Awards and certifications

Good Design Award 2020

The prestigious Japanese award evaluates the exterior design of products, together with the user experience and environmental impact. Each product must demonstrate excellence in originality, aesthetics, and completion level that would help raise today’s design standards and be positioned as part of future model design.

Winners - Portable Document Scanner: DS-640, DS-740D & DS-940DW

Winners - Label Printers: P-touch CUBE Pro (PTP910BT)

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IF Design Award 2019

"One of the world's most celebrated and valued design competitions."

Since 1953, the annual iF Design Award has been recognised and respected all over the world and the iF logo has become an internationally acknowledged symbol of outstanding design.

The winner - All-in-one LED-printer: HL-L3270CDW

Winners - Label Printers: P-touch-CUBE-Plus & PT-H110

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Winter 2019 Pick Award - Outstanding Colour & Multifunction Printers

"In addition to their compact size, these printers excel in business colour printing, ease of use and reliability as products for small offices."

Presented twice a year, BLI acknowledge hardware and software offerings that prove to be the best in the 'Outstanding Colour Printer and Multifunctions' categories following rigorous lab testing. 

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Good Design Award 2018

"Evaluated not only the exterior beauty of products but also user experience and environmental impact."

The Good Design Awards recognise products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing that have chartered new directions for innovation and pushed the envelope for competitive products in the world marketplace.

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IF Design Award 2018

"Symbol of outstanding design - a seal of excellence and a testimony of quality."

Since 1953, the annual iF Design Award has been recognized and respected all over the world and the iF logo has become an internationally acknowledged symbol of outstanding design.

Winners: HL-L8260CDW, HL-L9310CDW, HL-L8360CDW, MFC-L8900CDW, MFC-L9570CDW, DCP-L8410CDW, MFC-L8690CDW and MFC-J6935DW.

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Line of the Year 2017 - Monochrome / MFP Line

"Brother stood above the rest for its outstanding monochrome printer and MFPs this year, offering an impressive array of products designed for a wide variety of business users."

Presented once a year by BLI, the world’s leading authority on document imaging devices and solutions, the Line of the Year awards honour the manufacturers whose product line is determined to be the best overall based on the cumulative test results of all models tested in BLI’s rigorous two-month laboratory evaluation.

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iF Design Award 2017

“One of the best-known labels for design excellence”

Since 1953, the annual iF Design Award has been recognized and respected all over the world and the iF logo has become an internationally acknowledged symbol of outstanding design.

Winners: Black & White Laser Printer HL-L6400DW, All-in-one MFC-L6900DW, Black & White Laser Printer HL-L5200DW, All-in-one MFC-L5700DN, Document Scanner ADS-3600W, Mobile Printer PJ-773, Tube & Label Printer PT-E800 series, Label Printers PT-P950NW & PT-P300BT.

Highly Recommended/Recommended Seal

"A strong mobile feature set, including NFC for mobile printing, as well as support for the Brother iPrint&Scan app, Google Cloud Print, and Apple AirPrint”

BLI tests evaluate performance attributes including ease of use, media handling, productivity and value.

Highly Recommended - HL-L5000 Series, MFC-L5000 Series, HL-L6400 Series, MFC-L6900DW, ADS-3600W, ADS-2800W, ADS-2400N, Recommended ADS-3000N