Brother HL-L2405W Wireless Monochrome Laser Printer

I made the leap from inkjet to laser with this purchase. This is my first laser printer and I can’t for the life of me figure out why I didn’t switch sooner. I asked my friends on social media what a good inexpensive printer would be for someone like me who doesn’t print much. That’s when a friend said if I don’t print much I should get a laser printer instead because it’s powder instead of liquid ink. I somehow made it halfway through life without ever knowing that! Then I read about how much longer the ink lasts vs inkjet cartridges AND how much more environmentally friendly they are, and I was sold.

I was happy to find this Brother for a very reasonable price. My last two printers were Brother and I was always very happy with them, so I was partial to this brand already. I decided to save some much-needed cash and get this monochrome model because I realized that 98% of what I print is black & white text documents anyway. And it’s that much less to buy for refills.

It’s actually a pretty small size for a laser printer compared to some models. The footprint is actually slightly smaller than my inkjet printer and only slightly taller. I like the clean, square shape. The unboxing and physical setup went very smoothly, just pop in the included starter ink and it’s ready to go. BUT, I did run into trouble with the wifi setup: It wouldn’t detect/connect to my wifi no matter what I tried. I tried several things and was just getting frustrated when I remembered seeing that someone posted their own instructions in a review that I read. So I went back and found the review and Voila! It was connected and ready in 5 minutes. So I STRONGLY recommend ignoring the installation instructions and ignoring the CD and look for a review here by “Jennifer” who posted a photo of typed step-by-step instructions that pull up the menu and let you prompt the unit to scan for your wifi router, then enter your password and boom: done. I did see one reviewer complain that they had to enter their password the old-school way by cycling through the letters of the alphabet. That is true, but who cares? Not me! Not for this price. Sure, you can get a better menu with more buttons if you spend more, but I am more than happy with this simple model.

The print quality is excellent! SO much better than inkjet, I had no idea what I was missing. It just zips out a printout in like one second, it’s amazing. No loud racket of it printing, it’s nice and quiet, the thing is a dream by my standards at least. I will say it’s a little slower to RECEIVE the printing command (from my PC to the point to when it lights up to print) but to be honest, I think that’s my wifi and the position of the printer. My old printer was connected to my PC by a cable, and this new one is wireless and I also have it in a different room from the wifi router unlike the old printer, so I don’t even think it’s an issue with this model, just the result of it being wireless and in a different room from the router.

I’m so happy with this printer, especially at this price point. I don’t miss color at all. It’s so quiet and prints such nice fine lines. I wish I realized the difference between inkjet and laser sooner because I should have done this long ago.

Fabulous. I will never buy another brand home printer as long as I live. Most home printers are a ripoff geared at making home printing a subscription service. (I’m looking at you … I shouldn’t say the name … rhymes with Snewlet-Nackered …) And then, amid a sea of duds from companies that hate their customers, a prince appears … Brother.

I purchased this Brother printer to replace a three-in-one Brother laser device was more than fourteen years old and still running on the toner I bought it with–I guess I’ll give it away, because it’s still great. Not kidding. Eventually, it got to the point I’d have to do some driver jujitsu on my Mac to keep it going, though Windows computers worked just great. Besides, I wanted wireless, which wasn’t even a market option when I got the old guy.

Anyhow, this printer is everything one would expect from Brother: reasonably priced, reasonably sized, incredibly reliable, and so inexpensive to operate that paper will be your biggest cost. It requires nothing. No maintenance. Never jams. Never goes offline. The installation software wasn’t a model of user-friendliness, but it worked just fine. And once this thing is up, it’s up. You’ll never have to think about it, but it’ll be a permanent feature of your home that you can print instantaneously, wirelessly, from anywhere, from any device, and a perfect black-and-white print will be there waiting.

La impresora es versión EEUU, por lo tanto soporte México de Brother te dice, “eso no es conmigo, arréglate con ellos”.
Ahora, si tu laptop no trae lector de CD, vas a tener problemas porque nuevamente, para instalar el controlador, deberás ingresar a la página oficial de EEUU, y en consecuencia te arrojará un error porque tu ubicación, no es en EEUU.
“Ah pero si uso una VPN, seguro que…” no, marca error.
La adquirí porque quería facilitarme la vida, hoy envejecí 45 años del estrés que pasé. Y para los que dicen que “conectada imprime”, claro, y un carro sin gasolina igual avanza si lo pones en neutral…. No se conformen, iré a buscar lector de discos externo, y un cable usb para ver si con todo eso lo logro, si no, devolución.
Pésimo producto.

llego muy rápido y en excelentes condiciones