Brother HL-2170w 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless & Wired Network Interfaces
Brother HL-2170W 23ppm Laser Printer with Wireless and Wired Network Interfaces
The HL-2170W is a network, monochrome laser printer that is ideal for home or home office printer sharing. It features network connectivity via Ethernet and wireless interfaces, a fast print speed of up to 23ppm, HQ resolution (up to 2400 x 600 dpi) for high-quality output, and quick processing with 32MB memory. The HL-2170W provides flexible paper handling via an enclosed 250-sheet capacity tray and a manual by-pass slot for printing envelopes and letterhead. It also offers a Toner Save mode to extend toner life and wide compatibility with support for Windows and Mac and PCL6 emulation.
Amazon.com Product Description:
Ideal for both home and office use, the affordable Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer features network connectivity via wireless/wired interfaces, and prints up to 23 pages per minute at a high-quality resolution, giving your work and personal documents a polished finish colleagues and friends are sure to envy.
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 With built-in wireless networking, everyone on your network can easily share the printer. |
 The manual by-pass slot lets you print envelopes and letterhead. |
This monochrome laser printer not only warms up in less than 10 seconds and prints up to 23 pages per minute to give you near-instant access to important reports, documents, and annual family letters when you need them, it also includes a manual bypass feeder for professional printing on envelopes and letterhead. The high-quality resolution (up to 2400 x 600 dpi) of this personal black-and-white laser printer reflects the time and care that you put into each document, while giving you the benefits of low cost per page laser output. The printer also includes 32 MB memory, and a 250-sheet capacity tray that can conveniently accommodate standard, legal, and custom-sized paper.
Built-In Wired and Wireless Networking
Perfect for family or home offices, the HL-2170W gives you the option to connect the printer via USB, Ethernet, or 802.11b/g wireless networking. Brother makes wireless setup a snap; for users with wireless access points that support SecureEasySetup, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, or AOSS, you can automatically configure your wireless settings by simply pressing a button on your router.
Ergonomic and Energy Efficient
The Brother HL-2140 17.9-by-18.7-by-14.2-inch efficient design features a toner save mode for extended toner life as well as sleep mode. Easy to set up and a breeze to use, this printer is compatible with both Mac and Windows operating systems, and includes an animated user-friendly tutorial to help answer common support and maintenance questions.
Environmentally Friendly Design
For added peace of mind, this machine is Energy Star compliant, which means it helps save the environment while saving you money. (Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy promoting energy efficiency).
This personal laser printer is backed by a one-year limited manufacturer's warranty.
What's in the Box
HL-2170W laser printer, starter toner cartridge and instruction kit.
Lowest New Price: USD 117.77
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 86.84
- Monochrome laser printer prints up to 23 ppm, perfect for home or office use
- High-quality 2400 x 600 dpi resolution
- Features network connectivity via wireless/wired interfaces
- 250-sheet capacity tray, Starter Toner Cartridge
- One-year limited manufacturer's warranty
Original Language: English
Disappointing!
I wanted a wireless laser printer to cut down the annoying wiring in my home office. Now this piece has glowing reviews yet my experience is horrible.
Problems:
1. noisy. one of the most noisy printer I ever used (and I used 20+).
2. installation is a pain. The installation cd does not work in my drive. Can't read it. Well I have a mac, so I tried the bonjour thing. Got the printer to work, but then I just can't configure the wireless bit. What's the point if in the end I still need to connect the printer to either the router or the laptop?
3. requires ridiculous amount of power. My lights blinks when this thing wakes up.
Pros: compact, and print fast.
Printing out return label now, on my old HP2015, which is perfect except for the lack of wireless.
How to Install the HL-2170W Wirelessly with the Apple Airport Extreme
After getting fed up with my slow DSL I decided to order cable internet and had to move my router closer to the tv for it to work. Prior to this I had a Samsung ML-2510 hooked up to an Apple Airport Extreme that worked as my wireless printer. Since I had to move the router into the living room I couldn't have a printer in the space and needed to go wireless.
I ordered the Brother HL-2170W from Amazon and it arrived the next day. The initial setup (plugging in, printing out a test page) was all very easy to do and straightforward. The printer prints out crisp, clean text and the printer is very quiet while printing. Trying to configure it with my wireless network is a whole new story though.
When I put the cd into my iMac the tray kept spitting it back out after a minute. I then downloaded all the software (drivers, wireless network utility) from the Brother support website and proceeded to try to configure the printer.
Instead of following the useless instruction manual, here's how to set it up on a Mac wirelessly:
1) Make sure that you have the printer turned on and printed a test page to verify that it works. Hold the big button down on the top left of the printer until a network settings page prints out and verifies that the printer's wireless 802.11 b/g is active.
2) Download and open the wireless network utility (I recommend installing the driver at the same time which is an option within the utility) from Brother's support website.
3) Run through the steps and select wireless install. It'll tell you to configure the network and all this crap. You don't need to since it already exists. See step #4.
4) Go to your wireless network icon at the top right of the screen and click on the wireless icon. This should show you your current wireless network as well as a NEW one called "Setup".
5) Join the "Setup" network and proceed through the step-by-step guide. This will take you to the screen where you add your network password etc.
6) Once you wrap that up you need to re-join your regular wireless network.
7) Make sure you install the Brother HL-2170W driver and restart your computer.
8) Go to System Preferences -> Printer & Fax -> Click on the '+' sign to add a printer.
9) The Brother HL-2170W should load up under your default printers to choose from. Select "Auto Select" if needed so that it can find the CUPS driver and make the printer work.
10) Click 'Add' and enjoy!
I haven't had the chance to use the printer over an extended period of time (just got it today) but hopefully this will save some of you the hour I spent trying to figure out why the instruction manual was making no sense.
Best value in compact laser printing.
The Brother HL-2170W is the best value laser printer on the market today. Bottom line: it prints fast, it prints well, it's relatively quiet, and it's a fairly compact, lightweight device that helps keep a work area looking neat.
My intial purchase stopped working after 3 days, and amazingly, Brother sent another printer, on the spot, which has worked great since. The customer service was exceptional.
The install is quick, and easy. We have our set up on a wireless network, and the installation was simple.
The print speed is exceptional for the price - it's great value, bar none.
The printer is all you need in a home office setting or even small office setting.
I highly recommend. You're just not going to find anything close, for the money.
Easy setup in Linux
There was no driver to download/install or any fuss getting this working perfectly in Ubuntu 8.10. After plugging in the USB cable, the printer was available and worked without any configuration (I didn't even have to run through an add printer wizard). Next I tried setting it up as a network printer. I plugged it into an open port on my router, and went to System > Administration > Printing in Gnome. I clicked the option to add a printer, let the system find it, and the setup was complete, test page printed fine.
It also seems solid and well constructed compared to similarly priced options. The toner cartridge was easy to insert. I don't know much about printers, but didn't even open the manual and was printing a few minutes after opening the box. If you want a cheap monochrome laser printer, this is a good buy.
Excellent printer, but installation was a nightmare
Once it was working, it's great. But trying to install it to a wireless network took literally hours. Then I had to reinstall it on a new computer which took hours more. Both times I called Brother and both times I had one incompetent technical support person, and then spoke to another who was able to fix the problem. But if you add in the time spent getting it to work, it "cost" a lot more than the given price.
