Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer

Pros: Low price and operating cost, very good text, fast
Cons: USB installation could be more seamless

Someone call the men in the little white van. I'm about to do backflips over a printer. If I'm not losing my mind maybe I could get a date with the librarian in the Xerox ad who wrote a loveletter about her copier. (Fear the reproductive possibilities in...

Pros: Price, Speed, Cost of Maintenance, Performance
Cons: Limited On Board Memory, Slightly Hard To Find In Stores and On The Web

I really do try to avoid writing reviews for products that already have a fair representation around here, but I felt compelled to write this one because I REALLY believe that this printer merits a close look by anyone in the market for a new one.
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Pros: Fast speed, low per page cost.
Cons: Only 2MB memory, nonexpandable or networkable.

Does anyone really need a laser printer for home use? For the price of this one, there is no reason not to.

I have had the Brother 1240 since last fall. I am very pleased with its performance and reliability. The print quality as other...

Pros: Price, Set-up, Quality
Cons: Limited expansion possibilities

I used to own one of those top-loading bubble jet printers. After a few years, it started grabbing 10 sheets of paper at a time and printing sporadically.

When I started looking for a new printer, my roommate urged me to look into Laser. I...

Pros: Low Cost, Attractive Design, Easy of Setup, Easy of use
Cons: Memory is not upgrade able.

When it comes to printers I'm very difficult to please. I have over eight printers. From thermal , ink jet, LED and true lazer printers.

My recent purchase is the Brother HL-1240 lazer printer. I've had it for three days now and have been very...

Pros: Fast, easy, solid. Very inexpensive toner.
Cons: Could have better quality.

In the past I was working at OfficeMax, and saw this new Brother
printer in the back room. I had nothing but good experiences with
brother, and this looked like a solid printer with great features.
Some of the major features that stuck...

Pros: Well priced, easy to setup and use,reliable, fast, good quality
Cons: Fairly large, 2MB memory may not be enough for some

Before I went off to university to live in residence my parents decided that I would need a new printer; they weren’t willing to give up our old but reliable HP laser II.

I took a trip down to staples to have a look at the printers they had...

Pros: fast printing, high quality output, very easy to set up
Cons: buggy USB driver

My first laser printer was a Minolta and ever since then, I've stuck with lasers. When the Minolta got old and started to smell like burning dust whenever I turned it on, I thought it might be a good idea to find another printer...

Of course,...

Pros: Cheap, great performance, user-friendly.
Cons: None that i can think of!

Well, it's been several years since my family's purchased a new printer and after doing some research using of course epinions.com and cnet, we decided on the Brother HL-1240. And it was certainly the right choice! At around $250, this printer offers...

Pros: Fast, reliable, cheap, good quality output.
Cons: USB setup is difficult. Very still cardstock may be a problem.

I bought the Brother HL-1240 as a replacement for a burnt-out Brother HL-1040. I loved my HL-1040, and it performed well for about two years before the fuser died. Maybe two years doesn't seem long to you, but I really tortured the beast. Along with...

Pros: cheap, fast and excellent printer
Cons: the name isn't HP

I had an HP Laser Jet 3...a work horse for 10 years. I guess it was worth the $1200 it cost in 1990.

One day, it simply died. Now what do I do? Spend another $1200 to get the crisp letter quality that only a laser printer can deliver?
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Pros: Great Value, 12ppm, Decent Quality
Cons: USB, Power Consumption

After seeing all of the reviews, I decided to purchase this little printer that could... Went to Office Depot and they matched the $271.00 price that Buy.com had so we picked it up immediately ( Office Depot's return policy is better than Buy.com )....

Pros: Good speed, nice output, can't beat the price
Cons: Not a Postscript printer

I received the Brother HL-1240 as a Christmas present, and I have to admit that, when I unwrapped it and saw it was a Brother product, I was skeptical. Brother, to my knowledge, is not known for high-end products, and my first thought was, "This...

Pros: Inexpensive, multiplatform, quality output of type
Cons: Paper tray sticks out back

The Brother HL-1240 prints a mighty 12 pages per minute in black and white and is perfect for people who rate the ability to produce quality text over the ability to produce nuanced graphics.

This is a 600-dpi machine that I acquired 15 months...

Pros: Good price, prints fast
Cons: Driver could be better, sometimes has errors

I bought this unit because I was printing out a bunch of stuff for school and I was spending a fortune on ink cartridges. Plus, I was submitting resumes and law school applications, and the laser just looks more professional.

When it was the...