Brother HL-2140

Pros: Cheap, fast, great quality output, easy setup, plenty of features

Cons: No USB cable, high cost of drum replacement, minor wishes for feature enhancements

The Bottom Line:

Print quality this good at prices this cheap make lasers the slam-dunk candidate for dumping problematic inkjets with their EXPENSIVE ink costs.

Review: Perfectly suited to home or small business use, the Brother HL-2140 is a printer that makes some tradeoffs in technology, but delivers outstanding value when it comes to the bottom line. Economy is the single best reason to love the Brother HL-2140, but ...

Pros:

Easy setup. Fast warmup. Fast printing. Print quality very good.

Cons:

Cost of drum greater than price of printer.

The Bottom Line: Don't waste your money on inkjet cartridges -- go laser.

Review: I finally decided to buy a laser printer when my lexmark inkjet printer ran dry. I was so disappointed with the lexmark because the last cartridge only printed about 50 pages. I didn't want to spend another $20 for another cartridge and worry about how ...

Pros: Work well

Cons: none

Review: We bought Brother Printer last month for my home and it is working well. It's ok for 4-5 prints a day. We bought it in $97 and $20 mail in rebate total $77. It's oki in $77. I was looking for an inexpensive printer and my criteria was to print in ...

Pros: Fast warm-up/print-out, good quality prints, relatively quiet, optional toner-save mode, inexpensive, no paper jams yet!

Cons: Room lights flicker when running, cheap plastic parts, puts out fumes (got a headache)

Review: This is the first laser printer I have ever purchased and am overall very satisfied with it. Much faster and more cost effective per page than an inkjet that constantly runs out of ink every few months (dries up quickly). Also nice that when the pages ...

Pros: Compact, affordable, workgroup, high speed B&W

Cons: High drum cost. Samsung ML2510 may be better but no workgroup printing.

Review: I was shopping for an inexpensive black & white printer for home use today, to print text mainly - no color, no photos. At office Depot I found the Brother HL2140 for $120 minus a $50 instant rebate minus a $20 mail-in coupon for a total of $50. But ...