Brother HL-2170W: a 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless and Wired Network Interfaces for less than $100!
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Brother HL-2170W 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless and Wired Network Interfaces: a great deal for less than $100!
Ever do a double-take when you see a low price? You read the specs and assume that something has to be wrong.
That may be your first reaction to the Brother HL-2170W laser printer. How can it be rated at 23 pages per minute, have built-in Wi-Fi, and sell for $149.99?
What’s the catch?
There’s no catch! The best news: The Wi-Fi feature is a breeze to set up and worked perfectly.
You’ll be able to use the Brother HL-2170W printer simultaneously with a USB-attached desktop computer and a notebook connected wirelessly.
If you’ve ever tried to configure an inexpensive printer to handle both simultaneously, you can appreciate the problem-free installation.
The Brother HL-2170W is a compact, budget-friendly monochrome laser printer that is ideal for printer sharing.
In addition, it includes 32MB of memory standard for faster processing and PCL6 emulation for greater compatibility. Up to 23ppm Up to 2400 x 600-dpi resolution; print speeds are impressive for such an inexpensive printer.
A 10-page text-and-graphics test document prints in 34 seconds, usually it takes a reasonable 19 seconds to go from cold start to printing a page.
The printing costs are competitive with other low-cost laser printers.
To keep the costs in check, you should follow up the low-yield starter cartridge with the $64.99 Brother HL-2170W toner cartridge (2.5 cents per page) rather than the $44.99 TN-330 toner cartridge (3 cents per page). Add in the price for replacing the $99.99 DR-360 drum approximately every 12,000 pages and the per-page costs increase to 3.3 cents and 3.8 cents, respectively.
Printing speed and Wi-Fi make the Brother HL-2170W an unusually good bargain!
The Brother HL-2170W it’s now available for US$ 96.98 (that’s 68% off the usual price)!