I made the leap from inkjet to laser with this purchase. This is my first laser printer and I can't for the life of me figure out why I didn't switch sooner. I asked my friends on social media what a good inexpensive printer would be for someone like me who doesn't print much. That's when a friend said if I don't print much I should get a laser printer instead because it's powder instead of liquid ink. I somehow made it halfway through life without ever knowing that! Then I read about how much longer the ink lasts vs inkjet cartridges AND how much more environmentally friendly they are, and I was sold. I was happy to find this Brother for a very reasonable price. My last two printers were Brother and I was always very happy with them, so I was partial to this brand already. I decided to save some much-needed cash and get this monochrome model because I realized that 98% of what I print is black & white text documents anyway. And it's that much less to buy for refills. It's actually a pretty small size for a laser printer compared to some models. The footprint is actually slightly smaller than my inkjet printer and only slightly taller. I like the clean, square shape. The unboxing and physical setup went very smoothly, just pop in the included starter ink and it's ready to go. BUT, I did run into trouble with the wifi setup: It wouldn't detect/connect to my wifi no matter what I tried. I tried several things and was just getting frustrated when I remembered seeing that someone posted their own instructions in a review that I read. So I went back and found the review and Voila! It was connected and ready in 5 minutes. So I STRONGLY recommend ignoring the installation instructions and ignoring the CD and look for a review here by "Jennifer" who posted a photo of typed step-by-step instructions that pull up the menu and let you prompt the unit to scan for your wifi router, then enter your password and boom: done. I did see one reviewer complain that they had to enter their password the old-school way by cycling through the letters of the alphabet. That is true, but who cares? Not me! Not for this price. Sure, you can get a better menu with more buttons if you spend more, but I am more than happy with this simple model. The print quality is excellent! SO much better than inkjet, I had no idea what I was missing. It just zips out a printout in like one second, it's amazing. No loud racket of it printing, it's nice and quiet, the thing is a dream by my standards at least. I will say it's a little slower to RECEIVE the printing command (from my PC to the point to when it lights up to print) but to be honest, I think that's my wifi and the position of the printer. My old printer was connected to my PC by a cable, and this new one is wireless and I also have it in a different room from the wifi router unlike the old printer, so I don't even think it's an issue with this model, just the result of it being wireless and in a different room from the router. I'm so happy with this printer, especially at this price point. I don't miss color at all. It's so quiet and prints such nice fine lines. I wish I realized the difference between inkjet and laser sooner because I should have done this long ago.

Fabulous. I will never buy another brand home printer as long as I live. Most home printers are a ripoff geared at making home printing a subscription service. (I'm looking at you ... I shouldn't say the name ... rhymes with Snewlet-Nackered ...) And then, amid a sea of duds from companies that hate their customers, a prince appears ... Brother. I purchased this Brother printer to replace a three-in-one Brother laser device was more than fourteen years old and still running on the toner I bought it with--I guess I'll give it away, because it's still great. Not kidding. Eventually, it got to the point I'd have to do some driver jujitsu on my Mac to keep it going, though Windows computers worked just great. Besides, I wanted wireless, which wasn't even a market option when I got the old guy. Anyhow, this printer is everything one would expect from Brother: reasonably priced, reasonably sized, incredibly reliable, and so inexpensive to operate that paper will be your biggest cost. It requires nothing. No maintenance. Never jams. Never goes offline. The installation software wasn't a model of user-friendliness, but it worked just fine. And once this thing is up, it's up. You'll never have to think about it, but it'll be a permanent feature of your home that you can print instantaneously, wirelessly, from anywhere, from any device, and a perfect black-and-white print will be there waiting.

REVIEW: Brother HL-L2405W Wireless Compact Monochrome Laser Printer. The Brother HL-L2405W replaced model HL-L2305W. Although the HL-L2405W is the new and improved version, Brother did NOT improve the WI-FI set-up connectivity. Reviewers have identified the set-up as their biggest problem / complaint / frustration. If you don’t have patience and some problem solving skills, this could be a BIG problem in setting this laser printer up. The Brother HL-L2405W has almost no printed instructions on how to set-up the WI-FI connection. Instead, Brother refers their customer to their website for a USER MANUAL. I found the USER MANUAL to be poorly written and difficult to follow. Since the WI-FI set-up connection is one of the most important feature of this wireless laser printer, I found it mind-boggling that Brother couldn’t hire a competent technical writer to write an understandable USER MANUAL for customers who aren’t computer geeks. Since the Brother USER MANUAL was gibberish to me, I had to watch several YOUTUBE videos on how to set-up the older model HL-L2305W. I have several devices that are WI-FI connected, but connecting the Brother was the most difficult and frustrating that I’ve encountered. The syncing of my WI-FI router to the Brother HL-L2405W using the WPS button on the router didn’t work for me. Instead, I had to manually enter my WI-FI password which was a slow, archaic, and arduous process. The Brother accepted my WI-FI password, the WI-FI light glowed steady, and I found the Brother on my System Setting “Printers and Scanners”. I thought I was good to go for printing. I was WRONG. My computer showed the print job was in process, but the Brother wouldn’t print anything. I double checked everything and everything looked good. I was perplexed. I thought I might have gotten a faulty printer so I was prepared to return it back to AMAZON. As I went through my problem solving process, I remembered a possible fix. Turn off or unplug the router, the computer, and the Brother HL-L2405W; wait a few minutes and turn on or plug in all the devices. This was my last hope to get it to work. As soon as I plugged in the Brother, the printer made the distinctive “start up” sound and I knew it had worked and I could print. AFTER going through the arduous set-up, once I got it set-up, the Brother printer has worked flawlessly. I even was able to print from my iPad. I don’t print often so this $120 printer is worth the price. I deducted one-star for the pain and suffering inflicted on me in the WI-FI set-up. NOTE: There is a printer port in the Brother for a printer to computer USB connection. There is no printer cable included. If you decide to use a printer cable, you will have to go the the Brother website and download a driver, but one of the benefits of a wireless connection is that NO driver is necessary so the Brother can print from different WI-FI devices like laptop, iPhone, iPad, etc.

Needed a low-cost printer to keep at a second home, but didn't want an inkjet because I knew the ink would dry out with infrequent use. This renewed Brother HLL2305W Compact Mono Laser Printer fit the bill perfectly. The printer was factory refurbished and looks as new. It came with a new toner cartridge and drum. Setup was simple and straightforward enough that I didn't even bother opening the packet with the instructions and printer driver CD. It all came down to removing the little bits of shipping tape, opening and inserting the toner cartridge, plugging in and turning the printer on, printing a test page and then getting it onto our WiFi network. All was done using the built-in display and buttons. My only issue was that I had some trouble seeing the teeny, tiny single-line display as it's not backlit. I knew I'd have an issue seeing it when I purchased, but I also knew that once set up, this printer would require little to no use of that display. Getting on our network was easy. The printer searched for SSIDs and once selected, I entered in the WiFi password. Granted it took a few minutes to scroll through all the characters and get the password entered, but once done, the printer hopped right on our network and became visible to all. Again, this is a once and done setup unless you change WiFi networks often. If you're wondering, the HLL2305W does support Apple's AirPrint so you can print straight from any iPhone, iPad or Mac quickly and easily. The printouts produced are very clean and crisp as one would expect from a laser printer. I'm really happy with the Brother HLL2305W Compact Mono Laser Printer and I'm even happier that I saved a chunk of change going for the factory renewed one. This was exactly what I was looking for.

Works great with only power cord! Hard to connect to WiFi tho lol

I got this printer to replace my HP printer/scanner/fax machine which was not recognizing genuine HP ink cartridges anymore (HP has evil marketing techniques!). I only need to print in black and white so this Brother printer is fine for me. Wireless setup was a bit of a task but I got it done in about 10 minutes. It's very quiet and the print quality is great. It's also compact so it saves room in my home office.

Needed a basic printer with minimal frills. Previously had an HP InkJet that was seldom used and cartridges always dried out. I'm frustrated that HP requires genuine cartridges and refills didn't always work or were expired. I decided to save a couple bucks and bought the 'factory refurbished' HLL2305W from Amazon Warehouse. I hesitated on this purchase since the HLL2305W is only Wi-Fi and I am a big fan of ethernet cables. Setup was no problem. My only nitpick is that sometimes I can't print from my iPhone as the printer stays asleep. Printing from my Windows10 PC works every time.

I had the same problem as many other reviewers. This printer was easy to set up (USB connection) and worked perfectly the first day. Now, two weeks later, I turn it on and it won’t connect. I messed around with it for half an hour, steadily working myself into a rage, until I thought to check here. Indeed, you need to find the YouTube video that shows you the SECRET MENU ITEM (wtf???) that turns off the deep sleep option. At least that made it work this time. I will turn it all off and try again tomorrow, and if they thing doesn’t print, I still have time to return it. As everyone else said, why why WHY would you ship printers that don’t work? Why is everything a worthless piece of trash? Why Brother, why?

After having linked over here from Wirecutter's famous "just buy this Brother printer" review, and being redirected from the previous model to this "new version," I found this isn't the equivalent printer at all. The previous incarnation linked does full duplex printing--I know, because I own one!--but this particular model doesn't do duplex printing. You can only do manual 2-sided printing (i.e. print one side, reload the tray very carefully in the right order, print the other sides). A real downgrade for almost the same price point. Other than that, still mostly a good printer with easy no-nonsense setup--Window could print straightaway without having to fuss around with drivers, though Brother's management software is pretty decent. Only other complaint is that it has a rather annoying sleep mode where it occassionally seems to briefly, noisily warm up to stay ready to print... flipping it to "Eco Mode" lets you actually turn it off.

I love Brother laser printers. I have a different model I’ve used in my home office for almost 10 years now so when looking for a new printer for my private practice office, this was perfect. I settled on this particular model because it clearly states that it has auto-duplex. It does not. This is not ideal, though not a complete deal breaker. Otherwise the printer works great. It prints fast and crisp monochrome text and images. The general and wireless setup was easy. It loses one star for me because of the lack of auto-duplex and states that it does.