Support for mobile devices is currently limited to Windows CE, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry operating systems. Brother offers drivers for Windows 7, Vista, XP, Mac OS X 10.4 and above, and Linux. You can then install the driver on your computer, setting it up to print over a Bluetooth or USB connection. Setup consists of little more than inserting the battery and plugging in the AC adaptor to let the battery charge. Even better, Brother says you can print about 100 pages on a single battery charge. The combination makes it easy to slip into a laptop case or briefcase, and light enough to carry around without a second thought.
The printer weighs just 1.1 pounds by itself, or 1.3 pounds with its rechargeable battery, and it measures just 1.2 by 10 by 2.2 inches (HWD). The PocketJet 6 Plus is first and foremost about portability. The PJ663-K, as tested, is essentially the PJ623-K with internal Bluetooth added. Note that Brother sells the same printer with different assortments of accessories and features, as the PJ623-K ($379 direct) for the printer only without Bluetooth, the PJ663-K ($429 direct) for the printer only with internal Bluetooth, and the PJ623-K ($479 direct) without Bluetooth, but with a battery, AC adaptor, USB cable, and soft carrying case. The same comment applies to the PocketJet 6 Plus (as well as the PocketJet 6) for the paper I used in my testing, and, according to Brother, for all of its other papers as well. The Editors' Choice Brother MW-260 ($549.95 direct, 4 stars), for example, a small format printer for A6-size paper (4.1 by 5.8 inches), uses thermal paper with no smell at all, and with much the same look, feel, and thickness as standard plain paper. But that's not an absolute requirement for the technology, and it's not true of either PocketJet. As I've pointed out in other thermal printer reviews, for many people thermal printing brings up an image of a low-end fax machine with thermal paper rolls that tend to turn pages into scrolls with an unpleasant chemical odor. Brother says it sells both largely for in-vehicle use, printing from a delivery truck or a police car for example, but both are also useful for more office-centric road warriors. It's also enough to earn the PocketJet 6 Plus a higher rating, and to make it Editors' Choice for its category.īoth PocketJets are thermal printers. That's enough of a difference to make small text more readable and give graphics and photos a significant boost in quality. The Plus refers to a higher resolution, at 300 dots per inch (dpi) instead of 203 by 200 dpi.
On paper (pardon the pun), the Brother PocketJet 6 Plus PJ663-K ($529 direct) is almost identical to the Brother PocketJet 6 PJ662-K ($449 direct, 3.5 stars) with one critically important difference.
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