Brother HL-2700CN

Pros: Price and printout

Cons: Service life and parts costs

The Bottom Line: Spend more money and get a reliable printer

Review: We purchased the 2700CN about two years ago, due to its low price and good output and the fact that our old HP Laserjet III+ couldn't handle printing pdf's or other memory-intensive documents, which we frequently need to print. Upon putting it into...

Pros: Excellent Print Quality, Easy Installation, Great Speed, Web-Interface

Cons: Hard to find, a bit noisy but not bad, and lacks a multipurpose tray.

The Bottom Line: Definantely would recommend to anyone looking for a color laser printer. Other brands and models cant compare.

Review: I purchased this color laser printer a little over 2 weeks ago and have been very pleased with it so far. The color print quality is fantastic. It has a 2400x600 dpi resolution (64MB expandable to 512mb) and it really shows when printing graphics,...

Pros: Good software, drivers, features, Internet printing.

Cons: Slow, noisy, bad quality, expensive consumables, fussy paper feeder, doors don't close precisely

The Bottom Line: This item is probably not available new anymore, but avoid it as a used item...even if its offered for "free".

Review: I bought this printer in 2005 to save money and time running down to Kinkos for color prints for my business. I've suffered with it for four years before replacing it, and buying the new printer was the equivalent of stopping hitting myself with a...

Pros: None that we have observed.

Cons: Unreliable technically. Extremely poor customer service.

The Bottom Line: Don't purchase this unit. Also Brohter has very poor service.

Review: Puchased this unit summer of 2005 and right out of the box, it didn't work. Brother sent someone to repair it 2 days later. We stored it for about 5 months until we started up our business. Soon after hooking it up, it didn't print margins...

Pros: Looks great when it works!

Cons: Ridiculously expensive to maintain!

Review: I have had this printer for 10 1/2 months, I have spent $1420.00 in toner, $350.00 to replace the OPC belt and now Brother wants another $336.00 to replace the transfer unit. The printer was purchased from Quill for $549.98.

The printer...

Pros: Fast, attractively designed, good drivers.

Cons: Very expensive to maintain, misleading warranty.

Review: This printer seemed pretty good at first, but the warranty does not cover "consumables". Our OPC belt cartridge (which is used to hold the image electrostatically) started to fail after 100 days, leaving streaks and smudges on the printed pages...

Pros: quick and cheap to buy

Cons: buy a new printer when you want consumables... its cheaper

Review: The brother cant handle anything but perfectly flat paper. Trying to print anything double sided without using the duplex is near impossible!!! The paper tray can only handle 4 sheets of paper without having a fit.

Stay well clear of this...