Brother HL-2040

Pros: Decent text. Cheap. Cheap to run. Apple OS X and Linux compatible. AMAZINGLY durable.

Cons: For the price, none. A little flimsy--won't be an heirloom. Graphics printing not very good.

The Bottom Line: This may be the best choice in budget printers. It's so good that I--a lover of old tank-like printers--am thinking of buying one.

Review: I prefer older laser printers as a rule. Yes, they don't have as many features, they aren't as fast, etc, etc, etc. But they typically have better build quality. They don't blow up every ten minutes or so. However, I have found one modern laser ...

Pros: The price, acceptable quality for printing text, speed, compact size and substantial paper tray holder.

Cons: Quality of anything other than black text, few features, curls paper a little.

The Bottom Line: You get more than you pay for if you fit in the category of moderate to light printer that has the occasional large print job needed quickly.

Review: This was purchased for my home use by our company. What we needed was something to print things quickly with decent quality all at an affordable price. The Brother HL-2040 delivers based on our needs and criteria. We often need to meet abruptly ...

Pros: No more ink cartridges! Fast, clear prints

Cons: Unreliable front feed, high power draw, monochromatic

The Bottom Line: Have a small or home office and are sick of inkjets? Buy a Brother laser printer, you won't regret it.

Review: Going through college as a liberal arts major in my school's honors college, I wrote a few papers. Okay, I wrote TONS of papers. That first year, I bought a Lexmark inkjet printer, thinking that "Hey, this should get me through the next 4 years." After ...