 Best Buy for the Money |
| Review Date: February 25, 2009 |
| Reviewer: M. Reams, Rocky Mount, NC |
| I researched and found that cartridges for this machine are a lot cheaper than those for HP's and the toner that comes with the printer has a page yield of 1500 color and 2500 b&w. The Hp's came with toner that had only 750 page yield then you had to pay approx $140 for the toner cartridges for replacement when with this one you can purchase toner cartridges for right around $70 which is half the price with more page yield. So far I have printed 450 pages on the starter cartridges and the toner amount has not lowered and the print quality is excellent! |
hidden reset features to save money on toners!!!
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| Review Date: December 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Sang Joon Lee, |
This printer will tell you when you are out of toners and need new ones. And when you are out with just one of the color toner, this printer will not allow you to print anything until you replace it with the new toner.
So here is how to override these problem, and you decide when the toner needs to be changed... and not the printer.
1. Slide out the toner trays and put a piece of black electrical tape over the sensors on each color toner. This will make the print think that it has full toner.
2. If you already see "Replace Toner" messages, just RESET it by opening the front COVER and pressing CLEAR and REPRINT together. Scroll up and down to reset desired toner.
3. If you think you have more life and juice left on its drum and laser parts, just reset it and forget it! Open the COVER, and hold down GO and hit UP (+) button. Scroll through the menu to select and reset!!!!
After the "replace toner" message, I reset the counter, and I have printed over 2000 more pages on a same cartridge. But be aware! You will start to see some "sprinkles of toners" on your pages as they are way over used. |
Solid. Fast. Good quality.
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| Review Date: January 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Graham Hill, NJ USA |
Very happy with this. Amazon had a $120 instant rebate on this making it $293 shipped next day air. Not bad for a 74lb box.
Vista drivers were included and setup was a snap. Black text is sharp and crisp, with better photos than I expected - just set the print preferences -> Advanced to 2400 dpi mode (in Windows, not on the printer itself).
It did miss out some lines on a small graph, but this is also corrected by the "improve thin lines" option in the printer driver.
Overall a bargin with the rebate - pretty much the same price as the toner. |
Best printer for price, quality and usablity
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| Review Date: September 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: netman88, Fremont, CA United States |
This Brother Color printer HL-4040CDN is definitely worth it's price. The built quality and setup is very easy and the toners are really big so I hope not to spend too much on toners for colors. It replaced my often problematic HP color printer.
Pros:
- Features for printing (vivid, normal), Mono, Color, duplex, network and more.
- Price per page on color printing
- Easy Setup
- Ease of usage
Cons:
- Weight of printer
- footprint is enormous
- The 64MB initial memory was not enough memory, I had to purchase another 512MB to be able to even apply the Brother patch firmware. So consider to spend another $50 or so for memory.
Overall, I see this printer to last a very long time. I did research others like Lexmark, HP (CP2025CDN.. toners were super small and toner cost is way to expensive), Samsung (really good on price but questionable on reliability).
I don't recommend wireless network since the signal maybe weak and you can't print. Ethernet networking for printer is better. |
Dump your inkjet, buy this printer!
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| Review Date: June 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: E. Andersen, San Francisco, CA |
Update: 1 year later, this printer still rules. Very reliable, and the toner still shows 99% full. We will have electronic paper by the time it runs out! Granted I use it mostly for household printing, and a few business documents, but I would have spent at least $50 on inkjet cartridges by now.
I don't know about you, but I got really tired of inkjet printers. The software that came with it never seemed to work, and if that wasn't the problem, the dang thing was out of ink. So I had to run to the store to spend another $45 on cartridges. I swore never to buy another inkjet.
Then I stumbled on this sweet laser printer on sale at Office Max/Depot/Staples/whatever. It was almost an impulse buy, and I was out the door for about $305. It turned out to be the best impulse buy I ever made, and I've had no regrets.
Reasons why this printer is better than your inkjet:
-It's a real office grade printer. No jams, crisp text, prints both sides, really fast. Once it warms up, the pages just fly out.
-The software just works. Install the driver, plug it into the network, start printing. Er, especially if you have a mac.
-Cheaper in the long run. No, really. The toner cartridges might be a little spendy, but the included cartridges are supposedly good for your first 1,500-2,500 pages. How many pages do you really get out of your inkjet cartridges? 50-100? Also, you'll keep this printer about 2-3 times longer than any inkjet. Oh, and the duplexing thing, i.e. printing both sides of the page, saves money and trees, so you got the eco thing goin' for ya.
-The toner is water resistant, unlike inkjets. No smudges, no drying, no rainy day disasters.
I will say that the photo quality isn't quite the same as an inkjet photo printer. But, it's good enough that I would still hang it on the wall. Also, the thing takes a fair amount of space. If you live in a small apartment, you might have a hard time finding a place for a laser printer. |
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