Home office laser printer

[Louis Balfour]

My home office HP printer has become rubbish, I intend to replace it with one of these unless anyone here can recommend anything better.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/BROTHER-MFC-L3740CDWE-Wir...

TIA for any useful input.

[Mr Pointy]

Several posters have Brother printers & seem happy with them - the big advantage being that third party toner cartridges are available which are much more economic that OEM ones.

I don't know if Brother have recently released a new range but have a look here as there are some models I don't recall seeing before, such as the MFC-J4540DWXL with 6000 page toner included:

https://www.printerland.co.uk/printers/brother/mul...

The MFC-L3740CDW is even £10 cheaper than from Amazon.

[Louis Balfour]

Thanks pointy.

[Miserablegit]

Unless there’s a real need for a laser I’ve been getting along fine with this
I’ve printed 10,500 pages since October

[tim0409]

Might be worth waiting for Amazon Prime day to see if there are any deals. I’m also looking for a home printer and have picked up decent deals in the past on printers.

[Deep Thought]

Miserablegit said:

Unless there’s a real need for a laser I’ve been getting along fine with this
I’ve printed 10,500 pages since October

I personally went laser because i dont print very much.

I got tired of clogged up ink jets because of only sporadic use.

I've a little mono laser now that gets fired up occasionally to print a few pages then gets turned off again.

If i needed colour i'd definitely go colour laser.

[Louis Balfour]

I don’t print a lot and I need a sharp image for letterheads.

[Chris Stott]

If you don’t need colour a Brother laser is super effective… prints quickly, cheap to buy and run.

The best thing about it though is it doesn’t need a massive software upgrade every fking time i want to use it like the HP piece of st it replaced.

[119]

We have a Brother laser and it’s been brilliant as we don’t print much at all.

As it’s WiFi it’s stuffed in the corner of the spare room and gets used maybe once a month if that.

We have only ever used genuine toners as well so don’t know how well the refills last or work.

[Calza]

Following this - I don't print enough so need a laser and fancy colour just to be all in.

Cheap as possible without being utter turd!

[twister]

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[HiAsAKite]

We bought a Brother L-3550 cdw early last year after years of (HP) inkjet hell an frustration.

Its great.
It just works.
Only replaced the black toner so far.. that was £40 for a high capacity compatible replacement.

[808 Estate]

I have one of these and very happy with it. The wifi access is particularly useful and the low running cost is very much appreciated.
https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/kyocera-ecos...

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[GlenMH]

Brother are currently doing 100 quid cashback on this printer: https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/brother-mfc-...

Only 20 quid more than the one you are posting and the duplex scanning is worth that to me. Brother paid out the cashback in under 2 weeks from the claim, too.

[Louis Balfour]

Mr Pointy said:

Several posters have Brother printers & seem happy with them - the big advantage being that third party toner cartridges are available which are much more economic that OEM ones.

I don't know if Brother have recently released a new range but have a look here as there are some models I don't recall seeing before, such as the MFC-J4540DWXL with 6000 page toner included:

https://www.printerland.co.uk/printers/brother/mul...

The MFC-L3740CDW is even £10 cheaper than from Amazon.

Ordered

[clockworks]

My first laser printer was a Samsung, which never gave me any problems. Only replaced it because Apple no longer supported it, and third party drivers were flaky.

I've had my current Brother for about 6 years. No issues at all, and unbranded cartridges are very cheap.

[hungry_hog]

I'm using a Xerox B230 (also bought from the site posted above). Was ~ GBP120. b/w only.

Has airprint which is a big plus for me printing direct from phone rather than having to fire up the laptop
I'm on the original cartridge - been printing labels for ebay sales for about 6 months, must have got through a good 300 sheets and no fading at all yet.

[wink]

I also replaced an HP inkjet with a Brother laser printer - in my case the DCP-L3550CDW, different model but looks identical to that proposed by the OP. It's not been great - colour rendition is poor, with streaky bands and low saturation.. I've tried both Brother toner (very expensive) and aftermarket cartridges - in both cases, about 25% of them stopped working correctly, left blank areas or deposited splots of toner. I don't think I would buy it again. We also have a Brother inkjet in the house and that has been fine, good quality prints, no problems and no clogging. I'd maybe look at one of those rather than the laser.

[Fore Left]

I bought a second-hand Brother HL-3230CDW at the start of this year for replace my stty HP inkjet. Barely used, it was a bargain at £85 plus collection.

Not used it yet but I've bought a refill kit from here; https://www.urefilltoner.co.uk/index.html. Got to be worth a punt given the cost of cartridges.