Brother HL-L2340DW Compact Laser Printer is an entry-level all-in-one printer (prints, copies, scans, and faxes). HL-L2340DW is designed for workgroups and small and/or home offices with modest printing needs. The HL-L2340DW was also suitable as an all-in-one monochrome laser for personal use. In fact, as an entry-level all-in-one printer. It has a relatively powerful feature set, and it’s fast. On the other hand, its running costs are a bit too high, and its print quality (especially when it comes to graphics and photos) leaves something to be desired. Still, it’s compact, space-saving, well-built, and generally prints well. Therefore, it is a suitable option for environments that have a low volume of black and white printing and copies.
The Brother HL-L2340DW printer is a good choice if you are looking for a shared printer for a small office or a monochrome laser printer for a personal office of any size. The Brother HL-L2340DW is a small enough printer to be considered suitable for both a professional micro-office environment and a personal office. It offers fast enough print speeds and good enough paper handling to be perfect for both environments. Supports printing via a mobile device with Wi-fi Direct. A convenient extra. The lack of an Ethernet connector will rule out file sharing options in many cases and that could cost you excellence. The Brother HL-L2340DW is a compact wireless laser printer designed for home and small office use. It features a variety of functions including automatic duplex printing, wireless connectivity, and high-quality printing.
Brother HL-L2340DW Features
Paper handling is one of the strengths of the Brother HL-L2340DW. The Brother printer offers a paper tray that can accommodate up to 250 pages. A manual feed slot for individual papers, and incorporates a structure for duplex prints. The above features should be sufficient for the general uses of a small shared office or most personal offices. If you need more paper handling and storage capacity. You’ll still have to look elsewhere. As Brother doesn’t offer us upgrade options in that area for its HL-L2340DW.
The Brother HL-L2340DW also scores points as a printer for small office use. Personal or professional, with its weight and size. Measuring 18.3 x 35.5 x 36 centimeters – high, wide, and deep, respectively. It can fit on your desk without taking up too much space, and it weighs just under 7 kilograms. So it can be moved and lifted. by one person easily. That makes it slightly smaller and lighter than the Samsung Xpress M2825DW.
Looking beyond the basics, the Brother HL-L2340DW offers support for printing via mobile devices. You can connect this Brother printer to a wireless network. It will let you print directly through the cloud or through a device with an iOS or Android operating system. Such as a Smartphone or a Tablet. Through its Wi-fi wireless network access base. To which such devices should be connected. If you connect it to a single computer using a USB cable instead. You won’t be able to print directly via the cloud. But its Wi-fi Direct features will allow you to print directly from mobile devices that connect to the printer. A feature that can be really useful, even for a personal printer.
Installation, speed, and print quality
For our tests, we connected the Brother HL-L2340DW to a system running Windows Vista. The installation process is the most standard for a monochrome laser printer connected through a USB cable, very easy and intuitive.
Brother claims that print jobs take about 27ppm – or pages per minute. Which is a speed to expect when printing a document or other files that require little or no processing. In our standard business application printing tests. However, we estimate a much lower number of pages per minute. The Brother HL-L2340DW is printed at 8.9ppm. Which is a respectable speed for its price and build quality. By comparison. We’ve reviewed other printers that handle such jobs faster. So if time is of the essence in your office. Take a look at our other models before you decide.
Unfortunately, the print quality of the Brother HL-L2340DW is a bit below average. Text quality is good enough for most business uses, as long as you don’t need to use an unusually small text font. But it’s still below what we’d minimally expect from a monochrome laser printer.
The quality of the graphics is also below the average level of the competition. The result is also good for internal use in a company. But very few people will find it appropriate for important meetings or similar situations. Photo quality is typical for a monochrome laser printer. This means it’s also lower than we’d like: the product is good enough to print recognizable photos or images from the internet. But it’s not suitable for anything to ask for more quality than that.
