Customer Ratings & Reviews

You might wonder why anyone would want a black and white printer. Even in an office setting, there are prints that need to be done in color. But this is not the exact area where monochromatic printers shine: It's volume. When I say volume I mean the quantity of printed material. Laser printers are especially good at that as toners can deliver a massive amount of prints before running low. This is where this Brother Mono Printer comes in. If you already have some kind of color printer, this black and white printer will complement and actually also save you money. For instance, if you print your letter heads on your color printer, you can print whatever text, tables or anything that doesn't require color with the Brother HL-L2480DW. I have seen my need for ink go down massively. But let's not get ahead of ourselves and have a look at what comes in the box and what it can do. This laser printer is rather big. You will need a solid surface with enough room to place the printer on. It comes with a toner and a power cable. It can be connected using WiFi or LAN or USB. I have found that the WiFi works very well in my home office and everyone can access it even from across the house. Installation is a breeze and the drivers install themselves pretty much on their own. The companion app is rather rudimentary but I chalk that up as a win, since you don't really have to mess around with a lot of options if all you do is print documents. One of the strongest points for this printer is the printing speed. It is fast. VERY fast. You can knock out a 50 page document in less than a couple of minutes (after warm-up and all). The result is excellent, sharp and clean. It can hold a nice stack of paper, the scanner is OK and the screen and interface is very easy to navigate. Frankly, there's really nothing I have found to be lacking, aside from a rather short power cable. All in all, this AIO monochromatic laser printer is probably one of the best in its class. If you have high volumes to print or you want to reduce the cost of color cartridges or toners, the Brother HL-L2480DW will help you do that. I can only recommend this printer and I hope Brother keeps making such excellent products.

This printer is used in our home, but we homeschool so we do a lot of printing and scanning. We had a laser printer previously but were given an inkjet as a gift without realizing how much more it would cost to operate. And we have months of very limited use over the summer and found our ink would tend to dry out when not regularly used, so we switched back to a laser printer. We wanted one that didn’t take up a lot of space, a large paper tray with a manual feed option, duplex printing, copy and scanning functions and a flatbed scanner only instead of a document feeder. We also wanted wireless and wired network connectivity, and the option to connect directly to a computer via a USB cable. This unit exceeded all our requirements AND at a great price point! There’s a 2.7” touch screen with cloud connectivity to Google Drive and other cloud-based services, and there’s a Brother Mobile Connect App to print/scan from your devices and manage your printer. While the unit has a stated 36 PPM copy speed, I haven’t had copy that much so I can’t confirm that. The optical scan resolution is 1200 x 1200 dpi, and the prints are crisp and sharp. The unit includes a starter toner cartridge rated for 700 pages and a drum unit rated for 15,000 pages.

I'm glad I chose this particular machine. It's quiet, smooth and fast.