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| Brand: | Brother |
| Item Height : | 25 centimetres |
| Item Width: | 40.9 centimetres |
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| Wattage: | 480 watts |
Technical Details
- Space saving, reliable and fully featured colour printer
- Fast mono and colour print speeds of 16ppm
- Network ready
- Large 250 sheet paper tray
- Built-in LCD screen
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Product Description
Compact high speed network colour printer
Have you ever seen such quick colour printing from a small office printer? It produces up to 16 colour pages per minute for brilliant quality, professional-looking documents; and with a big 250-sheet paper tray there's no need to keep refilling it. It's network-ready too, so everyone can share the benefits!
Save Time
Enjoy impressive, high-speed colour printing from a compact, space-saving printer. The HL-3040CN has colour and mono print speeds of 16 pages per minute and a large 250 sheet paper tray means you will be refilling less often.
Save Money
Cut the cost of multiple devices with a built in network that allows you to share the printer with up to 5 other users. Built in features like the 'Colour Restriction Tool' allows you to manage who uses colour and who uses mono, saving on costs. These features, combined with our environmental and low energy accreditations, all add up to great savings
Simple to use
Set up of the HL-3040CN is simple and easy, just plug in and you're ready to go. Security can also be enhanced with PIN protected secure SSL printing. The Energy Star certification also means low energy usage.
High Specification at Lower Cost
Cut costs and make life easier with the HL-3040CN, an innovative network-ready colour printer. It has in-built cost-saving capabilities too, allowing you to reduce paper/toner use, manage print costs and share resources among several users. Plus its compact size makes it easy to own.
Cleverly Designed Consumables
Get the most from your Brother printers by using specifically designed consumables. When the toner runs out simply replace it with the one specially designed for use in your model – it's long-lasting, great value and is designed to ensure your model runs at its very best.
Peace of Mind
The HL-3040CN comes with a free 12-month warranty and lifetime technical support. Buy a Brother printer and our UK-based team of print specialists are always there to help, advise and provide 24-hour online support.
Product Description
Brother HL3040CN 17PPM16PPM ENET 64MB 2400X600DPI 20PPMCLR IN HL3040CNZU1 Printers Laser Printers
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
72 of 73 people found the following review helpful
I bought this printer thinking that I was picking up a bargain and on the whole, I really like it - it's fast, the print quality is good and for a shade under £[] you can't complain.
My experience has been marred, however, by a couple of issues, which is why I give it 3 stars, not 5.
Firstly, I was led to believe that the printer shipped with toner cartridges that were 50% capacity, yet the Black one ran out after about 700 pages. And these were pages printer with Toner Save active. I replaced it with a cartridge rated for 2,200 pages and after only a few hundred more pages (again on toner save) we're down to just over 50%, this is very worrying when the cartridges cost about £[] all in to replace.
Secondly, faults with the toner level reporting (the magenta and cyan cartridges demanded replacement despite showing 30% remaining). This is probably my inexperience with modern/colour laser printers, but I just didn't expected it to shut down shop completely until the toner was replaced. My old Lexmark just kept on trucking until the pages came out blank, which was fine by me.
I can't tell you how annoying it is at 8.30pm looking at the winking warning light telling you to forget printing until the Cyan cartridge is replaced while the status panel tells you that nearly a third of the toner remains. But it's more annoying to be ignored completely by their patronising support staff.
Post-Support Update:
I discovered that my Black cartridge had run out after only 627 pages. I also found out that Brother Support consider this to be acceptable performance.
I am now being warned to replace my new black toner even though it reports 54% remaining toner - which would be fine if the warning didn't have fangs. Again, I discover that Brother consider this to be acceptable - reporting remaining toner is difficult, apparently.
Brother support FAIL.
My experience has been marred, however, by a couple of issues, which is why I give it 3 stars, not 5.
Firstly, I was led to believe that the printer shipped with toner cartridges that were 50% capacity, yet the Black one ran out after about 700 pages. And these were pages printer with Toner Save active. I replaced it with a cartridge rated for 2,200 pages and after only a few hundred more pages (again on toner save) we're down to just over 50%, this is very worrying when the cartridges cost about £[] all in to replace.
Secondly, faults with the toner level reporting (the magenta and cyan cartridges demanded replacement despite showing 30% remaining). This is probably my inexperience with modern/colour laser printers, but I just didn't expected it to shut down shop completely until the toner was replaced. My old Lexmark just kept on trucking until the pages came out blank, which was fine by me.
I can't tell you how annoying it is at 8.30pm looking at the winking warning light telling you to forget printing until the Cyan cartridge is replaced while the status panel tells you that nearly a third of the toner remains. But it's more annoying to be ignored completely by their patronising support staff.
Post-Support Update:
I discovered that my Black cartridge had run out after only 627 pages. I also found out that Brother Support consider this to be acceptable performance.
I am now being warned to replace my new black toner even though it reports 54% remaining toner - which would be fine if the warning didn't have fangs. Again, I discover that Brother consider this to be acceptable - reporting remaining toner is difficult, apparently.
Brother support FAIL.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
I'm using this printer at home. It is connected to our wireless router (RJ45 plug) which makes it a "wireless printer" - you can also connect it to the computer with a USB cable. Driver installation on both Mac OSX and Windows 7 computers was a breeze - no problems at all. The printer was up and running within 10 minutes of delivery.
Print quality is very good - the printer takes about 30 seconds to warm up when first turned on, but then it starts printing within 5 seconds of pressing print button in any application. 16 pages per minute output is very good - the printer has only 32MB memory, but it seems more than sufficient (you can expand it up to 500MB). Paper tray takes about 250 pages. I tried printing on 80, 90 and 120 GSM paper and it handled them all very well. The supplied colour toners are all for 1000 pages, and replacement cartridges are good for 2000 pages and cost around £50 each (there are four of them), which is very reasonable compared to other brands.
Brother UK after sales service seems very good too: sent an email to their support team with a question once, received a phone call from them with an answer two hours later.
There is also a £50 cash back on this printer until end on June (2010).
Overall very happy with the purchase.
Print quality is very good - the printer takes about 30 seconds to warm up when first turned on, but then it starts printing within 5 seconds of pressing print button in any application. 16 pages per minute output is very good - the printer has only 32MB memory, but it seems more than sufficient (you can expand it up to 500MB). Paper tray takes about 250 pages. I tried printing on 80, 90 and 120 GSM paper and it handled them all very well. The supplied colour toners are all for 1000 pages, and replacement cartridges are good for 2000 pages and cost around £50 each (there are four of them), which is very reasonable compared to other brands.
Brother UK after sales service seems very good too: sent an email to their support team with a question once, received a phone call from them with an answer two hours later.
There is also a £50 cash back on this printer until end on June (2010).
Overall very happy with the purchase.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I read numerous reviews regarding network colour laser printers before deciding on the Brother HL3040CN.
The image is transferred to the drum using LED technology.
As this was just for home use on a small network there was no need for a heavy duty printer or extra memory installed.
I was not expecting such good output of colour pictures as I thought that this was the area where inkjet technology was superior but the results on ordinary 90gsm paper is very good indeed.
It can be used as a network printer or directly connected to a PC using a USB2 connection.
It is quiet in operation or in standby mode.
The default is draft mode which can be changed to a high resolution. No memory problems were encountered when producing prints on this setting although some reviews recommended a memory upgrade if using this setting for batch printing.
Installation and setup were easy with a seperate CD supplied for Windows 7 installation.
The toner replacement costs are always a problem with this type of printer and is comparable to many others reviewed.
Very pleased with it so far and the third Brother printer I have bought.
One year on site repair is included in the price.
The image is transferred to the drum using LED technology.
As this was just for home use on a small network there was no need for a heavy duty printer or extra memory installed.
I was not expecting such good output of colour pictures as I thought that this was the area where inkjet technology was superior but the results on ordinary 90gsm paper is very good indeed.
It can be used as a network printer or directly connected to a PC using a USB2 connection.
It is quiet in operation or in standby mode.
The default is draft mode which can be changed to a high resolution. No memory problems were encountered when producing prints on this setting although some reviews recommended a memory upgrade if using this setting for batch printing.
Installation and setup were easy with a seperate CD supplied for Windows 7 installation.
The toner replacement costs are always a problem with this type of printer and is comparable to many others reviewed.
Very pleased with it so far and the third Brother printer I have bought.
One year on site repair is included in the price.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Brother printer review
Seems to do the job. Happy with all aspects, inc delivery and setup etc. would recommend it to someone wanting a fast and reliable home/office printer. V heavy though.
Published 5 months ago by Kath
Great laser printer!
Fantastic colour laser printer at a very affordable price. I have previously owned Brother colour laser printers and was always happy with them. Read more
Published 5 months ago by AmazonEli
Efficient and economica;
You should be careful with reviews that are written within a few days of purchase. Reviews can be misleading, because things go wrong later. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mark
Looking good so far
It was very easy to set up and prints very nicely (even though the instructions were in German), so 3 weeks in to my purchase I am very happy with it.
Published 7 months ago by A. Julian
Bargain basement colour printing!
I had a HP monochrome laser printer for many years until HP dropped support for it in Windows Vista whilst there was still a lot of life left in it. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Roderick Parks
My Brother HL-3040CN
I use this printer for home, replaced old ink jet printer as ink just dried up through lack of use.
Toner doesn't dry up (powder) so can leave it for weeks, powers up... Read more
Toner doesn't dry up (powder) so can leave it for weeks, powers up... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Md Johns
Brother HL3040CN
Prompt delivery. Absolutely no problem to set up once I realised what was needed. It did need separate installations for the desktop and each of the two laptops but once that was... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Al
Great Value Colour Printer
Excellent printer. Easy to set-up on Apple Mac. Slightly harder on Windows (but what's new). Excellent print quality. Read more
Published 14 months ago by AndyH
Great printer. Quality build. 3 Yr warranty
During product registration it popped up that this printer has a free 3 year Brother warranty. There was no indication of this in the listing, but it's there and I'm signed up and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Neppo
Brilliant
Great machine and exactly what it says on the box. This firm were brilliant to deal with they delivered so quickly I could not believe it and they then phoned to make sure... Read more
Published 17 months ago by joam
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