Review on Laser printer Brother HL-L2340DWR by Adam uciuk ᠌

Name: Laser printer Brother HL-L2340DWR
Item: Laser printer Brother HL-L2340DWR
Rating: 5

May 13, 2023

Beyond praise! The product definitely deserves your attention.

— I use a printer running OS 10.9 Mavericks and I print from an iPad (iOS 8.3). The router is an inexpensive TP-Link (WR841N). There are no problems, nothing falls off. The printer goes into deep sleep after half a minute and CAM wakes up at any time when I send a document to print from a computer or iPad, AirPrint works without problems (I don’t go anywhere and don’t restart anything). Whoever has the printer falls off and is not configured via Wi-Fi - this is your problem in the operating system / router / crooked hands (?), But obviously not in the printer. (If AirPrint loses your printer, so that you have to go and restart - try to find the setting in the menu ["auto-off"], the default is 1 hour, and set it to "off". The easiest way to do this is through the web interface) .
- I recommend immediately switching the menu to 2022 and reading at least the basic print settings. I didn’t experience any inconvenience with a single-line display - there are not so many items and everything is intuitive. I set the toner saving mode and a resolution of 300 pixels - it is perfectly readable, but it gives a significant savings in toner (however, readability in this mode still depends on the selected font and size). For a lower resolution, I recommend increasing the print density (4-5 units).
PS. The default was firmware 12022 - everything worked fine, printed over the air at any time. The devil jerked to ate to 12022 (I promised not to ate if everything suits me, and now .) - now when you go into deep sleep, the printer is no longer detected from devices (both from the iPad and from the poppy), only restarting the printer helps.
PS2. Resetting to factory settings, removing the printer from the system and clearing the caches on the Mac, and then setting up the connection from scratch solved the problem when printing through the computer - now sends printing over the air even if the printer is in deep sleep. For iOS applications, we managed to make sure that AirPrint was picked up, in the same way - by deleting and reinstalling (!) iPrint & Scan for iOS, registering the network address of the printer there at the first start.

Pros

Dimensions and weight (~7.5 kg). It is critical for me, I put it high on the shelf, put 300-400 sheets in a closed tray and print via Wi-Fi - no extra wires, except for power. Double-sided printing - then just pick up documents and no unnecessary gestures. Low cost of 1 print when compared with analogues and even cheaper printers with wi-fi (I chose among them based on reviews). Consumption in deep sleep (deep sleep) is only 0.5 watts. Plug it in and you don't have to turn anything on and off. Quiet and fast, there is an even quieter mode (did not turn it on, because, in my opinion, it will do). Easily and quickly customizable wi-fi, no dancing with a tambourine. AirPrint works without glitches. I just downloaded the software from the site (for a Mac, they immediately send it to the site), launched it, three minutes and you're done. You don’t even need to use any web interfaces - the printer already has three and a half basic settings, they can be adjusted from the menu (toner saving, resolution, density). Although, the web interface is really simple and informative (go from the browser by entering the address of the printer on the network, for example, I registered at 1922022820220221. You can make a bookmark in the browser). Through the web interface, the printer firmware is ated at the touch of a button (he finds it on the network, downloads it himself, installs it himself). In general, the printer from the series set and forgot! In terms of printing, ergonomics and the printing device (printer operation), I am satisfied with everything. I use for a small (home) office, the load is above average - documents, materials, etc. high degree of occupancy. To be honest, I was not going to write a review, as everything was completely fine, but after seeing the previous, largely ridiculous comments, I decided to add my experience, which someone might find useful. It feels like earlier reviews were written by people who didn’t even really bother to figure out what they bought and read the instructions .

Cons

Purchased consciously after reading reviews online and weighing different options, so there is nothing that doesn't meet my expectations. I don’t see any fundamental shortcomings in this model compared to analogues (at least for a few weeks of operation - then, perhaps, I will clarify the review). Of the little things: 1) there really is no USB cord in the kit, for someone it may not be a convenience (I already have 3-4 such cords from previous devices). This can be a serious disadvantage only if you do not have a router and you are going to print over a cord. The cable is also needed to quickly set up the printer on a wireless network (initial copying of settings), but as far as I understood from the installer, this can be done without a USB cable, it will just be a little more complicated. And so you connect the printer via cable, enter the access point and password - and voila, then everything works. 2) Starter cartridge for 700 pages - I would like a full-fledged one, of course, but, alas, this has already become part of the mandatory marketing of manufacturers. 3) The cost of the photoconductor is almost the same as the cost of the printer itself. (But it seems that the resource is 12 thousand pages + refillable cartridges without any problems: in general, it is still cheaper than many "cheaper" counterparts with chip cartridges. PS. In one of the comments there was a complaint that "the program suppresses printing without options" when the toner runs out: in fact, there you can choose whether at first a message will simply be displayed when the toner cartridge resource is approaching the end of the toner cartridge resource, or printing will be completely blocked until the cartridge is replaced ( the default is the latter, but this can be changed). So, if necessary, you can print something, pale and with stripes, but print it out, and not run to the store urgently for a new cartridge.