Brother HL-L2380DW Wireless Monochrome Laser Printer, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled

Im very happy with this purchase. I dont miss printing color at all nor do I miss the cost associated with inkjet printers. For the cost its hard to beat. I have a couple of caveats: 1. This is definitely not a high quality printer. It does not print B&W graphics well at all. It also struggles to print small text. I like to print text two to a page, but I cant do that with this printer because the text is too fuzzy. 2. Ive had intermittent, problems with the wireless printing. It seems to go into a deep sleep after a few days, and I have to go an manually wake it up. This is no big deal, but then once you wake it up it takes several minutes to re-establish a connection with a computer, and when this occurs it doesnt work to plug in via a USB port either. You just have to wait for the printer to figure it out.

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Brother printers are solid performers, and they used to be very cost effective, especially where toner is concerned. (More on that in a minute). This printer does everything you need it to do for a really good price. It supports Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook web print and Android too. Its pretty easy to set up, and plays well with everything Ive thrown at it. The only beef I have is with the toner. First, the cartridge shipped with this printer comes nowhere near the 700 pages they claim. (I got less than 500 pages out of it, and thats text pages.) Brother calls it a "starter cartridge". ??? Why not include at least a "standard" toner cartridge. Second, the price of toner cartridges for this printer makes no sense. One of the things that makes Brother attractive over other laser printers is that the toner was always a fraction of the price of the competition. Thats because the Brother toner cartridge is just toner, not toner and a photo drum, like many of the competitors. So what changed? I recommend you buy either a "standard" or "high yield" toner cartridge when you buy this printer so youll have one on hand. Dont trust the estimated number of pages a given cartridge says it can produce, keep an extra one on hand.

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