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Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer

HL-2140 Laser Printer

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Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer

  • Reviewed by: huynh2

    12-07-09

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: speed

    Weaknesses:width of unit could be smaller

    Overall Evaluation: This is a nice home printing unit. I especially appreciate the fact that it has three printing resolution selections under the toner saving mode. It makes the toner last alot longer.

  • Reviewed by: RadianChalant

    03-21-09

    Duration of ownership: 8 Days

    Strengths: Beautiful-Looking Machine, Easy To Use, Durable construction, Compact Design, Sharp detail, Reliable, Fast Print Time, Low toner consumption, Economical, Easy Setup

    Weaknesses:None at all

    Overall Evaluation: The HL-2140 is intended for light-duty use, personal or home office. It is not intended for use in large offices, where hundreds of pages are printed everyday. This printer is a laser printer that uses toner (graphite-colored powder) that is burned into the paper; it is not made to do photos, especially on photo papers. This Brother printer prints extremely fast and is relatively quiet. You can control many of your user preferences from the printer's preferences. The print qualities at 600 dpi and 1200 dpi is simply outstanding. Read the directions. Also, download the newest drivers from the Brother website. To get every bit of toner powder out of the cartridge, first remove the toner unit from the drum assembly. Second, find the little circular window on the right-side of the toner cartridge. Third, place a piece of black electrical tape over the clear window, cannot be clear tape. Fourth, re-install the toner cartridge into the drum assembly. Last, put the complete unit back into your printer. This is a great little printer.

  • Reviewed by: juancamilord

    01-16-09

    Duration of ownership: 4 Months

    Strengths: printer quality

    Weaknesses:software

    Overall Evaluation: It was everything perfect with the printer until today. I was printing and the quality of the prints where excellent but then the PC showed me a message: "toner life end" it was not possible that such a thing happend the print outs are perfect. It seems they want me to Buy a new toner when mine still have life.... cheap at the beginning but they at brother will take your money later.

  • Reviewed by: clyderesendez

    11-17-08

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: Everything as advertised

    Weaknesses:Need to replace the toner fairly soon

    Overall Evaluation: Got this printer to use outdoors during sporting events that I officiate. It performs great. The only drawback is the toner is comes with does not last very long.

  • Reviewed by: drgold2000

    11-10-08

    Duration of ownership: 6 Months

    Strengths: Price after rebate that ends at end of year -Quality of print is great - 600 dpi standard or 1200 dpi if select it - Enclosed 250 page paper holder2X as Fast as my old printer -- 23 pp per minute

    Weaknesses:Noise from printing, cooling fan and clicks that it makes. Much more noise than my Minolta PagePro 1250W laser. -Toner Hi Yield is less than with most at only 2500 pages vs 6000 pages & drum less pp

    Overall Evaluation: Get this baby on sale now with the $20 off from Brother before 2008 ends ... too, a very fast rebate from Brother which was nice. --Too, the tape trick found on the internet may make this even better on toner ... the printer has a laser system that measures toner and cuts the printer off and makes it unusable when the toner is getting low. So take the cartridge unit out of the printer and place on a newspaper - remove the toner cartridge from the drum - some toner will leak out so wash your hands if necessary. Place masking tape on each round window on each end. This trick may give you 25% more prints or more. --Too if you get a drum message of it going bad then try resetting it per the instructions on the web in the user's guide. --I put my Kill-A-Watt meter up to both my old and new printer and both use a lot of energy to print then go to a sleep mode. --Kilowatt meter as measured 11-10-08:Brother 2140:Nothing happening: 3 wattsFan on : 4 watts450-925 W briefly while printing then back to 4 W with fan onUser Manual say: Brother Power Consumption: Printing: Average = 460 W & noise at 51 dB; Standby = Average 80 W 30 dB; Sleep = Average 5 W. Weight =12.8 lbsMinolta PagePro1250W: --Nothing happening: 5 wattsFan on : 6 watts very briefly compared to Brother420-722 W briefly while printing then back to 6 W with fan onUser Manual says: 840W or less; Noise Printing: 49 dB or less, Standby: 30 dB or less. --So, both use a lot of energy to print as expected from a laser print but quickly go to a energy saving wattage. --Oh, I almost forgot to say if you intend to refill the toner cartridge that comes with it and is good for 1000 pages, then you need to get a reset gear from EBay for it to work. Or, get a new toner cartridge and when it runs out use the reset gear ... some good instructions from some sellers on how to install it and how to position it. I think I will try a refill with a reset gear after my starter cartridge goes out while using the masking tape trick.Good Luck,JohnSan Antonio**********************************************************5-21-09 Update: **********************************************************Started printing many, many black spots on the paper after only 6 months of use. The very expensive drum roller had two rough spots on it and I cleaned as recommended with a Q-tip and it helped. But, I am disappointed in this mishap and will change rating from 5 to 2 Stars!!!!!

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