Brother offers drivers for Windows 7, Vista, XP, Mac OS X 10.4 and above, and Linux.
(Brother says you can print about 100 pages on a single charge.) You can then install the driver on your computer, setting it up either to print over a Bluetooth or USB connection. Insert the battery, plug in the AC adaptor, and let the battery charge. Even better, at 1.2 by 10 by 2.2 inches (HWD), you shouldn't have a problem finding room it in your laptop case or briefcase. The printer weighs just 1.1 pounds, or 1.3 pounds with the rechargeable battery loaded, making it light enough to carry around without a second thought. The focus for the PocketJet 6 is on portability. The PJ662-K, as tested, is essentially the PJ622-K with internal Bluetooth added. Note too, that the same printer is available with different assortments of accessories and features, as the PJ622-K ($299 direct) for the printer only without Bluetooth, the PJ662-K ($349 direct) for the printer only with internal Bluetooth, and the PJ622-K ($399 direct) without Bluetooth, but with a battery, AC adaptor, USB cable, and soft carrying case. I can make the same comment about the paper I used for testing the PocketJet 6, and Brother says it applies to all of its other papers as well. More recently, in my review of the Editors' Choice Brother MW-260 ($549.95 direct, 4 stars), a small-format printer for A6-size paper (4.1 by 5.8 inches), I mentioned that the paper had no smell at all, and that it offered much the same look, feel, and thickness as standard plain paper. When I reviewed the Planon PrintStik PS910 ($270 street, 2.5 stars), for example, I pointed out that Planon also sold paper as cut sheets, and that the paper had a much more pleasant, non-chemical smell to it than used to be the norm. But that's not an absolute requirement for the technology.
The PocketJet 6 in particular is a pleasant surprise.įor 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. The category in general may well be a lot more capable than you expect. Given that there aren't a lot of portable printers of any kind, they're certainly worth investigating. Although Brother sells these printers largely for in-vehicle printing, in a delivery truck or a police car for example, they're also useful for more office-centric road warriors.
The Brother PocketJet 6 PJ662-K ($449 direct) belongs to a category of printers that's easy to overlook: namely, portable thermal printers.
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