Binding: Electronics
Brand: Brother
Color: GRAY
EAN: 0012502619468
Feature: Monochrome laser printer prints up to 23 ppm, perfect for home or office use
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Item Dimensions: Array
Label: BROTHER
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: BROTHER
Model: HL-2170w
Modem Description: None
MPN: HL-2170w
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BROTHER
Special Features: nv:Print Method^Laser|First Page Output Time^Less than 10 Seconds|Resolution^Up to 600 x 2400 dpi|Maximum Duty Cycle^10,000 Pages Per Month|Print Speed^Up to 23 PPM|Special Features^Network-Ready (Standard)|Dimensions^14.5"W x 14.2"D x 6.7"H|Connectivity^USB|Connectivity^10/100 Base-TX Ethernet|Connectivity^802.11b/g Wireless|Standard Paper Input^250 Sheets|Standard Paper Output^100 Sheets|Paper Sizes Supported^Custom|Paper Sizes Supported^Letter|Paper Sizes Supported^Legal
Studio: BROTHER
System Memory Size: 32
Warranty: 1 year warranty

• Monochrome laser printer prints up to 23 ppm, perfect for home or office use
• High-quality 2400 x 600 dpi resolution
• Features network connectivity via wireless/wired interfaces
• 250-sheet capacity tray, Starter Toner Cartridge
• One-year limited manufacturer's warranty

• Brother TN330 Black Toner Cartridge
• Brother TN360 High Yield Black Toner Cartridge
• Brother DR360 Drum Unit

The HL-2170W is a budget-friendly monochrome laser printer that is ideal for home or home office printer sharing. Featuring the same print speed, footprint and paper handling as the HL-2140, the HL-2170W offers wireless 802.11b/g and wired (Ethernet) network interfaces for connecting to your wired or wireless router. In addition, it includes 32MB of memory standard for faster processing and PCL 6 emulation for greater compatibility.
Ideal for both home and office use, the affordable Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer features network connectivity via wireless/wired interfaces, and prints up to 23 pages per minute at a high-quality resolution, giving your work and personal documents a polished finish colleagues and friends are sure to envy.

The Brother HL-2170W Personal Laser Printer offers: Built-in wired and wireless networking for printer sharing. Fast, 23 pages-per-minute performance. High-quality (2400 x 600 resolution) prints.

With built-in wireless networking, everyone on your network can easily share the printer.

The manual by-pass slot lets you print envelopes and letterhead.

Versatile and Professional
This monochrome laser printer not only warms up in less than 10 seconds and prints up to 23 pages per minute to give you near-instant access to important reports, documents, and annual family letters when you need them, it also includes a manual bypass feeder for professional printing on envelopes and letterhead. The high-quality resolution (up to 2400 x 600 dpi) of this personal black-and-white laser printer reflects the time and care that you put into each document, while giving you the benefits of low cost per page laser output. The printer also includes 32 MB memory, and a 250-sheet capacity tray that can conveniently accommodate standard, legal, and custom-sized paper.

Built-In Wired and Wireless Networking
Perfect for family or home offices, the HL-2170W gives you the option to connect the printer via USB, Ethernet, or 802.11b/g wireless networking. Brother makes wireless setup a snap; for users with wireless access points that support SecureEasySetup, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, or AOSS, you can automatically configure your wireless settings by simply pressing a button on your router.

Ergonomic and Energy Efficient
The Brother HL-2140 17.9-by-18.7-by-14.2-inch efficient design features a toner save mode for extended toner life as well as sleep mode. Easy to set up and a breeze to use, this printer is compatible with both Mac and Windows operating systems, and includes an animated user-friendly tutorial to help answer common support and maintenance questions.

Environmentally Friendly Design
For added peace of mind, this machine is Energy Star compliant, which means it helps save the environment while saving you money. (Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy promoting energy efficiency).

This personal laser printer is backed by a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

What's in the Box
HL-2170W laser printer, starter toner cartridge and instruction kit.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice!
Comment: Network is easy to set up and works perfectly. I loved my old Brother Laser printer but using it as a shared printer, it would get lost and had to be reprogrammed. Now, I'm getting the same economical and high quality printing that I expected from a Brother Laser printer but with trouble free networking. Very nice.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: great value, great printer
Comment: I bought this printer from the good reviews and great price listed here on Amazon. I was tired of wasting my money on inkjet printers and this seemed to be the solution. In addition, I wanted a wireless printer for my laptop.

I had difficulty setting up the wireless part, so I read a lot of reviews and not being a computer geek most of it was over my head (although I did manage to set up my own network). I am using VISTA.

The EASIEST way to set up wireless is:

1. Forget the manual
2. Go to the brother-usa.com website, click on printers (HL)
3. Go to the FAQ section on the left hand side
4. Follow the directions for setting up wireless without the cable
There are directions for both VISTA and XP
5. After following the directions exactly, then get out the CD
6. Install using the printer driver ONLY (everything else is done)
7. Print

I could never figure out what I was doing wrong and under the FAQ directions you have to activate the network card (which is not in the manual). When I did it this way it took 10 minutes to install (including the CD part).

I am so happy I can now print from the living room and the printer is in the office. :)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Did not work on any of my three computers...very poor customer service
Comment:
What a disappointment. I was very excited about this printer. A brother laser printer for a hundred bucks? Wow, what a great deal, I thought. I ordered it for printing out labels and shipping invoices for my small business.

I first attempted to set up the printer wirelessly. I followed the directions exactly. No luck. Did not work.

No problem, I thought. I'll just use the USB cable until I have time to troubleshoot the wireless hook up. I set up the printer using the USB cable to my Gateway laptop. Worked great for about a day and then quit working.

No problem, I thought, I'll just hook it up to my Desktop. I again followed the directions exactly, only this time it did not work at all.

I then tried to contact Brother directly, only they were closed. I really would love for this printer to work, and I hate the Idea of returning it. I have been an Amazon customer for years and have ordered hundreds of items and never had a problem.

Alas, if the printer does not work it does not work. What a shame. Now I'm left with the hassle of repacking the printer and shipping it back, not to mention being stuck without a printer with orders to fill.

Overall a disappointment. I see most customers have been happy with theirs, and I truly envy them. Mine though...does not work.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Value
Comment: Bought this laser printer after growing tired of the endless inkjet replacement cartridge costs. Its a fantastic unit so far I really like it. One tip for wireless setup: download the wireless setup guide from Brother for this unit - its a separate PDF document and its incredibly simple step by step. I am using this printer with two PC laptops (one vista and one XP) and two Macs all wireless no problem. Trust me download the that guide - the directions that come with this printer skip some of the key steps for wireless setup.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: troublesome setup
Comment: I bought this printer because it was a good deal, and has both ethernet and wireless network capabilities. The wireless router in use is a Netgear wgr614 v7. It was a little tricky getting first getting the network itself set up. The software package that came with the printer just didn't work. But I fiddled with it for some time, and finally went the manual route and got the router, laptop and printer all wirelessly connected. That done, I then tried again to use the software package that came with the printer to install just the driver for the printer. This time it found everything nicely. So much for "automatic installations"... not errors with testpage attempt but still no print. Finally I uninstalled the whole software package and let Windows XP find the printer and then chose an older generic driver from the the list, Brother HL-P2000. Finally success. I certainly wouldn't call it user friendly to set up. Perhaps it would work a little better with a newer router and laptop IDK. It seems some other had better luck.

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