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Amazon.com Product Description Ideal for both home and office use, the affordable Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer features network connectivity via wireless/wired interfaces, and prints up to 23 pages per minute at a high-quality resolution, giving your work and personal documents a polished finish colleagues and friends are sure to envy.  | The Brother HL-2170W Personal Laser Printer offers: - Built-in wired and wireless networking for printer sharing.
- Fast, 23 pages-per-minute performance.
- High-quality (2400 x 600 resolution) prints.
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With built-in wireless networking, everyone on your network can easily share the printer. | 
The manual by-pass slot lets you print envelopes and letterhead. | Versatile and Professional
This monochrome laser printer not only warms up in less than 10 seconds and prints up to 23 pages per minute to give you near-instant access to important reports, documents, and annual family letters when you need them, it also includes a manual bypass feeder for professional printing on envelopes and letterhead. The high-quality resolution (up to 2400 x 600 dpi) of this personal black-and-white laser printer reflects the time and care that you put into each document, while giving you the benefits of low cost per page laser output. The printer also includes 32 MB memory, and a 250-sheet capacity tray that can conveniently accommodate standard, legal, and custom-sized paper. Built-In Wired and Wireless Networking
Perfect for family or home offices, the HL-2170W gives you the option to connect the printer via USB, Ethernet, or 802.11b/g wireless networking. Brother makes wireless setup a snap; for users with wireless access points that support SecureEasySetup, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, or AOSS, you can automatically configure your wireless settings by simply pressing a button on your router. Ergonomic and Energy Efficient
The Brother HL-2140 17.9-by-18.7-by-14.2-inch efficient design features a toner save mode for extended toner life as well as sleep mode. Easy to set up and a breeze to use, this printer is compatible with both Mac and Windows operating systems, and includes an animated user-friendly tutorial to help answer common support and maintenance questions. Environmentally Friendly Design
For added peace of mind, this machine is Energy Star compliant, which means it helps save the environment while saving you money. (Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy promoting energy efficiency). This personal laser printer is backed by a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty. What's in the Box
HL-2170W laser printer, starter toner cartridge and instruction kit.
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 Low price, easy setup, good performance! |
| Review Date: January 16, 2008 |
| Reviewer: R. Lemieux, California, USA |
I've been buying Brother laser printers for several years now - first the HL-1240, and then the HL-1440. Both were used in my home network via the Windows printer sharing function, which means that the computer to which the printer is attached must be up and running in order to print. The 1440 recently started malfunctioning, and rather than deal with its problems I decided to get something new that I could connect directly to the network.
I went looking for the HL-2070n, but these are no longer stocked in local stores, and I wanted a printer quick. Instead I found this model and the larger, more expensive HL-5250dn. After playing with both of them for a few minutes, I felt that the 5250 was too noisy and clunky sounding, and kind of big. It's probably a good printer, but I went instead for the quieter and less obtrusive HL-2170w.
The wireless capability is a nice feature, but not really important to me right now, since the printer sits only three feet from my Linksys WRT54G router and I don't need to move it around the house. So even though I'm able to use the easy wireless setup, I went with a wired network connection instead. Setup on my three computers was a breeze. I followed the easy instructions and everything worked as expected. If I try the wireless installation later, I fully expect it to go just as well.
Now that it's in place, the printer seems to be doing what it should. Output is fast, paper is not badly curled, and quality looks fine. The printer driver also has the advanced features I've been accustomed to with my earlier printers. My only minor gripe is that I don't like the minimalist control panel that consists of just three LEDs and one big button. Since my earlier printers had the same kind of thing, I know I'll have to keep referring to the user manual in order to perform routine control panel functions and interpret any unusual alerts.
It'll take a while to know whether or not the printer has any serious shortcomings, but I'm more than satisifed so far. Considering the low price, the hassle-free installation, and the results I'm seeing, I'll give it five stars. |
Great Performance, Wireless easy to setup
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| Review Date: January 19, 2008 |
| Reviewer: R. Siegel, San Francisco, CA |
This printer was the best value in small desktop lasers, when I conducted a recent search. I was somewhat hesitant by some other comments on wireless setup, but found that reading the directions carefully, it was very easy to setup, and working within about 10 minutes. No problems whatsoever. My network is NOT a "one button" setup network - we have a hidden SSID, use WPA2 with AES encryption, so I went with the "network cable" initial setup, then once configured, use it wireless. Installing the print drivers on the various machines in our house went great - each machine was printing within 3 minutes of putting in the installation CD.
So far, this is one of the easiest wireless products to add to the network, and print quality is great. I am impressed with Brother's documentation and software. Nice work.
I had ordered an extra toner cartridge with the printer - in hindsight, I would probably order the TN-360 cartridge (large capacity) instead of the TN-330 cartridge, but it's just a cost-saving - no functional difference. |
Nice wireless printer
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| Review Date: January 24, 2008 |
| Reviewer: S. Liu, Stony Brook NY USA |
| I compared this printer with 2150N before I purchase it. $20 more for the wireless feature is worthful. My wireless router is using hiden SSID, WEP and MAC filter. It's easy to setup SSID and WEP if you follow the instruction. For the MAC filter, there is a little tricky. The printer doesn't have MAC address on it body (for most wireless devices, you can find MAC address right on it). However, once you finished setup printer over cable, it will pop a message to ask if you like to print a test page. click yes. Then you'll get your printer's MAC address right on that page. There are two MAC address, one is for ethernet card, one is for wireless. |
Great Wireless Printer - Fantastic Tech Support (Mac User)
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| Review Date: July 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Mike's Rite, Brunswick, Maine |
I couldn't get it to work either with my Airport Express Network.
I followed the instructions in the manual but my iMac (running Leopard) couldn't "see" the printer on my Airport Express Network.
Emails to tech support initially went unanswered.
I finally called tech support (thinking it would be a waste of time) but they were incredibly helpful --- I was only on hold for a few moments!
We got disconnected but the Brother tech support guy called me back ---- twice!
Here's where I went wrong:
1) I didn't download the Leopard drivers from the Brother Website.
2) I entered the wrong info about my Airport Express (write down your wireless network settings before you start the installation).
3) I didn't click the Airport icon on the menu and select "Setup" from the drop down menu.
4) I didn't "add" the wireless printer after the installation was complete.
Now it works perfectly and the USB cable has already been sold on eBay.
The print jobs have been excellent --- very clear and crisp.
The printer itself is compact with no extending paper trays.
I'm very impressed with this printer and with Brother tech support. Highly recommend this wireless printer.
PS
This computer can be "reset" if you need to start all over again (as described in the manual).
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Good price...easy wireless setup
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| Review Date: January 30, 2008 |
| Reviewer: fatal, Atlanta, Ga |
Very good price for a very good printer...I was looking into their previous version (2070N) when I came across the wireless version, and opted for this one instead for a little more.
As for the wireless setup, it is VERY simple, and if you ARE a computer guy, you shouldn't even have to use the included CD for the install. I didn't use the included cd, these are the steps I took to install the drivers and setup the wireless function of the printer...
1. Make sure your printer is ready to be powered up, which means install the drum/toner, paper, etc.
2. Make sure DHCP is turned on and your using it on your router to assign IP addresses.
3. Plug in a Ethernet cable from your router to the printer.
4. Turn on the printer.
5. Your router should have assigned the printer an IP Address...to check which IP address it has been assigned you can open up your router's web interface and check the DHCP leased IP addresses and find the one for the printer.
6. Download printer drivers from here:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_top.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=hl2170w_all
Extract it to a folder on your desktop.
7. Install the printer/drivers on your machine. I was using Vista, but steps should be similar...go to control panel, printers, add printer. Select Wireless/Networked printer. It will try to search for one by itself, just click on the button below it that says Printer is not on list or something. There will be a field for you to enter the IP address of the printer, select that and enter the IP address of the printer which you found in step 5. It'll find the printer and bring up a box for you to select the drivers. Click on the Have Disk button and point it to the drivers you extracted on your desktop.
8. Your printer is setup! The wired part anyway, you should be able to print a test page and see that it is functional.
9. Open up your browser and point it to the IP address of your printer (ex. http://192.168.0.100). This will take you to the printers web interface, from which you can handle all your administration. Default user/pass are user/access and admin/access.
10. The first thing I did was change my passwords for user and admin. Then I assigned the printer a static IP address which was out of my DHCP lease range. You don't have to do this.
11. Under one of the tabs there should be a link that says "Setup Wireless .. " or something similar, click on it...on that page you can specify your SSID, type of encryption used, your password, etc, and click on submit.
12. It will ask you to unhook the ethernet cable and will do its thing. If you entered all your information correctly, you should be up and running with your wireless setup. You can try to print a test page and see.
I think thats it...i'm typing this from memory, but it looks right :D
All in all this took me less than 5 minutes to install and setup for wireless use. You don't have to use this method, it's just easy and fast if you know what your doing. The CD is a great asset, but I just like doing things myself :) |
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