This was fine for a while and the toner cartridge lasted for ages. Am on my 2nd cartridge replacement now (bought online for c. £37 so not particularly cheap). Printer is showing its age now – leaves spots along one edge despite cleaning etc and also the rollers furrow the paper. Overall, the quality is not now acceptable for work / printing letters.
Good basic printer – black & white prints. The brother hl 2030 is a good basic printer which will produce good quality text prints. If your after a basic, low running cost printer this is the printer for you. I know it is the cheapest laser printer around but please hear me out. I am a graphic designer so naturally i produce a lot of prints, i use another printer called the epson r1800 which is amazing. The cartridge bay holds 7 colour cartridges i. Matte black, photo black, cyan, yellow, red, magenta, blue and can hold a gloss optimiser cartridge, it can produce prints upto a3. As a freelance designer, i send a lot of letters and invoices, so i decided to buy the cheapest laser printer available.
Have it still it is about 9 years old and still in use.
- Great laser printer for home & small office use
- Good solid printer
- Good Basic Printer – Black & White Prints
Bought this printer three years ago in summer 2007 with out little or no research from pc world. By default prints in economy mode. Usually catridges supplied with new printer should run out very quickly. I do not use it every day, but once in few months. Always printed very well even on ‘value’ papers. Did not experience any paper jam. Brilliant product for home use if you wish to print notes and letters.
Have it still it is about 9 years old and still in use.
Features of Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
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to make sure this fits. - 16 page per minute printing speed
- USB 2.0 interface
- 8 mb memory
- Less than 8 second first print out time
- 600dpi resolution
- Single sheet manual feeder
- 250 sheet paper capacity
- Manual duplex printing
- Memory Capacity
Something of a mixed blessing. This is an economical printer, even allowing for the price of toner. However, i have had two now, the first replaced under three year warranty, that have developed paper sensor problems which causes the printer to show that it is out of paper when in fact it is full. This problem goes away sometimes if you pull out the paper tray and push it firmly back in but that can get to be a bore. My current model has now developed this fault but is responding to the above measure but, alas, the first model obstinately refused to correct itself or be corrected and so was replaced, after about a year’s modest use. That model has now developed the same fault. Luckily it was under extended warrantythis model is showing up the same fault after only four months so i’m expecting to have to return it. Incidentally, although saying so will probably prevent this review from getting shown, this particular model has been reduced to as little as £49. 99 in major retailers so it’s worth shopping around – or buying a printer without the possibility of paper-feed problems. But it’s life makes it more expensive than it seems.
I have always used macs and it’s great to find a good priced laser thatn runs off a mac. I’ve have three of these printers running for a around a year now and they have worked with no problems at all. Setting them up is a doddle and they have a great 1 watt sleep mode where they will only wake up when you send a print to them. A fantastic printer at £100, let alone £70.
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This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer
This review is from : Brother HL-2030 Laser Printer