Brother HL-2040

BROTHER HL 2040 MONOCHROME PRINTER Cost about £80 odd pounds 4-6 years ago.

Have two of these printers, one for about 6 years and the other about 4 years.

The older one was used as a adjunct to my daughter's Bookkeeping business and then after 2 years transferred to home - we are still using the same toner cartridge -it is now in need of a new one, but I do not think that you can beat this printer just for that alone. When the indicator light comes on to tell you that the toner is running out, takout the cartridge, give it a shake and re-position it - this has worked for about the last TWO years! The newer one is in the home/office and does not get so much use so is still nowhere near its toner life end.

EASE OF SET-UP: Very easy - no problems whatsoever. SPEED: 20ppm on average, enough for us anyway and for most people I would say.

It is quiet and unobtrusive; its footprint is approximately 3400mm x 3600mm and 1580mm in height.

I very highly recommend this printer, and as a previous reviewer has said, toner is MUCH better than ink as it cannot dry out before you have used it all. Toner cartridges can be purchased from as little as around £21.

The truth, people, is that printers go on sale all the time and when they do they are likely to be the same price as the cartidge for that printer. So just buy the printer when it goes on sale and stock up! Just get a new printer each time the toner runs out. You can fill the cartridge back up with toner, but the refill toner is bad quality and doesn't fuse well to paper. Fill it and give it to a cousin, friend, or pawn it off for 5 bucks. This is the best and cheapest way to refill on toner for home printers. Cartridges are where they make their money. Sometimes they lose money on printers so you buy the cartridges! Long chunk, i know, but be aware, and dont be fooled.

I bought this printer after having a Samsung Laser. Toner lasts so much longer than ink and dosent dry out. It actually cant as it is powder, which is why a laser printer is always my first choice. I bought it because my other laser printer ran out of toner. I filled that one up and gave it to my boss as a present, with the box. shh, he doesn't know any better. =) It prints very fast, and the resolkution is good (2400x600), i think this one is made for text, seeing as curves are more detailed, but it works just as well for pictures, albeit in black and white. It's not incredibly noisy, just not silent and the cartridge is huge which means it will last a while, won't it?! Oh, but that isnt all- there is a refill cartrdge too!! Yep, equivalent to two printers and on sale i couldnt be happier. When it isnt on sale, the extra cartridge still makes it a worthy buy. It is a reliable printer for a good price.