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Printer Review: Brother HL-2250DN
Posted on July 14, 2014 | Posted under brother, HL-2250DN, review | Leave a Comment
The Brother HL-2250DN is a small entry level mono laser printer.
Some of the main features of this small laser printer include the 250-sheet paper tray in the front, ethernet capability allowing connection to a local network and duplex printing capability. It also comes with a toner-save mode. The printer also has a manual media slot also in the front. The display panel contains a Go button and a series of lights for toner, drum and error which helps to keep things minimal. It has a reasonably small footprint, being 368mm x 360mm x 183mm and weighing in at 7kg, making it a compact little unit.
Brother claim that the Hl-2250DN prints 26 pages per minute but our tests showed us that it was closer to 23 pages per minute for single sided printing, which is still relatively quick in comparison to its competitors.
Print quality was acceptable. For general printing the output is fine but the printer does lacks finer detail when examined more closely.
There are 2 different options of toners for this printer. The Brother TN2230 and the TN2250. The TN2230 toner delivers 1,200 pages per cartridge @ 5.8 cents per page while the TN2250 delivers 2,600 pages @ 4 cents a page. We also sell a compatible Brother TN2250 that delivers 2,600 pages @ 1.5 cents per page.
All in all, this is a good printer for the price and can provide low cost printing when the finer detail of prints is not too much of a concern.
Brother gives their colour laser range a shake up
Posted on June 25, 2014 | Posted under brother, laser printer, new product release, toner | Leave a Comment
Recently Brother released a new range of business colour laser printers that they are aiming to target the small to medium business market with. This printer range is aiming for small to medium companies that are printing up to 5000 pages per month. The company is hoping that it can extend it's dominance in the mono laser printer market into the colour laser market.
The new range of printers is very much designed to work in modern day workplaces embracing the move to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) offering features such as Airprint, Google Cloud Print and iPrint&Scan. The L8000 range is made up of 6 printers that have high yield and super high yield cartridges, while the larger L9000 range is only available with super high yield cartridges.