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iF Design Award 2024

We are happy to announce that Brother has won "iF DESIGN AWARD 2024" for 4 product categories including Inkjet All in-One (MFC-J6959DW), Laser Printer/All in-One (HL-L6410DN and MFC-L6910DN) as well as an industrial sewing machine and single-needle embroidery machine.

This is the 17th consecutive year Brother has been named as an iF DESIGN AWARD winner and has now received a total of 92 awards, including the four won this year.

Brother continuously makes efforts to pursue improvements in design quality and product innovation to provide superior value to customers .

See press release here

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BLI Pick Award for "Outstanding value" 2023

We are delighted to announce that we have received the Buyers Lab (BLI) Winter 2023 Pick Award for two scanners in the Brother enterprise range.

The awards are given as a result of testing that is independently carried out by Keypoint Intelligence, who praised the triple layer security and network protection features, the “outstanding value” customers receive and the productivity-enhancing capabilities of both the ADS-4700W and the ADS-4900W.

BLI Pick Award 2023: ADS-4700W, ADS-4900W

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Our Colour Laser range: Highly Recommended and Highly Reliable 2023

As well as the BLI 2023 Pick Award for our scanners, Keypoint Intelligence also found the Brother Professional Colour Laser range (the HL-L9430CDN, HL-L9470CDN, MFC-L9630CDN and MFC-L9670CDN) to be Highly Reliable (ranking as excellent across all devices) resulting in a suite of Highly Recommend ratings across all four devices.

The results also found the image quality, usability and specifications of each device to be Very Good, offering businesses of all sizes “enterprise-class functionality.”

Highly Recommended and Highly Reliable Certificate: 

HL-L9430CDN, HL-L9470CDN, MFC-L9630CDN, MFC-L9670CDN 

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iF Design Award 2023

For the 16th consecutive year, we have received the iF Design Award (2023) for a number of P-touch label printers, as well as our Sewing and Machine Tool ranges.

The world renowned award recognises not only the external appearance of the product, but also criteria such as functionality and environmental performance. 

iF Design Award certifications were awarded to:

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iF Design Award and BLI Pick Award 2022

Brother is pleased to announce they have been awarded 2 prestigious international awards, for the 15th year running the iF Design Award (2022) for a number of printers and apps. As well as the Buyers Lab (BLI) Winter 2022 Pick Award for Outstanding SOHO Colour Inkjet All-in-One.

iF: MFC-J4540DW, MFC-J6955DW, Color Label Editor 2 app for label printer, Pro Label Tool app for label printer (read more about our apps here).

BLI: MFC-J4340DW, MFC-J4540DW, MFC-J4540DWXL

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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 2020

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

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.

Winners - Scanners: ADS-1200 & ADS-1700W

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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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BLI award winner 2019

Winter 2019 Pick Award - Outstanding A3 Inkjet All-in-One

"Given their flawless reliability performance, user-friendliness, and impressive speeds in every mode tested, the devices promise to keep workgroups productive."

Presented twice a year, BLI acknowledge hardware and software offerings that prove to be the best in the 'Outstanding A3 Inkjet All-in-One Printer' category following rigorous lab testing. 

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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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Winter 2019 Pick Award - Outstanding Portable Scanner

"Contributing to the improvement of users' work efficiency, the portable ADS-1700W works smoothly with general business software and carries numerous functions, including colour touchscreen and wireless connection."

Presented twice a year, BLI acknowledge hardware and software offerings that prove to be the best in the 'Outstanding Portable Scanner' category 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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Winter 2018 Pick Award

"Busy users will have no trouble producing high quality outputs quickly with the Brother MFC-L9570CDW."

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

Outstanding  Colour Multifunction for SMBs: MFC-L9570CDW.

 

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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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2017 BLI Summer Pick Award

“The Brother HL-L9310 Series offer an outstanding value proposition, with a lower than average total cost of ownership”

Presented twice a year by BLI, the world’s leading authority on document imaging devices and solutions, the Pick awards honour the manufacturers whose product line is determined to be the best in the 'Outstanding Colour Printer for SMBs' following BLI’s rigorous two-month laboratory evaluation.

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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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European Office Products Awards 2017

The European Office Products Awards have been acknowledged for the last 16 years throughout Europe as high accolade for business, recognising "commercial performances innovation and professionalism".

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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.

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BLI Winter 2017 Pick Award

“The Brother HL-L6300DW is highly reliable, and very easy to use and maintain, which means minimum downtime.”

The BLI Pick awards are presented twice a year and acknowledge hardware and software offerings that prove to be the best in the 'Outstanding Printer for Mid-Sized Workgroups' category following rigorous lab testing.

Outstanding Printer for Mid-Sized Workgroups - HL-L6300DW

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BLI Winter 2017 Pick Award

“The Brother MFC-L2700DW and MFC-L2740DW an impressive overall performance, proving they can be relied on to keep users productive.”

The BLI Pick awards are presented twice a year and acknowledge hardware and software offerings that prove to be the best in the 'Outstanding Personal MFP Printer' category following rigorous lab testing.

Outstanding Personal MFP Printer – MFC-L2700DW and MFC-L2740DW

2016 Awards and Certificates

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BLI Summer 2016 Pick Award

"Offers exceptional reliability and a robust fuser design that lets the printer continue to crank out pages at full speed"

The BLI Pick awards are presented twice a year and acknowledge hardware and software offerings that prove to be the best in their respective categories following rigorous lab testing.

Outstanding Printer for Small Workgroups - HL-L5000 Series, Outstanding MFP for Small Workgroups - MFC-L5000 Series, Outstanding Printer for Mid-size Workgroups - HL-L6400 Series, Outstanding MFP for Mid-size Workgroups - MFC-L6900DW, Outstanding A4 Network Scanner - ADS-3600W

Highly Recommended Seal

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

 

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Reliability Certificate

“For mid-size to large workgroups, the Brother MFC-L6800DW is based on an engine that proved to be highly reliable”

BLI tests include an extensive durability test, which rigorously assesses reliability, a critical factor for buyers and IT directors.

Reliability Certificate - HL-L5000 Series, MFC-L5000 Series, HL-L6400 Series, MFC-L6900DW, ADS-3600W, ADS-3000N, ADS-2800W, ADS-2400N