Amazon has Refurbished-Excellent: Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer for $149.99. Shipping is free.
Brother has Refurbished: Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer for $149.99. Shipping is free.
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Features:
Combines laser printer, scanner, copier in one compact footprint and delivers high-quality black & white prints
Print speeds up to 36 ppm and scan speeds up to 23.6/7.9 ipm (black/color).
50-page auto document feeder
Secure multi-device connectivity via built-in dual-band wireless (2.4GHz / 5GHz) and Ethernet. Or connect locally to a single computer via USB interface
Print, scan, and manage your wireless printer anytime, from almost anywhere from your mobile device.
This Excellent condition Amazon Renewed pre-owned product has been inspected, tested, and refurbished as necessary to be fully functional and meets following quality standards:
Screen: When present, no scratches.
Body: No signs of cosmetic damage (scratches, dents, and other) are visible when the product is held 12 inches away.
Battery: When included, batteries have a capacity that exceeds 80% of the original battery life.
Accessories: Generic or original equipment manufacturer accessories and packaging provided.
Guarantee: 90-day Amazon Renewed Guarantee (or within 365 days of receipt of a Renewed Automotive product).
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Amazon has Refurbished-Excellent: Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer for $149.99. Shipping is free.
Brother has Refurbished: Brother DCP-L2640DW Wireless Compact Monochrome Multi-Function Laser Printer for $149.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for posting this deal.
Features:
Combines laser printer, scanner, copier in one compact footprint and delivers high-quality black & white prints
Print speeds up to 36 ppm and scan speeds up to 23.6/7.9 ipm (black/color).
50-page auto document feeder
Secure multi-device connectivity via built-in dual-band wireless (2.4GHz / 5GHz) and Ethernet. Or connect locally to a single computer via USB interface
Print, scan, and manage your wireless printer anytime, from almost anywhere from your mobile device.
This Excellent condition Amazon Renewed pre-owned product has been inspected, tested, and refurbished as necessary to be fully functional and meets following quality standards:
Screen: When present, no scratches.
Body: No signs of cosmetic damage (scratches, dents, and other) are visible when the product is held 12 inches away.
Battery: When included, batteries have a capacity that exceeds 80% of the original battery life.
Accessories: Generic or original equipment manufacturer accessories and packaging provided.
Guarantee: 90-day Amazon Renewed Guarantee (or within 365 days of receipt of a Renewed Automotive product).
Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
Yes. Generic toner units come with or without a chip. The ones without a chip require you to move the chip from the old toner cartridge to the new one. Not hard to do, but can be messy if the toner leaks out.
Also, there is a separate "drum" unit that has to be replaced. Not as often as the toner units, but it's a separate unit into which the toner units fit.
Generic toner units (TN830XL high yield / 3000 pages) with a chip are $35-45 for two -- so it's less than a penny per page to print.
The drum units, DR830, are $20-35 and last for about 15,000 pages -- sometimes longer, and the printer will alert you when it needs to be replaced.
Some prefer to buy bundled toner and drum units and replace them both at once. More expensive and wasteful, but less chance of printing issues.
These are workhorses and last a long time.
They have WiFi, Ethernet, and USB ports (USB is most reliable IMO and uses no power in deep sleep mode. Both Ethernet and especially WiFi use power in sleep or deep sleep mode).
The Brother scanner software is crap and buggy. Just use a different and better scanner software.
NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2) is a free, open-source document scanning software for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It allows users to quickly scan documents and save them as PDFs, images (JPEG, PNG), or TIFFs. It features built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to create searchable PDFs.
"After the free trial period your credit card will be charged on a monthly basis for the Plan Fee, Overages, and Taxes in accordance with the Terms of Service. Overage fees will apply during free trial. Your service will continue on a month-to-month basis until you cancel it. May be canceled at any time. Upon cancellation, cartridge will be deactivated and must be replaced at users' expense in order to continue printing."
Thanks for this. I checked out the security concerns and they are real. Follow-up question: Have a 13 yo brother printer I was trying to salvage. The firmware was way out of date and the only way I could possibly update was with the Brother app, iScan or something?). Never got it updated. Regarding your security concern, would you use NOT use wifi to connect to OP's printer and, or use the brother app? Thx!
If your printer has been working fine all this time there's no reason to update the firmware. It won't make your printer perform any better. You can use the Brother app, just watch out for notifications that constantly nag you to update the firmware. That's why I suggested disabling internet access in your router settings so you don't accidentally hit yes on the firmware update one of these days. I think there's a way to disable those notifications in the app or you could use an alternative app like someone suggested and not have to worry. Although you might need the iScan app to change the scan resolution settings, I'm not sure.
You can certainly use wifi. It's a nice, convenient feature. But there's an issue with a lot of Brother printers. Many of them have a Deep Sleep mode that's enabled by default to save energy but it also weakens your wifi signal to where many times it won't wake up during a print job. You have to physically turn the printer on to wake it up which kinda defeats the purpose of wifi. Loads of complaints about this.
BUT there's a secret menu to disable Deep Sleep mode.
On this particular printer:
1. Press the Menu button on the printer's control panel.
2. Navigate to General Setup and press OK.
3. Scroll to Ecology and press OK.
4. Scroll to Sleep Time and press OK.
5. While the Sleep Time minutes are displayed, press and hold the Stop/Exit button and the Down Arrow button at the same time for about 2 seconds.
6. The "Deep Sleep" menu will appear on the screen. Press OK.
7. Press the Down Arrow to change the setting from On to Off, and press OK to save.
On other models you might have a Back button instead of Stop/Exit and a Cancel button instead of Down Arrow and Ecology might say Eco Mode but the steps are the same.
If your printer has been working fine all this time there's no reason to update the firmware. It won't make your printer perform any better. You can use the Brother app, just watch out for notifications that constantly nag you to update the firmware. That's why I suggested disabling internet access in your router settings so you don't accidentally hit yes on the firmware update one of these days. I think there's a way to disable those notifications in the app or you could use an alternative app like someone suggested and not have to worry. Although you might need the iScan app to change the scan resolution settings, I'm not sure.
You can certainly use wifi. It's a nice, convenient feature. But there's an issue with a lot of Brother printers. Many of them have a Deep Sleep mode that's enabled by default to save energy but it also weakens your wifi signal to where many times it won't wake up during a print job. You have to physically turn the printer on to wake it up which kinda defeats the purpose of wifi. Loads of complaints about this.
BUT there's a secret menu to disable Deep Sleep mode.
On this particular printer:
1. Press the Menu button on the printer's control panel.
2. Navigate to General Setup and press OK.
3. Scroll to Ecology and press OK.
4. Scroll to Sleep Time and press OK.
5. While the Sleep Time minutes are displayed, press and hold the Stop/Exit button and the Down Arrow button at the same time for about 2 seconds.
6. The "Deep Sleep" menu will appear on the screen. Press OK.
7. Press the Down Arrow to change the setting from On to Off, and press OK to save.
On other models you might have a Back button instead of Stop/Exit and a Cancel button instead of Down Arrow and Ecology might say Eco Mode but the steps are the same.
Thanks! My old MFC-L2700DW was working fine for my limited home needs until it started intermitantly, even thought the last firmware update was 4/2016. Research pointed to the old firmware being the cause. I tried to update it using all the steps I could find & finally said enough. Will dispose & get the like new OP model. Hate to do it, cuz I know this thing has lots of life left if I could get this intermittent crap figured out, but...will you know the scenario.
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Anyways, thanks for your help & I will use your info on my new printer.
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Also, there is a separate "drum" unit that has to be replaced. Not as often as the toner units, but it's a separate unit into which the toner units fit.
Generic toner units (TN830XL high yield / 3000 pages) with a chip are $35-45 for two -- so it's less than a penny per page to print.
The drum units, DR830, are $20-35 and last for about 15,000 pages -- sometimes longer, and the printer will alert you when it needs to be replaced.
Some prefer to buy bundled toner and drum units and replace them both at once. More expensive and wasteful, but less chance of printing issues.
These are workhorses and last a long time.
They have WiFi, Ethernet, and USB ports (USB is most reliable IMO and uses no power in deep sleep mode. Both Ethernet and especially WiFi use power in sleep or deep sleep mode).
The Brother scanner software is crap and buggy. Just use a different and better scanner software.
NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2) is a free, open-source document scanning software for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It allows users to quickly scan documents and save them as PDFs, images (JPEG, PNG), or TIFFs. It features built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) to create searchable PDFs.
Note: no fax on this model if that matters.
"After the free trial period your credit card will be charged on a monthly basis for the Plan Fee, Overages, and Taxes in accordance with the Terms of Service. Overage fees will apply during free trial. Your service will continue on a month-to-month basis until you cancel it. May be canceled at any time. Upon cancellation, cartridge will be deactivated and must be replaced at users' expense in order to continue printing."
Brother, no.
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You can certainly use wifi. It's a nice, convenient feature. But there's an issue with a lot of Brother printers. Many of them have a Deep Sleep mode that's enabled by default to save energy but it also weakens your wifi signal to where many times it won't wake up during a print job. You have to physically turn the printer on to wake it up which kinda defeats the purpose of wifi. Loads of complaints about this.
BUT there's a secret menu to disable Deep Sleep mode.
On this particular printer:
1. Press the Menu button on the printer's control panel.
2. Navigate to General Setup and press OK.
3. Scroll to Ecology and press OK.
4. Scroll to Sleep Time and press OK.
5. While the Sleep Time minutes are displayed, press and hold the Stop/Exit button and the Down Arrow button at the same time for about 2 seconds.
6. The "Deep Sleep" menu will appear on the screen. Press OK.
7. Press the Down Arrow to change the setting from On to Off, and press OK to save.
On other models you might have a Back button instead of Stop/Exit and a Cancel button instead of Down Arrow and Ecology might say Eco Mode but the steps are the same.
You can certainly use wifi. It's a nice, convenient feature. But there's an issue with a lot of Brother printers. Many of them have a Deep Sleep mode that's enabled by default to save energy but it also weakens your wifi signal to where many times it won't wake up during a print job. You have to physically turn the printer on to wake it up which kinda defeats the purpose of wifi. Loads of complaints about this.
BUT there's a secret menu to disable Deep Sleep mode.
On this particular printer:
1. Press the Menu button on the printer's control panel.
2. Navigate to General Setup and press OK.
3. Scroll to Ecology and press OK.
4. Scroll to Sleep Time and press OK.
5. While the Sleep Time minutes are displayed, press and hold the Stop/Exit button and the Down Arrow button at the same time for about 2 seconds.
6. The "Deep Sleep" menu will appear on the screen. Press OK.
7. Press the Down Arrow to change the setting from On to Off, and press OK to save.
On other models you might have a Back button instead of Stop/Exit and a Cancel button instead of Down Arrow and Ecology might say Eco Mode but the steps are the same.
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Anyways, thanks for your help & I will use your info on my new printer.
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