Brother - Network-Ready Wireless Black-and-White All-In-One Printer - Black

This printer is for black and white printing only! Thus, there is no cost for replacing color cartridges even if you are only using black and white (some machines use the color ink to maintain the heads even when it's not in use, which can be costly). It does copy black and white text very well, and it is very fast. It scans nicely too even on pink receipt! It does not copy photos well (it's not made for that) nor, for example, a license, on which the paper has a background. It comes out very dark. You can play with the settings but it's just not made for that kind of copying! I would recc it for black and white though. I did an online price match and got a really good price for this item! I am not sure if it has all the features in the list below tho as I only do black and white printing and scanning. The ink cartridges don't seem so costly either. We are still on the starter one and have printed quite a bit with it.

I have used Brother printers exclusively since 2006 and I'll never own another brand. They have always been excellent. This model is another fine representation of their quality and engineering efforts. The software, not so much. The disk that came with the computer would like not work on my Mac because I have a newer operating system than it is designed. This is a common so I went to their website to download it. That still didn't work out well. I'm not sure if it due to my lack of IT intelligence or if it's something on Brother's side The website could be better and more helpful in providing instructions on how to download, install, and use.

I have had this Brother Black/White Laser Printer for about a month. I love it! My old Kodak ESP 2170 used color ink even when trying to print only in black. It got very expensive to use. Also if the color cartridge ran out -you were out of luck because you couldn't just use the black cartridge. When printing in black it always turned out more purple. We looked around to find something that could scan and print black only and found this one. This one actually prints black. Crisp, clear, black. Perfect for what I needed. I can still scan documents to the computer and if I need something in color printed (very rare), I will email it to my sister in law who can do that for me.

This is my third 2280DW machine. I have one at work, got one for my daughter in college, and a third for my in-laws. None of us does any heavy printing, but we've decided that laser is the way to go. If we need color, we can go to Kinkos. For my money, finding this machine on sale is the best value in entry-level multi-purpose lasers.

Wanted a wireless printer for home use to replace an aging LaserJet. This Brother model was a snap to setup using the automatic wireless detection. The print & scan qualities are excellent. I sort of wish it had a fax but this isn't an issue at all. A reasonable price for a fine device.

My husband prints lots of long documents and this printer is fast & very easy to use. The scanner is simple to use and quality of scanned items is great. Again, clerk at Best Buy in Mansfield was super in helping me choose the printer that fit our needs.

This item took me less than a hour from the time it was out of the box to printing to my pc and I have no experience with this kind of a setup. It picked up our wifi and hooked right up. Getting the ipad to print pages was a different story. I still have to fumble around with printing from the ipad. The software that comes with the printer is an inconvenience and always wants to update and I really do not know what it does. It also prints clear and is so convenient for me to sit here and hit print and know it is done in the computer room

Works smooth, any issues, I can work and print through different laptops, PC, or iPad, never problem with wireless connection. Nice printed, I really love it. Let me save time doing my job printing documents, postages, receipts, payments.