Brother HL-L2340DW Compact Laser Printer, Monochrome, Wireless Connectivity, Two-Sided Printing, Mobile Device Printing, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled

Beware, if you are just reading reviews people post a few months after buying! Until it bricked itself one year in, I was happy with this printer too. It worked with basic installation procedures, and I didnt mind that princessy, unwakable sleep issue. I just walked over and pushed the button. I dont print that much. Im still on my first toner cartridge. But two weeks ago, it stopped working completely. Display and wifi light just blink now. It wont turn off with the power button. My computer cant detect it, even plugged in, even when running th Brother Remote User Software package. No way to update firmware or drivers on a printer that cant be found. Trouble ticket to Brother is in, but has produced zilch in the way of solutions. I think this printer is hosed, and I think one year before obselescence is ridiculous. My old Samsung laser lasted 9 years. Booo! And, beware!

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This printer is a pain in the ass when you change a wifi. You had to call the help line and download the firmware again, which requires a special JavaSE software that you have to go to Oracles website and download it. Then you have to update your firmware. Then you have to go to print settings to change the deep sleep mode time setting because the default setting is 1min. And after 1 min you wont be able to print anything because the printer will pick up jobs. Your computer will say "Looking for printer... uncle to find printer" and the printer is in "deep sleep" mode. So you have to turn the printer off and turn it on to get it out of the deep sleep mode. Its PAIN in the ass.

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this printer is the worst of the worst. do NOT buy this piece of crap. 1) it produces this extremely annoying high frequency whining noise ALL THE TIME, even when its not printing. 2) it goes to sleep and does not wake up at all. i have to restart the printer every time i try to print something out if its just only been a few minutes since i last printed. is it really THAT hard to make a printer that just print stuff out??????? Brother, you are the worst bro. i will never buy any of your crappy sheet from you again EVER.

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NIGHTMARE. This was a nightmare to deal with in spite of them advertising it as easy set up! Before buying this, take a look at the top of the printer: there is a teeny little window and in teeny little letters it sayssleep or deep sleep and there are arrows. There are no clear instructions, and there is no clear message window to tell you what the problem is. I tried rebooting, and tried many different wi fi devices (ipad, kindle, macbook and my samsung phone) and if it had just printed from even one of them easily, I would have kept it. I would unplug it, try to reboot it and the only thing it ever printed out was the alphabet and not understandable directions. If you want to take HOURS and hours of time to try to get it to work, then THIS is the machine for you! If you are technical and know the numerous letters of your network or can easily contact your cable company (which also takes hours and hours) then THIS is the machine for you. In the 21st century, there is NO reason why all wii fi devices cant easily sync with a printer. In the 21st century, a company COULD give you a window and an 800number that could assist you with set up. I will never buy another Brother product - thats for sure. Thank goodness I was able to return it!

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The printer is trying to communicate with you by printing. So, I wasted more than 30 pages to check my wifi connection status. It doesnt ask me whethet you want to print it or not. Just print it with meaningless words. Moreover, the connection is unstable enough to disappoint me. I should check the connection per page. Most importantly, the margin is always cut off. I dont know why. Regardlss of computer and file type, the printed document is not centered. The worst printer ever.

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Had a Brother HL-2140 for years and loved it until it shorted out. Thought I would try another one of their products. Bought this one as an upgrade mostly due to the Automatic Duplex Printing function. Once I installed printer to find out that it does NOT have AUTOMATIC duplex printing, only MANUAL duplex printing (see screenshot). I spent 45 minutes on the phone with Brother trying to figure out why to have the rep tell me that theyre packaging and website are wrong and the printer does not have the feature. They offered no apology or response, then when I asked which of their printers actually did have automatic duplex printing the rep couldnt tell me and just referred me to their website despite their website being wrong about this printer as well. Unfortunately, I cant trust them now so will be looking elsewhere.

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skip this item! i owned a brother laser printer similar to this one lasted me for about 4 years with no issues. i use it every single day, i dont print a ton of pages, mostly shipping labels, so about 3-7 a day for the last 4 years, but it finally died, and it was cost effective to just buy a new one than try to fix this one. i figure i would get the wireless one, even though my old printer was hooked up to my main desktop computer thats always on so i did have a "wireless" connection to my old one figure it being built in would be a plug, boy was i wrong to print wireless literally takes a minute for 2 for the signal to be read by the computer, i couldnt imagine how long it would take if you had to print a ton of pages. it FREEEZES a lot, almost every other day, and you literally have to unplug the unit for it to reset, as their is no hard switch on this device or a cable to unplug, the plug is built into this unit, so you need to unplug from the wallsocket which for me is a hassle because its located behind the desk an not easy to reach without moving things around. also unpluging it resets the wireless settings, so you have to do that all over again. just horrible, i plan to return this model and find another one, possibly the simple one without wireless printing as i stopped using it due to it takes absolutely forever to print.

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Pros: Easy to set up (wireless is way easier than my previous Brother), works well, has the functions I need, toner is less expensive. Has an LED display to tell you whats going on. Cons: Had to look up how to cancel a job. No button for that. The manual feeder -- be careful to adjust the guides and get your paper in straight. I had to reprint a bunch of stuff that came out crooked. This is a big issue for me as I use the printer to print sheets of labels, and it does not want to take the label sheets through the tray. Its not super speedy. No LEDs to instantly tell me what is wrong -- have to get out of my chair to read the display. Its a perfectly fine printer and I hope to get several years of use from it. Due to the "cons" above, its not a 5 star, though. Update: Ive downgraded my rating. It ran out of toner on me with no notice, and in the middle of doing something important. The printer was very noisy before it ran out of toner. I got an icon in my task bar, but when I clicked on it, there was no content. Plus, the manual feed issue is a real pain. I print labels every week, and messing with the alignment is not worth my time. I contacted Brother, and I was told that there is no way to print labels outside of the manual feed. I decided to keep it till the toner ran out, then get rid of it. Toner is out. Bye bye Brother! Unfortunate since my last Brother was a workhorse for 5 years.

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