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User Reviews: Brother HL-2040

Brother HL-2040 Laser Printer
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3.5 out of 5.0 stars 17 Ratings (11 Reviews)

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    HL 2040

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 9, 2005 | 6 out of 7 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: THE PRICE WAS REASONABLE AND THE NAME IS GOOD

    Cons: YOU CAN NOT PRINT NO MORE THAN FIVE TO SIX PAGES AT A TIME BEFORE HAVING A PROBLEM.

    THIS PRINTER IS AN IMPROVMENT OVER THE HL 1440 IN SIZE,BUT THIS PRINTER DO HAVE A FUSE PROBLEM AND THE COMPANY HAVE YET TO ADMIT IT. RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO SHUT OFF THE PRINTER IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PRINTING. THE LED LIGHTS STAYS ON CONSTANTLY AND YOU HA...VE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO COME ON THE PHONE TO TELL YOU TO UNPLUG THE MACHINE OR DISCONECT THE PRINTER FROM THE COMPUTER. THEN IF THAT DON'T WORK THEY WILL SEND YOU ANOTHER PRINTER. NOW THE NEW PRINTER IS DOING THE SAME THING. TAKE MY ADVICE TRY ANOTHER BROTHER INSTEAD OF THE HL 2040, THIS IS A ROTTEN PRINTER. Read more Less

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    Brother HL 2040

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 1, 2007 | 3 out of 3 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: affordable

    Cons: none found

    I paid a high dollar for this printer $179 as I ordered it from a printer shop and not on line. I used the custom load feature so I can use any paper. It is set on "plain" and I am using up my ink jet paper. I have never had any trouble and... have printed 40 pages or more at a time. It pauses after a few. After 15,000 pages you will need a new drum, costly but not as costly as my ink jet drying up when I went on trips and my room is hot. It has an ink saving feature. I have had this printer three months and am happy with it. Read more Less

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    Stay away

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 13, 2005 | 5 out of 8 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: Cheap price

    Cons: Cheap Printer, will not print more than 5-6 pages at a time

    Bought the printer because of the cheap price ($79) and I have been kicking myself ever sense. The printer has "fuser unit failure" after 5-6 pages and has to be shut off for fifteen minutes before it will print again. Stay away from this p...rinter... far away. Read more Less

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    Just awful

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 2, 2007 | 2 out of 2 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: Price

    Cons: 3rd machine with the same problem!!

    I got the "intellifax" changed 2 times, this is the 3dr machine I'm using and again, presents the same problem, the papers got jammed inside. At work I receive an average of 10 faxes daily and is a mess, I am going to change for another... brand. Read more Less

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    HL-2040

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 16, 2005 | 2 out of 2 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: Its very efficient for a laser printer

    Cons: Have no cons

    I have had this printer for 2 months now and its a great machine for the cost. I would buy another if it was needed. I rated this machine as excellent.

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    Great Printer

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 25, 2007 | 1 out of 1 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: Fast!, inexpensive, and reliable

    Cons: None

    I bought one of these printers last year for my home, and I liked it so much that I just bought another one for work. I love the speed- very short warm up time, and it will print 20 pages per minute. The best feature is the cost of replacement toner...- which is about $30 online for a non-brother replacement. Overall, I'm extremely happy with both of my printers. Read more Less

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    Good Cheap Printer

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 2, 2005 | 1 out of 1 found this Brother HL-2040 review helpful

    Pros: Price and speed

    Cons: none for the price

    I got this printer for $90 after rebate. No problems at all during install or initial use. No more paper curl than any home Laser printer. Like any Laser (I own 4 others) it needs POWER. It will dim the lights if you have an overloaded plug!

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    Not Really Vista Compatible

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 2, 2008

    Pros: Great Printer

    Cons: NO VISTA

    Tried to get a new Vista Driver to no avail could not get the Zip file to work.

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    It Stinks

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 5, 2008

    Pros: Fairly cheap

    Cons: To Persnickty.

    I have had at least 6 or 7 different printers (including other Brother printers) over the last 15 years. And I would not reccomend this piece of junk under any circumstances - it is the most aggravating printer I have ever had. Here is why - If you... try to hand feed a sheet of paper in to the slot on the front of the printer (to print the back of a page) it is very difficult to get it to go in straight. Most often the page goes in crooked and if it doesn’t jam it comes out with the lines printed cockeyed on the page. If you choose to avoid this ultra sensitivity of the feed slot and put the page in the drawer and the page is not entirely flat it won't feed from the drawer, or the machine picks up a blank page below the one you want printed on the back. Also if you use the smallest margins it does not print the letters down the left edge of the page. I wish I could use my old Brothers HL 1040 printer but it needs a image drum and the 1040 model is discontinued. Regarding Support - when I called Brothers they had no suggestions. When I told them I had bought and used several of their products in the past and was satisfied with them, but would never buy another Brothers ‘anything’ if they wouldn't make good on this aggravating printer, they so much as said 'tough luck buddy'. I even offered to return it (it is almost new) and give them more $ for a better printer and they refused. Goodbye Brothers Read more Less

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    HL 2040

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 3, 2008

    Pros: Fast and easy

    Cons: no maintance function

    I have printed 2215 A4 side papers with the original drum and toner, and still
    in good condition for printing. Unhappy
    there are 3 to 4 black dots in the printed paper.

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