Brother - MFC-L2900DW Wireless Black-and-White Refresh Subscription Eligible All-In-One Laser Printer, Great for Small Offices - Gray

Overall : good for home office Fast , noisy , not sure about long lasting toner cartridge , Easy to set up software and wifi, one time error in the paper detection , average copy quality

Upgrade from the previous Brother MFC, which did not work well. This one is lighter—faster, quicker response, I am very happy with it.

Brother Printers are my Go To for printers now, and have been for a few years. I like the simplicity of using them, getting them setup and their fair prices for ink. This printer is another example of why I keep buying them. Short to the Point Pros Incredible Print Speed Simple Setup Touchscreen and Sound Mobile App Features Copier/Scanner Cons Mobile App Issues Semi Loud Printing Print Quality As stated in the title, if you work in an office building with one of those big printers that looks like it cost as much as a car, this is a more compact version of that. It prints and copies as an industrial speed which is what I think most people looking at this printer would want. I imagine this thing can go through an entire tray of printer paper faster than you could pour a cup of coffee, its that fast. That said, I wish the paper tray was a little bigger so that it could hold a full reem of paper. The print quality of those speedy prints does show though. There are clear lines in heavily shaded areas and thats exaggerated if you're using lighter weight paper. The copy quality that you get out of this is pretty good, in line with most other printers I have used. I haven't had a chance to scan anything with it yet, but the option is there and it has a nice size scan bed. Its not going to match the size of those you'd find in an industrial copier, but it does support color. I generally don't like the mobile apps for printers, but this one wasn't so bad. In the initial setup using the mobile app it threw a few errors, wouldn't detect the printer automatically and kept giving me pop ups/ads for toner renewal services and the like, but once I got past all that it was nice to use. The app gives you a few nice abilities that you normally don't have. With it I can scan and immediately print out the document that I just scanned, not needing to actually touch the printer. It also gives you a built in editor for printing on the go. So you can crop/resize images to send directly to your printer. It also offers remote printing so that if you're not in the house with the printer you can send something directly to it. I haven't tried it yet, but it has reminded me on a few occasions that the option exists. The only other issue was how loud it was when printing. I didn't measure the sound myself, but according to specification its expected to print at 49db at max speed. Given how fast it is, its not so bad. The printer does have a quiet mode which I haven't used yet (printer is in another room away from me so I don't hear it normally), but that should bring the sound down to more reasonable levels. I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression, its not terribly loud or unbearable, its just louder than some other printers simply as a by product of being really fast. Overall I'm very happy with this printer and look forward to using it for the foreseeable future.

The Brother MFC-L2900DW is a versatile and efficient monochrome laser printer and it is perfect for our small office and home. It has many features we like so let me try to keep it short while I further explain. This printer has a compact and sturdy design, so it is perfect for small spaces. Its sturdy build guarantees durability, while the control panel LCD screen provides easy navigation and operation. This printer offers impressive print speeds of up to 36 pages per minute (ppm), so it is quick, efficient and quiet. The print quality is sharp and clear, with great resolution, and it works great with documents with a lot of text on them. It is easy to connect in different ways including USB, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi and the wireless setup is very easy all I needed was the Wi-Fi password to link it and using the Brother application on my cell I was able to setup. It does seamless printing from various devices, including smartphones and tablets, via Brother's Mobile Connect App. This all-in-one device includes printing, scanning, copying, and faxing functionalities. The automatic document feeder is fast and since it has single pass duplex copy and scan it does just that, with one pass it copies and scans both sides, making it very efficient. The printer comes with a 250-sheet capacity paper tray so we do not need to refill the tray often. The MFC-L2900DW is designed with cost efficiency in mind. It uses high-yield toner cartridges, which can significantly lower the cost per page. Additionally, the printer's energy saving features contributes to reduced operational costs. And since our office prints a lot of documents and most are black and white this printer is the best choice for our small office because it is not only reliable and affordable to print, it also copies, scans and faxes. It is fast with multi page copy, scan, and fax jobs and we really like that we can print from and scan to different cloud based apps using the touchscreen. The printer has an advanced security feature to keep my network safe too. The Brother application on our computers is useful to do everything it even sends me to pages to help me out on how to do certain things such as how to scan. I can do most things from my computer without getting off my chair. I can also purchase supplies, photo print and have access to other tools. Overall the printer does a great job, it is reliable and consistent. It is fast and gives high quality prints and best of all it is multifunction in case we want to print, scan, copy or fax. We are enjoying the wireless connectivity so we can move the printer around without needing to connect it via Ethernet or a USB cable yet they are available too. Using Brothers high yield toner is also the way to go, we do not

The brother MFC-L2900DW laser printer has a small footprint and looks good on the desk. The printer is lightweight and easy to remove from the box. After I removed it from the box, I removed all the tape which didn't take too long. I inserted the starter cartridge, powered it on, and connected it to my wireless network. Connecting it to my wireless network was simple and straightforward. Brother has made it very simple to do this through the printer’s touch screen. The touchscreen is bright and easy to read. Also, it is the most responsive menu system that I’ve seen in a printer. Thumbs up to Brother for not skimping on this as most printers have very slow to respond touch screens. For the initial setup, I downloaded Brother’s software and installed it on my Windows 11 desktop. The software install is very straightforward. It only took just a few minutes. I was up and running within a few minutes of removing it from the box. It comes with a starter cartridge which is easy to install. The standard cartridge has a yield of 3,000 pages, and also the drum has a yield of 15,000 pages. That’s a good yield compared to many that only have 2,500 page yields. After setting up the printer, the first print test page was out in two to three seconds. This didn't change with subsequent document printing. When the printer was in Standby, the time it took to power up and print out the first page of each document was the same, about two to three seconds to begin printing the document from standby. Duplex printing is reasonable. Of the duplex printers I’ve used, the MFC-2900DW is by far the fastest. The print quality from this printer is really good. The printer does a good job at making the toner adhere to the paper properly. Standard text looks really sharp and is of high quality. When checking out the copy feature, I printed out a document and made a copy of it. I compared the copy to the original print out. When comparing the two I noticed that the text of the copy looked nearly identical to the text on the original print out. Where I saw a noticeable difference was where it had some trouble with copying some lines that were on the original page. Lines that were on the copy were lighter than on the original printout. In addition, the bold text wasn’t as dark as the original. This is something that Brother could address with a firmware update, but as it stands, I can see a difference between the original printout and the copy I made of that. There are many features that it has to help with scanning to many formats such as PDF, MS Word, PowerPoint, etc. It also has scan-to-email, Google Drive, Dropbox, FTP server, etc. lt also has cloud secure print and print from email. For faxes, it has fax forward to email and cloud. This is something I have only seen in large expensive printers seen in corporate offices. People like me who work from home or someone needing a printer for their small business will appreciate these features. So far I've been really happy with the Brother MFC-L2900DW. The print quality, as well as the features of this printer has been really good especially from a printer at this price point. I really like the small footprint and how it powers up from Standby and prints out the first page quickly. Yield from a standard cartridge plus the yield of the drum makes this a good option for someone looking for a small printer for the home or a small office. I imagine it's going to appeal to a lot of people who are working from home and those who need advanced features to support a small office or small business.