Brother HL-2700CN Laser Printer

31 PPM, 2400x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac - MPN: HL2700CN

Description: The HL-2700CN produces crisp text and graphics at up to a fast 31ppm in black and 8 ppm in color. You don't have to sacrifice quality, either. Resolutions reach 2400 x 600 dpi and it automatically switches between PCL 5C, PCL6, BR-Script 3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX and HP-GL... read more

The HL-2700CN produces crisp text and graphics at up to a fast 31ppm in black and 8 ppm in color. You don't have to sacrifice quality, either. Resolutions reach 2400 x 600 dpi and it automatically switches between PCL 5C, PCL6, BR-Script 3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX and HP-GL emulations. Connectivity is equally as flexible, with automatic switching between Parallel, USB, and even 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interfaces. The included software provides some additional, powerful features like On-line and Off-line user support including Windows driver setup, Interactive Help, access to the Brother Solutions Center (requires Internet access) animated maintenance and help tutorials and auto-detection of installed options.The HL-2700CN's versatile paper handling allows you to input 250 sheets at a time. With optional paper trays, you can increase the paper capacity to 780 sheets. Sheet sizes can range from envelopes all the way up to letter-size. An optional duplex unit can provide two-sided printing. minimize

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cyber_rigger from CA

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Works great with Linux. Also does DOT MATRIX emulation.

Strengths:

Works with linux. Emulates several other printers. EASY cartridge replacement.

Weaknesses:

Images are not "photo" quality, as in a photoprinter with photo paper, but they are pretty good for just plain paper.

Posted Jul 7, 2005 - This is a great business printer. It emulates several other different printers. I was able to use it with some very old software and replaced an old dot matrix printer. Does postscript printing. Prints on thick paper and card stock. Can be configured with a browser. With Linux I used the brother 2600 driver and it works fine even with network printing. The toner cartridges and transfer belt are the easiest that I have seen to get to. The toner cartridges are super big capacity.

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tomtaxman

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Buyer Beware Parts Cost more then new unit

Strengths:

looks good, small footprint, color is better then average, a lot of bang for the buck.features sound to good to be true

Weaknesses:

cost to run.the warning light came on at 10k.opc belt op4cl cost over $400 to replace.fuser fp4cl cost $450 and toner $145 runs out sooner then claimed

Posted Mar 22, 2007 - Brother claims were to good to be true. I have bought several brother units and have had trouble with half. they all seem to claim moreprints then to units will do. We are accountants as such we keep records. We will not be able to recommend them or continue to use them as we grow in the future.

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Meiyer

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Too loud

Strengths:

Good text printing and fast, if toner is full then page costs are very good

Weaknesses:

very noisy when the printing starts, waiting time for the first colour print toooo long

Posted Oct 24, 2006 - Fill up the toner cartridges up to the top and you get a very good price per printed page (between 2p and 4.5p) but if you like it nice and quiet and your colour prints printed out today and not next year then look somewhere else

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carlnraquel from AZ

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It took me a 1/2 hour to setup the unit,and additi ...

Strengths:

Text printing is very fast.

Weaknesses:

N/A

Posted Jan 6, 2005 - It took me a 1/2 hour to setup the unit,and additional 10 min. to get it working on my network with for 20 clients. Great graphics at a great price and the unit comes shipped with the toner cartridges already installed. Another nice feature the unit is network ready out of the box. Raquel

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UnhappyInAZ from AZ

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In trying to print a color page from Photoshop, th ...

Strengths:

None that I can think of.

Weaknesses:

Poor black and white printing. Bad match up of color printing. Extremely slow printing color jobs. The user manual is not complete, and the tech support individual was rude and unhelpful.

Posted Jun 14, 2005 - In trying to print a color page from Photoshop, the printer was not able to print some of the black and white text. In addition, the color did not match the colors shown on my monitor. When trying to print the color page, it took over 10 minutes to get the printer to finally start to print the first page. The User Manual seems to be incomplete. When calling Brother's tech support department, even Brother advertises 1 Year Free On-Site Service, the tech support person spent more time trying to prove me wrong vs. tring to fix the problem. He never once suggested sending out a rep for the on-site service program. He took that attitude of "let's talk over techie so that the customer gets further confused vs. trying to be helpful. End Result: Returned the printer.

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DeJongInnova... from FL

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User has 2 Months of experience with this product

A steal

Strengths:

Wonderful toner capacity, very straight forward maintenance, very easy to configure and set up. Cost per print equalizes the high cost for parts.

Weaknesses:

A little noisey. only 64mb memory (it's upgradable). Isn't wireless. Parts are pricey, but the printer still pays for itself.

Posted 4 months ago - I got this printer for a steal for $50. I felt like I had to be looking over my shoulder after I paid for it. It has nearly 100,000 prints on it and the color toners are original as they are refillable. I've printed maybe 2000 prints with it and it's already paid for itself probably 10 times over. Wonderful printer!

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redgiant

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Great printer for small business

Strengths:

Easy to use,Fast monochrome text speed,network-ready, large-capacity cartridge.

Weaknesses:

Limited paper storage,a little bit noisy.

Posted Aug 29, 2007 - I bought this machine for $500 with $50 rebate. The installation is easy and is the fastest color laser printer so far. It offers impressive print quality with crispy and great details. I bought this printer because it has large-capacity cartridge (Yields up to 6,600 pages with $150 for each cartridge). The HL-2700CN includes a CompactFlash card slot, which, with the addition of a CompactFlash card, you can use to store and reprint large documents, as well as for storing special font and frequently used forms and templates. The LCD screen can shows the status of the printing. Although it's a little bit noisy during printing, I recommend this printer for small business.

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Brother HL-2700CN Laser Printer

31 PPM, 2400x600 DPI, Color, 64MB, PC/Mac - MPN: HL2700CN

Works great with Linux. Also does DOT MATRIX emulation.

Buyer Beware Parts Cost more then new unit

Too loud

It took me a 1/2 hour to setup the unit,and additi ...

In trying to print a color page from Photoshop, th ...

A steal

Great printer for small business

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