Brother� HL-2270DW Wireless Monochrome Laser Printer
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So far - so very good
Only have had it a week. 20 year old HP4L still worked fine but HP doesn't make cartridges for it any more and the one 2nd party I tried was a disaster.
This has wifi, and it sure is convenient. Used to have to walk into office room w. laptop, unplug printer cord from desktop to plug in and print.
The install sheet was written as tho you were possibly installing it on a big office setup - and had steps that needed to be ignored. Took me 45 minutes to set up the desktop because I needed to make sure I clicked on right option. If I hadd to do it again would take less than 10 min. I installed the laptop in 5 minutes. I used the install disk that came w. the printer. I assume you could simply DL driver from web site.
Print quality is excellent.
ANOMALY - Printer cost $99. Cartridges (MSRP charged by OD) cost $67. Drum, which mfr says needs replacing every 12000 copies, costs MORE than the printer - $106. That encourages you to trash a perfectly good printer and buy a new one. Since I don't print much more than 1000-1500 pages a year, not going to worry about it.
I understand the mfrs. make their money on toner etc. The old HP didn't have a separate drum. I would guess the cartridges lasted 3 to 4000 copies.
I bought this because it had decent reviews and OD had it locally for the same price as A*****. My policy is to buy locally, if the price isn't more than 10% higher. OD's policy seems to be they charge full MSRP on printer supplies. Anyway, knew what I wanted and OD had it in stock and was out of store in less than 10 min. My policy is not to pay full MSRP for anything <G>.
BTW - Think I pd. $400 for that old HP 20 years ago. That's $20/yr.
Except for set up pages - User manual is all on line.
We have a PC environment. I gather in reading reviews this printer lacks some support for those poor souls stuck with Apple equipment.
Glad to see in reviews how to reset the "install new cartridge now" button when you still have hundreds of pages of toner left.
September 28, 2013
Good little printer
,connected right up to my older Mac, fast printing,low cost.great value.
September 25, 2013
Wonderful printer
I love this printer. It works well every time. It is totally easy, even for a non-tech person like me. Very fast, reliable, user friendly. A great purchase.
By the way, the inexpensive Brother printer-copier-scanner I bought more than five years ago is still going strong too!
September 21, 2013
I am a Brother Lover!
I have had this machine for over a year now. It fabulous! You can't beat the price. I use this printer in my Law Office as my primary printer. The print quality is professional. The few times I had some minor connection problems I called Brother and they were extremely helpful. My only complaint is that I get a Toner Low message long, long before the toner goes out. This is a widely know problem. It's not really an issue as I continue to run the printer until the toner actually runs out.
September 14, 2013
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