Brother HL-2700CN Color Laser Printer

by Brother

Product Details

Product Manual [3.01mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 22.4 x 20.9 inches ; 69.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 82 pounds
• 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: B00019FO1U
• Item model number: HL2700CN
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 30, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

A network-ready color laser printer from Brother International, the HL-2700CN is a high-quality printer with fast print times and a number of other timesaving features. Print resolutions for both color and black-and-white run as high as 2,400 x 600 dpi, while print speed range up to 31 ppm for black-and-white and up to 8 ppm for color, delivering large print runs quickly and efficiently. A 300 MHz processor and 64 MB of standard memory (expandable to 576 MB) also help ensure that the printer runs smoothly when handling a large job. For direct PC connections, the HL-2700CN comes with parallel and USB ports, while the 10/100 Base-T Ethernet port allows you to connect the printer to an existing network.

The printer has a 250-sheet output capacity, and the 250-page input capacity can be expanded up to 780 sheets with the addition of a second paper tray. You can print on paper, transparencies, labels, and envelopes, with sizes including letter, executive, A4, A5, and B5, while an optional paper tray allows you to print legal-size documents. A wide range of printer emulations also helps to integrate the unit seamlessly into your network environment. Compatible with PC, Mac, and Linux operating platforms, the HL-2700CN comes backed by a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Printer, standard paper tray (pre-installed), quick setup guide, CD-ROM, toner cartridges (pre-installed black, cyan, magenta, yellow), waste toner pack, AC power cord, OPC belt cartridge; printer cable not included

Product Description

Prints up to 31ppm mono, 8 ppm color. Includes Ethernet, Parallel and USB interfaces. One-year limited on-site warranty. PCL6 and BR-Script3 (PostScript3) emulations. 2400x600dpi resolution. 64MB memory, expandable. High-yield replacement toner cartridges. 250-sheet paper capacity. One-touch Job Cancel button. PC and Mac compatible.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loud but effective, November 14, 2004

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Robert (PETOSKEY, MI, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brother HL-2700CN Color Laser Printer (Office Product)

This is another good product from Brother. We use a number of different types of printers in our business and this is the best of bunch.
We have an all Mac office, and set-up was a breeze. We've networked it, and it also works well using the Mac's built in printer sharing over a wireless network.
Color is great, with the right resolutions you get good photographic reproduction. We use it very effectively with brochures.
One of the downsides is that accessories are expensive. Another is that in operation it is a little noisy. While in operation it makes a number of clunks and bumps, something to do with the switching between the various cartridges I think.
All and all though a very good machine. And by the way shop around a little for toner. It can be had for a lot less then the list price.

87 of 91 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Can't get waste toner packs, March 7, 2005

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Reader (Fairfax, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brother HL-2700CN Color Laser Printer (Office Product)

While I am very happy with the printer, Brother currently has a very serious supply problem. The printer takes something called a waste toner pack, or WT4CL. This is a little plastic thing that probably costs a dime to produce. The manual says that it lasts about 12,000 pages. After 3,900 pages, the printer's red light came on and it would not function.

It seems that you can't get these waste toner packs anywhere in the U.S. Amazon doesn't have them, Staples doesn't have them, buy.com doesn't have them, etc. I did find them at amatteroffax.com, and paid for 2-day shipping, paid a premium over list price, and it took more than a week to receive. I also ordered 2 directly from Brother (after talking to them on the phone and wading through their phone trees...).

I just received a snail-mail letter from Brother saying "We are temporarily out of stock. Please allow 4 - 6 weeks for delivery."
Well, that is just great when your printer will not work without it. I have heard that you can empty it yourself if you are careful not to breathe the toner, but that will violate your warranty.

So -- I love the printer, it prints quickly and the color looks great, but this supply glitch is ridiculous. How can I recommend a printer without supplies?

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love My Printer!!!, June 13, 2005

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This review is from: Brother HL-2700CN Color Laser Printer (Office Product)

I did some research and felt that the Brother offered better value than the HP color laserjets. The toner seems quite expensive, but it comes with toner about half-full.

The printer is very heavy, but once I got it out of the box, the step-by-step directions to remove the protective packaging were exquisitely easy to understand. (I am gratified that a company took the effort to really make directions logical and easily understood!)

Installing the software was SIMPLE and I was up and running on my home wireless network very quickly.

It spits out full-color as fast as a copy machine spits out paper. The quality is great for powerpoint slides, but not terrific for photographs.

No more telling my kids they can't print their computer art because the inkjet takes 10 minutes -- we print a lot now! It does take one or two minutes to warm up from sleep mode.

I have read reviews complaining that it is noisy when it comes out of sleep mode -- this is true, although since I have a basement home office it's not an issue for me.