Brother MFC-J4355DW: Specs, Price, Pros & Cons
This review measures the Brother MFC-J4355DW against the full 24-spec sheet we track for printers, comparing it like for like with the 50 other models in our database. It earns a VS Score of 53 out of 100 — the weighted result of every verified specification measured against the class average.
On the spec sheet it is strongest in printing and weakest in design. Its clearest single advantage over the class average: a much higher print speed (color) — 19 ppm vs 12.51 ppm (avg). Street prices currently start at $ 209.98 for the Brother MFC-J4355DW.
Category strengths
Where the Brother MFC-J4355DW beats the average
- A much higher print speed (color) ?19 ppm vs 12.51 ppm (avg)
- Has automatic document feeder ?
- A higher print speed (black) ?20 ppm vs 17.21 ppm (avg)
- Has automatic duplex printing ?
- A much higher monthly duty cycle ?30,000 pages vs 19,346.15 pages (avg)
- Has color printing ?
- A much higher output tray capacity ?100 sheets vs 68.95 sheets (avg)
- Has all-in-one ?
- Has fax ?
- A higher print resolution ?4,800 dpi vs 4,041.94 dpi (avg)
Where the Brother MFC-J4355DW trails the average
- No ethernet ?
- A lower ADF capacity ?20 sheets vs 34.48 sheets (avg)
- No touchscreen display ?
- A lower input tray capacity ?150 sheets vs 182.02 sheets (avg)
- No supertank / refillable ink ?
- No duplex scanning ?
Editor’s note
If you have decided the INKvestment approach makes sense – cartridges that feed an internal reservoir, roughly a year of ink in the box, and replacement costs closer to a tank printer than a normal inkjet – this is the model in the family I would actually buy. It sits in the middle of three, and it is worth being precise about what the premium over the J4335DW below it actually buys. Both machines are rated at 20 ppm black and 19 ppm colour and both top out at 1200 x 4800 dpi, so it is not speed or print quality. It is dual-band Wi-Fi, more onboard memory, and a model Brother still lists as current rather than discontinued.
It is a competent, unglamorous machine. Automatic duplex printing is standard, the tray holds 150 sheets, and the software side covers what you would expect: AirPrint, Mopria, Chromebook support, WPA3 on the wireless.
The omissions are consistent and worth taking seriously. There is no Ethernet port on a two-hundred-dollar office all-in-one, which still surprises me; if your desk has a wired network you cannot use it. The 20-sheet feeder scans one side only, so double-sided originals are a manual job. The display is a 1.8-inch non-touch panel. Duplex printing is limited to Letter size, so two-sided legal work is out. The fax modem is 14.4 kbps.
None of that matters much to the audience this fits: a household or one-person business printing a few hundred mixed pages a month, mostly documents with occasional colour, that wants the ink bill to stay boring.
Where I would steer you away is volume and format. If you print mostly black text in real quantity, a mono laser will be faster, cheaper over time and far less bothered by sitting idle. Inkjets that go weeks between jobs are the ones that clog, and no ink system fixes that.
Specifications
Quality bars are generated automatically against 50 other printers.
Printing
Laser prints crisp text fast; inkjet handles photos and colour better.
Prints in colour, not just black and white.
Black-and-white pages per minute; higher is faster.
Colour pages per minute; higher is faster.
A higher dot density produces sharper prints.
Prints both sides of the page without manual flipping.
Refillable ink tanks cut the cost per page dramatically.
The maximum recommended pages per month.
Scanning & copying
Scans and copies as well as prints.
Feeds multi-page documents through the scanner unattended.
How many pages the document feeder holds at once.
Scans both sides of a page automatically.
Sends and receives faxes.
Paper handling
A larger tray needs refilling less often.
How many printed pages the output tray holds.
The largest paper format supported (e.g. Letter, Legal, A3).
Connectivity
Print wirelessly over the home network.
Connect devices directly without a router.
A wired network port for reliable office use.
A direct USB connection to a computer.
Print from iPhone, iPad and Mac without extra drivers.
Print and manage the printer from a phone app.
Design
An onboard touchscreen makes standalone tasks easier.
A lighter printer is easier to place and move.
How the VS Score works — and what it can’t tell you
Every measurable spec is scored against the average of all the printers we track: matching the class average scores 50, clearly beating it climbs towards 100, and each spec counts according to an editorial weight that reflects real-world impact — a battery-capacity gap moves the score far more than a colour-options list. The quality bars on the spec cards above show where this model sits inside the full range for its class, and the overall VS Score rolls every weighted result into one number.
Unknown values are never estimated. A spec this product doesn’t report simply drops out of its scoring — it isn’t penalised with a guess — but a thinner spec sheet does mean a score built on fewer data points, which is why completeness is disclosed under About this data.
Most importantly: a spec-sheet lead is not the same as a better product. Megapixels, gigahertz and benchmark points describe capacity, not experience — image processing, software optimisation, thermals, haptics and ergonomics decide how a device actually feels, and no table captures reliability or long-term support quality. Treat the VS Score as a structured summary of what can be measured, not a substitute for your own priorities.
About this data
- Specifications are compiled from each manufacturer’s official spec sheet, cross-checked against trusted specification databases, and normalised into one schema so identical things are compared identically.
- Specifications last verified August 18, 2026.
- Data completeness: 24 of the 24 specs in this category are verified (100%). Anything we could not verify is shown as Unknown — never estimated — and is excluded from the score.
- Prices and availability come from live retailer feeds via our shopping partners and refresh throughout the day; a missing price means no partner currently lists the product, not that it is discontinued.
- Want the full picture? Our editorial guidelines explain how we research products, weight the scores and stay independent.
- Spotted an error in a spec? Tell us and we will correct the sheet.
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The bottom line
The Brother MFC-J4355DW earns a VS Score of 53, a solid mid-pack result among the 51 printers we compare here.
- Who it’s for
- A household or one-person office printing a few hundred mixed pages a month that wants predictable, low ink costs without moving to a bulky supertank.
- Who should look elsewhere
- Desks that need a wired network connection, anyone scanning double-sided originals in quantity, and high-volume black text work, which belongs on a laser.
- The trade-off that matters
- Low running costs and a compact body against missing office fundamentals – no Ethernet, no duplex scanning, and two-sided printing that stops at Letter size.
- The main alternative
- Brother MFC-L2820DW costs about the same and answers the document-volume case instead: 34 ppm laser output, wired Ethernet and a touchscreen, if you can live without colour.
The VS Score is generated automatically from the weighted specifications above, measured against all other printers in our database. Treat it as a shortlisting guide — not a substitute for your own priorities.
