8.6 out of 10

Brother HL-4040CN

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Best Price: $255

  • User Score (3)
    9.3 *********
  • Expert Score (6)
    7.1 *******
  • Value for money (2)
    7.7 ********
  • Features (3)
    10 **********
  • Ease of use (1)
    9.8 **********
  • Performance (2)
    8.5 *********

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Manufacturer's Specs

  • Print Technology‡
    Color Laser Technology
  • Max. Black Print Speed
    21ppm Black
  • Max. Color Print Speed (ppm)
    21ppm Color
  • Print Resolution (maximum dpi)
    Up to 2400 x 600 dpi
  • Standard Paper Capacity (sheets)‡
    250-Sheet Input Capacity
  • Multi-purpose Tray Capacity‡
    50-Sheet Multi-purpose Tray
  • Standard Interface(s)‡
    10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, USB Direct Interface / PictBridge
  • Printer Driver Compatibility†
    Windows® & Mac OS® & Linux
  • Emulation(s)‡
    PCL6
  • Secure Printing
    Yes

Review Summary

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Color Laser Printer with Networking for your Desktop or Small Office Offering fast speeds and outstanding print quality, the HL-4040CN makes it easy to quickly produce high-impact color reports, br…

  1. 19 February 2008
    Overall 8
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    Value for money 6
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    Features 8
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    Ease of use 8
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    Performance 6
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    The HL-4040CN is Brother's first foray into the color laser printer market. It is designed for small offices and can also meet the needs of home office users. Read more

  2. Reviewer: PC World
    07 February 2008
    Overall 8
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    Features 9
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    Performance 8
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    Brother takes a major evolutionary step with the HL-4040CN: This is the first color laser designed by the company itself, rather than a rebranded model from another manufacturer. It's a decent first effort, offering good overall speed and print quality for a competitive price. The design sometimes falls short on ease of use, unfortunately. Read more

  1. Reviewer: molder101, PC World
    16 February 2008
    Overall 8
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    As a little background, I am not new to color laser printers. My first was a Tektronix 740N which set the bar really high. It was and is a great printer and I recommend it to anyone that is serious about quality prints. My current printer is a Xerox 6120 which for the money couldn't be beat (~$160 with full toner set). The HL-4040CN was purchased for my office to use, when our old HP inkjet printer took a turn for the worse. It was going to be too much money to buy pa... Read more

  2. Excellent printer

    Reviewer: A Customer, review.buy.com
    10 November 2007
    Overall 10
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    I bought this printer for our home network. This printer does give crisp prints with good black and color. It is noisy when powering up, after that it is relatively quiet. It has a power-saving sleep mode. I maxed it with memory (512 MB PC133 144-pin laptop memory from ebay for $29). Worked fine. Read more

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