Remanufactured Brother EHL-1440 Laser Printer (HL-1440)

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Product Details

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• Item Weight: 26 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 26 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: B00008SCF9
• Item model number: EHL1440
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 8, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

If you're looking for laser quality without the traditional laser price, the factory-refurbished Brother EHL-1440 may be the ideal choice. This high-quality black-and-white printer handles jobs at an impressively speedy 15 pages per minute while maintaining a 1,200 x 600 dpi resolution--all for a reasonable price.

Setup with the EHL-1440 is simple and straightforward, with connections for both parallel port and USB. It comes with a standard 250-sheet paper tray and supports manual duplexing. A manual paper feed is handy for inserting unusually thick papers. The drivers utilize economical power and toner-saving modes, and the unique Shockwave-based Print Management System! (software) combines straightforward operation with an exciting interface.

Weighing about 17 pounds, this desktop printer has a footprint of 17 by 15 inches and supports TN-430, TN-460, and DR-400 toner cartridges. The standard 2 MB of memory is easily upgraded to 34 MB. Optional networking is supported, and a second paper tray is easy to install.

Product Description

15ppm black, 2MB RAM, 1200x600

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good enough, but not perfect, December 6, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Remanufactured Brother EHL-1440 Laser Printer (HL-1440) (Office Product)

I bought this laser printer for light home use. I don't need color much and don't want to pay the high ink costs of inkjet printers. The HL-1440 does print VERY CLEARLY and quickly without much noise. This printer is best for text not graphics, as are most laser printers. Installation was very simple.

The printer is very good but has some small problems. 1) The driver is basic and a little glitchy. It sometimes resizes the margins established in MS Word and other documents. I sometimes need to adjust the margins in the driver itself. Can't get the "fit to page" setting to work. But I am always able to print documents correctly after adjustments. 2) Tech support is minimal. Web support is weak. Phone support is difficult to reach. 3) The paper tray is exposed in the rear. This design allows dust to settle on the blank pages. 4) Takes a lot of power when warming-up. Would be best to run it on a different electrical circuit than your PC. 5) Refurbished drum and toner have only 90% life of new. I purchased the refurbished model. Unfortunately the included drum and toner were refurbished also. 6) Needs more memory. The included 2Mb is not enough for maximum resolution. Fortunately additional memory is cheap to buy. I found 32MB on the web for $11 delivered.

Overall, I am happy with the printer. Just disappointed with the small issues because the printer could have been perfect.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good entry level laser printer., November 17, 2004

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Marv Barski (K.C., MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remanufactured Brother EHL-1440 Laser Printer (HL-1440) (Office Product)

Although sold as a refurb., my unit seemed brand new. I maxed out the memory with a 32 MB module, so graphics as well as text print fine. Works fine with my Macs running OS X at home. Fast and excellent quality output. Prints envelopes easily with hand fed front slot. Some express concerns about separate toner and drum replacement and associated costs, but drum life appears to be fairly long. I am quite satisfied with this unit at two months of home use with a few hundred sheets printed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic laser printer., August 2, 2004

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D. Marsh (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remanufactured Brother EHL-1440 Laser Printer (HL-1440) (Office Product)

Purchased this printer refurbished....a bit hesitant, but everything works fine and there's a full one year warranty.

Printer is a bit deeper than normal due to the paper tray sticking out the back, so it makes a bit larger footprint than some other models.

The first page takes a few moments to get started, but once going the print speed is fine for this level of printer.

Product registration / information / set-up all are easy and seem to be great.

Memory is the only issue...the standard 2MB is fine for text, but if you're going to be printing a lot of black & white pictures or graphics, you would definately need to upgrade the memory. Not really an issue for me, though. It will still print the graphics, just at a lower resolution.

Otherwise, very happy w/ this purchase.