Brother Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Multi-Function Printer, MFCL2710DW with High Yield Black Toner

Money Scamming Machine. I normally love Brother products but on this particular model, they FORCE you to replace the toner when it says it is low, when you CLEARLY have tons more printing that can be done from it. Once it give you the warning, it flat out refuses to print and will only do so once your replace the toner. Will not be buying any more Brother products from now on.

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Nothing but problems with wireless printing and scanning: - Printer regularly goes into deep sleep where Google cloud print and AirPrint no longer function - Scanning over WiFi spontaneously fails, especially with higher-res scans. This is especially annoying when half-way through scanning a large document. Update September 2017: WiFi has gotten even worse than before. For the last few months I have to cycle the printer immediately prior to printing for my computer to establish a connection. Without fail, the connection drops again within a few minutes of powering on the printer.

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This printer goes into Deep Sleep mode almost immediately after a print job, and then will not "wake up" when you send a print job - I have to manually restart the printer to wake it up. Also, the printer goes offline and wont connect to the my network any time my networks IP address changes (every 2-3 days), and then has to be completely reinstalled. The Brother technician told me that this will continue to happen unless I obtain a static IP from my internet service provider, which is costly and only available for business (as opposed to residential) accounts. The technician said he gets calls about this issue all the time. Yet Brother has no solution, other than to spending 60+ minutes on the phone with a technician and re-downloading software/firmware and reinstalling the printer each time my IP address resets (every 2-3 days). When this printer works, its great. But it rarely works.

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Dont get this printer unless you only use Brother toners. It is programmed to not play nice with generic toners, giving all sorts of pop ups and errors, telling you about a hundred times a day to purchase genuine Brother toner. Yeah, in a busy office thats like another car payment! Were going back to our very forgiving Samsung printer, which uses any toner you can throw at it. This Brother goes to the store room as a back up, or maybe the janitor can sell it for gas money.

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I tried to like this printer, but i had to return it. Did firmware update, connected via hardwire lan connection, found a way to turn off the deep sleep, everything, still when it didnt print for a while it would take between 20 seconds and 1/2 hour to print something. That it totally unacceptable considering my Brother 2270DW wakes up and prints in less than 5 SECONDS!. So I bought a drum and toner for it and am going back to it. Good thing I didnt throw the 2270DW away.

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I ordered this printer on August 10, 2017. It was difficult to get it to work with our computer network, Nether I nor our office tech person was ever able to set up the printer to wirelessly print from my laptop or Apple phone. I decided to turn the printer off for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend on November 22, 2017. It will not turn back on. I have tried different outlets but it is dead. I passed the date to return to Amazon and now I am stuck with Brother. I thought that I bought the extended warranty but did not. I have not been able to successfully contact anyone at Brother to fix this problem. I now have a piece of junk paperweight that I have to clear from my desk. Thanks for nothing.

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Loved my past three or four Brother laser printers. Reliable, fast machines, few issues. And when the toner cartridge was running low on one of them, I kept printing until I decided when the print quality was too light. Only then would I replace the cartridge. This model MFCL2710DW however will not let you print when the toner goes low even though the quality of the previous print is fine. I found this workaround online and it allowed the machine to continue. This took a few tries but eventually did work: Open front door of printer (to reveal the cartridge mechanism) and “Front Door Open” will flash on the monitor. Good. Next, press STOP/EXIT and CLEAR at the SAME TIME(quick press) Immediately after, press CLEAR once again. A menu called RESET MENU will appear. Click the DOWN ARROW until you see TNR-STD Click OKAY Click UP ARROW To Confirm the reset

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Printer completely stopped printing after a year and a half. Factory reset, re-installed all drivers twice, wireless and wired connections, nothing worked. Brother customer service employee told me that they hadnt heard of this happening before, but only gave me the number of a far-away Authorized Service Center and said I had to pay to have it looked at and repaired myself, or buy a new printer. Had heard that Brother printers were supposed to be reliable. Guess not. Will not be buying another Brother product again.

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I have the same complain as several others mentioned. Once the toner reaches a certain level, this printer will stop printing, while the print quality is perfectly fine and it could still print more. It will NOT allow you to print until the toner is replaced. This is a dirty trick to make you buy new toners quite often. If you think that the print quality will indicate the toner quality (as in most other brands) and the printer will continue to print, you will be disappointed when printer stops in the middle of some important printing.

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4-9-2018, Revision A: Poorly thought through design (if you can use "design," here)... Problems: --- The AC cord is permanently attached and is not a std computer cord (not removable), and its too short (less than 3Ft), to make it to my computer power strip. --- The issue is that you cant unplug your old Brother Printer and put this in its place. I had to take apart my home office to access the next nearest AC plug (via a power strip to get all the way over there)... ========== Because of the above, this printer took more than an hour to physically install it (this does not include the clean up time)... --- USB is supposed to auto update and connect the to printer. It tried twice. It did not work. I had to mess around with this for more than 1/2 hour. --- The LCD display cant be seen. Its a non-back-light type. If I place my head over it, the display is clearer, but I block the light - Still cant see it. ========== I purposeless bought the non-touch screen type, because they never work and have even more narrower viewing angle. I cant access the angle the touch screen, if I had it. I can only access from on top. ---- Printed paper come out in the front. I like this except its almost like its stuck inside the printer. I expected it to come out the top, like all printer like this do... --- The supplied disk was rejected by Windows 7 Pro, reported not comparable. --- Supplied disk, drives "Pro????" required you to allow program to regularly connected to the internet, and sell, bug or otherwise annoy you (Im on WildBlue (slow BW limited internet, 12GB per Mo, we run out of internet 1/2 through ever month, from background windows and other devices, that suck inter down without you consent or control), and here is another internet vampire - I said no... Ive not yet used the FAX (I need this), or copier, etc =================== I eventually I got it to work. What a piece of junk... Pluses: Its gray and black It dont have a touch screen It has USB (saves LAN connection)

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