Brother HL-L2400D Compact Double Sided Printing Monochrome Laser Printer, USB Connector, Black and White Output

There are several amazing things about this printer. (1) What a delight to have a straighforward printer that does not tie you into an unwanted relationship with print suppliers and greedy manufacturers. (2) Printed off 18 pages in a flash. (3) For those with poor or slow wifi, this wired printer is an absolute dream. (4) The wired option also gives you far greater security. There is a wifi option which I cannot review because I would loathe it if I had the patience to set it up. (5) It is basic but that is just what I like about it. For those of us brought up without wifi, simplicity is treasured.

This is a perfectly designed black and white printer that actually works. In the past, I purchased several purportedly higher end printers. They could only connect to your computer via a convoluted process of setting up and linking a new wifi network- and they literally never worked. I specifically ordered this printer because it physically connects to my computer with a literal etheret cable, then the new printer simple appears as an option in my computers print menu, without any additional installation required. You do have to buy the ethernet cable separately. I ordered the type with a helical connection on one end - linking into the printer, and a USB head on the other - for the computer. This printer has worked 100% of the time for me. It prints a huge volume of pages in basic black ink, extremely rapidly, fairly noisily, but that's what lots of pages printing sounds like. The lettering is printed completely dry, no splotches or smearing. I used it to print several hundred pages for a critical housing matter, with no issues. The physical design is perfect for printing many pages - the printed documents securely emerge on the wide top of the printer with no risk of falling to the floor, with plain paper securely loaded into the base. It isn't like many others where the printed documents also spit out over an unstable extending piece liable to fall. In summary, this is perfect for someone who actually needs to rapidly print lots of organized documents, without any jammed, misplaced, or smudged documents, without any bells and whistles. It is also extremely cheap with high life cartridge. I hope they keep making these solid, simple, and reliable models.

Excellent and simple to use "non-smart" printer with auto-duplex! Plug and play set up but you need to provide your own USB-A male to USB-B male cable. Works fine out of the box but the default print mode is loud! There is a "Quiet Mode" setting that greatly reduces printing noise by using a slower printing speed, although I have not noticed a difference in print speed. Per the online user's guide, simply turn the printer on, push the "Go" button 11 times and all the LEDs will blink twice, indicating that Quite Mode is enabled. You can also enable "Continue Mode" so that the printing continues printing even if it thinks the toner is low. Push the "Go" button 7 times and all the LEDs will blink twice, indicating that Continue Mode is enabled. Now you can continue printing until the toner is truly out of powder. Also, while the printer has no networking features, you are able to share it over the network from within Windows. The only downside is the connected computer has to be on in order for you to print from other computers on the network.

Step 1 don't install the software. Reboot, check for optional windows updates. Just avoid the brother software and do not enroll in any kind of HP style toner subscription. Step 2 enjoy one of the last sort of secure printers. no easy to hack wifi or Bluetooth. Printer companies are allergic to security practices, they are among the most dangerous devices in a home. This printer is great because it will run on minimal drivers like a printer from 20 years ago. Just use your head when doing the initial setup. I had the old version, it lasted about 15 years. I'm currently selling a bunch of hps because the printer industry is going evil with data collection and subscription models. this and 2 canon printers are the only ones we can find worth buying.

My husband is delighted with the Brother printer since his older one didn’t work with is new laptop. This printer was so easy to install. It’s fast printing and documents look great. Definitely recommend this monotone printer for anyone, not to heavy or large either. Came in it’s box safely and quickly.