Brother - HL-L2400D Black-and-White Laser Printer - Gray

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and Brother laser printers. All three do exactly what you expect them to and are unfailingly reliable. Jokes aside, this is the 2nd Brother laser printer I own and the only reason I have a 2nd one is because I wanted a 2nd one. The other one still works absolutely fine after probably seven years of ownership and use. That one has wifi connectivity and I don't even remember the last time I've had to restart it to connect to the internet. It's just that reliable. I liked the idea that this one is even simpler: a dedicated printing machine when all you want to do is connect it straight to your computer and print something in black and white. That is at least 98% of what I print any time I need or want to print something. I am confident I will be able to do that with this machine for years and years and years. All I'll need to do is get toner and paper periodically. Done. So, this thing works exactly as you would expect when it comes to printing. You put the toner drum and cartridge in, plug it into your computer, click print and out comes a really nice looking black and white document. It does this quickly and relatively quietly. I don't even know what the page per minute count is, because that's just not something I ever bump up against as a problem. Obviously, if you're looking to outfit a sizable office with a bunch of employees then you're not looking at this printer in the first place. But for a home office? Again, this is what you want. There are two things that keep this from being a no-brainer 5 star review. The first is that I'm of the firm opinion a printer that has no connectivity beyond using a direct connection via USB cable... should include such a cable in the box. This one doesn't. There is no other reason in the world that exists for this other than corporate greed. Maybe they'll claim it's better for the environment because people just have a bunch of printer cables laying around their house, but that is not accurrate. I have a million cables laying around my house, but no printer to USB-C cable. It should be in the box. Charge an extera five dollars. Instead, that money went to another company and that's just silly. So just know you're gonna have to buy a cable if you don't already have one. Second, it's not exactly as straightforward as it should be to get this working with a Mac. It's not challenging, but when you add a printer in MacOS it asks you to select a driver. There are roughly a billion Brother models to choose from in the dropdown window... except for this exact model. Instead, just pick one that has a number closest to this model and it'll work fine. But even on Brother's website the status of the driver for this model was listed as "checking." I don't even know what that means as the site was not actively checking for anything! It's just strange. Maybe this is a newer model and those things aren't ironed out just yet, but really they should be given this is just an iterative (and simpler) model of the same printer they've had for ever at this point. Those dings aside, just buy this. You won't regret it. It may even outlive me.

PRODUCT Brother - HL-L2400D Black-and-White Laser Printer - Gray VALUE B & W DUPLEX LASER – BEST 4 TEXT – OK GRAPHICS – NEEDS A CABLE REVIEW This printer is a great value considering the high quality (1200dpi) full duplex (dual sided) printing. It is fast (32ppm), quiet, and has a decent tray capacity (250 pages). It is no frills, but does a very good job overall. If you just want a solid printer for everyday use or a small workgroup, this is worth a very close look and consideration. Though it only includes a 700 page starter toner cartridge out of the box, a new cartridge is affordable enough not to break the bank. PRINT QUALITY - Text is fantastic (11 / 10) - LineArt (presentation graphics) (7/10) with noticeable banding - Photos (7/10) with noticeable banding CAUTION - Need your own USB 2.0 cable (not included) - It is not network ready (no wifi or ethernet capability) WINDOWS SETUP - Just turn it on, and plug it in. Windows will find and download the drivers after a few minutes. RECOMMENDATION A good value basic B&W printer. I think this would be great for anyone who needs 2 sided printing and does not use too many graphics. Do I think it should include the USB cable? YES. Am I going to ding the review. I guess not. Many people (like me) will have one laying around in their junk drawer. I just don’t like the thought of someone buying this and having to wait to use it until they order a USB cable.

I've still got a working Brother monochrome laser printer that is about 10 years old so I've got a lot of faith in the reliability of the brand. This Brother HL-L2400D Black-and-White Laser Printer is a better version. It's a little faster, it offers 2-sided printing, and it's a little more efficient with the toner. Weight with the toner was approximately 15 pounds. Dimensions are 14.25 x 14 x 7.25" so it's got a rather small footprint. Setup was fairly easy. I will note that it does not ship with a printer cable, so you need one for setup; this is not the wireless version. You basically insert the toner by opening the front of the printer. I was up and running in about 10 minutes. You can go to the Brother website, install the driver and software package, download the manual, and that's it. The standard tray capacity is about 250 sheets of 20lb 8.5x11" (letter size) bond paper. You can feed 16 to 43 lb paper which is fairly regular text weight paper. The manual tray can take up to 61 lb (heavy text weight) 8.5x14 legal size paper. Your manual feed isn't going to handle more than one sheet at a time, but it will handle a few sizes of envelopes too. 2-sided printing tops out at 28lb paper (your basic color copy paper.) Printing speed is 32 pages per minute for single-sided prints, about 15ppm for 2-sided prints. I counted approximately 9 seconds to the first printed piece once I sent a file. Overall, this is your basic budget laser printer. Laser B&W is very affordable, and this printer can meet your needs for school, work, and personal use. It's quick and it's quiet. The printer has a small footprint and has all of the basic led indicators to let you know when you need toner, paper, a new drum, or that dreaded paper jam. If this printer is anything like my old Brother Laser printer, it will be around the house another 10 years.