brother's L8000 range come with a DR-421CL in the box which has a drum life of 30,000 pages.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Quality Printer/Scanner
*by A***T on 12 January 2026*

Excellent quality printer which was easy to setup. Connecting to Wi-Fi this printer supports both Apple Air Print and printing from Android (with additional download). Fairly quiet for a laserjet of this size. So far toner usage has been fairly low and I have never once had any form of paper jam. The scanner is also great and feeds automatically, scanning. Both sides of the paper automatically. It also prints on both sides of the paper automatically with no manual intervention. The paper tray is also huge, meaning no need to keep refilling the paper.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Double Sided Colour Laser Printer for small office / home office
*by E***R on 7 April 2023*

My first double sided colour laser was a Samsung (think it had tie in with Kyrocera?). It was big. It was fien for text but less good with photos. I used to print a third to a half of documents which were hard copies of PowerPoint workshop presentation for classroom candidates. It accepted non-Samsung toners but photos were even worse; the gradations were blotchy. Nevermind, got a Canon A3 photoprinter to print the certificates for candidates so as to avoid them feeling cheated of their course fees. Years later moved onto an all-in-one printer scanner by Canon. The photos and certificates output were fine especially once laminated but of course nowhere near the A3 photo printer quality. after 12 years the Canon won't print more than one sheet at a time. It served longer than its useful life and was not worth a service & repair cost. This was 2021 / 2022 and I was going to buy a HP colour laser as replacement, not cecessarily all-in-one. Had in mind a HP because of all the 40 or so my work assignments sent me to during the previous decades, one by one, brands stopped producing PC's etc. One by one, Sony VAIO, Toshiba, they disappeared. However HP brand remains the consistent brand one could find in countries few have heard of. But then in computer magazines I came across articles reporting HP (among others) have started putting recognition micro-chip onto inkjet cartridges. So a year later upon reading reviews by others here they kindly reminded me situation is same on laser toners. Thus no rush, spent a few months on and off reading as many reviews as possible to select replacement. It was thanks to other reviews that I chose this Brother for I would not have given Brother another thought. All I knew before this printer was Brother made sewinng machines, well in Asia where Singer didn't have as big a presence. Some good points of this Brother HL-L8260CDW. Partly due to it being just a printer rather than all-in-one, I could manually handle it to the first floor office by myself. However, the footprint size is still the same. It is also fortunate that the ventilation slots is on the right hand side because its placement is right angles on top of a filing cabinet (but unfortunately the button are therefore on the inside (butt against a wall)). No worries - saved by the fact that the machine sleeps and wakes very quickly. The Canon multifunction printer used to take couple minutes to wake up, warm up before able to print. This Brother can do it is about 15 seconds, not sure, but certainly far faster than booting up the laptop. So switch it on at the start of day and forget and it won't use much energy. The best aspect of this printer ? Yes indeed, it can use non-Brother toners. Amazon cookies popped Cool Toner. It even tempted me to buy it at a discount price of about £60 for a set of 4 colours. When setting up the printer, took out (almost tempted to bin the original Brother toners but didn't because that would not be responsible); anyway put the 3rd party toner cartridges instead. No complaints. Works fine but of course can't tell you now how good compared to original Brother toner. This was going too good to be true.Always wanted to get rid of the cable and cable protector around the office. So let's try wireless connection for printing. Not being a computer geek, here was the first hurdle. Owing tom company security policies and therefore the privacy settings used with FireFox browser, most things are disabled so as to prevent data leak of clients' data. Thus could not get onto the website support page indicated by the Brother documention which came with the printer. Nevermind. With different search engines and different browsers eventually found U-Tube tutorials. However, not quite enough tuturials to lead me by the hand to set it up. What is SSID and what is router? Is it any different with was supplied by the ISP? No mention. So using logic and thought it backwards, the laptops, all out laptops, could only connect wirelssly to one connection at a time. So deduced the wirelss printing facility must use this same "circuit". Thus what the tutorials referred to were what the ISP supplied (as I had not changed them). Hurray it worked. One after another got each laptop connected. They were Win7-64 Home, Win7-64 Pro, Win8.1, Win10, and Win11 operating systems. All connected 5 hours after unpacking the Brother printer. Would I recommend it ? Yes with one reservation. When taking old Canon to local municipal tip for disposal, they would not accept it - told me to take it to a waste business machine disposal company. But the local tip would have taken a smaller inkjet printer for disposal. This Brother would be the same but nevermind, the £ saved on ink by using laser toner would go towards proper disposal come ??? 10+ years time.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A pig to set up, but, a fantastic printer
*by D***G on 5 February 2025*

This is a large printer, so it is probably best to double check that it will fit in the space available. This is NOT one of the small desktop laser printers. Out of the box, you remove some plastic clips and some tape with excellent instructions and then you can turn it on. Now the fun begins. The instruction for setting up WiFi in no way relate to the process. I was able to find a YouTube video, and then setup was a breeze. Why these steps were not in the instruction only the Head of Customer Confusion at Brother would know. Once set up on your WiFi network away you go. The print quality is exceptional, with strong, solid colours, and a very fast print speed. Would I buy it again? Yes, without hesitation. For the quality of print, and speed of print the price is exceptional value. This review is based on the single function (print) version of the HL-L8260CDW. Talking of which, why do printer manufacturers give their printers such stupidly long code names. But that is another rant, for another time. Hope this was helpful.

## Frequently Bought Together

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