Captured printer priceReviewed 2 Aug 2026
£479.00Provisionallow confidence
The stored value remains provisional until its original field-level source is migrated.
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Brother MFC-L8690CDW
Colour laser · Colour · Up to 3,000 pages/month
£479Captured purchase
£4,6075-year total
£77Monthly equivalent
Where your £4,607 goes over 5 years
Example usage: 1,500 mono + 500 colour pages/month.
Purchase £479Ink / toner £4,128Energy Excluded
What buyers usually check first
Manufacturer-backed essentials for deciding whether this printer fits your work and setup.
FunctionsNot yet verified
ISO print speedNot yet verified
Automatic duplexNot yet verified
Automatic document feederNot yet verified
ConnectivityNot yet verified
Paper capacityNot yet verified
Recommended workloadUp to 3,000 pages per month · source migration pending
Warranty3 years · source migration pending
Printer technologyColour laser · source migration pending
OutputColour and mono · source migration pending
Black supply yield6,500 pages · source migration pending
Colour supply yield4,000 pages · source migration pending
Verified from Real Receipt field-level evidence register. Reviewed 3 August 2026.
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Replacement ink or toner is calculated proportionally from the stored price and yield.
Your estimate£4,607£77/month equivalent
Based on 120,000 pages. Energy, paper, starter supplies, maintenance and repairs remain excluded. A recommended monthly volume has not been verified for this product.
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Purchase source£479.00Field-level source migration pending
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How we calculated this
Purchase price comes from a dated UK observation where a field-level source is available. Ink and toner costs use the stored replacement price and page-yield model. Energy, paper, starter supplies, drums, printheads, maintenance and repairs remain excluded until consistent source-backed data is available.
Who is this printer for?
The Brother MFC-L8690CDW is positioned as a colour laser model. Its recorded recommended ceiling is 3,000 pages per month, so the page’s 1,500 mono + 500 colour pages/month example sits within that limit.
The laser format can suit buyers who value predictable toner-based running costs, but the result still depends heavily on monthly volume and replacement-supply pricing.
A useful comparison is the Canon i-SENSYS LBP647Cdw, calculated with the same usage assumptions. Choose by total ownership cost and workload fit—not purchase price alone.
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Evidence record
Field-level migration pendingEvery input behind the estimate
Methodology: printer-tco-v1Reviewed 2 Aug 2026Reviewer: Legacy catalogue migrationRecommendation evidence: not yet eligible
Black supply priceReviewed 2 Aug 2026
£92.00Provisionallow confidence
The stored value remains provisional until its original field-level source is migrated.
Black supply yieldReviewed 2 Aug 2026
6500 pagesProvisionallow confidence
The stored value remains provisional until its original field-level source is migrated.
Complete colour-supply priceReviewed 2 Aug 2026
£324.00Provisionallow confidence
The stored value remains provisional until its original field-level source is migrated.
Colour supply yieldReviewed 2 Aug 2026
4000 pagesProvisionallow confidence
The stored value remains provisional until its original field-level source is migrated.
Recommended monthly volume upper boundReviewed 2 Aug 2026
3000 pages/monthProvisionallow confidence
The stored value remains provisional until its original field-level source is migrated.
Excluded from this estimate
Electricity: No consistent workload and time-in-state model is applied across every printer.
Paper: Paper choice is user-specific and common across the compared models.
Starter supplies: Inbox yields are excluded until they are captured consistently for every model.
Drums and printheads: These require an exact part, price and replacement interval before inclusion.
Maintenance and repairs: Reliable exact-model failure and repair evidence is not available consistently.
Finance and resale: These vary by buyer, seller and future market conditions.
Ownership journey
Future consumable reminders start with this usage profile.
Once reminders are enabled, saved page volume can estimate when black and colour supplies may need replacing. No reminder or account is created in this release.