Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Use A Wireless Printer At Home Or At Work - The Brother HL 2170W Printer

By Ben Pate

The Brother HL 2170W printer, working with the Brother HL 2170W Toner, was designed for both small business and home usage and can easily be connected to a network. You have the option of using the wireless connection. The printer has PCL6 emulation and has 32MB of memory allowing it to complete print jobs very quickly. If you choose not to use the wireless connection you can still connect to your computer or network using a USB or wired connection. The paper tray can hold up to 250 sheets of paper and also contains a manual bypass tray. The maximum print speed on the HL 2170W is 23 pages per minute.

The resolution is 24000 x 600 dpi resulting is crisp text and graphics. There are also security options for your Wi-Fi set up, AOSS and SecureEasySetup, great to protect the information you are printing out.

The interfaces it uses are as follows, USB one push wireless configurations, 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, standard interface or wireless 802.11b/g, AOSS, and Wi-Fi protected set up. It takes less then 3 minutes to set up the printer as long as you follow the directions.

The HL 2170W printer uses black and white laser technology to produce superior printing. The printouts will be much better then anything that can be produced from an inkjet printer. Many customers complain that the toner is more expensive but in the long run the toner actually last longer and that even outs the extra cost.

An approximate cost per page on a laser printer is 3 cents per page and an ink jet is about 11 cents per page. Laser printers have also advanced so that it is possible to get a compact laser printer that is perfect for the home. A great choice would be the Brothers HL 2170W.

As with most of the Brothers products this printer is compliant with Energy Star making it very environmentally friendly. It comes with a one-year manufacturers warranty. It has a toner saver mode so you can get the most from each toner cartridge; the 2170W takes a Brother HL 2170W Toner cartridge. It also has a sleep mode to save energy when it is not printing. In sleep mode it uses 8 watts, in standby it uses 80 watts and when printing it uses 460 watts. This printer is compatible with Windows and Mac operating systems and comes with tutorials for usage and set up.

This Brother printer has a maximum printing speed of 23 pages per minute and only takes about 10 seconds to warm up in the morning. It can print on a variety of media including transparencies, envelopes, labels, and bond. Additionally it is able to print on customized paper sizes. The printer has 49 scalable fonts, 12 bitmap fonts and 11 bar codes. - 22787

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