Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer

by Brother

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 18.7 x 14.2 inches ; 0.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0010Z1W06
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: HL-2140
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (319 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #35 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Printers > Laser Printers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 7, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Ideal for both home and office use, the affordable Brother HL-2140 personal laser printer features a space-saving ergonomic design that won't take up valuable workspace and prints up to 23 pages per minute at a high-quality resolution. This efficient high performance printer will give your work and personal documents a polished finish colleagues and friends are sure to envy.

The Brother HL-2140 Personal Laser Printer offers: Fast, 23 pages-per-minute performance. High-quality (2400 x 600 resolution) prints. Space-saving design.

The HL-2140 is simple to operate with clearly labeled buttons.

The paper tray has a capacity of 250 sheets.

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 black-and-white laser printer will give you professional results with each job while saving you printing costs. The printer also includes 8 MB of memory, and a 250-sheet capacity tray that can conveniently accommodate both standard and legal paper.

Ergonomic and Energy Efficient
The Brother HL-2140 14.5-by-14.2-by-6.7-inch design is compact enough to free up valuable work space on your desk or shelf. The unit's efficient design also features a toner save mode for extended toner life as well as a 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.

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-2140 laser printer, starter toner cartridge, DR360 drum unit and instruction kit.

Product Description

The HL-2140 is an affordable, monochrome laser printer. Perfect for home or home office use, it features fast printing at up to 23ppm, HQ resolution (up to 2400 x 600 dpi) for high-quality output, and a Toner Save mode to extend toner life. In addition, the printer¿s space-saving design will maximize your desk or shelf space. The HL-2140 provides flexible paper handling via an enclosed 250-sheet capacity tray and a manual by-pass slot for printing envelopes and letterhead. It also offers 8MB of memory standard along with compatibility for both Windows and Mac, and a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

234 of 238 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very fast, easy to set up with Mac OS X, and cheap., January 11, 2008

By 

Peter Beddow "Cool Hand Pete" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer (Office Product)

I had considered purchasing a laser printer in the past, but my little inkjet seemed more cost-efficient. Now that I'm into my dissertation and need to print 20+-page articles every few days - sometimes 9 or 10 at a time - the inkjet is no longer useful for my purposes. I saw this printer for very cheap at Staples and decided to go for it.

I am unsure about real-life cost-effectiveness, since I've only had the printer for a few days. I am still using the starter toner that came with the printer. It has lasted through about 250 pages of full text so far. I ordered the high-yield (2,500-page) toner from Staples for $61 including tax. Drum replacement looks to be about $100 every 12,000 pages (every 4 toner cartridges). That says it will cost about $350 every 12,000 pages or so, if the printer lasts that long.

This printer is small and light, and very simple. When it runs out of paper, it gives the red error message. You add paper, press the single button, and it works again. Startup-to-print time is very quick - less than 10 seconds after flipping the power switch. I was stunned at how fast pages came out of this little thing (quicker even than the HP 2300 I have in my office). And yes, the lights in my apartment dim when it prints.

I use this with a Macbook Pro over Airport Extreme (it worked! first try!)

I am confident in my purchase. (But not so confident that I waived the $15 warranty option when I purchased from Staples for $69 after rebates!)

2 caveats: this printer does not come with a USB cable (but my $3 USB 2.0 cable worked just fine.) As I said, it only comes with a starter toner, which is supposed to last only 250 pages (mine has lasted exactly that, and no fading yet).

186 of 197 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Printer works fine, but a total scam with toner., November 12, 2009

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Snail - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer (Office Product)

This printer works pretty well, the only problem I've had has been a few paper jams. If the rating was based on the printer only, I'd give it 4 stars.

But unfortunately the printer will stop working when the toner is supposedly low. Of course, Brother had to make the printer stop working because otherwise you'd see that there was still toner. My printer stopped working after about a week with the "toner is out" message, which was ridiculous. Fortunately there is an easy way out of this scam, simply put some opaque tape on the transparent window area by the gear on the toner. My printer has printed hundreds of pages since the printer stopped working due to low toner....

140 of 150 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good value, April 22, 2008

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steve_oakland (Davis, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother HL-2140 Laser Printer (Office Product)

The HL-2140 printer is a good value. It is fast and fairly quiet while producing high quality prints. I have an HP LaserJet 1022 as well, and this printer seems to make prints of comparable quality. The HL-2140 is fairly space efficient, so it fits on a medium-sized desk without taking up too much space.

On the downside, I have had some problems printing some PDF files. The HL-2140 will occasionally print only the first page and the print queue will stop. It is either a problem with the printer driver or Mac OS X 10.5, as I can resolve the issue by restarting my computer. It's disappointing, but I'm confident I'll get the issue resolved either by another driver or Mac OS update. And for the little that I paid for this printer, it isn't a big issue for now.

Also on the downside, the HL-2140 doesn't have a very robust manual input tray. It cannot hold a stack of paper -- you literally need feed one sheet in at a time as it prints. I have tried to print on 4x6 notecards, and the HL-2140 simply gave an error message. I haven't yet tried printing on envelopes, but I'm somewhat suspicious it will work well. I've had little trouble printing on different sized media with HP printers in the past -- if this Brother printer can do it, it isn't quite as obvious or intuitive.

Overall, this is good for occasional use on standard 8.5" x 11" paper. If you need to print on various media or use the manual input tray often, this isn't the right printer for you.


******UPDATE 11/21/08*******

The issue of printing PDF files using Mac OS X 10.5 has resolved itself. I have no idea how the problem was fixed as there have been multiple updates of printer drivers, Mac OS X, and Adobe Reader that have occurred in the meantime.

I'd like add a point about the manual input tray in response to a post here. In contrast to the HL-2140, my HP LaserJet 1022 is capable of handling several pieces of paper at once in the manual input tray. That is, if I'm printing on a different paper stock than what is in the standard input tray, I can load several sheets and have them securely sit in the manual input tray (though not more than 6-7). The HP printer will print on one sheet from this tray at a time until the tray is empty. This Brother HL-2140 is incapable of doing that -- you do have to manually feed one sheet in at a time and stand by the printer to do it.