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(65 customer reviews) 47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
A Good Alternative if You Need the Duplex Feature,
January 27, 2011 Conspicuous Consumer "$$" - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brother HL2240D Monochrome Printer (Office Product)
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Setup time: minutes
Ease of use: straightforward
Print Quality:
- Cheap paper - good
- Quality paper - very good (nothing beats my old HP1 but it cost $3000)
- Envelopes: worked flawlessly
Cost: If you don't need to duplex, you can find cheaper models that may suit you. Otherwise it's low priced. Came with startup cartridge good for 250 pages. Cost of replacement cartridge: High yield, 2,600 pages, $54 at Amazon. $40 elsewhere.
Portability: The weight is no problem but it's too bulky to be considered portable. It's substantially bigger than my photo printer but smaller and lighter than any of my other laser printers.
Out-of-Toner Problem - this printer, like the HL-2140, will indicate that it's out of toner after a designated number of pages have printed, even though it may still have hundreds of pages of reasonable print quality remaining. To overcome this limitation and get it to keep printing, tape over the sensors (do...Read more
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
I'm very happy with this low-end laser!,
January 22, 2011 Justin Burton (Toronto, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brother HL2240D Monochrome Printer (Office Product)
This is a replacement for my six-year-old Samsung ML-1740 (USB port problem, not mechanical). OK, so the Brother
does look cheap, but it does the job well. First of all, the 2240D is much, much, much quieter than my old
Samsung. The Amazon reviews did have me concerned about the 2240D's noise level, but this is a huge improvement
over what I used to suffer! It really isn't horribly noisy and the fan shuts off after a few minutes.
Print quality is good and is more than adequate for my needs (I've actually set it to 300dpi and Toner Saver mode,
and text is still perfectly readable).
The HL2240D also works great with my existing NetGear PS121 USB print server (why shell out extra for a network-
ready printer if you already have a print server?). A tip for those intending to use this printer with an
external print server - the Windows driver is located on the CD under \install\driver\gdi (so select "have disk"
when asked for the...Read more
48 of 61 people found the following review helpful
Not the best deal for Brother monochrome printer,
December 22, 2010 Pete Chen (East Bay, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Brother HL2240D Monochrome Printer (Office Product)
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Printers are following the "razor and blades" business model. They are sold at a very low price. Manufacturers then make up the profit by selling cartridges at a ridiculously high price. In this case, the cartridge is half the price of the printer. All Brother monochrome printers look extremely similar. The flagship model is HL2270DW now Brother Printer HL2270DW Wireless Monochrome Printer. I suggest that you buy that printer instead. That printer is constantly on sale. It is around one hundred dollars and carried by Amazon if it is on sale. It is significantly cheaper and has more features with the same printing performance. Here is the comparison.
Duplex: Both support it.
Cartridge: Both use TN450
Performance: HL2240D: 24ppm, HL2270DW: 27ppm
Network support: HL2240D: None, HL2270DW: wired and wireless...Read more
