Brother Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Multi-function Printer, MFCL2710DW with High Yield Black

I just bought this printer to replace a piece of garbage HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 in my office (as in my actual place of business). Our paralegal has a similar Brother MFC (6 years old), and we have a smaller Brother MFC in our home office (8 or 9 years old). Both of them have been great work horses, and although they have some limitations (the biggest being that they're not wireless), we've been generally happy with them. Given that I went through 2 HP printers in 3 years in my office, I figured I'd go back to Brother, and the price was right. I even chose the L2700DW over a newer model that was twice the price (MFC-L2740DW) because even though it was faster, it didn't seem to offer anything additional that I felt justified doubling the price. (Parenthetical update on December 2, 2015: the MFC-L2700DW has come down $20 on Amazon since I bought it, and the MFC-L2740DW has come down about $60. If, when I bought this machine, the prices were as they are now, I might have sprung for the newer model.)On the whole, I'm happy I went back to Brother. The speed of printing, scanning, and copying are hugely improved over the HP. I don't need to print in color, and I was getting increasingly annoyed by the fact that, in the HP, somehow your color ink gets depleted even if you never print in color, meaning that it would refuse to print, even in black, unless I had color ink available to it. You know that ink's not cheap, either. With this Brother, I obviously don't have that problem because it only has black toner. Now the toner is expensive (because when is it not?) but with our other Brother MFCs, I've shopped everywhere, including Costco, and found that nearly 100% of the time, if not 100% of the time, Amazon has the best price on Brother toner.I do have a couple of issues with this MFC, and I've got an e-mail in with Brother in hopes that they can help me fix them (Edit: please see update from 12/9/15 at the bottom):1. Deep Sleep Mode - This model does NOT have an option to disable Deep Sleep, only set it to a chosen time interval, the longest of which can be 50 minutes. According to the interwebs, older models do have the option to disable it. The problem lies in that this MFC is supposed to "wake up" from Sleep or Deep Sleep mode when you send it a print job. Pressing buttons on the printer is also supposed to "wake it up." However, neither works for Deep Sleep mode. My only option is to turn the printer off and back on again. (To its credit, my HP was screwing up and making me do that multiple times a day, and it took a lot longer to reboot.) However, even though I set the Deep Sleep mode to max out at 50 minutes, it keeps resetting itself to 01 minute, meaning earlier today my multiple print jobs that were 2 or 3 minutes apart required full restarts of the MFC in between. This is incredibly inefficient, and if Brother can't help me fix it, I'll be returning this machine. (PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATE ON 12/9/15 AT THE BOTTOM REGARDING THIS ISSUE.)2. Stack/Sort (a/k/a Collate) - This MFC is set to "Stack" copies, meaning if you are making two copies of a 2-page document, it will print in this order: page 1, page 1, page 2, page 2. Multiply this out for longer documents/more copies, and you can see how inefficient and frustrating this could be. (Seriously, I hope you have a big table/counter and some time to organize all your copies.) I looked it up and discovered that you can change your copy options to set it to "Sort," meaning it will collate your copies (page 1, page 2, page 1, page 2, for two copies of a 2-page document). Great, right? Well, it would be if I could set that as a permanent setting, but I can't. I can only set it to Sort with each individual copy job. I can tell you that when I'm copying certain documents, that is going to get really old, really fast. My old HP required it for each copy job, too, and it annoyed me then. My guess is that collating requires that the printer use memory, then print it in order (which is why collating doesn't work fully on very large copy jobs). Stacked copies mean it doesn't store the documents in its memory, just prints them as it scans. I'm checking with Brother to see if I can set the MFC to Sort permanently, though based on my experience with the lack of permanence of the Deep Sleep mode setting, I'm not holding my breath. It's not a deal killer, but in my opinion, if they give you the option to collate at all, there should be an option to keep it that way long-term. If this is of utmost importance to you, you may need to buy a higher-level machine or an actual copier.Overall, I expect this printer to be as reliable as our older Brother MFCs, but many of the limitations that exist in the older models still appear to exist. If they'd fix the two issues I mentioned, they'd have a perfect 5-star machine. It's hard to complain for the price, but, like I said, if they can't fix the Deep Sleep problem, I'll have no choice to send it back. I just don't have time to reboot my printer for every single print job that comes more than 1 minute past the last one.TL;DRPros: solid printer, decent speed in print/copy/scan, will likely last a while, price is goodCons: Deep Sleep mode keeps resetting to 01 minute, no option to disable Deep Sleep, issues waking up from Deep Sleep (PLEASE SEE UPDATE BELOW FROM 12/9/15), no option to collate copies as a rule instead of with each copy jobUPDATE (December 2, 2015): I have gone back and forth with Brother customer service over the aforementioned issues. They have not addressed the collate issue with copying, but I suspect that is just something I'll have to live with (and can live with). As for the Deep Sleep Mode issues, I have updated firmware, I've reset factory options and reconnected it to my network, then reset the options, I've set it up to access printer settings remotely from my computer, etc. Basically I've done everything that Brother has told me to do that they expected would fix the problem. About 50% of the time the machine will "wake up" from Deep Sleep mode if I send a print job to it, but even if I have the machine set not to go into Deep Sleep Mode for 50 minutes (the max allowable), every print job resets it to 01 minutes. So even if I just send it one page to print, I have to remember either to go to the printer itself and reset Deep Sleep Mode or to do it from my browser. It's getting very old, very quickly. Brother is allegedly going to call me to help me with this. If they cannot help me, I will be returning this machine, and I may try the MFC-L2740DW in hopes that a better machine will mean better performance and no Deep Sleep issues. I will update further.UPDATE (December 9, 2015): I have upgraded my review to 5 stars from 4. I got a call from Brother yesterday after a bit of phone tag, and they were super. The tech was incredibly nice and friendly and didn't talk to me like I was an idiot. He didn't make me repeat the steps I'd already been instructed to do and immediately jumped to the weird fix that - get this - actually fixed the not waking up from Deep Sleep problem! The phone call was all of 10 minutes, and that included time waiting to make sure the fix worked. So far, so good. Deep Sleep Mode still resets to 1 minute after each print job, even if I set it to 50 minutes, but I don't care now that it wakes up properly when I send a print job. The tech still didn't know why that happened, but I told him that it wasn't worth trying to fix if it was waking up as it should. Also, he said that there is a way to disable Deep Sleep Mode that they had to figure out because the engineers in Japan didn't tell them about it, but I didn't care to ask further about it now that everything is working properly.All in all, I'm very pleased with the way the issue was handled and resolved, and I am keeping my machine :)

Update May 2016: printer still works great. Aftermarket toner cartridge I mentioned before working great. I print about 30 pages a week. I'll never buy another printer that isn't duplex capable as it saves so much paper.Update February 2016: Just now ran out of the starter toner. I took a chance (it had good reviews) and bought E-Z Ink (TM) Compatible Toner Cartridge Replacement for Brother TN630 TN660 High Yield (1 Black Toner) toner to replace it ($13 for the high yield cartridge vs. $50 for the genuine Brother product, so far, so good). Printer still works great. Only have had a couple jams, but they weren't really jams, probably just mis-feeds, which register as a jam. Duplex printing is awesome, so fast and a real paper saver! QUIET compared to other lasers I've had and the price at the time was unreal. Price is about $40 higher now on Amazon.UPDATE November 2015: I've had this printer about 6 months now. So far, it is still working great. Brother also didn't drag their feet creating a driver for Windows 10. It works great in Windows 10. I don't do a ton of printing, average about 5-10 pages a week. The "Brother Status Monitor" says I have about 40% left of the starter toner cartridge.ORIGINAL REVIEW:Pros: Small footprint and height, excellent price for the features, duplex printingCons: Only starter cartridge, no duplex copyingI have owned mostly HP and Brother printers in the past 20 years. I have continually been frustrated and angered by HP printers due to their poor reliability. I have owned 3 Brother printers now...a dot matrix in the 90's and now two different all-in-one laser units.The previous Brother laser all-in-one worked great for over 5 years before the document feeder started "jamming" (no jam was found, but the printer said there was). After a pro tech cleaned the unit, it worked great for another year before it started "jamming" again. Other than that, the device worked like a charm. I paid I believe about $300 for a refurb model in 2005.For the $130 I paid for this 2700DW model, I am floored. I've only had it about 6 months, but no problems so far. If it lasts at least 5 years it will have been worth it. I hope it lasts much longer than that so it just doesn't end up in a landfill. But the price is amazing.I also love that it is about 1/2 the size of my previous Brother 8440. The size of all-in-one lasers is what kept me away from them as my daily office printer. They have now come down to a manageable size and price for me to warrant to ditch inkjets forever.I will be updating the review every year or two as to how long it lasts. Brother has a pretty good history of durable office machines and my experience with the previous two concurs.My main use of this device are regular document printing and copying. Occasionally I scan documents. I use the ADF (document feeder) almost exclusively, so this is a very important feature to me. I connect only via USB as my experience with wired and wireless network connections with printers in the past is they work great until they don't. USB is fool-proof. I have no need for color printing nor do I need high quality scans.Tip for scanning to PDF: Get the free program (for Windows, not sure about other platforms) called "iCopy". Best little program I have found so far for this purpose. After minor one-time setup in iCopy, place your page(s) in the ADF or glass and press the big blue "COPY" button in iCopy. I will scan all your pages and spit it out into a PDF file.My only gripe I have had at all with Brother had not to do with this model but the previous MFC-8440 all-in-one laser. Brother never created Windows 7 drivers, which resulted in me having to use the generic Microsoft drivers. The Brother software wouldn't work on Windows 7, though I was able to create several workarounds to get the functioning out of the device that I wanted. It was frustrating, though, as at the time, the device was not that old and I had expected that Brother would update their software for it. I wrote and called to them about this but they were unable to help. HP seems to tend to better on this issue than Brother has been, but it's pointless if the hardware craps out all too easily.That being said, Brother has already updated the driver and software package for the 2700DW for Windows 10.

Fast printer and scanner.Gets the job done.Prints from your phone fast as well.If you don’t need colour you’re good.

Gostei da qualidade de impressão, mas o software para usar o scanner não é amigável.

SOLO QUIERO DECIR QUE TENGO DOS DE ESTE MISMO PRODUCTO, ES MAGNIFICO, LO RECOMIENDO AMPLIAMENTE TOMANDO EN CUANTA QUE IMPRIME POR AMBOS LADOS

Le menu de l'imprimante est en Français. L'installation en wifi ne prend que quelques secondes avec la fonction WPS, l'appareil se mettant immédiatement en contact avec la box internet. De meme, l'installation via éthernet a été tres simple (un cd est fourni) que ce soit sur le mac ou sur le window. Pour les fichiers a imprimer à partir du téléphone , l'installation du logiciel brother sur le téléphone, se fait en quelques secondes et le wifi donne des résutats immédiats. La photocopie doit etre réglée, à mon gout, en tonalité plutot claire pour un résultat parfait. Le scanner dispose d'une interface hyper simple a utiliser sur l'ordinateur. Il scanne en noir et blanc ou couleur selon votre souhait. La fonction imprimante en recto/verso est appréciable. Je n'ai pas encore de visibilité sur la durée du toner fourni avec l'appareil, je verrai à l'usage. Cet achat fait suite la mise au rebu de mon ancienne imprimante HP a jet d'encre, couleurs. Je ne voulais plus de jet d'encre (cartouches qui séchaient, vides, ou rejetées par l'imprimante si pas de la marque HP, lots de cartouches d'encre achetées en réserve qui desséchaient dans leur emballage ou date limite d'utilisation dépassée empechant le démarrage de l'imprimante.... étaient les inconvénients récurrents)

Der Drucker wird bei uns zu Hause ausschließlich über das W-Lan benutzt. Hier allerdings von einem MAC, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10 Rechner. Alles funktioniert einwandfrei.Die Nachbartoner haben auch einen unschlagbar niedrigen Preis