Brother Monochrome Laser Printer, MFCL2710DW, Wireless Networking, Duplex Printing, Includes 4 Month Refresh Subscription Trial and Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

I read great reviews about brother laser printers and found a good deal on this one specifically. The inkjet we had always dried up and every time I use it, I'd have to run a cleaning cycle like 3 times. Laser printers just work whenever, with no hassle. The brother iprint software isn't too bad, although they did at one point show a popup on my pc to sign up for their toner subscription. Not a fan of that, but it wasn't too hard to disable those popups so I wont mark them down for that. The printer itself is great, wireless works fine, prints fast, and prints come out well. The scanner isn't too bad either, but sadly I don't think this model support some remote saving features that some of the other models do. I wanted to try setting this up with paperless NGx but I don't think it supports any direct method to save scans to it. Although I could probably finagle it still with the windows software or something.

I haven't had this printer for too long, but so far, it works pretty good. I have suffered at the hands of cheap inkjet printers from HP for years and was sick and tired of paying ridiculous prices for the stupid tiny ink cartridges that were prone to dry out and quit working if you didn't use them for months. This is my first laser printer, and I am pretty happy with it. I see a lot of people complain about toner issues and connectivity problems with these printers, and after my experience with this one, I can see how a lot of people might have a problem setting this up if they are not very tech savvy. Luckily, I am a computer wiz, so I was able to overcome most of the technical roadblocks in a timely manner. Below is quick run-down for some of the issues people might have with this type of printer and how to overcome them.The first issue someone might have right off the bat is getting it to connect to their network. The DHCP needs to be enabled and have enough addresses available to accommodate another device. Most are set up this way, but not all routers people have for their home networks are created equal, and some come set up from the factory with settings that may limit the ability for peripherals, like printers, to connect to them properly. This is especially true with equipment that is purchased used. Some people, like me :), have their router locked down so tight, that nothing can connect to it unless they want it to.There is a setting in most routers with regard to either "Set AP Isolated" or "WLAN Partition" or some other jargon, but they all serve the same purpose. That is to disable network equipment connected to the router from being able to talk to each other. This is great if you want added security on your network, but If these settings are enabled on your router, then you will never be able to print to this printer from any device connected to your network unless you are connected directly by a cable from the computer to the printer. It's a give and a take. You give up added security, but hey, at least now your can print, right?The next mistake most people are going to make it to try to install the printer directly from Windows from the "Printers & Scanners" or from the device manager. Windows has default drivers that work with the printer and will find and install it, but you are shooting yourself in the foot right from the get-go when you do this. The reason being is that you will never be able to get to the settings and preferences that fully manage this printer, and you will not be able to find the setting that allows you to bypass the setting that makes the printer stop printing when the toner gets low. Many reviews on here complain about the toner-stop-printing issue, so this is how you fix it....Go to the Brother website and download the latest drivers for your printer and install all of the software on your computer. DO NOT use the CD that comes with the printer. It could have been sitting in a warehouse for 6 months or a year for all you know, and the drivers are probably not up to snuff. When the software installation reaches the point where you have to opportunity to update all of the software and firmware from the printer, do it. Do not skip that portion of the installation process. There is a sticker on the back of your printer with the "password" that it will ask for when you choose to remotely configure it, and within those settings, you have the wonderful option of setting the "Toner-Low" setting to "Continue" instead of "Stop". That way, you will never have to use those tricks or sequences to bypass when the printer stops printing when you still have oodles of toner left in the cartridge. Another issue that this solves is the fact that, without the software installed, you would never be able to scan documents from the scanner portion of your all-in-one printer and send them to your computer. You would be stuck with only basic print capability.I highly recommended that people also go through their settings for the printer directly at the printer itself and disable the "Auto Power Off" function altogether on the printer. It does not gobble up a million volts of electricity all the time when it's not being used. The reason I suggest this is because it will disconnect from the network and become "unavailable" for printing until you drag you carcass over to the printer and turn it back on. With the function disabled, it is always connected to your network 24-7 and will wake itself up from "sleep' and start printing a lot faster then if you had to go and turn it on every time when you haven't used it in awhile. I will update this review after a few months or add more info if I find any issues that I had to overcome.All-in-all, this is a nice little device that can print, fax, scan and copy for a pretty good price. So far, I am really enjoying the benefits of a laser printer over the junky inkjets that I have been using for so long. If you are like me and only print some stuff every now and then and are fed up with clunky inkjets, then you can't go wrong with a laser printer like this one.

Great printer and scanner.

I was in need of a printer that could scan, print quickly, not cost a fortune to replace, and was small.The Brother monochrome printer is the exact product I was looking for.I was like most of you. I was reading reviews on different printers deciding which would be the best fit for me. I looked at Canon, Epson, Brother, and each printer had their own pros and cons. Some could print beautiful photos but not scan images. Some could scan images and print photos, but the ink was super expensive. Others could do it all but the size of the machine was huge and the price exorbitant.Basically, choosing a printer was harder than setting up the one I ordered. When selecting a printer it is important to research how much this machine will cost you in the long run. If you don't mind spending 60 dollars on ink and refilling it every 400 prints, that's on you.But me? I hate spending money on ink. I hate having to refill all the time when I haven't printed that much. I also hated that the ink dries out if you don't use it often enough. Therefore, I realized I needed a LaserJet printer. Toner was the answer I was looking for. But when you get a LaserJet printer, the cost goes up and you tend to lose the ability to print in color.Did I need to print in color? No. Most of the time I'm printing out tickets, labels, documents, and postage labels. I didn't need color. So a color LaserJet was out.Short story long, this brother printer was the solution I was looking for. So what are the pros and cons?PROS:- Prints quickly.- Can print significantly more pages than an inkjet without needing a refill.- Scans at a great quality.- Easy to setup for WiFi printing.- Small size, easy to place on top of a shelf or countertop. (Check measurements first!!! It is not the smallest printer but it is small)- Can fax if I ever decided to get a landline again.- Has the option to automatically order toner when your supplies run low. Hi yield can do a thousand plus pages without needing replacement.- LCD display is responsive and easy to use.- Has prompts to guide you when printing address labels. E.G. Open the manual feed tray and the rear tray. Place labels in the tray.CONS:- Cannot print in color.- Does not print graphics well. It's serviceable but definitely not intended for photos.- The scanner software used to scan in your documents is extremely barebones. Canon has a much better utility that sorts your scans into folders by date. Brother does not. You have to manually create folders with dates in them.- If you don't plug the printer into the USB, setting up the WiFi becomes harder. You have to manually select your network on the printer LCD display and enter the password using the arrow keys. It's time consuming and annoying. Could go significantly faster if you plug in the USB.- In order for users to use the scan feature, they need to install the brother software the comes on a CD onto their computer. Annoying and inconvenient.So if you need a printer that can do all your basic office tasks in black and white, I think the Brother monochrome printer would give you the best bang for your buck. This is definitely the type of printer that would be useful for someone who prints a lot of documents, scans sensitive information like ID's or social security cards, and prints postage or mailing labels.If the utility that came with it had been more robust like Canon's, I would have given this printer a 5. But because it doesn't, 4 it is.