![]() ![]() But to network, you'll save money going with the $199 Brother HL-2070N, which has 8MB of RAM more and comes with a built-in Ethernet card. To push the envelope, you can buy external networking add-ons such as the $180 NC-2100p print server, or the $250 NC-2200W wireless print server. The Brother HL-2040 lacks built-in networking capabilities. You'll get an estimated 2,500 pages out of a regular, $60 toner cartridge, which brings the cost per page of text to 2.4 cents, about average for a modest laser printer. ![]() Unfortunately, the HL-2040 ships with a starter toner cartridge rated to last a mere 1,500 text pages. In the printed quick-setup guide, instructions are well laid out and easy to follow there's also a user manual and a flash movie guide on CD-ROM. The lights flash or glow red, yellow, and green and convey quite a bit of information, such as low toner warnings and error messages. ![]() On top, you'll find a 100-sheet output tray, tilted to hold the pages on top, next to the control panel.Ĭontrols are ultrasimple: just a round, blue Go button and four LEDs labeled Toner, Drum, Paper, and Ready. You feed envelopes, card stock, transparencies, and label sheets one by one into the manual feed slot in front. Its main paper tray holds letter- or legal-size paper. It stands just 6.5 inches tall, 14.6 inches wide, and 14.2 inches deep and weighs less than 17 pounds loaded with toner and paper. One of the smallest laser printers we've seen, the Brother HL-2040 is lightweight, with two-tone dark and light gray plastic making it more attractive than the traditional putty color scheme. By contrast, the Samsung ML-1740 snubs Macs, and it sports a slower USB 1.1 port with only a 66MHz processor. It also has a speedy 96MHz processor, plus both a parallel and a USB 2.0 port. On the plus side, the HL-2040 works with operating systems from Windows 95 through XP and with Macintosh OS 9.1, 9.2, OS X 10.2.4, or higher. As with the similarly priced Samsung ML-1740, what you see is what you get: a nonexpandable 250 sheets of paper capacity and 8MB of RAM. It's decent at printing text, so-so at graphics, and quick at both. The Brother HL-2040 is an inexpensive, fast, noncolor laser printer for a home or sole-proprietor business. ![]()
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