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 Electronics : Brother HL-2170w 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless & Wired Network Interfaces |
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Rating:  - Great wireless b/w laser printer
The setup was slightly more complicated than I think is necessary but this is otherwise an awesome printer! It prints very fast and begins printing from stand-by very quickly as well. The printed pages are crisp and readable. I am making use of it's built-in wireless networking. The paper tray is also quite large. All around, this printer is awesome and the price is unbeatable.
Rating:  - Difficult to setup on Mac OS 10.5
I really like this printer - it's compact, very fast and has great quality print outs. The duplex feature is relatively easy to use. However, if you are planning to use this with a Mac running OS 10.5.x, you should be aware that setup can be difficult which is why I only give it 4 stars. I followed all the instructions in the included setup manual and the printer would not work - I got a "printer offline" error every time I tried. I had to modify the printer settings in the Mac CUPS. Here are the instructions for doing this: [...]
Rating: - Couldn't Ask for More
After reading numerous reviews on this printer and others like it, I went with this one for the wireless feature. I have two wired desktops and one wireless laptop all running through a Linksys WRT54G router.
Initally, I hit the easy setup button on front of the router and in no time, the printer was up and running and working from both the wired desktops. When I went to check the laptop, I realized I had changed the settings of the router when I hit the "easy" button.
Long story short, I reconfigured everything and installed the printer as a wireless printer via the wired setup option. I HIGHLY recommend doing this if you have the wireless router.
The printer is working like a champ now on all computers. This thing is fast too! I have no need to print anything in color and I anticipate this printer lasting me a long time.
Way to go Brother!
Rating: - Shop Around
#1 I love this printer! Great product, although the cartridges could yeild a bit better life. My first got less than 1000 sheets, I ordered the 360 (1500 sheet cartridges) and the printer says it has 1100 left after just installing it. We'll see.
#2 Do NOT believe the price quoted above. I bought mine for $99 6 months ago. This is NOT a $300 printer. It's a $150 printer on sale. Shop Around...
Rating: - Some install tips...please read.
I saw this printer and just had to have it.
I've been wanting to get a wireless printer for some time. I have a laptop, my daughter has a laptop, and I have a desktop. BUT, I could not print on anything beside the desktop. Unless I shared out the printer and left my PC on ALL THE TIME....I didn't want to do that. Also, the idea of just having to plug this into a socket and not running any CAT5 was great.
So I started looking around for a wireless printer. I checked HP's site, since I've had good luck with their products. Well, they did not have a laser printer with wireless. I just couldn't find one. And I wanted to stay away from inkjet technology. I wanted something that was FAST.
Well, I saw this printer on sale and thought it was perfect. So I went ahead and bought it.
First off, let me tell you, I've been playing with computers my whole life and have been working in the IT field for most of my adult life. I tried to set this up myself without reading directions. Folks, let me save you some time, scan the documentation and USE THE INSTALL DISC. If I had only used the disc, I could have saved myself 2 hours worth of time.
I attempted to just install it via a downloaded driver and the utility found on Brother's website. Forget it...just use the disc.
Very important, you have to plug the unit into your router, then run the CD. Once you get the printer on your LAN, you configure the wireless portion. Then once you have set up the wireless portion, REMOVE THE LAN CABLE. It's kind of weird, but it WILL NOT pick up an IP via wireless until you remove the LAN cable. Once you remove the cable, if you have setup the wireless correctly, it will be on the network.
Also, if you are confused as to what wireless setup you may have, go to your router via configuration page and check the settings. I use WEP, but wasn't sure if it was shared or open....I definitely have a key, but nothing seemed to work, until I verified that it was "open". Once I selected the correct settings and removed the lan cable, it showed up. I used a ping command to verify it was on the network. Once I saw the ping, I knew it was good.
So far, this is a great little printer. I have set it up on my wireless network. Anyways...thanks for reading my review. I hope that it helps
Take care!
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