Brother Printer HL-2220 Monochrome Printer

 (51 customer reviews)

Well, my printer just arrived today. Though it took a few days for the order to process, it only took 2-days to ship.

PROS:
This is a nice fairly compact laser printer. It's easy to set up. Print quality is clear and has nice contrast. When I bought this printer it was only $69.99 with free shipping, but I see now in less than a week later it's gone up to $89.99 + Shipping costs. For the price I paid I'd say this was a great deal.

CONS, but not a deal breaker:
I would've given it 5-stars except for a few points: 1) No USB cable included. It seems to be a fairly common practice with companies these days, but it's annoying. These cables don't cost that much (Belkin high speed USB for $4.95 on Amazon) but it's an inconvenience to have to order it separately. And because they don't cost much, how much is any electronics company saving vs. keeping their customers happy? 2) The printer is fairly noisy even in standby mode. However, it eventually...Read more

After six years of faithful heavy-duty service, my beloved HL 1440 gave up the ghost, and I decided to replace it with the Brother HL 2220, which cost 2/3rds what I paid for the HL 1440 years ago.
Although the new machine is faster than the 1440, with more standard memory, it is smaller, lighter, and feels considerably less substantial.
Set up (OSX 10.4.11) was an absolute dream. In no more than five minutes I was up and printing. The set-up guide cautions to link directly to the computer, and not through a non-powered hub as I was doing, and on top of that my computer only accepts USB 1.0 and not 2.0. Yet the computer and the printer immediately recognized one another, and communication between the two is quick and responsive.
Print quality is outstanding, and although some folks have complained of the noise, I find mine to be very quiet. I do notice that envelopes come through with some wrinkles in the corner, and I'm going to try experimenting with different feed...Read more

This is the third Brother monochrome laser printer I have owned. I was really happy with my first two and so when I needed a new printer, I bought the HL 2220 immediately. I wish I hadn't. There are two serious problems with it. The first is that it is very noisy and it takes a long time (15 minutes or longer) to go into sleep mode. At this point, I simply turn the printer off when not actually printing. The second (and this is more serious) is that it generally does not print an entire document. Instead, it simply stops after a few pages and I have to hit the resume button. This is more than just an annoyance as it only prints part of a page in the first print job before resuming and printing out the document. Thus it wastes a considerable amount of paper. I updated the firmware from the Brother website but it did not help. Frankly, it is not that hard making a laser printer that actually works and I am disappointed that Brother did a poor job with this printer. It does,...Read more