Brother HL-4040CN - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The Brother HL-4040CN is the first colour laser printer designed by Brother itself, rather than a rebranded model from another manufacturer.

Verdict: The inexpensive Brother HL-4040CN produces excellent text quality, is easy to set up and comes with helpful documentation, but it is incredibly heavy, has a confusing control panel and isn't expandable. A decent first colour laser printer from Brother.

Review summary: 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 ...

Pros: Low price ; excellent text quality, Excellent setup and documentation

Cons: Confusing control panel ; heavy weight, Not expandable

Verdict: For this color laser printer, a sometimes-awkward design offsets good pricing, speed, and print quality.

Pros: Fast color-printing speed ; excellent text quality ; PictBridge support ; easy setup, driver configuration

Cons: No duplex-printing option ; slight banding visible in some color photos ; slow monochrome-printing speed

Verdict: A good-quality color laser for home and light business use, and cheap to operate if you buy the high-capacity toner cartridges.

Review summary: brother hl-4040cn review: Despite its lagging black print speeds, the Brother HL-4040CN does a lot of things right and makes a compelling colour laser printer for small offices or workgroups.

Pros: Great print quality, USB port for cameras and flash drives, Network-ready, Reprint, direct-print, and secure print features are useful

Cons: Black print speeds are on the slow side, Input paper capacity is not expandable, No optional duplexer available

Verdict: Despite its lagging black print speeds, the Brother HL-4040CN does a lot of things right and makes a compelling colour laser printer for small offices or workgroups.

Pros: Great print quality, USB port for cameras and flash drives, Network-ready, Reprint, direct-print, and secure print features are useful

Cons: Black print speeds are on the slow side, Input paper capacity is not expandable, No optional duplexer available

Verdict: Despite its lagging black print speeds, the Brother HL-4040CN does a lot of things right and makes a compelling colour laser printer for small offices or workgroups.