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| Brother HL-2170w 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless & Wired Network Interfaces | 
 enlarge | Brand: Brother
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $99.99
You Save: $200.00 (67%)
New (48) Used (1) from $99.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  143 reviews
Color: GRAY
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
System Memory: 32
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 21
Dimensions (in): 17.9 x 18.7 x 14.2
nv:Print Method: Laser
First Page Output Time: Less than 10 Seconds
Resolution: Up to 600 x 2400 dpi
Maximum Duty Cycle: 10,000 Pages Per Month
Print Speed: Up to 23 PPM
Special Features: Network-Ready (Standard)
Dimensions: 14.5"W x 14.2"D x 6.7"H
Connectivity: USB
Connectivity: 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet
Connectivity: 802.11b/g Wireless
Standard Paper Input: 250 Sheets
Standard Paper Output: 100 Sheets
Paper Sizes Supported: Custom
Paper Sizes Supported: Letter
Paper Sizes Supported: Legal
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: HL-2170w
Model: HL-2170w
UPC: 012502619468
EAN: 0012502619468
ASIN: B0010Z3LGO
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 No complaints so far October 30, 2008
It's a good deal for the money. I'm just using it as a network printer, so I don't have the problems with wireless. But I've only had it for a few weeks, so time will tell with reliability.
Great Buy October 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an awesome little printer. I never leave comments on products, but I felt I must because this was such a good buy.
I have installed two of these. One for a friend in Ad-Hock mode (wireless enable computer and printer only, no router. This is point-to-point and only the two items can be on the "network"). She wanders around her office printing from wherever she is.
The other was in my home to our wireless network (router, multiple computers) to be shared amongst all computers. The set-up was a breeze in each case. Even if you are familiar with wireless networks, you should read the manual as there are little bits of info that are useful.
Both printers have been in use for months with no problems and on the included toner cartridge. Both printers are set-up in "draft" quality (toner savings) but the prints are still remarkable.
Flawless !! October 29, 2008
This printer works great. Great quality, great speed. I have no complaints after using it for two months for non-graphics printing. I tested it for graphics and they were quite reasonable quality too. It does manual duplex printing which could take a few tries to get used to. But overall for this price ($90), its a great printer.
Initially, I wasnt sure whether hooking this up to my wireless router would require a 'wireless' printer. As it turns out, this printer has 'wireless' functionality that I will never use because once it is wired to the router, I can print from any computer in my home. I am impressed !
GREAT PRINTER - EASY SETUP October 28, 2008
I recently purchased this printer and could not complete the setup by following the instructions on my wireless network. Upon calling the customer service (10 mins wait time) I did get it resolved as they walked me through step by step. I have 2 laptops printing wirelessly to this printer and no more swapping cables. Very satisfied
 Wireless Setting PITA, Then Printer Can't Print! October 27, 2008
After reading everyone's review about how easy the wireless set up was, I decided to jump on this. The people who had an easy time setting this up, I don't know how they did it. I'm a very computer savvy type of person, who built several custom computers, etc... Even for me, I'm having a hard time handling it. There are suppose to be two ways to set up wireless. The first way is to temporarily use a cat-5 (ethernet) cable, and the other way is to temporarily change your wireless setting to Ad-Hoc, Channel 11, SSID: SETUP. I tried both methods, and it couldn't find the printer at all. I spent over four hours messing with the printer until I did what I normally don't do: email customer support. They never emailed me back... I had to sign up to email them too. They just make it harder for you so they could save their resources. After that, I decided to read up on advance methods to connect to the printer wirelessly. I spent another two hours dealing with it. I reseted the factory memory, and also reseted the internal network card. After that, what do you know... my router was able to locate the printer! Ok great, so now I can talk to the printer through my router. So then I thought, all I needed to do was install driver. The driver is a PITA. I installed it different ways like a million times. I even went to the website to get the latest version. That didn't work, so I had to "add printer" seperately. You go to control panel, printer faxes, add printer, create a new port, use TCP ip connection, enter in the printer's IP. Then I had to download a .DLL certificate... There are two versions: a general, and one for the printer. I tried both. Neither of them worked. I've wasted so much time on this printer its crazy. You might be lucky and have the right hardware/software to do an easy set up. Not me.
It's a good printer, esp if you just set up using a USB cable. I just can't get it to connect wirelessly (the reason why I bought it).
Also, it chews up a lot of power on start up. I have a 800watt power supply on my pc, and when the printer is warming up, it shuts off. I definately need my wireless to work so I can move it to a different power source.
My problem right now is that I just need the driver to work. My router see's the printer just fine. I am able to change settings by typing in the printer's ip address in my browser. I just can't print any papers!!!
Also, the BRadmin program that it installs on your computer is annoying. You can dissable it, but it likes to send data back to Brother. I have zone alarm so I know when it wants to access the internet.
I still like this printer though, its just a PITA.
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