Brother HL-L3270CDW

Todavía la he utilizado poco pero la calidad de impresión es buena. Para uso de oficina o doméstico es ideal.

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Opinión original: When we decided to move a few months ago I sold my color laser printer we had as I didn’t think it would make the trip “and didn’t want toner spilled everywhere”, really missed having a color laser but we had a color inkjet also, “easier to pack up” and a plain Brother B&W printer, “smaller and needed a new toner, so no worry about spilling that”. When I saw Brother had a color laser that was very reasonably priced I wanted to give it a try. Unpacking: This thing came in a really big box, and even the UPS guy commented it was pretty heavy. I was surprised at the size of the box and wondered how big the printer actually is. Luckily inside the box is a heavy frame of Styrofoam surrounding the printer protecting it very well, the printer itself is smaller than the box fortunately. Inside the box you will find the printer, manual with CD, power cord, and that’s it, the cartridges are already installed but you have to prepare the unit before the first use. While the printer is bigger than the B&W Brother we already have its understandable why. 4 colors means 4 toner cartridges and 4 drum units, so they take up a good bit of room, you’ll have to plan accordingly if you are limited on desk space. Setting up: After unpacking and finding a good sturdy spot for the printer I removed the blue tape that held the back and front covers down, then followed the instruction sheet hanging from the front of the printer. First you have to open the top, remove all the cartridges, “yep take them all out or you can’t remove the shipping protector underneath”, you have to slide a switch on each end of the toner cartridge to remove it, and then remove the sheet with the foam pad from underneath them. Then carefully remove the protective orange cover from each toner cartridge and place each one back in their corresponding slot and close the top. Now that all the cartridges are in place I turned on the unit after connecting power, notice there’s only a USB port on the back, no Ethernet port, and it does not come with a USB cable either. Once powered on the single line display asked about setting up Wi-Fi which answered yes. Now here it’s a little difficult being that it’s a single line display and you are using arrow keys to enter everything. I scrolled down through the available Wi-Fi connections and found mine. Entering the password took the longest as I have a very long key, it’s not hard but it takes time, don’t rush it, and once entered the printer connected right away. Instead of using the included CD I went to the Brother website and downloaded the driver suite there as those are usually the most up to date. After downloading and running the installation the setup found the printer on my network and set it up. It’s using a default IP address and I ended up going into the advanced section of the interface and changing it to a fixed IP address. You can directly access the printer by its IP address and the admin password is listed in the startup guide, you’ll want to change that also while in the admin page. That’s about all to the setup, apparently Brother really wants you to use the Wi-Fi connection as they don’t even include a USB cable and show that it’s “optional” in the manual. I installed the drive package on all our other computers around the house and it’s was easy to do. The software package found the printer every time and I didn’t run into any problems setting it up. I even downloaded the Brother app for my Android phone and it had no problems finding the printer on our network. Not often I have something that installs this smoothly. Actual Use: Now for actually using the printer, it works, and works very well. For the price range I really can’t expect more from it. Black text is super sharp like our other B&W Brother laser and pretty fast. I also have a HP laser printer and it takes forever to start printing after sitting on standby. The brother only takes a few seconds and it’s up and running. This is a full color printer, but it’s not really for printing photos, it works very well for full color graphics but photos came out duller/faded looking over our color inkjet, but the inkjet is also considered a photo printer there so there’s really no contest. This one does really good at color text and graphics, and is perfect for flyers, business cards, letter head, and things of that nature. If I want good color photos I’ll use the inkjet along with photo paper. Speed wise this one is just as fast as our older Brother B&W printer, the only thing it is lacking is a Ethernet port and automatic duplex printing, but for this price range I guess I wasn’t really expecting those. An Ethernet port would have been nice but I haven’t had any problems printing and it does leave only one cable “power” hanging out the back of the unit. Final Thoughts: If you are looking for a color laser printer that prints very sharp txt, plain graphics and very quick to do so then this may be all you need. But if you are looking for something that prints photos, and automatic duplex printing you’ll have to keep looking as the photo printing is ok just not great, “would be good for handouts or flyers”. And remember if you don’t want to use this on your wireless network you’ll have to purchase a USB printer cable to directly connect it to your computer, not sure why they didn’t just include it with the package. I really liked that I could easily print with the app on my Android phone, I had a couple PDF files emailed to me that I wanted printed and had no problem doing so. I also printed a picture I had taken earlier of a concert we attended and wasn’t impressed with the quality, I’ll have to experiment with some better paper and see if that makes a difference for photos, but our old HP color would print really good looking photos on just about any paper I threw at it. If you keep the limitations of this printer in mind it will be a great printer for your home or small office. Menos

Opinión original: This review is based on home office use and mobile printing. Out of the box you have the printer, power cord, instructions, driver CD and the pre-installed ink cartridges. Note this printer is substantial in both size and weight, due to this it resides under my desk versus on top. You will need to follow the unpacking guide to remove the shipping packaging on the ink cartridges. Overall, 5 minutes of setup total to remove each cartridge shipping material and reinsert. Next you will need to pair with wireless or USB. For this review I'm using the wireless setup, but you can also use a USB cord as well (not included). The pros for this printer are speed, affordability, quietness and the basic essential features it offers. As far as cons, my biggest complaint is that the printer display interface is small and cumbersome, with the menu not being intuitive. It took me a few tries to get through the wireless setup pairing with my Android device. For me, this was the one big miss on this printer - either a better app than the Brother iPrint to walk through connecting or a larger display menu to easily complete setup. Between this and the included driver CD, it feels like Brother's tech team may be about 10 years behind. Second is a lack of features, I didn't find that the wireless printing options provided on my Android gave me much flexibility, for example options for double sided printing and lack of different paper sizes (legal, letter, a4, a5), Overall I like the Brother 3210CW as a basic, limited use printer, it responds quickly and gets large volume prints completed within minutes. If you need a fast printer that you will connect with USB and only make copious amounts of single sided prints, this is easily a 4 star printer, however if you have additional printing needs, need a scanner, or want something that is quick and intuitive to switch between printing styles, this won't be the best fit. Menos

Opinión original: This LASER printer might not be as fast as some of the more expensive laser printers, but it's still faster than most inkjet printers with 19ppm for color or black&white prints.Even full page photos print just as quick. I have noticed some banding in full size prints on plain paper and thicker matte paper, but to be fair laser printers are not really known for their photo printing. For best photo prints with a laser printer, make sure to buy photo paper designed for laser printers, as there is a big difference in how inkjet and laser printers print. Inkjet printers use liquid ink, that needs to soak into the media to create the images. Laser printers use a laser to heat up powdered ink off a roller, to create the image on the media. Using the wrong type of photo paper will not turn out favorable results with either type of printer. While inkjet printers usually have more of an assortment in printing media, you can still find some decent options for laser printers, including waterproof, labels and photo papers.Where laser printers really excel is with volume and overall price per prints. The standard cartridges can yield 1300 to 1400 prints, while the high yield cartridges put out about 3000 pages. Printing per page is usually less than half the cost of inkjet printers. Although when you are first setting up your laser printer, it might seem a lot more expensive, because most of the expenses are up front. Just keep in mind that it will be a lot longer till your need for more toner. Inkjets typically yield between 300 pages for standard and 600 pages for high yield, which is partially why the hardware and ink tanks are a lot cheaper. Even though this model does put out some good fast prints, it lacks some of the higher end features, like a lcd touch screen. The display on this printer is very small, and only one line. The buttons are just as limited as the screen, with basic functionality. You can still access the wifi settings, and general options, but it seems a little tedious. Especially using the manual paper feeder. First off, you have to access the general settings, then the paper tray settings, and finally the 'manual tray' option. Here you need to scroll to 'on' , and then exit the menu. From here anytime I pre-loaded my piece of paper into the paper feeder, I would forever get an error, saying there is a paper jam in the manual paper tray. I even called customer support, but they were not much help, as they wanted to sync up through my laptop with the printer to try to diagnose the problem. I eventually figured out that it would print from the manual tray, if I didn't try to pre-load the piece of paper. So, just to re-iterate, the settings were set to print from the manual tray, but would only do it, if I left the manual paper tray empty while I hit print. then the printer would ask for the paper to be loaded. I would then load the paper and insert it into the machine as far as it would go, without bending the paper up. The printer would notice the paper, and then take it for printing. Overall I am still pleased with this printer for my needs, it gets the job done pretty good, and there will not be much of a need to constantly change any settings or use the manual paper feed. So the two negatives, about this printer shouldn't pop up very often. ( I am including some prints for quality purposes, everything is on plain paper) Menos

Opinión original: The Brother - HL-L3210CW Wireless Color Printer is an excellent, entry-level Small Office/Home Office Color Laser Printer. Brother advertises this printer as a compact digital color printer that is ideal for home or small offices. The printer retails for $199.99. This printer has the following features and specifications: • Rated at up to 19 ppm for its print speed and this is for both color and black and white printing. • 250-Sheet capacity tray • Manual feed tray with a capacity of 1 sheet. • Mobile printing - AirPrint®, Google Cloud Print™, Brother iPrint&Scan, Mopria®, Wi-Fi Direct® • USB and wireless connection options - Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 • 1-year Limited Warranty and free online, call or live chat support for the life of the printer. • Dependable, durable, and compact design. • Starter cartridges rated at 1,000 pages. The rest of this review will be done in 4 parts – set-up, usage impressions, cost analysis, and pros/cons. You may see a companion review at https://youtu.be/-SJjnfSOw9M. Set-up: Set- up of this printer is very straight forward. The included Quick Setup Guide is detailed and walks one thought process very quick and has instructions for each of the connection types (USB 2, Wi-Fi Direct, and the many mobile options. The unit has a single line LCD for set up on the device’s control panel. The device software comes with the Brother Utilities App that allows one to update the system firmware, check the status of the printer, download additional software, repair the printer’s network connection, and contact support. Using the network panel in Windows 10 one can also access the devices onboard web page that allows you to see the status, maintenance info, configure some settings, and reports. Usage Impressions: The usage of this printer is very straight forward as it is with any printer. The system’s driver does allow for manual duplex printing and this uses a combination of the manual feed tray and the main tray to accomplish this. The printer can handle up to legal-size paper in the main train. The system allow allows for mobile printing and has options for AirPrint for supported iOS devices, the Mopria Print Service app from Google Play for Android devices, and the Brother iPrint&Scan from brother. For testing purposes, I used the Brother iPrint&Scan software and it was very useful to print both pictures and emails. The only downside for this app that I found was printing from Gmail had an extremely large font size and I could not find a way to change this in the application. Cost Analysis: The $199.99 price for this printer is certainly attractive the real cost that one needs to look at is the price per page cost for the consumables. I use a simple system of dividing that the cost of each cartridge by how many pages the cartridge can print. The best cost per page comes by using the higher capacity cartridges that can be purchased for the device. Doing this analysis results in a cost per page of $0.02 per page in black and $0.12 per page in color (assumes each color used equally). This cost is in line with the cost per page of my other laser printer with its high capacity cartridges. Using an annual printing rate of 12,000 pages this printer would have an annual toner cost of $1755.09 (MSRP for all toner cartridges) assuming equal uses of all 4 toner colors on each page. This again is in line, and technically cheaper by $44.82 than my other laser printer. The Brother MFC-J895DW Inkjet printer has a $0.06 per page for black and $0.03 cents per page for color (interesting that this is cheaper) when using the high capacity ink cartridges. Using the same annual print capacity is would have a cost of $1,843.80 for the Ink Cartridges. Summary: Overall this is a very nice office/home office printer. Some of my image prints had some banding on them but this could be that the cartridges were new. The text was crisp and good. While this printer is advertised as a compact printer, I find it to be of a regular size at 16.1” W x 18.1” D x 9.9” H and the unit weighs 37.8 lbs. Pros: Connectivity options, cost, speed Cons: Quality may not be as good as other laser printers, inability to select a font size for Gmail print from mobile app, Menos

Opinión original: I love Brother Laser Printers and this Color Laser Printer for needing four toner cartridges is actually compact and fits where my older Brother B&W Laser Printer was without taking up much more space. If you need color, and it needs to be a Laser, this is a good choice. *******SETUP******* Setup was fairly easy. They have good documentation on how to remove the packaging from inside the printer and set up the toner and everything. The hardest part was adding it to my Wi-Fi network since I had to scroll the password in. Only real knock was brother doesn't include a USB cable and I didn't have one handy to use so I did it via the console on the front of the printer. The printer could have paired via WPS but that is disabled on my network, so I had to enter my password by hand. Even doing that, it only took about 5 minutes to add it to my home wireless network. It attached to the network without any issue, and then running Brother's software, I found the printer right away, with no issues and was printing 2 minutes after that. I do recommend though that you connect to the Printer via your computers Web Browser and setup an admin password for the panel. The default password was Admin I believe, so you can see changing that as Brother Recommends would be a good idea. ****USE***** Windows 10 doesn't have any problem in my house finding the printer on the network. It just shows up as a printer and we can print right to it. It warms up fast and then prints out your documents with wonderful speed, and it isn't that loud either, unlike inkjets tend to be, so it doesn't disturb everyone with the printing. I printed a few things in color and they came out great, sharp and with good color. This is perfect for myself for when I need something fast in color or my kids for school projects and it won't cost me an arm and leg to maintain. I do like that each color toner is separate so I can just replace what I need based on usage and not the whole thing all at once saving money, since we do mostly print in B&W in the house. Again this is a great, simple to setup, fast color printer, that honestly I don't think you can go wrong with. Menos

Opinión original: Pros: * Great print quality for a color laser printer * Fast printouts * Easy to set up for wireless printing (Mac, iOS tested) * Nearly silent while printing * Included toner prints a lot of pages Cons: * Larger than average might not fit everywhere * WiFi or USB - no wired ethernet * Doesn’t duplex * Expensive consumables My Review: This is a really great value for a color laser printer. Print quality is what one would expect for a modern color laser printer, and it was faster than some other brands that I’ve tried. But what surprised me most was how quiet it is! Other laser printers have clicks and whirs while feeding the paper, but this Brother printer just silently spits out finished pages. Set up was as easy as one could expect. Unbox the beast (over 40 pounds of heft) and remove all of the blue tape and orange protective plastic bits. Add paper. Go through the on-unit wireless setup wizard to select an access point and (laboriously) enter the network key. Done. Next step was getting my Mac to use the printer. This, too, was easy. Select to add a printer, choose the Brother unit from the list and done. You can optionally download the full driver package from the Brother web site listed on the setup poster to get more printing options. Last was printing from my iPhone and iPad; both recognized the printer on my network via AirPrint and worked without fuss. The tabletop footprint is on the larger side, and it doesn’t help that the power cord comes out of the back and needs additional depth on a counter. This printer definitely commands space on a desk or shelf. This is Brother’s more basic unit so it has a simple one-line LCD display with buttons rather than a touchscreen, there’s no Ethernet adapter for wired networking and there’s no duplexing. If you’re OK with these limitations, then this is a great value option for you! Sadly, as with nearly all printers these days, the cost of replacing the bundled toner (or ink in the case of ink-jet printer), far exceeds the cost of the unit’s original purchase. This printer’s bundled toner is good for about 1000 pages after which it costs nearly twice the original price of the printer to replace all four with new ones. While not ecologically correct, it’s typically cheaper to replace the printer (and get another set of bundled toner or ink), than it is to keep the printer and replace just the toner or ink. Overall, this is a great color laser printer for home or small office use. As long as WiFi connectivity works for you and you don’t need to duplex, this printer will serve you well for a lot of prints. Menos

Opinión original: (Disclaimer - I received this printer in exchange for my fair and honest review.) The Brother HL-L3210CW Color Wireless Printer is a terrific value for both small offices that need an inexpensive, fast option for color printing and for home users and college students with the space and the need for printing multi-page documents quickly, quietly, and inexpensively. My first impression is this printer is larger than I expected, though not without good reason. Since this printer uses an evolution on laser printing technology, it uses toner cartridges instead of ink cartridges or tanks. Toner cartridges are large, but you get a far higher number of prints from a toner cartridge than you do an inkjet cartridge, and you don't have to worry about print nozzle failure like you do with tanked inkjet printers. The available high capacity toner cartridges will print 3000 black and white or 2300 color pages each; the toner cartridges that come with the printer will cover around 1000 pages each. Physical setup is easy enough with the HL-L3210CW. The toner cartridges come in the printer and will require you to remove protective pieces of plastic. There are also protective sheets inside of the printer that keep everything in alignment for shipping that you'll need to gently remove before powering the unit on for the first time. Software setup is even easier. For the easiest setup, you will need a USB cable and a Mac or Windows PC. Macs running El Capitan (OS X 10.11.6, Sierra (macOS 10.12) and later versions are supported, as are PCs running Windows 7, 8.x, and 10. While you can use the included installation software that comes on the CD in the box, you're better off to download the latest version of the software from Brother's website (which is easy to find). You'll want to connect the printer to your computer via USB, which will allow you to easily configure the wireless network connectivity. Once this is done, the print driver is installed on your computer and you're ready to go. If you don't have a Mac or Windows PC, you'll have to enter your wireless network information through the single-line display and control panel on the laptop. While this does take a bit longer, it's not difficult to do; just a longer process than it should be. AirPrint is a nice touch. No configuration necessary to print from iOS devices (and most Macs, too). One thing sorely lacking from this printer is an Ethernet port. With the fact that this printer didn't include a USB cable and its usage of the full-sized USB-B port instead of a Micro USB or USB-C connector means you'd need an expensive USB cable for this printer that you would use once or twice during the course of ownership. This would also allow for Android and iOS apps to do the initial wireless configuration of this printer. So how's the printing quality? Overall, it's pretty terrific. Nothing beats toner for black and white text. Solid colors and line art look great as well. Colors are bold and bright. However, photographs and gradients tend to have some visible cross-hatching, though the colors are realistic. I averaged about 18-ish pages per minute, though the initial warm-up before the first page can take upward of 45 seconds depending on the content. Prints are consistent between Windows, Mac, and iOS devices. So can I recommend the HL-L3210CW? Yes. It's a quality printer, supplies aren't expensive once you consider the number of pages they can print when compared to a ink jet, it's quiet, and fast. If you have space and you need to print a lot of things in color, this is a great option. Menos

Opinión original: I received this product for free from Brother in exchange for my honest opinion/review of the product. The Brother Genuine color printer is extremely easy to set up and does an excellent job printing numerous pages quickly. I really appreciated the wireless feature that allows me to print from my phone or computer. By having the wireless feature, I was able to eliminate unnecessary cords for a cleaner and more organized look.FEATURES- My favorite feature is the ability to print wirelessly. I can print documents from my phone or my computer without affecting the clarity or detail. I did not realize how convenient it would be to be able to print from my phone, but I have used this feature multiple times already. Also, there is a door above the paper holder to allow for double-sided printing!INSTRUCTIONS- The product instructions were very clear, and I was able to have the printer up and running in less than 10 minutes. All I had to do was plug the printer into the wall and insert the CD into my computer. As far as setting up the wireless connection, the CD that came with the printer made this process hassle-free.ASSEMBLY- The printer itself is quite large and bulky. However, the packaging for what to remove was very clear and I did not have to spend time rereading instructions. I liked that everything that needed to be removed had orange stickers that drew my attention to them. I had the printer assembled in less than 5 minutes.COMPARISON- Compared to other printers I have used, Brother is extremely fast, and the quality is fantastic. This printer really thinks fast. I even tried to print multiple pages on command from different places and the printer never slowed down. Additionally, Brother is much quieter than other printers I have used.QUALITY- The quality exceeds my expectations. The clarity and crispness of the documents are very impressive. The color is vibrant and there is absolutely no fading in black and white prints. I am very happy with how well this printer performs.SUGGESTION- The only improvement I could suggest is to add a feature or noise that tells you when the printer is out of paper. The screen will tell you that you need to insert more paper, but I didn`t notice I needed to do so until the printer stopped. The addition of a chime or alert would be niceSUMMARY- Overall, I really enjoy the quality and speed of the printer. The printed pages are very clear and crisp. I also appreciate the quietness while printing. The wireless feature is compatible with my phone is extremely convenient and I have used it more than I thought I would. This printer is a great addition to my home office! Menos