I've never had a printer that has needed constant Black Ink Cleaning. I use Genuine Brother Ink. Internet connection is constantly needed to be reset and the instructions on how to do that are not in the manual. I've had to stop working to call and go through this 6-8 times now over the year of ownership. I do not loose internet connection on my computers or phones, just this Brother Printer. Time Consuming and frustrated.
We loved using this printer for regular paper items. Ink is reasonable. Easy and does a good job, if you only want to print regular letter paper or legal paper.