Customer Reviews

Remanufactured Brother HL-2040 Monochrome Laser Printer (EHL-2040)

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This printer has done exceptionally well on all of the jobs I have had it do thus far. Printing is fast, I can leave it on all the time, and it was simple to network with my AirPort. This is also one of the few printers that actually comes with good Mac drivers for older systems and because of that, I was quite pleased. My only small gripe (which is more of a gripe to the entire printer industry) is the fact that they do not ship with a USB-A to USB-B adapter so you have to buy one or use your old zip drive's or camera's. All in all, for a black and white printer, it can't be beat in price or quality. Refurbished or not.

excellent unit, very easy to use, no buttons to press, very small footprint compared to my old dataproducts lzr 2080

Great printer. Refurb. in description, but not in appearance. Good print quality and excellent speed. Don't think there's a better printer near this price range.

I've been using the printer as a home printer meaning it was never used hard
and was very happy. It's a little over a year old now and time to replace, it starts
to print then all the lights in my office dim way down and it dies. The red paper
light flashes but I have plenty of paper, if I reset it sometimes it'll run but most
of the time it won't run until it cools down for an hour. Guess I'll look at other
brands because I don't trust this unit is made to last.

My Samsung ML 1210 laser printer finally died after 6-7 years of home use (what a great printer it was), so I needed a good replacement. My research steered me to this Brother HL-2040 because of the good reviews and the very reasonable cost of this refurbished unit. Though I was skeptical about a refurb., my concerns were somewhat abated by the other Amazon reviews. I have been using it (or really my kids have been using it) quite a bit over the week we have had it. No concerns at all. In fact, it has performed very well with all tasks to date. I think I might even buy another for my office! As indicated by other reviews, you'll need your own USB connecting wire - but you probably have an extra one anyway - I used the old Samsung ML-1210's. Don't feel the fear of this refurb. printer - go ahead and pull the trigger and buy one. [...]

THe unit came like new. Can't tell the difference from a new printer. It was timely and I am completely satisfied.

I had this printer all the way through Grad school. I printed thousands of documents and journal articles and it has only now given up the ghost (about 4 years later). I am looking to get another one because I have an unused toner cartridge that I can't return because it's a remanufactured one. Anyway, it's a workhorse.

I bought one of these 2 years ago for my home and it worked very well for me....still does but is now starting to do the gear clicking thing another reviewer described. I bought another one 4 months ago to use as an invoice printer b/c of the speed and economy. After about 600 invoices it began the red light paper jam thing and is now virtually unusable...and beyond the return window. Sticking with HP from now on...

As a consultant, I do a lot of printing. Even though the HL-2040 printer is suppose to have a drum life of 10,000 copies, my printer already has 15,000+ copies on it and it's still going strong! So good is this printer that I purchased another four; one for my son, my daughter, my brother and a spare for me. All five were purchased new. Always buy the toner from Amazon as the price can't be beat!

The printer works fine for the most part. Had no difficulty setting it up on my Windows XP desktop. The print quality is fine. The only difficulty I have with it is sometimes the paper does not feed successfully from the paper tray and I get a loud clicking noise. This noise is the gears slipping in the mechanism that lifts the paper up to be fed from the tray, this is an occasional problem that comes and goes so I have elected to live with it. My last printer was also a refurbished Brother 1440 and it worked great for 5 years till the kids threw it off the top of the filing cabinet. This one works, but I'm not greatly impressed with it.