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Brother HL-2040 Monochrome Laser Printer | List Price: $229.99
Discount Price: $110.00
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Brand: Brother
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Compact laser printer ideal for home or small office use
- Fast print speeds of up to 20 ppm; first page out in under 10 seconds
- 2400 x 600 dpi resolution; up to 600 dpi with Linux
- Comes complete with starter toner cartridge and standard drum unit
- Dimensions: 14.6 x 6.5 x 14.2 in.; weighs 14.3 pounds; 1-year warranty
Brother HL-2040 printer [Posted on 2008-04-05]
Excellent in every way. Relatively quiet, quick, good size. Works well with OS X Leopard. No problems at all.
Toner light won't clear even with new cartridge. [Posted on 2008-04-06]
To put this into perspective, I use this machine at home and have owned it for 3 years. I estimate 8000 pages have been printed. It worked fantastic for the first 3 years of operation. Then I got a Toner light and even with the light on, the pages were crisp, although a little light. Finally the machine stopped printing so I purchased a new toner cartridge and installed it. I can't get the toner light to clear and the machine won't print.
I had a Brother 1440 before this one and the same thing happened. I'll call customer support and try to see if there is a fix.
Light, Speedy, Fast and Cheap. But Noisy... [Posted on 2008-04-17]
I got this last year from Office Depot, with promotional rebate and such, for a total of $60 - can't beat the price! I have it connected to an airport express (mac network) for wireless printing.
Because it doesn't have 'bonjour' (its a mac wireless thing, 'bonjour' hardware literally announce themselves by greeting a wireless network, hence 'bonjour') built in, you cannot print to it totally wirelessly. You need to connect it physically to some hardware of your wireless network.
For more flexibility, it has both USB and parallel printer ports. I connected the USB to a hub, the hub to the airport express for wireless printing. But for the non-wireless laptops (Mac and PC) I have an LPT to USB cable connected on the parallel port and I can physically connect to the wireless-challenged laptops through USB. The conversion cable (LPT to USB) not needed for anything mac, b/c its not used by macs. But PCs still come with parallel printer plugs.
Cons: NOISY. I mean it. This little thing makes a vortex-like noise as soon as it gets plugged in (auto turn on/off) and stays noisy until way after it has finished printing. It was quite disconcerting at first, but I got used to it.
Can't beat the blazin' speed, the minimal footprint, the light weight and the low price.
Now, if only all of the above came with color...
Good product [Posted on 2008-04-26]
Great product for the price. The only problem I have is, it makes my lights blink. Someone told me it's the frequency it sends out.
Reverse printing on thin paper is a problem [Posted on 2008-04-26]
The price is right, and for single-sided printing, it is a great deal. The problem is with flipping pages to print them on the reverse side. Unless you are using heavy paper (22-24 lb) it is very common for the printer to feed 2, 3, or even 4 sheets of 20lb paper stuck together. My last Brother did not have kind of this problem. Paper curl is also oiut of control. Would be nice to have the exit door on the back to feed sheets through straight, like earlier models had.
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