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Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer
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- Perfect for home or home office use, the HL-2140 is an affordable, monochrome laser printer. It features fast printing at up to 23 pages per minute, high-quality output, flexible paper handling via an enclosed 250-sheet capacity tray and a manual by-pass slot for printing envelopes and letterhead. In addition, the printer?s space-saving design will help maximize your desk or shelf space.
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User Reviews for
Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer
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By
RadianChalant
03/21/2009
- Pros:
Beautiful-Looking Machine, Easy To Use, Durable construction, Compact Design, Sharp detail, Reliable, Fast Print Time, Low toner consumption, Economical, Easy Setup - Cons:
None at all -
Summary:
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.
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By
juancamilord
01/16/2009
- Pros:
printer quality - Cons:
software -
Summary:
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.
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clyderesendez
11/17/2008
- Pros:
Everything as advertised - Cons:
Need to replace the toner fairly soon -
Summary:
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.
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By
drgold2000
11/10/2008
- Pros:
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 - Cons:
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 -
Summary:
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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By
gman246
06/22/2008
- Pros:
Fast. Low per page cost. Toner save mode @ 300-dpi prints highly acceptable documents (to extend toner life) - Cons:
High electricity usage. Manual feed port doesn't have a tray to support the manual feed pages. -
Summary:
If you want a low cost per page, fast laser printer for basic printing needs, this fits the bill perfectly. The only drawback is the higher than average electricity usage. Given my 3 monitors, computer, and various other items in my home office, my battery backup cycles every time I turn the printer on and at various times during printer standby mode. It is rated around 4 amps average during print mode. The supply on the back states a max draw of 8.6 amps although I don't think it would ever hit that mark.Other than that, the cost per page is fairly low if you go with the high yield toner TN360 (I think it's around 1.8 cents per page up to 12000 pages when you need to buy a new drum which also isn't too expensive). But still an arm & leg cheaper than running any typical inkjet printer. Overall, I am highly satisfied but docked it 1 star because of the high electric usage.
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