Review on Brother HL2230 Monochrome Laser Printer by Maurice Stavros

Unfortunately I have to give this printer a very bad rating. It's fast, easy to install, and prints crisply even in draft mode. When the original toner cartridge ran out, I bought a Brother toner cartridge from Office Depot which was said to print up to 1200 pages. I always set the print option to "Draft" to use less toner. Within two weeks I was getting pop-up messages from Brother every time I printed a sheet. Since I printed fewer than 100 sheets, I just ignored the annoying messages. A few weeks later, the printer refused to print at all, and the indicator showed that the toner had run out. After reading some kind hearted advice in this Revain printer's review, I followed all the steps in the review (there was no real help on the Brother website for this issue) and was very happy when it started printing again with no problems. Toner low messages. That only lasted about 500 pages, then the low toner messages started again. I repeated the steps that previously fixed the problem and this time it didn't work. I can only assume that the toner really ran out this time. I ended up getting about 600 pages from a 1200 page cartridge for about $45. If I'd bought a compatible cartridge for around £20 I might have accepted the constant annoying low toner messages, but I blame Brother for all the toner cartridge theft. I put this printer on my back shelf as a spare and ordered another brand (HP) to replace it. I will never buy a Brother product again!