Brother HL HL-3040CN Desktop LED Printer, Color

It is a good solid printer. If I could improve 3 things, it would be the overall size, the warm-up/print speed, and the cost of the toners. Very expensive to keep it going, but once you print something on it, way to hard to not want to keep it going. Overall, I highly recommend the printer.

Works well. Cartridges are easy to replace. Two sided copy procedure recommended is awkward. I just turn the pages over in the paper tray instead. I use the unit a lot with no problems. It would be nice to have toner cartridges that last longer. I would buy this unit again.

Love the speed of printer and bought refurbished at a fabulous price! BUT, it will only print properly with genuine Brother cartridges which are WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. Using compatible cartridges creates double ghost printing. Totally sucks! Thought I had a deal but with the toner expense, I'm looking for a new printer with cheaper cartridges.

I bought the Brother HL-3040CN color laser printer because it was at a great price, and because I already had a monochrome Brother laser printer, the HL-2040. I like the ease of changing the toner cartridges, and the relative low-cost of the cartridges. The print quality is superb! I will never go back to inkjet printers! I am very pleased with the Brother brand!

I bought a refurb for half the list price. I have used this printer for over six months. I added extra memory to 544Mbyte. The memory was a very cheap upgrade. While I didn't expect inkjet photo quality I have found my photo prints acceptable. I don't understand the complaints about starter cartridges. Even HP starts you out with a partial cartridge. You should know that this is an industry practice. Brother did not start this practice. Having owned multiple inkjects for over 20 years I find the plusses of laserjet printing refreshing. I got over 1.000 prints from my starter cartridge not the very low amounts that others complained about. My printing was mostly text with colored photos. When people complain about the cost of cartridges they should compare the cost of owning a HP color printer with this HL-3040CN unit. It is not even close. Setup was very simple and was done for my desktop and laptop without issues. The sleep mode is noiseless. While I don't doubt some people have had bad luck with their printers, that has not been the case with my refurb. If my wife wasn't satisfied with her Okidata C5500 I would get her a HL-3040CN. In the past I have owned HP, Canon, and Epson inkjets that all had nozzle issues due to irregular usage. This is why the wife now has a color laser printer. A color laser is a better fit for my situation and usage. My workhorse printer is a HP Laserjet M2727nf. Between the two printer I print about 1,200 pages a month with out issues. I throughly research products before making a purchase. Perhaps some of the disappointed user comments relate to unrealistic expectations.